Page 7 - 1977 News Clippings

REUNION SOCCER FOR

NGARUAWAHIA HIGH SCHOOL

The third annual soccer Within the past week Glen Solomon scored
match between ex-pupils and the school lost the services the only goal of the match
the Ngaruawahia High of keeper G. Prendergast when a misread back-pass
School 1st 11 was played when he left for a job and his was cooly collected and
last Friday afternoon before place was taken by the pushed home. The school-
school dismissed for the diminutive David White boys scored again through
May holidays. previously the 2nd 11 and Solomon and McIntosh but
With the kick-off time 4th Division keeper. The ex- had it disallowed. Andy Bell
at 2:30 it was difficult for pupils were well served in caused Rooney a few aches
many of the ex-pupils to get goal by Michael Rooney in goal with his well-driven
time off work and as a result whose deftness would prove shots but Rooney’s
only 9 past pupils were able a stumbling block for the 1st experience in top football
to be at the high school to 11 strikers. served him well.
play. Danny Rooney and Very little passed Jason
With the exception of Greg Bradshaw, two Cargo in the backs and K.
Gary Smith, all ex-pupils promising juniors, joined the Te Wiata teamed well with
had been, or are, playing ex-pupils to fill out the team D. Haggie in midfield and
Waikato 1st Division soccer and both acquitted were the nucleus of a hard-
and the skills of M. Rooney, themselves well in striking working school team. That is
T. Janssen, M. Snowden, T. roles. Rooney, Jerry and showing promise.
Tengu, P. Jerry, K. Barakat had been in the 1st 1st 11: White,
Barakat, J. McLaughlan, 11 the previous year and Anderson, Cargo, Dooley,
N. Gorman and G. Smith many of the boys knew their Harding, Harrop, Te
were there to put the 1st 11 style and countered it, for Wiata, Haggie, Bell,
to the test. the most part, effectively. McIntosh, Solomon and
Brown.

FOOTBALL 1st ELEVEN, 1977
Rear: T Hopa, Sandy MacDonald (Coach),

Andy Bell.
Middle: Robert Anderson, Glen Solomon,
Alistair Bell, David White.

Seated: Kani Te Wiata, Dean Haggie,
Jason Cargo, Bruce McIntosh,

William Harding.

This 1977 1st 11 team photo did
not appear with the newspaper

report shown above.