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WAIKATO DIVISION 1, HOWDEN SHIELD, 1979

P W D L F A Pts
Hamilton 18 17 1 0 76 10 35
Claudelands Rovers 17 14 1 2 42 13 29 The feature of Ngaruawahia-Affco's 3rd
Waihi 18 9 3 6 33 21 21 division W aikato match against Waikeria
on Sunday was the first ever appearance of a
Waikato Unicol 17 7 5 5 27 30 19
father and son in the same team, with sixteen
Te Awamutu 18 5 8 5 36 36 18 year old Geoff Gray playing right-half in
Morrinsville 18 6 4 8 37 37 18 front of his father, player/coach Glen Gray.
Wanderers 18 5 3 10 38 42 13
Glen, who gives his age as “approaching
Ngaruawahia-AFFCo 17 4 4 9 22 59 12 21 for the second time”, is living proof of the
Hillcrest United 17 2 4 11 15 34 8 maxim that soccer players never grow old,
t h e y j u s t g r o w m o r e cunning.
Melville 18 1 3 14 15 63 5
By half-time, Ngaruawahia had
e s t a b l i s h e d a comfortable 5-0 lead and it
WAIKATO DIVISION 3, RISHTON CUP, 1979
became only a matter of how many they
P W D L F A Pts could add in the second half.
Tokanui 16 15 1 0 66 22 31 Although Waikeria managed to score once,
Te Aroha B 16 13 2 1 68 15 28 Ngaruawahia dictated most of the play
adding a further 10 goals to make the final
Huntly Thistle 15 9 0 6 52 37 18 score Ngaruawahia 15, Waikeria 1.
Ngaruawahia-AFFCo 16 8 1 7 49 39 17
Te Kuiti Albion 16 5 2 9 28 48 12 Main goal scorers for Ngaruawahia
Waikato Unicol 14 3 3 7 23 25 10 were; Steve Buchanan (5), Staff McGee (4)
and Trevor McLaughlin (2), with goals also
Wanderers 14 4 1 9 24 23 9 from Ricki Duffel, Rodney Hill and Glen
Te Awamutu 15 2 2 11 24 67 6 Gray.
Waikeria 15 4 0 11 22 71 8
Waikato 3rd Division 1979
With 17 teams originally entered into this Division there was a round to determine
rankings where Ngaruawahia found themselves in the bottom half and competed there.
The teams that remained in the top section were Cambridge, Morrinsville, Tokoroa
A, Tokoroa B, Putaruru, Matamata, Kinleith and Te Aroha A.

9th Grade Championship - Runners-up 1979

Rear: Mary-Anne Henckel (Coach), Ben Henckel (Assistant Coach).
Standing: Peter Teeham, Craig Rowell, Gordon Mahara, Andrew Jackson (Player of the Year), Charles Hutt (Player of the Year), Dean
Ellery, Rodney Montford, Davina Everleigh.
Seated: Marchal Head, Julian Pope, Roger Wong, Paul Henckel, Nigel Everleigh, Michael Brown, Saul Tressider.
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