Old Boys AFC lifted the Southland Express Donald Gray trophy on Saturday to cap a stellar season.
The Waverley Park club also wrapped up the Division 1 league and the Division 2 cup and trophy competitions to seal a dominating performance in the Southland men’s competitions this year.
A full wrap of the Southland Express Donald Gray premier league will be in the print edition this week.
With the league season done and dusted, attention turns to the end-of-season cups. Tonight sees Laser Plumbing Gore Wanderers take on Level One Queens Park in the Charity Cup at the ILT turf, kick-off at 7pm.
In the Edinburgh Cup, Kowhai Roofing Waihōpai take on Jeff Walker Old Boys on Thursday night at the ILT Turf, kick-off at 7pm.
The Editor’s Cut Queens Park SPL team played their penultimate game for the season when Wanaka visited Invercargill on Saturday.
As I previously said, despite a fantastic season, this team would want to finish on a high and I wasn’t wrong. Park secured another valuable three points in its quest for third spot when Mike Larsen stepped up on the 22-minute mark to score the only goal of the game.
Park now head to Dunedin to face Northern who are sitting in third place. A win would see them leap-frog the Dunedin side and finish third, a draw or a loss would retain the league status quo and see Park secure their best finish in their two seasons in the league as long as Wanaka loses its game in hand. Wanaka face Northern Hearts on Saturday and Queenstown the following week. If Park lose and Wanaka pick up a minimum of four points from its remaining fixtures, Park will drop to fifth.
A full wrap of Park’s SPL season will be in the Southland Express on September 7.
