NGARUAWAHIA HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS
The team was reformed after a one-year layoff and played well. In the inaugural year of girls soccer (1978) the team won, came second the following year (1979) and after the break lost just three games.
The girls finished runners-up to Morrinsville College.
The team was reformed after a one-year layoff and played well. In the inaugural year of girls soccer (1978) the team won, came second the following year (1979) and after the break lost just three games.
| Ngaruawahia High Girls | R1 | R2 |
| v Melville | 2-1 | 2-1 |
| v Hamilton Girls | 2-0 | 3-0 |
| v Morrinsville | 0-1 | 1-2 |
| v Huntly College | 1-0 | 0-1 |
| v Hillcrest B | 3-1 | Win |
| v Melville High | 2-1 | |
| v Cambridge | Win | |
| v Fairfield High | Win |
The girls finished runners-up to Morrinsville College.
In Inter-school visits the girls were matched against the Hillcrest top side and went down 1-4. Against Huntly, NHS had difficulty fielding a full side and won narrowly 2-0. A trip to Papakura resulted in a 3-0 win. It was interesting to note that Papakura fielded a completely fresh 11 players in the second half! It was Ngaruawahia’s positional play that won through in the end.
NGARUAWAHIA HIGH SCHOOL BOYS
Ngaruawahia High School 1st 11
Soccer showed an increase in interest over the past season with an added number of 3rd formers getting involved.
The Juniors were entered in the Form 3B competition. Their first game was away to Te Kuiti and the trip was combined with a vist to the Waitomo Caves. The competition was hard and the team came out on top in the second round through wins over Cambridge and Fairfield and drawing with Huntly.
Juniors to show ability were Sean Miller, Michael McLaren, Darren Allison, Neil Newport, Michael Ringrose, Bhutta Gurmel and Shane Harrison.
Darren and Owen Allison had the rare distinction of both scoring hat-tricks in the same game!
The Most Improved junior was Michael Ringrose. Neil Newport and Shane Harrison were the two most supportive team members and the Most Skillful player was Sean Miller.
The senior boys in the school joined Ngaruawahia United and were catered for in the Waikato 3rd Division. There performance earned them the Waikato Referee’s Association Cup for being the Best and Fairest team of ALL teams in the Waikato.
| NHS Senior Boys | R1 | R2 |
| v Te Kuiti High | 1-5 | |
| v St Peters | 1-5 | |
| v Fairfield College | 3-1 | 4-3 |
| v Fraser High | 0-5 | |
| v Hamilton Boys High A | 2-9 | |
| v Hamilton Boys High B | 0-3 | |
| v Hillcrest High B | 0-3 | |
| v Cambridge High | 8-1 | Win by default |
| v Huntly College | 1-0 | 2-2 |
The senior boys in the school joined Ngaruawahia United and were catered for in the Waikato 3rd Division. There performance earned them the Waikato Referee’s Association Cup for being the Best and Fairest team of ALL teams in the Waikato.
The side was Captained by Brian Harding and team-member Gary Ridley was named by the Club as the Most Improved player. Deane Puncheon got the nod as the Most Improved player from the school, with John Bell and Brian Harding getting the NHS Most Outstanding trophy.
Interschool competition for the 1st XI came with mixed success: v Hillcrest High lost 0-8, v Papakura High lost 1-5, v Tamaki College won 5-1, v Huntly College lost 3-5.
Two composite teams of seniors and juniors were made up to compete as a Junior A and a Junior B side to play Raglan and Te Kuiti. The Raglan game was won 6-1 and the other lost 0-3 to Te Kuiti. Players to stand out in this area were Deane Puncheon, Stephen Smith, Owen Allison, Andrew Pharo, Murray Wills and David Hodge.
1981 Ian Miller Diary
Ian Miller kept a weekly record of Northern League results and tables from 1981. (5.6mb)
TAUPIRI AFC (Cameron)
| Waikato 2nd Division Taupiri Appearances | Played | Goals |
| Andy Bell | 19 | 7 |
| Johnny Bell | 19 | 5 |
| Alistair Bell | 19 | 1 |
| Taffy Tengu | 19 | 6 |
| Mark Snowden | 19 | 13 (1 hat trick) |
| Phillip van Houtte | 18 | 6 |
| Tony Janssen | 18 | 3 |
| David Keegan | 17 | 2 |
| Jordy Barakat | 16 | |
| Mark Edwards | 15 | 1 |
| Jim Spellman | 15 | 6 |
| Peter _______ | 14 | 3 |
| Rodney McIntosh | 11 | 4 |
| David White | 8 | |
| Phillip Bell | 3 |
| 1981 Waikato Div 2 Taupiri | R1 | R2 |
| Friendlies | ||
| v Morrinsville | 2-2 | |
| v Unicol | 2-3 | |
| League (Marshall Cup) | ||
| v Hillcrest | 0-3 | 1-1 |
| v Tokanui | 8-0 | 3-1 |
| v Morrinsville | 4-4 | 4-1 |
| v Claudlands | 2-2 | 2-1 |
| v Unicol | 4-4 | 2-2 |
| Cup (War Memorial) | ||
| v Hamilton | 2-0 | 5-3 |
| v Ngaruawahia | 2-1 | 1-2 |
| v Tokoroa | 5-1 | 1-2 |
| v Melville | 1-0 | 4-1 |
| v Tokanui | 4-5 | win by def |
| Taupiri won the War Memorial Cup |
NORTHERN LEAGUE
| 1981 NL Div Three | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | Pts |
| Manukau City | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 25 |
| Mt Albert-Ponsonby | 18 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 25 |
| Otara Rangers | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 35 | 22 | 13 | 23 |
| Tauranga City | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 40 | 26 | 14 | 22 |
| Ngaruawahia Affco | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 18 |
| Claudelands Rovers | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 17 |
| Kelston West | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 16 |
| Hamilton Wanderers | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 16 |
| Pt Chevalier | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 38 | -6 | 14 |
| Grey Lynn | 18 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 57 | -46 | 4 |
| NL Div 3 | Venue | Opponent | Result | Goalscorers | ||
| 4-Apr-81 | H | Otara Rangers | Drew | 1 | 1 | |
| 11-Apr-81 | H | Kelston West | Drew | 0 | 0 | |
| 18-Apr-81 | A | Hamilton Wanderers | Lost | 2 | 6 | |
| 26-Apr-81 | H | Mount Albert-Ponsonby | Drew | 1 | 1 | |
| 9-May-81 | H | Manukau City | Won | 4 | 1 | |
| 24-May-81 | H | Point Chevalier | Lost | 1 | 4 | |
| 13-Jun-81 | H | Otara Rangers | Lost | 1 | 2 | |
| 27-Jun-81 | A | Grey Lynn | Won | 5 | 0 | |
| 4-Jul-81 | A | Hamilton Wanderers | Lost | 0 | 2 | |
| 18-Jul-81 | H | Grey Lynn | Won | 3 | 0 | Cargo, Matthews, Tozer |
| 25-Jul-81 | A | Manukau City | Drew | 2 | 2 | |
| 8-Aug-81 | H | Tauranga City | Lost | 0 | 5 | |
| 15-Aug-81 | A | Claudelands Rovers | Drew | 0 | 0 | |
| 22-Aug-81 | A | Tauranga City | Won | 4 | 1 | Tozer 3, Cyples |
| 29-Aug-81 | A | Point Chevalier | Drew | 2 | 2 | |
| 5-Sep-81 | H | Mount Albert-Ponsonby | Lost | 0 | 2 | |
| 12-Sep-81 | A | Claudelands Rovers | Won | 4 | 2 | |
| 19-Sep-81 | A | Kelston West | Won | 1 | 0 | |
| 31 | 31 | |||||
| CHATHAM CUP | ||||||
| 2-May-81 | A | Matamata | Won | 4 | 1 | |
| 16-May-81 | A | Claudelands Rovers | Won | 3 | 0 | Matthews 2, J Stewart |
| 30-May-81 | H | Rotorua City | Lost | 0 | 1 | |
| COUNTRY FOODS CUP | ||||||
| 28-Feb-81 | A | Tokoroa | Lost | 0 | 2 | |
| 7-Mar-81 | A | Ngongotaha | Lost | 1 | 3 | |
| 14-Mar-81 | Kawerau Town | Lost |
| 1981 Appearances | Starts | Sub | Goals | |
| Sean | Crowe | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve | Williams | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason | Cargo | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick | Mathews | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff | McLaughlan | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| John | Stewart | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff | Tozer | 17 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael | Liddle | 13 | 0 | 0 |
| John | Mohn | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris | Barakat | 9 | 2 | 0 |
| Ricky | Duffull | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| John | Cyples | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie | Gorman | 6 | 2 | 0 |
| Nelson | Grandona | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| Dave | Blackett | 5 | 4 | 0 |
| Barclay | McGhie | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Pepe | Viedma | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Allen | Dornan | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| David | Elgie | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mike | Heappey | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mario | Yanez | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| John | Murphy | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Unknown | 31 | |||
| 198 | 18 | 31 |
| 1981 CHATHAM CUP APPEARANCES | Starts | Sub | Goals | |
| Sean | Crowe | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve | Williams | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason | Cargo | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff | McLaughlan | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John | Stewart | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jeff | Tozer | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| John | Mohn | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Michael | Liddle | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Nelson | Grandona | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Barclay | McGhie | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Pepe | Viedma | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mick | Mathews | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Chris | Barakat | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Allen | Dornan | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| David | Elgie | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Charlie | Gorman | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Dave | Blackett | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Mario | Yanez | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Unknown | 7 | |||
| 33 | 4 | 7 |