Walter Pless on Association Football
Clarence shock Zebras at first before meekly surrendering
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Photo: Zebras' Iskander Van Doorne gets to the ball ahead of Clarence's Jeremy Price [PlessPix]
(NPL Tasmania, Wentworth Park, Saturday, 25 August 2018)
Clarence United 3 (C Snell 1, 13, J Stuart 35)
Hobart Zebras 6 (M Sanders 15, 18 pen, I Van Doorne 53, 63, J Sklenar 76, R Dillon 84)
HT: 3-2 Ref: J Hamilton
Clarence United: Dyson - O’Neill, Hedge, Palmer, Kannegiesser - Lange, Price, Hatcher, Randall - Stuart, Snell (Subs: Houston, Smith)
Hobart Zebras: Kamara - Robinson, Markaj, Bighin, Dillon - Conforti, Muller, Van Doorne - Walsh, Sklenar, Sanders (Subs: Ackerley, Burt, Pace, Reid)
South Hobart beat Olympia but there was little joy at Warrior Park
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Photo: South Hobart's Alex Walter races past Olympia's Eduardo Castaneda [PlessPix]
(NPL Tasmania, Warrior Park, Sunday, 26 August 2018)
Olympia Warriors 1 (J Vandermey 17 pen)
South Hobart 2 (K Kemp 72, A Walter 84)
HT: 1-0 Ref: B Kopra
Olympia Warriors: Johnson - Vandermey, Holmes, Stevens, Sammut - Ortmann, Hill, Undy - Wadawu, Castaneda, N’Koso (Subs: Curtis, Griffiths, Little, Murfitt)
South Hobart: K Brown - Gorrie, Thomas, Bowman, Schmidt - Kemp, Feral, Morton - Walter, Turner, Cook (Subs: D Brown, Marins, Douce, Moncur, Sculthorpe)
Sunday results - 26 August 2018
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Photo: South Hobart's Connor Schmidt controls the ball ahead of Olympia's Joffrey N'Koso [PlessPix]
NPL Tasmania
Olympia Warriors 1 (J Vandermey 17 pen) lost to South Hobart 2 (K Kemp 72, A Walter 84)
Saturday results - 25 August 2018
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Photo: Clarence's Kane Hatcher (left) tackles Zebras' Olaf Conforti [PlessPix]
NPL Tasmania
Clarence United 3 (C Snell 1, 13, J Stuart 35) lost to Hobart Zebras 6 (M Sanders 15, 18 pen, I Van Doorne 53, 63, J Sklenar 76, R Dillon 84)
Launceston City 0 lost to Devonport City 3 (J Linger 59 og, M Barnard 67, B Mann 92)
Northern Rangers 5 (D Cristy 4, D Cowen 26 og, W Humphrey 29, H Thannhauser 34 pen, 39) beat Kingborough Lions United 2 (J Hall 44, F Chaparro 45+2)
Devonport can virtually put both hands on NPL title this weekend
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Photo: Goalkeeper Nathan Pitchford has been a key component in Devonport's success this season [PlessPix]
Devonport City can effectively win the NPL Tasmania title tomorrow by beating third-placed Launceston City away at 4.30pm at Buckby Landrover Park in Launceston.
Devonport’s vastly superior goal-difference compared to second-placed South Hobart, who are 3 points behind in the standings, is looming as a huge advantage to the North-West Coast outfit.
Thursday night results - 23 August 2018
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Photo: Action from tonight's Women's Southern Championship game in which South Hobart beat Clarence 8-2 [PlessPix]
Women’s Super League
South Hobart 1 (Phoebe Djakic 89) beat Clarence United 0
Kingborough Lions United 3-4 Taroona [Wednesday night]
Three Aussies attend Prague freestyle tournament, and Knights to participate in 44th Croatian tournament
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Photo: Jordan Morrison (left) and Jay Hennicke prepare to fly out from Melbourne to Prague last week.
In November last year I wrote an article about Hobart youngster Jay Hennicke winning the EXPY Street Freestyle Jam in Singapore.
Last Friday, Hennicke and Melburnian Jordan Morrison left Australia for Prague in the Czech Republic to compete in the Superball Freestyle Football 2018 tournament which runs from 21-25 August 2018.
FFA Cup Round-of-16 results - 21 August 2018
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Avondale FC 4 (K Sheppard 19, R Archibald 40, E Kamsoba 61, J Germano 90 pen) beat Devonport City 1 (B Mann 41 pen)
Ten-man Zebras beat Olympia in Challenge League clash
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Photo: The two captains shake hands before the kick-off [PlessPix]
(Challenge League, Warrior Park, Friday, 17 August 2018)
Olympia Warriors 2 (Brayton Allan 15, Mitchell Harris 81)
Hobart Zebras 3 (Olaf Conforti 8, 50, Matthew Pace 16)
HT: 1-2 Ref: A Cooke
Olympia Warriors: Murfitt; Allan, Attfield, Bygraves, Curtis, Davis, Ebini, Hardwick, Lesek, Mulungula, Smithies-Sharples (Subs: Harris, Leaman, Tsakiris)
Hobart Zebras: Reid; Ackerley, Backhouse, Bighin, Burt, Conforti, Fraser, Pace, Plunkett-Smith, Pullen, Rose (Subs: Butler, Ditton, Watson)
A first win proves elusive for Clarence against the Lions
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Photo: Clarence's Paul Bremner wrestles with Kingborough's Joel Schuth [PlessPix]
(NPL Tasmania, Wentworth Park, Sunday, 19 August 2018)
Clarence United 0
Kingborough Lions United 2 (F Chaparro 19, D Cooper 37)
HT: 0-2 Ref: S Plomaritis
Clarence United: Dyson - Smith (Reilbel 72), Palmer, Hedge, Price (Kannegiesser 72) - Randall, N’Neill, Hatcher - Stuart, Bremner, Snell (Subs not used: Houston, Lange)
Kingborough Lions United: O’Connell - Herweynen, Nugent, Schuth, Zammit - William Davis (Wakefield 53), Chaparro, Kantzos (Vivarelli 83) - Cowen, Joseph Davis, Cooper (Belstead 60) (Sub not used: Hayers)
Giantsopoulos gamesmanship the highlight of contest between South and City
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Photo: Launceston City's Charlie Dyer tackles South Hobart's Adam Gorrie [PlessPix]
(NPL Tasmania, South Hobart Oval, Saturday, 18 August 2018)
South Hobart 3 (J Turner 21, N Morton 62, K Kemp 81 pen)
Launceston City 1 (D Syson 33)
HT: 1-1 Ref: C White
South Hobart: K Brown - Schmidt, Bowman, O Thomas, Gorrie - Kemp, Feral, N Morton - Walter, Turner, Marins (Subs: D Brown, Degetto, Ludford, Cook, Moncur)
Launceston City: Giantsopoulos - Campbell, Millington, Scott, Egan - Dyer, Linger, Syson, Mattarozzi - Fischer, Daniel Smith (Subs: Aldridge, Clark, Hancox, Wicks)
Olympia again beat a top-four opponent
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Photo: Zebras keeper Sheku Kamara is beaten by Joffrey N'Koso's penalty [PlessPix]
(NPL Tasmania, Warrior Park, Friday, 17 August 2018)
Olympia Warriors 4 (W Wadawu 25, 30, J Undy 84, J N’Koso 93 pen)
Hobart Zebras 1 (J Sklenar 45)
HT: 2-1 Att: 176 Ref: B Kopra
Olympia Warriors: Johnson - Zammit, Stevens, Holmes, Little - Ortmann, Hill, Castaneda - Wadawu, N’Koso, Undy (Subs: Curtis, Davis, Griffiths, Murfitt, Smithies-Sharples)
Hobart Zebras: Kamara - Walsh, A Markaj, Charuza, Dillon - Hey (Pace 32), Muller, Huigsloot (Robinson 23), Van Doorne - Sklenar, Sanders (Subs not used: Ackerley, French, Burt)
Giantsopoulos plays mind games with Marins
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Photo: Launceston City goalkeeper Niko Giantsopoulos at today's media conference [PlessPix]
Launceston City goalkeeper, Niko Giantsopoulos, played an unusual form of mind game on Saturday in the NPL Tasmania game against South Hobart.
City conceded a penalty on the stroke of half-time and before South Hobart’s Brazilian import, Renato De Vecchi Marins, could take the spot-kick, Canadian Giantsopoulos ran to the penalty spot and kicked the ball away as far as he could.
Sunday results - 19 August 2018
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Photo: David Cooper (second from left) is congratulated by team-mates after scoring Kingborough's second goal [PlessPix]
NPL Tasmania
Clarence United 0 lost to Kingborough Lions United 2 (Fabian Chaparro 19, David Cooper 37)