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Imports dominate medal awards in Tasmania this season

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 20 August 2017

Photo:  Nick Groenewold, Hobart Zebras' American import, won the prestigious Mitsubishi Motors Best-and-Fairest Award for 2017 [PlessPix]

Nicholas Groenewold, the Hobart Zebras centre-back from Chicago, has won the 2017 Mitsubishi Motors Best-and-Fairest Medal for the PS4 NPL Tasmania competition.

Groenewold polled three votes in yesterday’s final league match - a 5-0 win over Northern Rangers at home at KGV Park - to beat second-placed Nick Lanau-Atkinson of Rangers, who did not play in the game because he was injured last week when he netted four goals in a 5-2 win over Kingborough Lions United.

Saturday results - 19 August 2017

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 19 August 2017

Photo:  Rangers' Alex Fulton tries to catch Zebras' Callen Griffin [PlessPix]

PS4 NPL Tasmania

Hobart Zebras 5 (N Groenewold 12’, M Sanders 21’, 50’ pen, 76’, 90’ pen) beat Northern Rangers 0

Olympia Warriors 3-3 Clarence United

Kingborough Lions United 0-2 Devonport City (M Holden 2)

South Hobart 7-0 Launceston City

Final round of NPL all in the south

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 18 August 2017

Saturday sees the final round of PS4 NPL Tasmania matches with all four games scheduled for southern Tasmania and kicking off at 2pm.

This is to coincide with the Football Federation Tasmania awards dinner at Wrest Point Hotel-Casino on Saturday night.

Sklenar a shoo-in for Golden Boot, while Groenewold and Cartwright collect media awards

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 18 August 2017

Photo:  Jakub Sklenar is a real team player and attributes his successes to the contribution made by his team-mates [PlessPix]

Jakub Sklenar is almost certain to win the Golden Boot Award ate tomorrow night’s Football Federation Tasmania awards night at Wrest Point.

The Olympia striker has scored 25 goals in the PS4 NPL tasmnaia competition this season.

Understrength Zebras earn some credibility with draw against champions

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 17 August 2017

Photo:  South Hobart's Nick Morton tangles with Zebras' Nicholas Groenewold [PlessPix]

(PS4 NPL Tasmania, South Hobart Oval, Sunday, 13 August 2017)

South Hobart 2 (J Turner 17’, A Walter 72’)

Hobart Zebras 2 (L Huigsloot 13’, M Pace 45+2’)

HT: 1-2   Ref: B Kopra

South Hobart: K Brown - Gorrie, Ludford, D Brown, Schmidt (Quaile 71’) - Kemp, Feral (Hamlett 54’), Morton - Hall (Kass 88’), Turner, Walter (Sub not used: Becker)

Hobart Zebras: Mercuri - Brooks (Kadisha 46’), Hey, Groenewold, Warrener - Ackerley (McKeown 64’), Muller, Griffin - Pace, Huigsloot, Buga (Subs not used: Backhouse, Reid)

Beachside batter Knights but are unable to come up with winner

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 16 August 2017

Photo:  Beachside's Adam Lapolla is surrounded by Knights' Sam James, James Sherman and Alex Bellini [PlessPix]

(Southern Championship, KGV Park, Saturday, 12 August 2017)

Glenorchy Knights 1 (A Lapolla 62’ og)

Beachside 1 (B Andrews 24’ pen)

HT: 0-1   Ref: I Jozeljic

Glenorchy Knights: Nester - James, Phillips, Harrison, Nandan - H Foley, Sherman, Bellini, Clay - E Engels, Nowicki (Subs: K Engels, C Brown, D Brown, Heggie, Woodham)

Beachside: Gillam - Pearce, Cuthbertson, Andrews, Fagg - McDonald, A Lapolla, Jones - Whitehall, Bevan, Thurley (Subs: Biggar, Fisher, Luttrell, MacDonald, Siedler)

Devonport humbled by Clarence

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 16 August 2017

Photo:  Devonport's Jesse Dance (No.6) gets away from Clarence's Cody Flynn [PlessPix]

(PS4 NPL Tasmania, Wentworth Park, Saturday, 13 August 2017)

Clarence United 2 (N Naden 35’, P Bremner 74’)

Devonport City 1 (D Smith 65’)

HT: 1-0   Ref: C White

Clarence United: Voss - Price, Lewis, O’Neill, Lush - Flynn, Bremner, S Randall - Naden, Palmer, Stuart (Subs: Bugg, Burgess, Kannegiesser, Demar)

Devonport City:  Pearce  -  Knott, Jack Dance, Smith, Bidwell  -  Andrews, Jesse Dance, Holden  -  Fischer, Wicks, Argent  (Subs: Ford, Rand, Davies)

Zebras Under-18s get home against strong Lions outfit

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 15 August 2017

Photo:  Zebras' Sam Plunkett-Smith races down the wing with Lions' Callum Hutton close behind [PlessPix]

(Under-18 A, KGV Park, Saturday, 12 August 2017)

Hobart Zebras 3 (B Fraser 2, B Watson 1 pen)

Kingborough Lions United 2 (J Hall 2)

HT: 1-1   Ref: H McGarrigle-Paulin

Hobart Zebras: French; Bantoft, Brica, Fraser, Green, Plunkett-Smith, Pullen, Reynolds, Watson, Herbert, Sousa (Subs: Coleman, Ditton, Heather)

Kingborough Lions United: Hayers; Dzalakowski, Hall, Hutton, Jones, Lane, Lokoes, Pitchford, Sayers, Shreeve, Wakefield (Subs: Easton, Vivarelli, Straatsma, Boonstra, Subek)

Beachside Under-16s beat Zebras in heavy rain

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 15 August 2017

Photo:  Zebras' Ali Sadath heads the ball despite a nudge from Beachside's Matthew Roberts [PlessPix]

(Under-16 Youth A, KGV Park, Saturday, 12 August 2017)

Hobart Zebras 0

Beachside 3 (J Lewincamp 2, E Craw 1)

HT: 0-3   Ref: H McGarrigle-Paulin

Hobart Zebras: Reid; Botte, Aiton, Clark, Ditton, Downham, Harcourt, Sadath, Verma, Waters, Wells (Subs: McShane, Mullen)

Beachside: Luders; Alcock, Craw, Gibson, Goldsmith, Lewincamp, Pavlides, Roberts, Smith, Toselli, Westenberg (Subs: Law, Myler, Urquhart)

Lions condemned to wooden spoon

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 14 August 2017

Photo:  South Hobart's Liam Quaile controls the ball while under pressure from Zebras' Callen Griffin [PlessPix]

The following article is my weekend summary of Round 20 of the PS4 NPL Tasmania competition for Melbourne publication "Goal!Weekly".

Sunday results - 13 August 2017

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 13 August 2017

Photo:  Zebras keeper Marcello Mercuri saves a shot [PlessPix]

PS4 NPL Tasmania

South Hobart 2 ((J Turner 17’, A Walter 72’) drew with Hobart Zebras 2 (L Huigsloot 13’, M Pace 45+2’)

Northern Rangers 5 (N Lanau-Atkinson 3’, 53’, 75’, 85’, K Kensley 33’) beat Kingborough Lions United 2 (D Cowen 20’ pen, D Cooper 54’)

Saturday results - 12 August 2017

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 12 August 2017

Photo:  Devonport's Jack Dance (right) and Clarence's Sam Randall in a race for the ball [PlessPix]

PS4 NPL Tasmania

Clarence United 2 (N Naden 35’, P Bremner 74’) beat Devonport City 1 (D Smith 65’)

Launceston City 0-2 Olympia Warriors (W Wadawu 23’, S Cartwright 30’)

Battle to avoid wooden spoon continues in PS4 NPL Tasmania this weekend

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 11 August 2017

With two rounds of the PS4 NPL Tasmania competition remaining, all interest surrounds the lower half of the standings as teams fight to avoid the wooden spoon and possibly qualify for the top-six, end-of-season League Cup competition.

Kingborough Lions United face a huge task to avoid the wooden spoon and they are away to sixth-ranked Northern Rangers tomorrow at 2.30pm at the NTCA Ground in Launceston.

Andrew Heap new director of football at Launceston City

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 11 August 2017

Photo:  Andrew Heap (left) and Launceston City president Austin Fagan [Photo courtesy of Mark Wells Paublic Affairs]

The President of the Launceston City Football Club (LCFC), Mr Austin Fagan, has announced the appointment of Mr Andrew Heap as LCFC’s new Director of Football.

Speaking about the new role, Mr Fagan said that Mr Heap’s appointment marked the beginning of a new and exciting era for soccer in Tasmania and, in particular, for LCFC.