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Knights overpower Nelson in Summer Cup

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 27 February 2018

Photo:  Knights' Alex Bellini and Nelson's Will Stalker compete for a header [PlessPix]

(Summer Cup, KGV Park, Tuesday, 27 February 2018)

Glenorchy Knights 8 (N Naden 5’, 8’, M Nowicki 12’, 87’, 92’, T Kadisha 68’, A Bellini 75’, 90’)

Nelson 1 (D Webb 93’)

HT: 3-0   Ref: B Kopra

Glenorchy Knights: Nester; Bellini, E Engels, H Foley, Hallard, Harrison, Herbert, Kadisha, Kupsch, Ladic, Moore, Naden, Nowicki, Sherman, Warrener, Wilson, Colrain

Nelson: Burdon; Batchelor, Bauld, Dimsey, Gaskell, Graham, Kangogo, Madzikanda, McKernan, McLarin, Mills, Stalker, Webb, De Carpentier

Fine first-half performance by Knights paves way for victory over Strathmore Split

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 26 February 2018

Photo:  Knights' skipper Sam James (left) and Strathmore captain Josip Jurjevic with team pennants before the game [PlessPix]

(Pre-season Friendly, KGV Park, Saturday, 24 February 2018)

Glenorchy Knights 5 (C Brown 1’, 19’, 24’ pen, 81', M Nowicki 39’)

Strathmore Split 2 (T Trbuhovic 71’, J Jurevic 90’)

HT: 4-0   Ref: I Jozeljic

Glenorchy Knights: Nester, James, , Hallard, Warrener, Naden, H Foley, C Brown, S Kurdistan, Bellini, Ladic, Harrison (Subs: Griffin, Nowicki, Moore, Kadisha, Wilson)

Strathmore Split: Mangelsdorf, Jesensek, Lasic, Jurjevic, S Trbuhovic, Kozul, Hutchison, Newman, Rosnjak, Topcic, T Trbuhovic (Subs: Dragovic, , Vukovica, Allbell, Panetta)

Summer Cup results - Sunday, 25 February 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 25 February 2018

Photo:  First-half action from the Metro v Taroona game [PlessPix]

Summer Cup (KGV Park)

Metro 0-3 Taroona (Jeremy Stevens, Tom Young, Kanato Hamaguchi)

Summer Series and Summer Cup results - Saturday, 24 February 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 24 February 2018

Photo:  Zebras' keeper Nathan Reid snatches the ball as a Hobart United attacker moves in [PlessPix]

Under-18s Summer Cup

Hobart Zebras 6 (Brandon Fraser 2, Luke Bighin, Chase Clark, Hugh Fletcher, Jonathon Jones) beat Hobart United 1 (Than Tun Lay)

Friday night Social Summer Cup results - 23 February 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 23 February 2018

Photo:  Matthew Luttrell about to hammer home the first of his two goals [PlessPix]

Social Summer Cup (North Chigwell)

Metro 0

Beachside 3 (M Luttrell 5’, 14’, A Gonzalez 8’)

HT: 0-3

Metro: D Parker; D Chaffey, M Gasparin, W Hawkins, S Land, D Lohan, E Medhurst, A Robb, W Staddon, N Turner, J Wiggins (Interchange: A Ross, S Hall, G Kafer, M Parker, S Ygosse)

Beachside: K Siedler; T Deane, X Doherty, L Fazackerley, A Fisher, A Gonzalez, M Luttrell, C Paske, J Toselli, D Willcock, P Willcock (Interchange: C Chladil, B Grainger, H Moss, B Pullen)

The air was thick with nostalgia at North Chigwell last night

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 22 February 2018

Photo:  Taroona's Adrian Bett (left) tackles Eagles' Grant Nutting [PlessPix]

Two Social Summer Cup games were played at North Chigwell yesterday evening.

New Town Eagles beat Taroona 2-0, while Metro Dad’s Army downed Hobart United 2-1.

Knights resources could be split when they play two consecutive senior games on Saturday

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 21 February 2018

Photo:  Knights coach Franco Previdi (left) and assistant Ateef Abdaltam will need to manage their resources well [PlessPix]

Glenorchy Knights will play visiting Victorian State League 3 side Strathmore Split at KGV Park on Saturday at 3pm.

Immediately following this, at 5pm, Knights take on Kingborough Lions United in the NPL Summer Series.

Metro aiming for big things in 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 20 February 2018

Photo:  Action from Birch Avenue when Metro played Launceston United recently [Photo by Sharon Cure]

Southern Championship side Metro recently travelled to Launceston to take on Launceston United at Birch Avenue in their annual pre-season friendly.

Launceston United won the senior game 4-1 in very hot conditions after Metro had opened the scoring.

Zebras start promisingly against South Hobart before fading away

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 18 February 2018

Photo:  Zebras' Dwayne Walsh tightly marked by South Hobart's Connor Schmidt [PlessPix]

(Summer Series, South Hobart Oval, Saturday, 17 February 2018)

South Hobart 5 (K Kemp 33’, P Sculthorpe 40’, A Saracino 48’, N Morton 75’, E Castaneda 88’)

Hobart Zebras 1 (M Sanders 8’)

HT: 2-1   Ref: B Kopra

South Hobart: K Brown - Gorrie, Ludford, D Brown, Schmidt - Kemp, Morton, Feral - Saracino, Sculthorpe, Walter (Interchange: Bowman, Castaneda, Conforti, Degetto, Moncur)

Hobart Zebras: French - Walsh, Akakpo, Bighin, Pace - Muller, Huigsloot, Ackerley - Sanders, Sklenar, McKeown (Interchange: Burt, Mundy-Wolf, Pullen, Reid, Sadath)

Saturday Results - 17 February 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 17 February 2018

Photo:  Members of the Jakub Sklenar fan club from Europe were at South Hobart today to watch their hero.  Sklenar didn't score for Hobart Zebras against South Hobart but was credited with the assist from which Mathew Sanders scored the only Zebras goal. [PlessPix]

(Southern Summer Series)

South Hobart 5 (K Kemp 33’, P Sculthorpe 40’, A Saracino 48’, N Morton 75’, E Castaneda 88’) beat Hobart Zebras 1 (M Sanders 8’)

Taroona bring Knights back to earth

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 16 February 2018

Photo:  Young scores for Taroona with a header from a Stevens free-kick [PlessPix]

(Summer Cup, North Chigwell, Friday, 16 February 2018)

Glenorchy Knights 2 (A Bellini 44’, N Naden 60’)

Taroona 2 (T Young 7’, S Johnson 58’)

HT: 1-1   FT: 2-2   Penalty Shoot-out: 6-7 Final Score: 8-9  Ref: A Cooke

Glenorchy Knights: Nester - James, Kadisha, Hallard, Warrener - Bellini, Ladic, H Foley - Naden, S Kurdistan, Marney (Interchange: Colrain, Herbert, Wilson, Moore, Devereaux)

Taroona: Edwards - Tubb, Stevens, Johnson, Carey - Wright, Young, Burgess - Gall, Darling, Kamaguchi (Interchange: Burril, Hazelwood, Mizune, Strugnell)

South beat Clarence, but the losers score both goals

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 15 February 2018

Photo:  Clarence keeper Mathew Dyson saves a header from South Hobart's Pajari Sculthorpe [PlessPix]

(Summer Series, South Hobart Oval, Thursday, 15 February 2018)

South Hobart 2 (P Palmer 22’ og, 40’ og)

Clarence United 0

HT: 2-0   Ref: C White

South Hobart: K Brown; D Brown, Bowman, Skalkos, Castaneda, Conforti, Sculthorpe, Walter, Douce, Feral, Schmidt (Interchange: Wright, Saracino, Grigg, Degetto)

Clarence United: Dyson; L Hardwick, Hedge, Bremner, Lush, Palmer, O’Neill, Price, S Randall, Reibel, Stuart (Interchange: Voss, Lange, Kannegiesser, Snell, Viney)

Summer Series Result - Thursday, 15 February 2018

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 15 February 2018

Photo:  South Hobart's Jack Bowman in hot pursuit of Clarence United's Paul Bremner [PlessPix]

Summer Series (South Hobart Oval)

South Hobart 2 (P Palmer 22’ og, 40’ og) beat Clarence United 0

Knights shock Zebras with Summer Series win

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Written by Walter Pless

Published: 14 February 2018

Photo:  Zebras' Adam McKeown went off injured after this tackle by the Knights' Jacob Herbert [PlessPix]

(Summer Series, North Chigwell, Wednesday, 14 February 2018)

Glenorchy Knights 5 (N Naden 5’, 44’, C Brown 35’, 67’ pen, S Kurdistan 56’)

Hobart Zebras 3 (D Walsh 15’, J Mundy-Wolf 52’, L Huigsloot 76’)

HT: 3-1   Ref: J McInerney

Glenorchy Knights: Woodham; Bellini, C Brown, D Brown, H Foley, Hallard, James, Kadisha, Naden, J Sherman, Warrener (Interchange: Colrain, Herbert, S Kurdistan, Marney, T Sherman)

Hobart Zebras: French; Ackerley, Akakpo, Bighin, Bloomfield, Burt, McKeown, Muller, Pace, Sklenar, Walsh (Interchange: Huigsloot, Mundy-Wolf, Pullen, Reid, Sadathi)