Father’s day will be fondly remembered for one final outing of the Red Hot Tunas in 2006, pitched in an action packed game against their loyal supporters. Highlights included: ‘The lucky bounce of the ball’, ‘Numbers in defence’, ‘The fighting spirit of netball’s secret weapon’, ‘The Phantom tackle’, ‘The Stealthy Tunas’, ‘The BBQ that took your breath away’, ‘The Beast and the Ham’ and ‘The Iron Maiden who took the ball’. Curious? Follow the link to read on:

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The Red Hot Tunas finished their official 2006 campaign with an away game at the Papatoetoe Dragons’ den. After last week’s helter-skelter game the Tunas were in good spirits when they arrived at the Papatoetoe Park only to find their match had been scheduled on a pitch which resembled a prison yard (or so they tell me) more than a junior soccer ground. Surrounded by graffiti stained corrugated iron fencing with the Hunters Plaza mall front looming at the northern end the atmosphere matched the damp and over cast weather conditions.

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An outstanding last game by a depleated 8th Grade Silver Sharks team completed their season with a resounding 4-0 victory. Depending on other results, this could have been enough to win the league championship for the plucky young team. This is an incredible achievement as the team has had a terrible run of injuries and absences which led to them defaulting two games in mid season.

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Aaaargh; is there anything more thrillingly inviting than the prospect of an inter club derby? The Red Hot Tunas and the Sea Snakes squared off in yet another Pukekohe AFC club derby in the 8^th grade 1^st division and 40+ supporters (and on-lookers) of either side didn’t think so before, during and certainly after the game.

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Red Hot Shaun 15, Slick Raiders 2, Tired Tunas 1

In an awesome display of grit, determination, commitment and skill Shaun Goettler turned it on for the Red Hot Tunas in Manurewa this morning.

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The 9th grade Tigers took on the bottom placed Manurewa Puma's at Bledisloe Park, confident of extending their recent run of good results.

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8^th Grade Red Hot Tunas score four times but have to share the spoils.

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The 9^th Grade Pukekohe Tigers took on the Manurewa Hurricanes on Saturday. As the season progresses, the team is starting to gel beautifully with slick play more and more evident. Delighted coach Peter Sutcliffe, described Saturday’s performance as the most complete of the season.

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In one of many inter-club matches in the 2006 8^th  grade 1^st  division the Red Hot Tunas and the Green Machine played out an exiting 'no holds barred' match in which the Red Hot Tunas scored a come from behind 6:5 win.

 

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The 9^th Grade Pukekohe Tigers took on the Waiuku Jaguars on Saturday.

(For all those wanting inspiration for the next Waiuku derby match! Ed.)

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The 9th Grade Tigers took all three points with a 4-0 win over Waiuku Leopards, thus moving into the top half of the table. The game was locked at 0-0 for two thirds of the match, before the Tigers opened the scoring with a well taken goal by Thomas du Maurier. That opened the floodgates, with a cracking goal from Savem and two more from Thomas to ...

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Fixtures for Youth and Junior teams were once again severly affected by the weather last weekend. Most grounds in Auckland and Manukau were closed after heavy rain. Fingers crossed for this weekend!