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The Warkworth Hockey Club has won the men’s Division 2 in the North Harbour Hockey competition.
The team was presented with the championship trophy on July 29 and now moves into the Finals Day competition as the team to beat.
Warkworth Hockey Club president Graham Buchs says this is an exciting time for the team, which is new to the club this season.
“Winning this trophy gives them the opportunity, post season, to play a promotion/relegation match against the loser of the Division 1 men’s championship. If they win that game, they can be promoted into the D1 grade – and the loser moves to D2,” Buch says.
The women’s Division 1 team is also having a cracking season, finishing runners-up in the championship and are solid contenders in the Finals Day competition, he says.
Buchs is also full of praise for the Premier 3 men’s team who, while not being a top contender, have nevertheless shown their grit taking on the top teams such as Takapuna and giving them a good challenge every time.
“They are the terrier in the competition,” he says.
Championships are the main competition each season – with points accumulated through the season for wins and draws. A team is the championship winner once it has enough points that the team in second place cannot catch it in the remaining championship games.
Following the championship round, all teams move into a Finals Day structure dependent on championship placement. This is a sudden death round – where every game is crucial. The aim is to have the chance to place for the trophy on finals day at the end of this month by not getting knocked out.
The Finals day will be held on Saturday August 27 at the National Hockey Centre at Rosedale, with prizegiving in mid-September.
