North Harbour had to go to sudden-death penalties to win their fourth Pan Pacs 2016 title – toppling Sydney Northern Beaches 9-8 in the under 14 girls’. In the boys’, Canberra 1 had the lead at half-time, but Sydney Uni Pirates turned it around to win 8-6. Tauranga A claimed the girls’ bronze over NSW Platypuses, and Marist Red collected their fourth podium-finish this year: beating North Harbour 9-4.
Under 14 Girls’ Final
North Harbour Maroon versus Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers
Sydney Northern Beaches Breakers girls had the start on Auckland’s North Harbour, scoring the first goal through L Gillis. Dana Clark evened it up by the end of the quarter with an extra-man goal for 1-1.
Dana Clark was on form and helped North Harbour gained momentum in the second quarter when she scored two goals within two minutes for 3-1 up heading into the halftime break.
The Breakers scored two goals to North Harbour’s one in the third quarter, to come within distance of making a move for the gold medal. They came out determined after the break and levelled through #12 S Hearn. Sydney couldn’t make the most of two 5-on-4 opportunities, and the score stuck at 4-4 at fulltime.
After North Harbour goalkeeper made a save in the penalty shoot-out, they had a chance to take the win but the North Harbour shooter didn’t convert down the other end. Sydney missed another, North Harbour scored – and they had claimed their 4th 2016 Pan Pacific Youth Water Polo Festival title.
Quarter goals NHB:SNB 1:1, 2:0, 1:2, 0:1. PENS: 5:4
Scorers:
North Harbour Maroon: D Clark 3, L Doak. PENS: R Dean, D Clark, L Doak, R Spark 2
Sydney Northern Beaches: L Gillis, D Lowry 2, S Hearn. PENS: D Lowry, A Gladstone, L Gillis, S Hearn
Under 14 Boys’ Final
Sydney University Pirates versus Canberra 1
It was extremely tight in the all-Aussie affair that was Sydney Uni Pirates versus Canberra. The score was drawn at 1-1, 2-2, 3-3, 4-4, and 5-5 until Sydney Uni made small movements towards taking the championship – it started with Z Green’s goal after a Pirates time-out in the last play of the third quarter.
Sydney quickly made the gap two when they scored 30 seconds into the final quarter. Canberra fought back to make it one at 3:12, but the crucial goal came from K Young at 0:45 seconds to go for an 8-6 final score.
Quarter goals SUL:CBR 2:2, 1:2, 3:1, 2:1
Scorers:
Sydney Uni Pirates: K Young, N Stribac 4, Z Green, J Crameri, D McJannett
Canberra 1: M Bognolo, A Tarrant 2, M Wilson 2, A Heddle
Under 14 Girls’ Bronze
New South Wales Platypuses versus Tauranga A
Quarter goals NSW:TGA 0:0, 1:1, 0:2, 1:0
Scorers:
New South Wales Platypuses: R Johnstone 2
Tauranga A: Lucy Mano 2, Maddie Culpan
Under 14 Boys’ Bronze
North Harbour Maroon versus Marist Red
Quarter goals: NHB:MAR 0:2, 1:1, 1:4, 2:2
Scorers:
North Harbour Maroon: S Pooching, Y Saito, B Cooper, F Howarth-Dawson
Marist Red: R Kenno, K McDowell, F McOmish, J Klink 2, W Bason 3
Meanwhile, the under 18 men’s and women’s semi-finals were taking place at Diocesan and St. Cuthbert’s.
In the men’s, Australia Youth Barbarians got the better of Tauranga – winning 8-7. The Tauranga team did well to come back in the final moments after being down 8-5. Marist Red had to fend off a valiant Australia 2000 side, and eventually took the win 12-8.
Over at St. Cuthbert’s, North Harbour A managed to overcome Australia Green 10-6, and similarly, Marist Red prevailed over the Waikato/Bay of Plenty region combination WaiBOP 9-6.
Under 18 medal matches will all be livestreamed on Spalk – tune in from 1:10pm here. There is still time to sign up to commentate the finals – find the link here!
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