Ōtaki Sports Club

Many many thanks to Te Pae o Tararua: Ōtaki to north of Levin Southern Alliance (the folk building the expressway to Levin) for their very generous recent $500 donation to Ōtaki junior football.

The roading guys recently held a fundraising raffle as part of celebrating the FIFA World Cup, and their donation came from this.

Pictured is Dylan Stange from the Southern Alliance handing over the funds to Cam Butler representing Ōtaki Sports Club.

Our two junior C grade Wellington winter tennis teams met on Sunday in the penultimate round of the competition.

On a very windy Ōtaki afternoon, the Manakau Mavericks (Hunter Pritchard and Oliver Martin) showed their experience coming out 3-0 winners over the Sassy Slicers (Scarlett Beauchamp and Stewart Johnston).

The Mavericks moved into 2nd place on the ladder following the win and the Slicers sit 7th.

Meanwhile our junior A grade team, Ōtaki Kakama, and our junior D grade team, Ōtaki Acers, both had postponements on Sunday.

A good 6-1 win to Ōtaki Purutaitama yesterday over the Paekakariki Central Unicorns sees the boys into the Final of the Bowl competition of the Kāpiti Cup next week.

Well-played to Reece Litherland scoring two of the goals.

Meanwhile, the Ōtaki Master Blasters had a heavy 13-0 loss to Manakau Hui Mai in the semi-finals of the Plate competition of the Kāpiti Cup. The Div 3 Blasters gave their all against the Div 1 Manakau team.

(Thanks to Frank Neill for the Purutaitama photos from yesterday.)

Sunday 13 September,10am-2pm. Love Tennis. Come and have fun with us on our tennis open day!!

We'll have: free fun coaching for kids and adults; free yummy food; free use of our ball machine; free fun hitting and mini games, with all equipment provided.

Plus we have two memberships and cans of tennis balls to give away (to non-members).

Plus, there's free entry into a draw to win a VIP trip to the ASB Classic in Auckland!!

Come along, have fun, enjoy our hospitality, and be in to win!!

(We're at Ōtaki Sports Club, Haruātai Park, behind the swimming pool.)

Spring is in the air and tennis is back on the menu!

We're looking for male and female interclub players for our senior tennis teams this spring ... for all levels of ability, age and competitiveness.

If you'd like to join the club and one of our very friendly and fun teams, come and have a casual hit with us to find out more: Sunday 23 and 30 August, any time between 1.30-3pm.

We're at Ōtaki Sports Club, Haruātai Park, behind the swimming pool.

Or reach out to Adam, [email protected], for more info.

Otaki Sports Club's Kāeaea women's football team celebrated a last home game 1-0 win against 2nd placed Wellington Emeralds on Sunday.

This takes them out of the relegation zone and have now cemented a place in Division 1 for next year currently in 6th place with one game to go for the season.

The wining goal came in the 2nd half with an impressive volley shot into the top corner by Haley Hall.

Coach Brent said we are not a team of stars but definitely a "Star Team" all putting in 100% every week .

After a number of draws this season, Kāeaea rewarded the supporters on the sideline with a home win.

A Super Sunday at Haruātai Park this afternoon with three big wins from three matches across two codes.

Our women's football team had maybe their best match of the season winning 1-0 over the Wellington United AFC Emeralds.

Pre-match, the Emeralds were 2nd in Div One with Ōtaki Kāeaea in 7th.

The win moves Kāeaea up to 6th. Coach Brent said the team played at a very high level all match to get the win.

Meanwhile on the Haruātai tennis courts, the Ōtaki Savage Killers beat the Kilbirnie Harriers to climb to 2nd spot in Wellington H Grade; and the Ōtaki Outlaws had a good win over Waikanae Gold to move to 4th in H grade.

Awesome to see the grounds and clubhouse full today, with a great atmosphere all afternoon ... and great results!

Pictured are the Killers in action at the Haruātai tennis courts back in July. Winning back then, winning again today, and undefeated so far this winter! 💪🎾

Big congrats to our two men's football teams for their 2nd place finishes in the recently-ended Horowhenua-Kāpiti football league. 😃⚽️

Well-done to Purutaitama, 2nd in Division 1; and Master Blasters, 2nd in Division 3. 😃⚽️⚽️

And in the season-ending, knock-out Kāpiti Cup that started yesterday, Purutaitama went down 1-0 in an unexpected loss to the KCU Raumati Cosmos and the Master Blasters had a big 4-1 win over the Waikanae Wanderers.

The Savage Killers and the Outlaws, our two senior winter interclub teams, faced each other at home yesterday with the Killers coming out on top 6-2 after a close afternoon of competitive tennis.

The Killers are undefeated after 4 of 9 rounds, and are third on the H grade ladder, with the Outlaws not far behind them in 5th.

Go Ōtaki! 🎾🙂💥

Killers Max Beauchamp, Sonia Savage, Tom Beauchamp and Vicky Rukuwai and Outlaws James Kynaston, Nikora Te Wiata, Jess Lemana and Jess Singleton are pictured here in photos from yesterday's match.