The Gisborne Tairāwhiti under-13 team who won the Central Football Federation tournament in Napier at the weekend are, back row (from left): Ander Batarrita (coach), Cory Land, Archie Cook, Harry Gardiner, Archie Gillies (goalkeeper), Kobe Donnelly, Rori Fukushima-Hall, Flynn Morrissey, Micah Searle, George Ure, Billy Frain, Jack Turner, Rhodes Dennison and David Ure (coach). Front: Arthur Tilghman, Johnny Batarrita-Clarke and Jaxon Allan. Absent: Benny McKinnon. Picture supplied
Gisborne Tairāwhiti footballers are the Central Football Federation champions for the under-13 age group.
It’s the culmination — but not the end — of a six-year journey for many of the team, who came together as representative footballers in 2018 when they were seven and eight years old.
Gisborne Thistle teammates Ander Batarrita and Davie Ure have sons in the team, and six years ago they...
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