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Spot kick proves the difference in women’s Eastern League football

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Gisborne Girls’ High 1st XI player Jade McVey about to be challenged by Marist Thistle’s Kayla Wilson-Moore in and Eastern Women’s football game at Harry Barker Reserve on Sunday. The students won a tight tussle 3-2 — a Lucy McDiarmid penalty proving the difference on the scoreboard. Picture by Tamsin Wilson

 by Mandy Owen and John Gillies

Two teams at the bottom of the points table provided plenty of excitement in women’s Eastern League football on Sunday.

Gisborne Girls’ High School beat Tatapouri Marist Thistle 3-2 at Harry Barker Reserve.

Marist Thistle coach Mandy Owen said it was her team’s best performance so far this season. It was a measure of the work they had done in training ...

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