Bay Harbour: August 16, 2017

PAGE 20 Wednesday <strong>August</strong> <strong>16</strong> <strong>2017</strong><br />

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Luck of the Irish seals win for <strong>Bay</strong>s<br />

• By Gordon Findlater<br />

CENTRAL DEFENDER Ciaran<br />

Aherne’s first ever league double<br />

has put Ferrymead <strong>Bay</strong>s in<br />

the driver’s seat to become the<br />

first club to win five Mainland<br />

Premier League titles.<br />

The Irish 33-year-old scored a<br />

goal in both halves during <strong>Bay</strong>s’<br />

2-1 win over Nelson Suburbs in<br />

Nelson on Sunday.<br />

His second goal came in the<br />

final minute of the game and<br />

could prove decisive in the team’s<br />

hunt for their fifth MPL title.<br />

“All the lads were on my back<br />

celebrating, but the celebrations<br />

didn’t last that long because there<br />

was three minutes of extra time<br />

left,” said Aherne.<br />

“Being a central defender, they<br />

usually don’t let me past the half<br />

way line and they let me know<br />

about it if I do, he said.<br />

“Our coach Danny Halligan<br />

is usually screaming at me to get<br />

back if it happens.”<br />

The defender moved to<br />

Christchurch from Ireland<br />

six years ago and is in his<br />

second stint with the club after<br />

taking a season off due to work<br />

commitments.<br />

The game was his first in more<br />

than two months, making a<br />

return to the field after being out<br />

for 10 weeks with a groin injury.<br />

Aherne’s first goal was a<br />

well-placed header from a cross.<br />

WINNER: Ciaran Aherne celebrates his match-winning goal<br />

and his first MPL double.<br />

However, his next goal, the most<br />

important of the game, wasn’t as<br />

glamorous.<br />

“It was a bit of a scramble.<br />

There were about six players<br />

going for it, there were arms and<br />

legs and all sorts. I just managed<br />

to get my head on it,” said<br />

MPL standings:<br />

1. Cashmere Technical,<br />

46pts<br />

2. Ferrymead <strong>Bay</strong>s,<br />

44pts<br />

3. Coastal Spirit, 33pts<br />

Aherne.<br />

“It could have gone any way.<br />

We got the luck of the Irish I<br />

suppose.”<br />

The win means the equation<br />

is now simple<br />

for <strong>Bay</strong>s: Win<br />

their last three<br />

games and the<br />

title is theirs.<br />

They are<br />

now two<br />

points behind<br />

competition<br />

leader<br />

Cashmere<br />

Technical.<br />

However,<br />

Cashmere have<br />

just two games<br />

remaining.<br />

<strong>Bay</strong>s came into the latest round<br />

of the MPL in second place, five<br />

points behind Cashmere.<br />

They can thank Coastal Spirit<br />

for defeating Cashmere 2-0 to<br />

win the Hurley Shield at Garrick<br />

SPORTS<br />

‘It could have<br />

gone any way.<br />

We got the luck<br />

of the Irish I<br />

suppose.’<br />

– Ciaran Aherne<br />

4. Nelson Suburbs, 31pts<br />

5. FC Twenty 11, 24pts<br />

6. Nomads United,<br />

20pts<br />

7. Universities, 9pts<br />

8. Western, 8pts<br />

Park on Saturday.<br />

Their run to the end of the<br />

season is not an easy one.<br />

<strong>Bay</strong>s will play Universities, who<br />

are fighting to avoid relegation,<br />

on Friday night.<br />

They then have a<br />

short turnaround<br />

before hosting<br />

third placed Nelson<br />

Suburbs on Sunday.<br />

Their final<br />

game of the season<br />

is against bottom of<br />

the table Western<br />

who are likely to<br />

require a win to<br />

avoid relegation.<br />

“We’re probably<br />

still the underdog<br />

in it because we play two teams<br />

in a relegation battle who will be<br />

fighting tooth and nail to win.<br />

We know we have a huge job on<br />

our hands,” said Aherne.<br />

<strong>Bay</strong>s and Cashmere have both<br />

won four MPL titles.<br />

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