Another shocking weekend for weather saw us at home against Hawera's b side. They were clearly struggling for numbers as their only sub was a 65 year old! We had no official ref for the game so Dave Savage kindly stood in. He was put to the test as well, particularly in the second half with Hawera's heavy handed approach. In the driving rain we kicked off and settled down reasonably well, passing the ball around. Hawera rode their luck on a few occasions. Keith in goal was having a good game for them and made some good saves. We went closest to scoring in the first half when Glynn's shot hit the inside of the post and bounced across goal to safety. They had a good chance also when Sam was beaten to the ball by Kris Booker, almost on the touchline and Booker curled a shot on target which I was able to head clear for a corner. 0-0 at the half wasn't really an accurate reflection of the game but Jason wasn't too unhappy with that.Hawera pressed forward early in the second half and it was a direct result of them pushing on that lead to our goal.Allan received the ball and played a nice ball down the left side for Shaun to chase. He looked up and squared a good pass for Jason to thump home. We held the lead for a while before we got caught out at the back and Kris Booker capitalised to drive a shot past Sam for 1-1. Chances still came our way and Shaun should have scored when Mitch found him in space with the keeper to beat but he hit it too close to their keeper, Keith who parried and then saved the follow-up shot from Shaun as well.The game threatened to boil over at one stage after some nasty challenges went in,Tony was left on the ground after one of them and was subbed off hurt. As the rain and cold increased our chances of winning slipped away until finally Dave blew the whistle to send us running for the showers!