There will be a new name engraved on the 86-year-old Chatham Cup on the weekend of September 19 and 20 after Wellington Olympic and Auckland’s Three Kings United made the most of home advantage in Sunday’s semi-finals.

A second half goal rush from defending champions Lynn Avon United resulted in a resounding 10-0 semi-final win over Upper Hutt City in Auckland on Sunday and kept them on course for a ninth Women’s Knockout Cup title.

Claudelands Rovers became the first Waikato team in 14 years to make the final of the Women’s Knockout Cup with a late 3-2 semi-final win over Western AFC at Christchurch’s English Park on Saturday.

Ahead of two epic Auckland-versus-Wellington Chatham Cup semi-finals on Sunday, one of the final four clubs is happy to have slipped under the radar.

Just a fortnight before the Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club celebrates its 75th jubilee comes news of the death of Reg King, arguably the best striker to play for the club.