Winston Reid and Hannah Wilkinson collected multiple honours while Ali Riley and Chris Wood set new records at New Zealand Football’s 2011 awards dinner held at Sky City Hamilton on Thursday night.
Tommy Smith will captain the All Whites throughout New Zealand’s OFC Nations Cup campaign in the Solomon Islands with coach Ricki Herbert giving his full backing to the 22-year-old as the team touched down in Honiara today.
While the All Whites were earning two positive results in the USA, the Football Ferns headlined club action for our Kiwis abroad, not least in Germany with many Ferns involved as the German Frauen Bundesliga wrapped up.
Shane Smeltz, the All Whites’ match-winner against Honduras, says New Zealand are in great shape ahead of the OFC Nations Cup in the Solomon Islands starting on Friday.