Belconnen United continued to lead the Capital Premier League as they visited the Riverina and came away with an excellent 6-2 away victory at Kessler Park over Wagga City Wanderers.
The visiting team were 3-0 up by the half-time break, making sure that the Wanderers were on the back foot from the opening moments and leading when Jake Bishop scored after seventeen minutes.
By the time Jayde James-Ward netted his first of the afternoon, and Bishop made it three, the Blue Devils were cruising. Kade Lyons pulled one back early in the secon0half, but James-Ward added two more in quick succession to restore the cushion.
Lyons added his tenth of the season to pull one back, for the Wanderers, but there was still time for Tupaia Ringi to add to the total for Belconnen and keep the league leaders ahead of the chasing pack.
Canberra Juventus hopes of pushing into the top three took a dent as they were unable to make any ground on ANU FC as the University side and the host drew 2-2 at Ainslie Oval.
Jack Gibson extended his Golden Boot lead by giving ANU the lead in only the third minute of the match, but it was a short-lived advantage as Micheal Adams, who has hit the ground running at Juventus, levelled four minutes later.
ANU then gave themselves the lead again, Nicholas Hope scoring his third goal of the campaign, but Adams was to rescue Juventus again, this time with eleven minutes to play as he netted his third goal in two games to earn the point.
Brindabella Blues missed the chance to close the gap in Juventus as they were held to a 3-3 draw by West Canberra Wanderers at Melrose Synthetic, the Blues securing a draw in stoppage time.
Riley Williams had given the Blues the lead in the first-half, but Wanderers hit back through a goal from Juan Diaz-Burgos. Curtis Schaeffer restored the lead for the Blues, only for Juan Diaz-Tellez to draw the match level again.
Incredibly, with a minute to go Danel Fox put Wanderers in front, and they looked set for a second win of the season, only for Schaeffer to level it in stoppage time and earn a point.
On Sunday afternoon, Canberra Olympic made sure that they kept up the pressure on the league leaders by taking out a hard-fought 1-0 win over White Eagles at Woden Park.
A single goal was enough to secure the win for Olympic, netted two minutes past the hour mark as Bailey Sorensen scored his second goal of the season which leaves Olympic within touching distance of top spot.
Both teams belied hard conditions to put on a tough contest in the rain, Olympic seeing it through.
RESULTS
ROUND 13
Saturday 5 July
Wagga City Wanderers 2 (Lyons 46’, 85’) Belconnen United 6 (Bishop 17’, 37’, James-Ward 23’, 48’, 67’, Ringi 87’)
Canberra Juventus 2 (Adams 7’, 79’) ANU FC 2 (Gibson 3’, Hope 22’)
West Canberra Wanderers 3 (Diaz-Burgos 57’, Diaz-Tellez 79’, Fox 89’) Brindabella Blues 3 (Williams 24’, Schaeffer 53’, 90+1’)
Sunday 6 July
White Eagles 0 Canberra Olympic 1 (Sorensen 62’)
TABLE
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | PTS | ||
| 1 | Belconnen United | 12 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 32 | 13 | +19 | 30 |
| 2 | Canberra Olympic | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 16 | +23 | 28 |
| 3 | ANU FC | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 36 | 18 | +18 | 25 |
| 4 | Canberra Juventus | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | +6 | 20 |
| 5 | Brindabella Blues | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 24 | +2 | 14 |
| 6 | White Eagles | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 30 | -8 | 11 |
| 7 | Wagga City Wanderers | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 43 | -17 | 10 |
| 8 | West Canberra | 13 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 11 | 54 | -43 | 4 |
TOP SCORERS
14: Jack GIBSON (ANU FC)
11: Sergio LINDNER (White Eagles)
10: Kade LYONS (Wagga City Wanderers). Curtis SCHAEFFER (Brindabella Blues)
7: Mate BARISIC (Canberra Olympic), Julian BORGNA (Canberra Olympic)
6: Cristian BARRESI (Canberra Juventus), Jake BISHOP (Belconnen United), Remi GACHET (Canberra Olympic), Dustin WELLS (Belconnen United), Own GOALS
4: Mate BARISIC (Canberra Olympic), Abderrahim DELLAHI (White Eagles), Jayde JAMES-WARD (Belconnen United), Jak MATIC (Canberra Juventus), Michael RINAUDO (Belconnen United), Zac STEELE (Wagga City Wanderers), Antoni TIMOTHEOU (Canberra Olympic), Thomas YONGAI (Wagga City Wanderers)
3: Micheal ADAMS (Canberra Juventus), Hassan ALNUWAYSIR (Canberra Olympic), Tom COSENTINI (Canberra Juventus), Juan DIAZ-TELLEZ (West Canberra Wanderers), Finn HARMER (Brindabella Blues), Nicholas HOPE (ANU FC), Samuel LYE (ANU FC), Adrian MACOR (Canberra Juventus), Zachary MILCZAREK (Canberra Olympic), Andre OLIVEIRA (ANU FC), Mark SHIELDS (Canberra Olympic), Ali SOHANI (White Eagles), Henry WILKS (Brindabella Blues), Riley WILLIAMS (Brindabella Blues)
2: Harry BILLINGTON (Belconnen United), Oliver GRIST (ANU FC), Marcus GRZIC (West Canberra Wanderers), Jacob HART (ANU FC), Jonathan JOHN (Brindabella Blues), Tony MADAFFARI (Canberra Juventus), Jasper MILIN (Canberra Juventus), Adam NEOU (Canberra Olympic), Patrick O’ROURKE (Belconnen United), Babin PAUDYAL (Canberra Juventus), Tupaia RINGI (Belconnen United), Bailey SORENSON (Canberra Olympic)
1: Andrew AITCHISON (West Canberra Wanderers), Deng ALEER DENG (Brindabella Blues), Dylan BARRETO (Canberra Juventus), Nikolas BLASKOVIC (Brindabella Blues), Elijah BROOKER (Wagga City Wanderers), Isaac BROOKER (Wagga City Wanderers), Adam BROOKS (Canberra Juventus), Eliseo CASTRO (Canberra Juventus),Zac CHADWICK (ANU FC), Juan DIAZ-BURGOS (Wes Canberra Wanderers), Lewis DOBBIN (ANU FC), Nick FAUST (Canberra Olympic), Daniel FOX (West Canberra Wanderers)m Josh GASPARI (Canberra Juventus), Monteagh GRACE (ANU FC), Benjamin HADFIELD (ANU FC), Ben HICK (White Eagles), Morris KADZOLA (Wagga City Wanderers), Damien KENNEDY (White Eagles), Ethan KRUG (ANU FC), Luca MACOR (Canberra Juventus), Alasdair MOORE (ANU FC), Max MOTTL (ANU FC), Daniel MUNOZ (Brindabella Blues), Van NGUYEN (West Canberra Wanderers), Nik NOVESKI (White Eagles), Jacob OCHIENG (Wagga City Wanderers), Maxwell PREST (Wagga City Wanderers), Ferney RENTERIA (White Eagles), Pedro SERRANO (Belconnen United), Patrick SHORE (Canberra Juventus), Kye SMITH (Belconnen United), Naser SMOQY (Wagga City Wanderers), Ethan STAMATIS (West Canberra Wanderers), Ethan TUDEHOPE (ANU FC), Liam VICKERS (West Canberra Wanderers), Regan WALSH (Belconnen United), Oliver WIEDERKEHR (Canberra Olympic), Oliver WIRTZENS (Brindabella Blues), Kyle YEATES (Wagga City Wanderers)
