On Tuesday our 1st XI Footballers qualified for a National Tournament to be held in Christchurch over Tournament Week in September.

King’s was the only unbeaten team of the four teams vying for qualification. King’s beat Otago Boys' 2-0, Wakatipu High School 1-0, Timaru Boys' 3-1 & then on Tuesday drew 3-3 with Kavanagh. 

Tuesday’s game showed the depth of King’s football & the benefit of a well organised football programme. With six of the usual starting XI injured or unavailable, the use of the 2nd XI & Junior players ensured qualification in a testing game that Kavanagh had to win. After being 3-0 down with 15 minutes to go, King’s showed incredible composure to score in the 55th, 60th & then on full time in the 70th minute of play.