PREVIEW: Halswell United and Selwyn United to contest women’s cup semi-final

Canterbury will find its first finalist for this year’s Reta Fitzpatrick Cup when English Park hosts Wednesday’s semi-final between Halswell United and Selwyn United.

Halswell United won the inaugural women’s knockout cup in 1974 and last lifted the trophy in 1979.

Selwyn United have yet get their name engraved on the cup.

Halswell United beat NW United 1-0 in the quarter-finals, while Selwyn United reached the last four with a 2-0 win against Hornby United.

Main photo: Halswell United … take on Selwyn United at English Park.Photo credit: Jim Watts Photography / @jimwattsphoto

Fixtures

Game to be played on Wednesday August 7, 2024

Reta Fitzpatrick Cup

First semi-final

Halswell United v Selwyn United
English Park, Christchurch, 7pm

Game to be played on Wednesday August 14, 2024

Second semi-final

Coastal Spirit v Cashmere Technical
English Park, Christchurch, 7pm

The Reta Fitzpatrick Cup

The Reta Fitzpatrick Cup is Mainland Football’s premier women’s knockout competition, named after one of women’s football’s pioneers in Canterbury.

She was team manager for Rangers (a founding club of Coastal Spirit) from 1976 to 1992. Fitzpatrick served as an administrator at Rangers and the Canterbury Women’s Football Association, becoming a Life Member of both.

Canterbury’s women’s knockout competition began in 1974 but was renamed after Fitzpatrick in 2005.

Past winners

This story was first published on August 7, 2024.

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