Football
Heartland Wairarapa chairman Bob Francis is disappointed over the decision by Football New Zealand to deny them a place in the 2013-14 national summer football league.
Francis and his board met yesterday afternoon to discuss their next steps with Francis, expressing optimism they will accept the offer of fielding a team in the ASB youth league instead.
"Obviously we are disappointed not to be involved in the premiership. The signs had been pretty positive and we were reasonably confident our bid would be successful," he said.
"A lot of hard work went into making certain we had everything in place. We were ready to go."