McDonald Real Estate Stratford men’s football team got the ball rolling on March 6-17, with the men travelling to Taumarunui to take on an invitational team.
This was a social match with Stratford winning 3-nil over the locals. Goals were scored by Daniel Drummond, Brody Savage and Brent Watkins. The pick of the three went to Brent scoring a diving header off his son’s cross pass.
![The McDonald Real Estate Stratford men's football team travelled across the North Island for pres-eason tournaments.](https://www.nzherald.co.nz/resizer/v2/YW5VZAUBGFFFDAJJNMPOCVJLEY.jpg?auth=8b8598998389e4a588480bae9cdbd347a209ab73103491d42f2b5693f950fd36&width=16&height=8&quality=70&smart=true)
Last Saturday, the men travelled to Kaponga to play the recently rebuilt Charrua team. The final score was 5-2 in favour of Charrua with goals to Ayshnal Reddy and Brody Savage.
Next weekend the men’s squad travel to Wellington and Whanganui for matches.