The senior club football season finished on a high at Jubilee Park on Saturday as teams from six clubs battled for silverware on Cup Finals Day.
Six trophies were up for grabs with FC Nelson the only club to win more than one, taking home the 3rd and 4th division cups.
Blenheim-based Rangers took home the top men’s cup on offer, beating Golden Bay 3-0 for the Price Charity Cup which is played for by teams competing in the Nelson Bays Football 1st division.
In the Senior Women’s Knockout Cup, the all-conquering Richmond Foxes proved too strong for the Nelson Suburbs Reserves, winning 8-0.
There were big swings in emotion for fans of FC Nelson Locomotive.
Its 3rd division team beat the Richmond Bogans 10-0 to win the AR Hurst Trophy but its 2nd division team were soundly beaten 10-1 by Nelson Suburbs Seals.
The Greg Brown Memorial Cup was won by FC Nelson after a dramatic penalty shootout saw it defeat Nelson Suburbs Skyblues.
In the Thorkild Hansen Memorial Cup, Thorkild’s old master’s team, FC Nelson, couldn’t get the better of Wakefield, which won the cup 3-1.
