Quarter Finals day at the 2010 Centenary Cup

GROUP A
Undefeated Southern Districts completed their mission with a determined 5-0 win over Southern Branch and secured top spot in the group.  The 2^nd quarter final position was only decided when Eastern Suburbs defeated Illawarra 3-0 for their place in the finals.
GROUP B
As in Group A, Gladesville-Hornsby remained undefeated and finished in 1^st place after defeating St George 3-0.  Manly-Warringah snared the 2^nd spot up for grabs following their emphatic 2-0 victory over Canterbury.
GROUP C
Sutherland were the outstanding (and undefeated) team in Group C after their fine 4-1 win over Northern Tasmania and then provided a very nice sporting gesture when Sutho stalwart Bob Rivett made a generous presentation to the boys from Tassie which they will take back home with them and treasure for many years to come.  Granville cemented their claims for 2^nd place in the group by emphatically defeating Bankstown 4-0.
QUARTER FINALS TIME ARRIVES!
After much mathematics and compiling of results, the finalists were named.
Cup Quarter Finals.
QF1  Southern Districts             v   Illawarra
QF2  Sutherland                        v   Eastern Suburbs
QF3  Gladesville-Hornsby          v   Bankstown
QF4  Manly-Warringah   v   Granville
QF1 began at a frantic pace with Southern Districts attacking and being rewarded with an early goal but this only fired up Illawarra who threw everything into their game and whilst Southern Districts matched them in all areas, eventually the Illawarra equalizer came, throwing the match into penalties.  Southern Districts
QF2 was a torrid affair with the Sutherland lads beginning confidently but unable to break down the defences of a plucky Eastern Suburbs outfit.  Full time came without a goal to separate the sides and again it was the penalty shoot-out that was required to find a winner and that winner eventually was Sutherland who defeated Eastern Suburbs 3p-2p.
QF3 saw Bankstown and Gladesville-Hornsby slug it out and with both sides scoring the one goal it looked like penalties again, but late in the match Gladesville-Hornsby found the elusive winner to take the match 2-1.
QF4 and Manly-Warringah began well and were looking the goods until Bankstown took control of the match and scored two fine goals to progress to the semis.
Plate Quarter Finals
QF1  Canterbury                        def       Northern Tasmania                     6-0
QF2  Western Branch     def       Blacktown                                 3-1
QF3   Ku Ring Gai                     def       Macarthur                                  5-1
QF4   Nepean                def       Balgownie                                 5-0
So, after four days of preliminary rounds and quarter finals football, the semis to be played tomorrow (Friday) are determined.
Plate Semis.    9.00am
Canterbury                    v          Western Branch
Ku Ring Gai                  v          Nepean
CUP SEMI FINALS          10.15am
SOUTHERN DISTRICTS                         v          SUTHERLAND
GLADESVILLE-HORNSBY         v          GRANVILLE
Plate Final                    11.30am
CUP  FINAL                  12.45pm
PRESENTATIONS    2.00pm    
To be presented by Football NSW General Manager, Mr Ian Holmes.
Larry Grant
Head of Competitions (A)