KIAMA were unlucky to come away from The Quarry with at least a point last Saturday, against a physical Berkeley side which only dominated the IFA District League game in the last 15 minutes.

Both sides took time to settle, but after 14 minutes midfield workhorse, Andy Lockard, opened the score for Kiama with a deflected shot after some good build up work through midfield. Two minutes later, George Guevara in Kiama goal, was called upon to pull off a great save to keep the advantage in check, but it was Lockard again on 20 minutes which stung the hands of the Berkeley keeper from range with a powerful shot that was turned around for a corner.

The referee tried hard to keep the sometime spiteful encounter in check, and it was from a Berkeley freekick on 37 minutes that brought about the equaliser. Through a sea of legs in the goalmouth, a Berkeley goalbound shot found its way past an exposed Guevara in goal to equalise.Within a minute of the kick off Berkelely hit the front, with a cracking goal from distance which canoned off the crossbar and into the net, leaving Guevara no chance in goal.

As tempers flaired the booking count rose, as Gabriele Guevara's effort from 12 yards was pushed around for yet another Kiama corner.Just before halftime, Billy Sterjovksi, who had been heavily marked all day, was brought down in the penalty area for a Kiama penalty.

Young Daniel Swinton stepped up to despatch the spotkick into the top left hand corner of the net which belied his years to level the scores 2-2.Winger, Kyle Glazier, came close on occasion and linked up well with livewire Michael Pitt and Lockard in Kiama's midfield to run the Berkeley defence ragged at times.In the second half, all hell broke lose in a 5 minute spell which spiralled the game out of Kama's reach.Billy Sterjovksi was shown a second yellow card for dessent moments after the restart. Sterjovksi was still walking off the ground when within minutes Berkeley were awarded a penalty to go 3-2 up.

Down to ten men, Kiama were always chasing the game, which Berkeley played out well, even though Glazier's through ball to Lockard nearly found the target to equalise.Kiama were unlucky in that they did not have the numbers to push forward for the remainder of the game, which allowed Berkeley to attack more.Man of the match, Nate Chellew and Steve Dick at the heart of Kiama's defence, held firm until a crucial blow for the Quarriers was when defender Mitch Grant hobbled off with a bad injury, leaving the side exposed at the back.

Berkeley capitalised on this and scored on the 78th minute and added to the talley with a minute of time remaining to run out 5-2 winners, but the scoreline flattered the visitors on the day.Coach,

Robert Hernandez, said after the game that; "we didn't deserve to lose like that. I am proud of the guys today, some decisions you can accept during the course of the season, but we seemed to have all of them against us today," he said.

Kiama Youth grade managed to reminded undefeated for four matches with a hard-fought 1-0 win. Jason Forrester was once again on target as Kiama did not capitalise on its chances which were many in a one sided game. Josh Dietrich was outstanding on the day in the Kiama defence.

The Reserves, meanwhile, continue to impress but cannot convert its chances. A missed penalty could have brought the game against second-placed Berkeley level, but after 90 minutes the scoreline was 3-1 in favour of the visitors. James Spence netted a screamer from 18 yards for Kiama, but it was too little too late.