Pulling a Swift One - April 14, 2018

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

April 14, 2018

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Tauranga Blue Rovers Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Matamata Swifts Reserves v Tauranga Blue Rovers Reserves WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm

A Few Kind Words

2018 Management Committee Patron Jack Poole President Dwayne Barlow Vice-President Rob Cox Treasurer Michael Candy Secretary Kerrie Cox Club Captain Chris Bedford Committee Matt Aberhart Alistair Basalaj Pete Challis Junior Convenor Ronan Costello

PICTURED Front Cover Scott Parsonage - Comag Matamata Swifts’ new player-coach.

Page 3 Some pics from our preseason match against Papamoa.

So here we are again. Back at the Domain for the start of another football season. Today’s matches were a late change, which has meant a bit of extra work to get things ready in time, not least the playing surface, but the grounds crew got stuck in and we’re ready to go.

Just a quick note on the surface... please slap me if I ever complain about the Domain again. After seeing what the Swifts had to play on in Hamilton last Saturday I think we’re pretty lucky. I just pity West Hamilton having to play a whole season on their surface. And I think we’re all more than a little thankful to have avoided any injuries.

Anyway, football’s back, which is great. To say we’ve had an interesting summer would be an understatement. Paul’s rather rapid departure midway through pre-season shook things up a bit, but local Swifts legend Scott Parsonage has stepped into the role he was born for. It’s been a bit rushed on many fronts for Scott, but things are slowly starting to settle down. A big thank you to Dave Taylor for stepping up to help Scott as manager of the team and also to the coaches who have agreed to assist us during the course of the season.

The muddle even extended as far as the new playing kit, which for the first and reserve teams, arrived minus half the shirts ahead of last weekend. Thankfully everything’s here now and all our teams, which are all at the Domain this weekend, will step out in their new Nike gear for their home openers. I vaguely remember that new kit feeling. It’s pretty cool so I hope all our players enjoy it.

The start of every new season always sees plenty of comings and goings. We have a number of new faces around the club, across all the teams, in 2018 and I’d like to say a big welcome to everyone. A few have moved on, for varying reasons, but they’re always welcome back at the Domain. Remember, we’re all Swifts for Life.

Have fun today and I’ll see you on the touchline.

Dwayne Barlow, Club Mouthpiece

We are Swifts for Life One Club, Our Club, Our Community

Matamata Swifts AFC Matamata Domain, PO Box 145, Matamata phone 07 888 7013 • email admin@matamataswifts.com • www.matamataswifts.co.nz

SWIFTS COMMERCIAL PARTNERS THANKS TO OUR PARTNERS FOR theIR continued support OF FOOTBALL IN MATAMATA

COMAG is a premium club sponsor. They hold naming rights for the Swifts 1st team.

J. Swap Contractors Ltd is a premium club sponsor.

Challenge Matamata hold naming rights for the Swifts Ladies team.

Grants from the Lion Foundation have enabled us to purchase playing and training equipment for our junior and senior teams.

The Soccer Shop is the club’s official apparel supplier.

Buy your gear from The Soccer Shop either in store or via the SHOP link on our website.

Waharoa Transport Co

Matamata Timber & Hardware Ltd

Don Griffiths Ltd

Thanks also to Blue Pacific Minerals, Evolve Garden Maintenance, Tainui Press, Williams Jewellery, Matamata Physiotherapy, McDonalds, Matamata Piako District Council, DBMM.

What do we stand for at Matamata AFC? Our Purpose Matamata Swifts AFC is the beating heart of our community.

How will we do this?

We will provide the best sporting experience in our community.

Our Core Values We Play Hard On and off the field we give consistent effort and provide a quality performance.

We Play Smart We understand what needs to be done and try to find the best way to do it. We are always on the lookout for ways to improve.

We Play Together We are unselfish and don’t focus on individual results. We look after each other.

Coaching Courses We are hosting several junior and youth coaching courses over the next couple of months. A Junior Level 2 Coaching Award is set for Sunday July 1. This is ideal for coaches who have done a season or

more with a junior team. Youth Level 2 courses are set for April 22 and July 15. We also hope to schedule an Intro to Coaching course. Contact: admin@ matamataswifts.com for more.

Play Football These School Holidays!

April School Holiday Programme Monday April 18 to Wednesday April 20 Time & venue: 9am-3pm daily at the Matamata Domain.

Cost: $90 per person (or $30 per day).

Discount for 2 or more children from one family.

Ages: 5-13 (players of all abilities) Players to bring: Training gear including football boots and indoor shoes; a change of clothing; lunch; water bottle.

Visit the website to register: matamataswifts.com/juniors/holidaycamp This programme is being run in association with the Waikato Football Academy.

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at April 7, 2018) P W D L Papamoa 1 1 0 0 Waikato Unicol 1 1 0 0 Melville United 1 1 0 0 West Hamilton United 1 1 0 0 Te Awamutu 1 1 0 0 Tokoroa 1 1 0 0 Tauranga Boys’ College 1 0 0 1 Matamata Swifts 1 0 0 1 Taupo 1 0 0 1 Tauranga Blue Rovers 1 0 0 1 Otumoetai 1 0 0 1 Ham Wanderers 1 0 0 1

F 10 3 4 2 1 1 3 1 0 0 1 0

A 0 1 3 1 0 0 4 2 1 1 3 10

Pts 3 3 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at April 7, 2018) P W D Ngaruawahia United 1 1 0 Tauranga Blue Rovers 1 1 0 Waikato Unicol 1 1 0 Kawerau Sports 1 1 0 Taupo 0 0 0 Cambridge 0 0 0 Otumoetai 1 0 0 Te Puke United 1 0 0 Matamata Swifts 1 0 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1

F 12 6 4 3 0 1 1 1 0

A o 1 1 1 0 3 4 6 12

Pts 3 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

WaiBOP Ladies A (as at April 8, 2018) P W Melville United 1 1 Tokoroa 1 1 Claudelands Rovers 0 0 NUSC Fiasco 0 0 NUSC Pandemonium 0 0 Ham Wanderers 1 0 Matamata Swifts 1 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1

F 2 4 0 0 0 3 0

A 0 3 0 0 0 4 2

Pts 3 3 0 0 0 0 0

D 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Digital copies of our match day magazines can be found at matamataswifts.com/game-day/pulling-a-swift-one/

SWIFTS MATCH SCHEDULE LOADED WAIBOP PREMIERSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 A 7 14:45 West Hamilton United 1-2 H Conner H 14 14:45 Tauranga Blue Rovers H 21 14:45 Waikato Unicol H TBC 14:00 Ngaruawahia United (Chatham Cup) H 28 14:45 Otumoetai MAY 2018 H 5 14:45 Papamoa A 12 14:45 Melville United H 19 14:45 Tokoroa A 26 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College JUNE 2018 H 2 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers A 9 14:45 Te Awamutu A 16 14:45 Taupo H 23 14:45 West Hamilton United A 30 14:45 Tauranga Blue Rovers JULY 2018 A 7 14:45 Waikato Unicol H 14 14:45 Taupo A 21 14:45 Papamoa H 28 14:45 Melville United AUGUST 2018 A 4 14:45 Tokoroa H 11 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College A 18 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers H 25 14:45 Te Awamutu SEPTEMBER 2018 A 1 14:45 Otumoetai

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2018 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

@SwiftySwiftly

SWIFTS RESERVES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIBOP CHAMPIONSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 A 7 14:45 Ngaruawahia United 0-12 H 14 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers H 21 12:30 Otumoetai A 28 12:30 Taupo MAY 2018 H 5 12:30 Kawerau Sports A 12 13:30 Te Puke United H 19 12:30 Cambridge 26 BYE JUNE 2018 H 2 12:30 Otumoetai H 9 12:30 Ngaruawahia United A 16 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers A 23 12:30 Waikato Unicol H 30 12:30 Taupo JULY 2018 A 7 14:45 Kawerau Sports H 14 12:30 Te Puke United A 21 14:45 Cambridge 28 BYE AUGUST 2018 A 4 12:30 Otumoetai

SWIFTS LADIES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO LADIES DIVISION A unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 A 8 H 15 A 22 H 29

13:00 11:00 11:00 11:00

MAY 2018

6 A 13

20 H 27

BYE 13:00 NUSC Pandemonium TBC Waikato Cup - 1st round 11:00 Claudelands Rovers

Melville United NUSC Fiasco Tokoroa Hamilton Wanderers

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Further fixtures will be posted after the first round of games. This includes a possible cross-over league with teams from the Bay of Plenty.

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2018 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

@SwiftySwiftly

SWIFTS SUNDAY TEAM MATCH SCHEDULE WSSL DIVISION 4 unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 H 15 A 22

29

13:00 Tetra Pak Vikings 13:00 Voyle Park Rangers Scottish Cup Rd 1

MAY 2018 H 6 A 13 A 20

27

13:00 Maniacs 13:00 Hamilton Masters 11:00 Zig Zag Scottish Cup Rd 2

JUNE 2018

10 A 17

24

TBC Friendly v Div 3 team 11:00 Tetra Pak Vikings Scottish Cup quarters

JULY 2018 H 1 A 8 H 15

22 H 29

13:00 Voyle Park Rangers 11:00 Maniacs 13:00 Hamilton Masters Scottish Cup semis 13:00 Zig Zag

AUGUST 2018

5 Scottish Cup Finals

2018 8TH TO 13TH GRADE JUNIOR TEAMS Our junior teams for 2018 have been named. Full information is on the website: matamataswifts.com/juniors We still need coaches for several teams. We are actively looking to fill these vacancies but if you would like to help a team either as a coach or manager please contact the club at admin@matamataswifts.com.

The season begins on Saturday May 5.

Parents will be contacted by their child’s

coach in due course to arrange training times. We have an interim contact person listed for teams that don’t yet have a coach. You may contact that person (or admin@matamataswifts.com) with any questions.

Our Mini-Kickers programme got underway on April 7 and had another session this morning. Numbers are good this year. More info: matamataswifts. com/juniors/mini-kickers

Papamoa sound big warning Papamoa’s 10-0 victory at promoted Hamilton Wanderers would have caused the most conversation on a Loaded WaiBOP Premiership opening day that provided many talking points.

The result underlined all the pre-season buzz surrounding Papamoa, who proved they’ll be the polar opposite of the abject side that lost all 22 games last season. New coach, Duncan Lowry, has recruited well and will now have his sights set on repeating the 2009 Premiership title he won with Matamata Swifts.

Papamoa’s win, their record victory at this level, was built around Andrew Cooper’s four goal. Mitchell Hales and Strauss Boom grabbed a brace each as the young Wanderers side was overrun on their home ground.

The trick now will be for Papamoa to repeat this type of result in the tougher games to follow. Lowry, however, has a strong history at this level and higher. After helping Matamata to their sole title he took the Swifts all the way to Northern Region Football League (NRFL) Division 1, before hauling Tauranga City United to the NRFL Premier League from Division 2 in three seasons.

The remaining Premiership matches were far tighter, with Waikato Unicol’s 3-1 win at Otumoetai the only other match that was decided by greater than a single goal margin.

Strikes from Brook Melody, Luke Goodwin and Riku Soejima helped get Unicol’s season off on a similar foot to 2017. The students, who were the form team over the first half of

last season before slumping to finish third, will be looking to maintain their challenge for the entire campaign this time around. Three points against a team whose pre-season form suggested they’d be another side to watch certainly would have eased any Unicol nerves.

Last year’s runners-up, Comag Matamata Swifts, didn’t have things go anywhere near as well. After a goalless first half at West Hamilton United’s Weka Street, the hosts struck twice through Matthew Palmer and Hashim Noorzani to gain what proved to be a match winning advantage. Substitute Harry Conner bundled the ball home to set up a nervous finish but the hosts held on to win 2-1 in a fixture that was also the first Challenge Shield match of 2018.

Tauranga Boys’ College and Melville United played out a thriller at Southey Field, with the Hamiltonians edging it 4-3 after a proper end to end encounter. Melville benefitted from a couple of Boys’ College own goals but also scored two of their own through Harry Coulson and Jordi Ditfort, while the hosts saw Oliver Harrop, Alexander Elliot and Scott Ellerington hit the back of the net.

The other two games were both 1-0 home victories. Mercury Tokoroa, the second promoted side, got life in the Premiership underway in the best manner possible after Tamihana Wilson’s second half strike gave them a priceless three points over Tauranga Blue Rovers (previously Old Blues) at Strathmore Park. Te Awamutu snuck past Taupo thanks to Nathan Scott’s effort.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Tokoroa v Tauranga Boys’ Unicol v West Hamilton Taupo v Otumoetai Papamoa v Te Awamutu Melville v Wanderers

WaiBOP Championship Unicol v Ngaruawahia Taupo v Otumoetai Te Puke v Cambridge Kawerau - BYE

COMAG MATAMATA SWIFTS Black & White shirts, Black shorts, Black socks

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Tauranga Blue Rovers | Kick-off: 2.45pm

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Matt Aberhart Radge Avergonzado Duran Weaver-Smith Jamie Baxter Mike Dawson Reuben Wiglesworth Brad West Scott Parsonage Kody Nowell Dayne Willemsen Hayden Turlington Finn Challis Dwayne Signal RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) Brayden Lissington Sean Kipping Hardy Rosas Richard Armstrong Blair Griffiths Bjorn Vossen Harry Conner Kyle van Waveren

Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant Jeremy Pope

OFFICIALS Referee Paul Shakes Assistant 1 Lance Ewens Assistant 2 Levi Andric Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Matamata Swifts Reserves v Tauranga Blue Rovers Res (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Northern Utd Fiasco (h) 11am on Sunday Swifts Sunday Team v Tetra Pak Vikings (h) 1pm on Sunday

For results, tables, Swifts news and more visit www.matamataswifts.co.nz