Pulling a Swift One - April 27, 2019

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

April 27, 2019

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Otumoetai The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Waharoa Transport Matamata Res v Otumoetai Res The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm

Camel Kebab Matamata 3rds v Putaruru The Soccer Shop Waikato Cup - 1.00pm

A Few Kind Words

2019 Management Committee Patron Jack Poole President Dwayne Barlow Treasurer Michael Candy Secretary Kerrie Cox Club Captain April Donnelly Committee Alistair Basalaj Pete Challis Dwayne Signal Annemieke Verstraten Junior Convenor Dwayne Barlow

PICTURED Front Cover Andrew Clothier takes on Taupo in our opening game of The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership.

Page 3 Mike Candy in action for the reserves against Tokoroa.

Hello everyone and welcome to the Domain for a full afternoon of football. It’s been four weeks since we opened the season at home and hasn’t the colour of the surface changed a lot in that time?

We have a juicy looking Premiership/Championship double header to look forward to against Otumoetai today, along with a cup tie for the 3rds against neighbours Putaruru.

Comag Matamata Swifts have had a solid start to The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership this season, made all the more pleasing with the win at Unicol last Saturday.

What the results seem to show is that, from top to bottom, this should be a competitive league with probably no real stand out team(s). That should keep the interest going right through until late-August.

Matamata and Otumoetai went to penalties in the Cup on Thursday, so it’ll be interesting to see how we both pull up today. On the cup, it would be fair to say our trip to play Dalian FC will live long in the memory...

The other highlight, so far, has been the start of the Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies team. Wins over Cambridge and Tokoroa see the team joint top of Waikato Ladies Division 1, level with favourites West Hamilton, who they play tomorrow, and Claudelands.

Our Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves have been unlucky in their start to the season. I think they’ll feel they should have taken something from all their games so far, but this is football and sometimes you just don’t get what you deserve.

The Camel Kebab 3rds are easing themselves into the season and are improving as their squad settles down.

A couple of away games to start the season was tough, so another home game today will hopefully keep moving things in the right direction.

Enjoy today’s games and I’ll see you on the sidelines.

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.

Waharoa Transport hold naming rights for the Swifts Reserve team.

Challenge Matamata hold naming rights for the Swifts Ladies team.

Mitre 10 Matamata is a Gold club sponsor.

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

Don Griffiths Ltd

Thanks also to Nu-Age Plaster Limited, Matamata Physio, Bin Hire, Chili Balm.

Junior Opportunity - Shirt Sponsorship Investment: $500 + GST. We have full sets of shirts, in the club’s new Nike style, on order now for ALL our junior 8th to 12th grade teams. We expect them to be available and in use by mid-June.

With this comes a unique opportunity to get the logo of your business, or the business you work for, placed on the front of the shirts of your child’s team.

This is a one-off investment that lasts for the life of the shirts (usually 3-4 seasons). All funds raised through this scheme will be re-invested in the club’s junior programme.

Contact Dwayne Barlow at dwayne@ dbmm.co.nz or 021 993 832 for more information.

TABLE TALK The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership (as at April 20, 2019) P W D L F Waikato Unicol 4 3 0 1 10 Papamoa 4 2 2 0 12 Taupo 4 2 1 1 9 Matamata Swifts 3 2 1 0 3 Melville United 4 2 1 1 6 Otumoetai 3 2 0 1 8 Ngaruawahia United 4 1 2 1 5 Tauranga Blue Rovers 4 1 1 2 7 Te Awamutu 3 1 0 2 4 Te Puke United 4 0 2 2 4 Tauranga Boys’ College 3 0 1 2 5 West Hamilton United 4 0 1 3 5

A 1 7 7 1 5 6 6 8 5 9 11 12

Pts 9 8 7 7 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 1

The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Championship (as at April 20, 2019) P W D L F Otorohanga 4 3 1 0 14 Waikato Unicol 4 3 1 0 6 Claudelands Rovers 3 2 1 0 9 Taupo 4 2 1 1 12 Otumoetai 4 2 1 1 8 Hamilton Wanderers 4 2 0 2 9 Tokoroa 4 1 1 2 4 Cambridge 3 1 0 2 3 Tauranga City 4 1 0 3 7 Papamoa 3 1 0 2 4 Matamata Swifts 4 0 1 3 2 Tauranga Blue Rovers 3 0 1 2 4

A 3 1 4 9 5 10 6 5 12 11 6 10

Pts 10 10 7 7 7 6 4 3 3 3 1 1

Waikato Ladies Division 1 (as at April 14, 2019) P W D West Hamilton United 2 2 0 Matamata Swifts 2 2 0 Claudelands Rovers 2 2 0 Tokoroa 2 1 0 Waikato Unicol 2 0 2 NUSC Fiasco 1 0 1 Meville United 2 0 1 Cambridge 2 0 0 Huntly Thistle 1 0 0 Otorohanga 2 0 0

A 4 5 4 6 2 0 5 7 4 14

Pts 6 6 6 3 2 1 1 0 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 1 2

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F 15 8 6 6 2 0 4 4 1 5

SWIFTS MATCH SCHEDULE THE SOCCER SHOP WAIBOP PREMIERSHIP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

MARCH 2019 H 30 APRIL 2019 A 6 A 20 A 25

14:45 Taupo

0-0

14:45 Te Puke United 2-1 14:45 Waikato Unicol 1-0 14:00 Dalian FC 3-3

R Avergonzado, R Wiglesworth R Avergonzado

R Avergonzado, K Nowell, S Hills won 5-4 on penalties

H 27 MAY 2019 H 4 A 11 H 18 A 25 JUNE 2019 H 1 H 3 A 8 A 15 H 22 A 29 JULY 2019 H 6 A 13 A 20 H 27 AUGUST 2019 A 3 H 10 A 17 H 24

14:45 Otumoetai 14:45 14:45 14:45 14:45

Papamoa Ngaruawahia United West Hamilton United Tauranga Blue Rovers

14:45 Te Awamutu 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College 14:45 Melville United 14:45 Taupo 14:45 Te Puke United 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College 14:45 Waikato Unicol 14:45 Otumoetai 14:45 Papamoa 14:45 Ngaruawahia United 14:45 14:45 14:45 14:45

West Hamilton United Tauranga Blue Rovers Te Awamutu Melville United

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2019 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

@SwiftySwiftly

SWIFTS RESERVES MATCH SCHEDULE THE SOCCER SHOP WAIBOP CHAMPIONSHIP UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

MARCH 2019 H 30 APRIL 2019 A 6 H 13 A 20 H 27 MAY 2019 H 4 A 11 H 18 A 25 JUNE 2019 H 1 A 8 A 15 H 22 A 29 JULY 2019 H 6 A 13 A 20 H 27 AUGUST 2019 A 3 H 10 A 17 H 24

12:30 Taupo

1-1

L Wullner

15:15 Cambridge 12:30 Tokoroa 12:30 Waikato Unicol 12:30 Otumoetai

1-3 0-1 0-1

S Hills

12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30

Papamoa Hamilton Wanderers Claudelands Rovers Tauranga Blue Rovers

12:30 Tauranga City 14:45 Otorohanga 12:30 Taupo 12:30 Te Puke United 14:45 Tokoroa 12:30 Waikato Unicol 12:30 Otumoetai 12:30 Papamoa 12:30 Hamilton Wanderers 14:45 Claudelands Rovers 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers 12:30 Tauranga City 12:30 Otorohanga

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2019 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

@SwiftySwiftly

SWIFTS LADIES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO LADIES DIVISION 1 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

APRIL 2019 H 7 11:00 Cambridge 4-2 H 14 11:00 Tokoroa 4-3 A 28 11:00 West Hamilton United MAY 2019 H 5 11:00 NUSC Fiasco A 12 11:00 Melville United 19 Cup H 26 11:00 Claudelands Rovers JUNE 2019 A 9 11:00 Waikato Unicol H 16 11:00 Huntly Thistle A 23 12:30 Otorohanga A 30 11:00 Cambridge JULY 2019

7 Cup A 14 11:00 Tokoroa H 21 11:00 West Hamilton United A 28 11:00 NUSC Fiasco AUGUST 2019 H 4 11:00 Melville United A 11 13:00 Claudelands Rovers H 18 11:00 Waikato Unicol A 25 11:00 Huntly Thistle SEPTEMBER 2019 H 4 11:00 Otorohanga

M Leaver 2, P Morrison 2 M Leaver, P Morrison, K Cox, S Stewart

SWIFTS SUNDAY TEAM MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO MEN’S DIVISION 3 UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED

APRIL 2019 A 6 12:30 Otorohanga 1-3 A 13 14:45 West Hamilton United 0-3 H 20 13:00 NUSC Debacles 1-3 H 27 13:00 Putaruru (Cup) MAY 2019 A 4 14:45 Melville United H 11 13:00 Cambridge 18 Cup A 25 12:30 Claudelands Vets JUNE 2019 H 1 13:00 Claudelands O35s A 8 14:45 Te Awamutu H 15 13:00 Claudelands Pingers H 22 13:00 Otorohanga H 29 13:00 West Hamilton United JULY 2019 A 6 12:30 NUSC Debacles H 13 13:00 Melville United A 20 12:30 Cambridge H 27 13:00 Claudelands Vets AUGUST 2019 A 3 12:30 Claudelands O35s H 10 13:00 Te Awamutu A 17 12:30 Claudelands Pingers

Waikato Division 3 (as at April 20, 2019) P W D NUSC Debacles 3 3 0 Meville United 3 3 0 Claudelands Vets 3 3 0 Claudelands O35s 2 1 0 West Hamilton United 2 1 0 Otorohanga 3 1 0 Te Awamutu 3 0 1 Cambridge 2 0 1 Claudelands Pingers 2 0 0 Matamata Swifts 3 0 0

L 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 1 2 3

C Bedford H Cihan

F 12 9 6 6 5 3 3 3 4 2

A 3 4 3 4 3 5 5 6 11 9

Pts 9 9 9 3 3 3 1 1 0 0

Tight at the top as leaders tumbled The Soccer Shop WaiBOP Premiership table’s upper reaches got squeezed over Easter weekend as leaders, Waikato Unicol, tasted defeat for the first time this season while a band of teams below them moved to within striking distance.

Unicol was the only Premiership side entering Easter weekend with a 100 per cent record. They had a great opportunity to blast away from the chasing pack but instead slipped to a 1-0 defeat thanks to a visiting Comag Matamata Swifts side that has made a habit of forcing such results. Radge Avergonzado’s goal five minutes before the break proved to be all Matamata needed to snap Unicol’s fine start to the season, while also maintaining their own solid opening.

Matches against Matamata have proved to be Unicol’s kryptonite recently, with defeats to the Swifts ending their title challenges in both of the previous two seasons. With a bit more quality they could well have halted that run this time around, but it wasn’t to be as Matamata took their chance to boost their own prospects.

Unicol remain top, one point ahead of Papamoa and two ahead of Matamata, Taupo and Melville United. Papamoa didn’t play over the weekend, having already drawn their previously scheduled match against Tauranga Boys’ College 3-3, while Taupo and Melville made up ground with their second wins of the season.

The match at Crown Park was a cracker as Taupo ran out 5-2 winners over West Hamilton United, despite being two down

after only nine minutes. Aaron Dass fired home from the spot in the seventh minute, then Jarred Tooley doubled the Hamiltonians’ lead two minutes later.

With over eighty minutes left, however, Taupo had plenty of time to set things right and they didn’t muck around. They were handed a penalty of their own on 20 minutes.

Joe O’Donoghue converted, before drawing the champions level six minutes later. Jordan Lamb finally put the Lakesiders ahead ten minutes after the break then O’Donoghue’s second successful spot kick with quarter of an hour left sealed both his hat trick and the game. Lamb wrapped up a comfortable win with his second in added time.

Harry Coulson’s first half goal was the only thing of real note to come from Melville United’s 1-0 victory over Tauranga Blue Rovers. It was an even encounter in which neither team could gain full control but Melville, like Taupo, have now won two in a row after taking only a point from their opening two matches.

In the only other Premiership game played over Easter, Safer Team Te Puke United and Ngaruawahia United shared the points after a 1-1 draw at Litt Park. Liban Mire had given the Green Machine a first half lead and that looked to be enough to secure all three points as the match entered added time.

Alex Johnson popped up in the 93rd minute, however, to rescue a point for Te Puke that pulled them out of the bottom two.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Papamoa v Waikato Unicol Tauranga Boys’ v Ngaruawahia West Hamilton v Te Puke Blue Rovers v Taupo Te Awamutu v Melville

WaiBOP Championship Papamoa v Waikato Unicol Wanderers v Tokoroa Blue Rovers v Taupo Tauranga City v Otorohanga Claudelands v Cambridge

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

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Otumoetai | Kick-off: 2.45pm

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

Seamus Casey Radge Avergonzado Chris Monteith Jamie Baxter Kody Nowell Reuben Wigelsworth Brad West Scott Parsonage Chris Walker Andrew Clothier Kyle Wisnewski Mike Smith Dwayne Signal RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) Brayden Lissington Lawrence Clothier Danny Styles Hardy Rosas Hayden Turlington Bjorn Vossen

OFFICIALS Referee Bruce Horrox Assistant 1 Gordon Adam Assistant 2 Nigel Hatfield Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND

Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Otumoetai Reserves (h), 12.30pm (Saturday) Camel Kebab Swifts 3rds v Puraruru (h), 1.00pm (Saturday)

Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant John Harris Manager Dave Taylor

Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v West Hamilton (a), 11.00am (Sunday)

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