Pulling a Swift One - April 15, 2017

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

April 15, 2017

Matamata Swifts v West Hamilton United Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Te Puke United WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm

Swifts A v West Hamilton Waikato Division A - 1pm

A Few Kind Words

2017 Management Committee Patron Jack Poole President Malcolm Raynel Vice-President Dwayne Barlow Treasurer Michael Candy Secretary Denise Adamson Club Captain Matt Aberhart Committee Dwayne Barlow Pete Challis Julie Clothier Kerrie Cox Rob Cox Patrice Morrison Junior Convenor Ronan Costello

PICTURED Front Cover Bjorn Vossen during our season opener against Tauranga Boys’.

Page 3 Jamie Baxter lobs a corner in against Tauranga Boys’.

Welcome to the Domain for today’s Easter triple header.

All three men’s teams are at home again today and we’ll be hoping the atmosphere, not to mention the weather, is similar to opening day a fortnight ago.

A lot has happened on the field for all our teams over the last couple of weeks.

Who would have thought we’d have seen eighteen goals in the Swifts’ first two Loaded WaiBOP Premiership matches? As a fan, it’s great to see the team banging in the goals, but I’m guessing it’s fairly obvious where the coaching staff will have placed most of their attention at training this week. Ronan might be right... we could just be the Newcastle-under-Kevin-Keegan of the 2017 Premiership.

Given the records of both teams, today’s match against West Hamilton should see plenty of goals. Both of us, missing players, suffered disappointing results last week so it’s all about bouncing back today. Hopefully we can manage to bounce just a little bit higher than our visitors.

Our other teams have begun encouragingly. The young Richardson Racing Stables Matamata reserve team got a good point against Tauranga before battling gamely against Tokoroa. The A team seem to be scoring goals and loving life, particularly after a 7-0 derby win over Cambridge. The Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies have put in some solid opening performances against strong Waikato Division A opponents.

It’s early days yet. There are plenty more victories and defeats (hopefully not too many) to come over another long season.

On a personal matter, I’d like to wish Paul Richardson well in the UK as he attends to important family matters.

I know it’s tough for him to be away at this point of the season but it’ s important for family to always comes first.

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

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

J. Swap Contractors Ltd is a premium club sponsor.

Richardson Racing Stables hold naming rights for the Swifts reserves.

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.

Grants from the New Zealand Community Trust have enabled us to appoint a Club Development Manager.

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.

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at April 8, 2017) P W D L Waikato Unicol 2 2 0 0 Cambridge 2 1 1 0 Otumoetai 2 1 1 0 Taupo 2 1 1 0 Old Blues

2 1 0 1 Matamata Swifts 2 1 0 1 Melville United 2 1 0 1 Rotorua United 2 1 0 1 West Hamilton 2 1 0 1 Te Awamutu 2 0 1 1 Tauranga Boys’ College 2 0 0 2 Papamoa 2 0 0 2

F 5 8 6 3 4 9 5 5 5 3 5 0

A 1 1 2 2 3 9 5 5 6 5 8 11

Pts 6 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 1 0 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at April 8, 2017) P W D Cambridge 2 2 0 Otumoetai 2 2 0 Tokoroa 2 1 1 Tauranga City United 2 1 1 Te Puke United 2 1 1 Te Awamutu 2 1 0 Rotorua United 2 1 0 Waikato Unicol 2 0 2 Matamata Swifts 2 0 1 Wanderers 2 0 0 Taupo 2 0 0 Old Blues

2 0 0

F 6 5 5 3 2 7 2 1 2 1 2 1

A 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 5 5 7 8

Pts 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 2 1 0 0 0

Swifts Ladies Waikato Ladies Division P Pts Tokoroa 2 6 Cambridge 2 6 Melville Utd Dev 2 6 Claudelands 2 4 Melville Utd 2 3 Northern Utd 2 3 Unicol 2 1 Wanderers 2 0 Matamata 2 0 Claudelands 2 2 0

L 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 2 2 2

Swifts ‘A’ Waikato Division A P Pts Melville Utd 2 6 Matamata 2 4 Te Aroha 2 4 Eastern City 2 3 Ngaruawahia 2 3 West Hamilton 2 3 Unicol 2 3 Te Awamutu 2 1 Wanderers 2 1 Cambridge 2 0

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SWIFTS MATCH SCHEDULE LOADED WAIBOP PREMIERSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2017 H 1

14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College 6-4

A 8 H 15 A 22 H 29 MAY 2017 A 6 H 13 A 20 H 27 JUNE 2017 A 3 H 10 A 17 H 24 JULY 2017 A 1 H 8 A 15 H 22 A 29 AUGUST 2017 H 5 A 12 H 19 A 26

14:45 Melville United 14:45 West Hamilton United 14:45 Old Blues 14:45 Otumoetai

C Walker 2, B Vossen, D Willemsen 2, B West

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C Walker 2, D Willemsen

14:45 Cambridge 14:45 Taupo 14:45 Papamoa 14:45 Te Awamutu 14:45 14:45 14:45 14:45

Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Tauranga Boys’ College Melville United

14:45 West Hamilton United 14:45 Old Blues 14:45 Otumoetai 14:45 Cambridge 14:45 Taupo 14:45 14:45 14:45 14:45

Papamoa Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol

SWIFTS RESERVES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIBOP CHAMPIONSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2017 H 1 A 8 H 15 A 22 H 29 MAY 2017 A 6 H 13 A 20 H 27 JUNE 2017 A 3 H 10 A 17 H 24 JULY 2017 A 1 H 8 A 15 H 22 A 29 AUGUST 2017 H 5 A 12 H 19 A 26

12:30 Tauranga City United 14:45 Tokoroa 12:30 Te Puke United 12:30 Old Blues 12:30 Otumoetai

1-1 1-4

K Higashionna Own Goal

12:30 Cambridge 12:30 Taupo 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers 12:30 Te Awamutu 12:30 Rotorua United 12:30 Waikato Unicol 14:45 Tauranga City United 12:30 Tokoroa 14:00 Te Puke United 12:30 Old Blues 12:30 Otumoetai 12:30 Cambridge 12:30 Taupo 12:30 12:30 12:30 12:30

Hamilton Wanderers Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol

SWIFTS ‘A’ MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO DIVISION A unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2017 H 1 A 8

13:00 Te Awamutu 14:45 Cambridge

4-4 7-0

H H

15 22

H Cihan, OG, J Cox, R Costello H Cihan, R Cox, J Cox 2, J Lawrence, K van Waveren, R Costello

13:00 West Hamilton 12:30 Te Aroha Cobras

MAY 2017 A 6 H 13 A 27

14:45 Melville 13:00 Eastern City 12:30 Hamilton Wanderers Classics

JUNE 2017 H 3 A 10 A 17

12:30 Ngaruawahia 12:30 Waikato Unicol 12:30 Te Awamutu

JULY 2017 H 1 A 15 A 29

12:30 Cambridge 12:30 West Hamilton 14:30 Te Aroha Cobras

AUGUST 2017 H 5 13:00 Melville A 12 12:30 Eastern City H 19 13:00 Hamilton Wanderers Classics SEPTEMBER 2017 A 2 12:30 Ngaruawahia H 9 12:30 Waikato Unicol

SWIFTS LADIES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO LADIES DIVISION A unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2017 A 2 H 9 A 23 A 30

11:00 11:00 11:00 11:00

MAY 2017 H 7 A 14 H 28

11:00 Claudelands Rovers 13:00 Claudelands Rovers CRAFT 11:00 Waikato Unicol

JUNE 2017 A 11 H 18

11:00 Northern United 11:00 Tokoroa AFC

Melville Development Melville United Cambridge FC Hamilton Wanderers

0-3 0-5

Explaining the 2017 season (well, trying to...)

Due to our 2016 finishing position we have ended up in Waikato Women’s Division A for 2017. To be fair, this came as a bit of a shock.

There have been a lot of player movements and team withdrawals in the leagues above, which left us as the tenth-ranked Waikato team ahead of the 2017 season.

The 10 team Waikato A league will run for one full round over nine weeks. This will decide the winner of Waikato Division A for 2017.

After that, the top 4 teams from each of Waikato A and Bay One Ladies will combine for one full round over 7 weeks. This will decide the winner of the Federation league - a new competition in which points do not carry through. It is the intention that this will give those teams a taste of competition at that level, with a view to them playing there next season.

The remaining six teams in Waikato A will start a new competition – the Waikato Women’s Bowl. As this is a new competition points will start from scratch.

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2017 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

@SwiftySwiftly

Wide Open Loaded WaiBOP Premiership The 2017 Loaded WaiBOP Premiership, which is only two rounds in, is already shaping up as one of the most open contests in years. It seems just about any side, apart from perhaps a couple, is capable of taking points on any given Saturday, which means the title race could go deep into the season for the first time in a long while.

Only one side, Waikato Unicol, still maintains a 100 percent record. Unicol ground their way to a 3-1 victory at West Hamilton United largely thanks to a second half double from substitute, Luke Goodwin.

Ash Gower-Rudman opened the scoring for the students but West Hamilton’s Glenn Browne equalised not long after the re-start.

The visitors strangled the life out of the contest, both through their performance and Goodwin’s goals. His first, which nudged Unicol ahead for a second time, came in the 56th minute, only a few minutes after he came on. His second, after a proper arm wrestle of a second half, came on 90 minutes to end the contest.

Unicol’s victory saw the Federation Challenge Shield move for a second week.

Their first defence will be at home to Tauranga’s Old Blues this coming Saturday.

First round victors Old Blues and Matamata Swifts both tasted defeat on the road to slip down the table. After scoring a goal apiece in the first half, Rotorua United found a precious second after the break to run out narrow 2-1 winners and moved into mid-table.

The Swifts seem to like scoring goals this season. So much so, they put two through their own net during the first half of their match at Melville United, either side of a tidy Dylan Blair finish. Chris Walker and Dayne Willemsen narrowed the margin to one at half time but Matamata’s defensive frailties were exposed again just before the hour mark, letting in Conor Crowe to reestablish the hosts’ two goal lead.

Even having let in four, Matamata created enough to take something from the match.

Walker scored again with 12 minutes left but Melville held on and Blair snatched his second right on time for a morale boosting 5-3 win.

Cambridge, Taupo and Otumoetai all remain unbeaten and fill out the rest of the top four spots, behind Unicol. Cambridge completed an expectedly comfortable 7-0 home win over a SGS Papamoa side that, by their own admission, is looking just to survive this season.

Otumoetai would have been a little surprised to have found themselves two goals down at the break against Edmonds Judd Te Awamutu. Jack Connor’s double gave the visitors hope for an upset away win, but strikes from Jay Silcock and Dave Williams rescued a point for the men in green as it finished level at 2-2. Taupo won 2-1 at Tauranga Boys’ College to pick up a first win on their return to the Premiership.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend WaiBOP Championship Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Wanderers v Taupo Papamoa v Taupo Unicol v Old Blues Unicol v Old Blues Rotorua Utd v Otumoetai Rotorua Utd v Otumoetai Tauranga City Utd v Tokoroa Tauranga Boys’ v Melville Utd David Hyslop, of the Swifts ‘A’ team, in a not uncommon pose...

Te Awamutu v Cambridge Te Awamutu v Cambridge

WAIKATO STUD MATAMATA SWIFTS Black & White shirts, Black shorts, Black socks

Matamata Swifts v West Hamilton United | Kick-off: 2.45pm

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Patrick Steele Gary Dobson Hardeep Shettra Jamie Baxter Mike Dawson Reuben Wiglesworth Brad West Scott Parsonage Chris Walker Dayne Willemsen Sam Masterson Daveun Radge Avergonzado RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) Dwayne Signal Nordine Flex Zif Hood Shaun Richardson Logan Raynel Bjorn Vossen Mike Candy

OFFICIALS Referee Gordon Campbell Assistant 1 Craig Audas Assistant 2 Geoff Morgan Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Te Puke United (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Swifts A Team v West Hamilton United (h) 1pm on Saturday

Coach Paul Richardson Assistant Jeremy Pope

Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies No game this weekend due to Easter

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