Pulling a Swift One - April 22, 2017

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

April 15, 2017

Matamata Swifts v Internationale FC ISPS Handa Chatham Cup - 2.00pm

Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Old Blues Reserves WaiBOP Championship - 12.00pm

Swifts A v Te Aroha Waikato Division A - 12.30pm

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 Sean Richardson battles ex-Swift, Luis John, during our match at Melville Utd. Page 3 Internationale FC plus Bruno Dos Santos on the burst.

Welcome to the Domain for today’s triple treat of Matamata Swifts football.

We’re pleased to host Internationale FC from Auckland for today’s ISPS Handa Chatham Cup preliminary round fixture. One of the big hopes when entering the Cup is that we get drawn against opponents we don’t normally play. We certainly have that today, as this is the first time our two clubs have met.

Internationale (pictured opposite, top right) have a strong record in the Auckland Sunday Football Association’s Premier League, so this should be an entertaining encounter.

Both clubs will be wanting to go on a bit of a cup run this year and maybe claim a notable scalp or two.

If we look back to last season we’ll remember getting knocked out by fellow Loaded WaiBOP Premiership side, Otumoetai, who then took Waitakere City to extra time in the next round. Waitakere, of course, made it all the way to the final, only to lose rather dramatically to Birkenhead.

Eventually matching up against one of the big boys is the hope, then. But that’s in the future. Let’s focus on today first.

In the early games the Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves host Old Blues Reserves in a match that was switched to Matamata only a couple of days ago, while the A team hosts neighbours Te Aroha, who’ll have a few familiar faces in their team.

Managing our playing surfaces has been a challenge so far this season. It’s an ongoing issue but something we’re hopefully starting to get on top of. Given the Domain had a lot of work done on it earlier in the week, I’m not 100% sure (at time of writing) where everyone will be playing today. I’m sure, however, we’ll see you all in the clubrooms at some stage this afternoon.

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

Internationale FC Back: R.Kerr (Asst Manager), H.Hall, G.Jonovski, S.Milosevic, H.Geddes, J.Palmer, J.Moore, O.Maisey.

Front: G.O’Callaghan, K.Kiarie, R.Matthews, M.Vasconcellos, F.Zomo, M.Hunt(Manager), Z.Harris.

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 15, 2017) P W D L Waikato Unicol 3 3 0 0 Taupo 3 2 1 0 Matamata Swifts 3 2 0 1 Rotorua United 3 2 0 1 Cambridge 2 1 1 0 Otumoetai 3 1 1 1 Melville United 3 1 1 1 West Hamilton 3 1 0 2 Old Blues

3 1 0 2 Te Awamutu 2 0 1 1 Tauranga Boys’ College 3 0 1 2 Papamoa 3 0 0 3

F 10 6 13 6 8 6 9 6 4 3 9 0

A 1 2 10 5 1 3 9 10 8 5 12 14

Pts 9 7 6 6 4 4 4 3 3 1 1 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at April 8, 2017) P W D Otumoetai 3 3 0 Cambridge 2 2 0 Tokoroa 3 1 2 Waikato Unicol 3 1 2 Tauranga City United 3 1 2 Te Puke United 2 1 1 Te Awamutu 2 1 0 Wanderers 3 1 0 Rotorua United 3 1 0 Matamata Swifts 2 0 1 Taupo 3 0 0 Old Blues

3 0 0

F 9 6 6 5 4 2 7 5 3 2 3 2

A 2 1 3 2 3 1 2 6 6 5 11 12

Pts 9 6 5 5 5 4 3 3 3 1 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 0 1 2 2 1 3 3

Swifts ‘A’ Waikato Division A P Pts Melville Utd 3 9 Matamata 3 7 Eastern City 3 6 Te Aroha 2 4 Ngaruawahia 2 3 West Hamilton 3 3 Unicol 2 3 Wanderers 2 1 Te Awamutu 3 1 Cambridge 3 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 2017 H 1

14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College 6-4

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

A 8 14:45 Melville United 3-5 C Walker 2, D Willemsen H 15 14:45 West Hamilton United 4-1 C Walker 2, D Willemsen, R Wiglesworth H 22 14:00 Internationale FC (Chatham Cup) H 29 14:45 Otumoetai MAY 2017 A 6 14:45 Cambridge H 13 14:45 Taupo A 20 14:45 Papamoa H 27 14:45 Te Awamutu JUNE 2017 A 3 14:45 Rotorua United H 10 14:45 Waikato Unicol A 17 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College H 24 14:45 Melville United JULY 2017 A 1 14:45 West Hamilton United H 8 14:45 Old Blues A 15 14:45 Otumoetai H 22 14:45 Cambridge A 29 14:45 Taupo AUGUST 2017 H 5 14:45 Papamoa A 12 14:45 Te Awamutu H 19 14:45 Rotorua United A 26 14:45 Waikato Unicol SEPTEMBER 2017 A 2 14:45 Old Blues

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

@SwiftySwiftly

SWIFTS RESERVES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIBOP CHAMPIONSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2017 H 1 12:30 Tauranga City United 1-1 K Higashionna A 8 14:45 Tokoroa 1-4 Own Goal H 15 12:30 Te Puke United - POSTPONED H 22 12:00 Old Blues H 29 12:30 Otumoetai MAY 2017 A 6 12:30 Cambridge H 13 12:30 Taupo A 20 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers H 27 12:30 Te Awamutu JUNE 2017 A 3 12:30 Rotorua United H 10 12:30 Waikato Unicol A 17 14:45 Tauranga City United H 24 12:30 Tokoroa JULY 2017 A 1 14:00 Te Puke United H 8 12:30 Old Blues A 15 12:30 Otumoetai H 22 12:30 Cambridge A 29 12:30 Taupo AUGUST 2017 H 5 12:30 Hamilton Wanderers A 12 12:30 Te Awamutu H 19 12:30 Rotorua United A 26 12:30 Waikato Unicol SEPTEMBER 2017 H 9 12:30 Te Puke United

Holiday Fun Football Wednesday April 26 to Friday April 28

Time & venue: 9am-3pm daily at Matamata Domain.

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

Ages: 5-13 (players of all abilities) Visit the website to register: matamataswifts.com/coaching/holidaycamp/

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 Cihan, OG, J Cox, R Costello

3-2

R Costello 2, J Lee

H H H

15 22 29

13:00 West Hamilton 12:30 Te Aroha Cobras 13:00 Waikato Unicol

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

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

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

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

Unicol Stay Perfect Could 2017 be the season Waikato Unicol finally mounts a serious Loaded WaiBOP Premiership title challenge? Their current form, which includes Saturday’s 5-0 home win over Tauranga’s Old Blues, suggests so.

After easing into their campaign with a couple of comfortable Hamilton derby victories, Unicol served notice of their title credentials with the win at the weekend.

A double from Ash Gower-Rudman, and another Gavin Clark goal, eased the students into a three goal lead at the break before a late double from Jono Sergeant finished off their beleaguered opponents.

Too often in the past Unicol has promised much but fallen away over the course of a long season. While it’s still early days, it appears coach, Dan Goodwin, has recruited well and has his team playing the sort of football that is successful at Premiership level. Time will tell if this continues throughout a campaign where the mantle of favourites may end up sitting firmly on their shoulders.

This win was Unicol’s first defence of the Federation Challenge Shield, after winning it at West Hamilton last Saturday, and also suggested next weekend’s Chatham Cup preliminary round match between the two sides at the same venue may not be something Old Blues will be looking forward to.

With Cambridge’s match at Edmonds Judd Te Awamutu falling victim to ex-Cyclone

Cook, it was Taupo that moved into second place on seven points following a routine 3-0 win at bottom side SGS Papamoa.

Given Papamoa’s form the Lakesiders may have expected to score a few more but, on their return to the Premiership, they’ll be happy to be unbeaten and playing well three games into the season.

Matamata’s Chris Walker hit his third double in three games as the Swifts completed a 4-1 win over West Hamilton United to move into third. Walker’s first, on 20 minutes, gave his team the half time lead, before he doubled the margin three minutes into the second half. Alex Whitehead briefly had the visitors back in the game, but Dayne Willemsen’s strike just after the hour broke West Hamilton’s back.

Sub, Reuben Wigelsworth, hit the fourth in the final minute for the free scoring Swifts.

In other games, Rotorua United scored their second win in a row at home, 1-0 over Otumoetai thanks to a second half own goal from the visitors, to move into fourth, while Tauranga Boy’s College and Melville United shared eight goals but couldn’t be separated.

Goals from Lewis Reid, Alex Elliott, Oliver Harrop and Kody Gorst helped Boys’ College to their second four goal haul of the season, while a Luis John double, an own goal and a late Harry Coulson strike ensured Melville left Southey Field with a point.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this week Loaded WaiBOP Premiership ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Papamoa v Tauranga Boys’ Tokoroa v Cambridge West Hamilton v Melville United Waikato Unicol v Old Blues Taupo v Otumoetai WaiBOP Championship Auckland Wanderers v Te Awamutu Otumoetai v Unicol Rotorua United v South Auckland Rangers Cambridge v Rotorua United West Hamilton United ASFA HNK pose...

Auckland Wanderers v Tauranca City United David Hyslop, of the Swifts ‘A’ team, in a notvuncommon

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

INTERNATIONALE FC

Yellow shirts, Blue shorts, Blue socks

Matamata Swifts v Internationale FC | Kick-off: 2.00pm

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22

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

Coach Paul Richardson Assistant Jeremy Pope

Haydon Pietersen Fetehalow Zomo Goran Jonovski Kevin Kiarie Oliver Maisey Bastien Da Ros Chris Burns Garvan O’Callaghan Jamie Palmer Thiago Sousa Marcus Vasconcellos Heathcliff Hall Tadele Wakjira Zach Harris Stefan Milosevic Boris Eric Hugo Geddes Rowan Matthews Michael Burgess Julian Moore

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 17 18 19 20 21

Manager Matt Hunt Asst Manager Russ Kerr

OFFICIALS Referee Paul Shakes Assistant 1 Robbie Maris Assistant 2 Jason Urlich

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