Pulling a Swift One - April 29, 2017

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

April 29, 2017

Matamata Swifts v Otumoetai FC Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Otumoetai Reserves WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm

Swifts A v Unicol 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 One of many attacking opportunities against Internationale in the Cup last Saturday.

Page 3 There was a fair bit of this in the 2nd half last Saturday...

So. We’re back at the Domain again for another triple treat of Matamata Swifts football. It’s seems like we were just here doing the same thing recently...

Last Saturday’s ISPS Handa Chatham Cup fixture was an adventure, to say the least. While we’re disappointed not to have wrapped it up inside 90 minutes, it was a classic cup encounter against a good, experienced side.

It was pleasing to see several youngsters make contributions under pressure in an important match. With some experienced players sidelined last week it was an opportunity for the youngsters to shine. The trick now is to keep improving and start churning out consistent performances to ensure they stay in the team.

As a (sometime) coach, it’s nice to see that we’re starting to build a bit of depth. We’ll need that if we’re to be successful over the course of what will be a long season.

Welcome to today’s visitors. Otumoetai’s two sides have good recent records against us so will be expecting more of the same. We know what to expect today so the trick will be coming up with a plan to counter it a bit more successfully than previously. Welcome also to Waikato Unicol’s 3rd team for their re-arranged game against the Swifts A team I’d like to take this opportunity to announce that COMAG Limited is now one of the club’s premium sponsors and has also agreed to take over naming rights sponsorship of the Swifts first team. COMAG is another quality local company that has chosen to throw its support behind us, for which we’re immensely grateful.

The new shirts are still a couple of weeks away so we’ll do an official launch when they arrive.

COMAG takes over from Waikato Stud, who have held naming right for the last two seasons. A big thank you to Mark and the team for their support over that time.

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.

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 22, 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 West Hamilton 4 2 0 2 Cambridge 2 1 1 0 Otumoetai 3 1 1 1 Tauranga Boys’ College 4 1 1 2 Melville United 4 1 1 2 Old Blues

3 1 0 2 Te Awamutu 2 0 1 1 Papamoa 4 0 0 4

F 10 6 13 6 9 8 6 11 10 4 3 1

A 1 2 10 5 11 1 3 13 12 8 5 16

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

WaiBOP Championship (as at April 22, 2017) P W D Cambridge 3 3 0 Otumoetai 4 3 0 Waikato Unicol 4 2 2 Tokoroa 3 1 2 Tauranga City United 3 1 2 Te Puke United 2 1 1 Matamata Swifts 3 1 1 Te Awamutu 2 1 0 Wanderers 3 1 0 Rotorua United 4 1 0 Taupo 3 0 0 Old Blues

4 0 0

F 12 11 8 6 4 2 6 7 5 3 3 3

A 1 5 4 3 3 1 6 2 6 12 11 16

Pts 9 9 8 5 5 4 4 3 3 3 0 0

Swifts Ladies Waikato Ladies Division P Pts Tokoroa 3 9 Cambridge 3 9 Melville Utd Dev 3 9 Melville Utd 3 6 Northern Utd 3 6 Claudelands 3 4 Unicol 3 1 Matamata 3 0 Wanderers 3 0 Claudelands 2 3 0

L 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 3 3 4

Swifts ‘A’ Waikato Division A P Pts Melville Utd 4 12 Eastern City 4 9 Matamata 4 7 Te Aroha 3 7 Ngaruawahia 3 6 Te Awamutu 4 4 West Hamilton 4 3 Unicol 3 3 Wanderers 3 1 Cambridge 4 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 H H

8 15 22

14:45 Melville United 3-5 14:45 West Hamilton United 4-1 14:00 Internationale FC (Cup) 5-4

C Walker 2, B Vossen, D Willemsen 2, B West C Walker 2, D Willemsen C Walker 2, D Willemsen, R Wiglesworth OG, S Parsonage, S Masterson, C Walker, R Avergonzado

H 29 14:45 Otumoetai MAY 2017 A 6 14:45 Cambridge H 13 14:00 Onehunga Mangere (Cup) 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 H 9 14:45 Taupo

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 4-1 R Shettra 2, B Dos Santos, R Avergonzado H 29 12:30 Otumoetai MAY 2017 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 A 2 12:30 Cambridge H 9 12:30 Te Puke United

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 1-2

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 R Cox

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 2-5

C Morris, P Morrison

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

Top sides safely through in Cup Cambridge, Waikato Unicol, Taupo and COMAG Matamata Swifts scored ISPS Handa Chatham Cup preliminary round victories on Saturday to advance to round one.

Cambridge, Unicol and Taupo eased their way through after comfortable victories over fellow WaiBOP teams. Donovan Latham’s hot streak in front of goal continued at WaiBOP Championship side, Tokoroa, as Cambridge took control in the second half to win 4-1. The match was level at the break thanks to goals from Cambridge captain, Patrick Woodlock, and Tokoroa’s Connor Wood, but the visitors expressed the difference in quality in the second half.

Latham scored twice and was joined on the score sheet by Sam Garmonsway.

Taupo won 4-1 at home to Otumoetai in a match that seemed almost a replica of the one just up State Highway 1. The sides traded first half goals, before Taupo ran away with it in the second half. Dave Williams’ goal had kept the visitors in the game but a Nick Field brace, complemented by strikes from Fin Smith and Eli Smith got the job done for the Lakesiders against their Loaded WaiBOP Premiership opponents.

In the third WaiBOP derby of the weekend, Loaded WaiBOP Premiership leaders, Waikato Unicol, picked off Tauranga Old Blues 3-0 at home in a repeat of the previous weekend’s league fixture. Beaten 5-0 a week ago, Old Blues did at least show signs of improvement, but Luke Goodwin’s double and a further goal to Gavin Clark put paid to any hopes of an upset.

The match of the round was undoubtedly at the Matamata Domain where the Swifts needed extra-time to defeat Auckland-based Internationale FC 5-4. Matamata led 2-0 inside 15 minutes thanks to an own goal and a long ranger from Scott Parsonage, but the visitors struck twice from setpieces to see the game level at the break.

The Swifts hit the woodwork twice before Internationale took the lead and looked like holding on for an unlikely win, until Sam Masterson’s 89th minute equaliser. Chris Walker and debutant, Radge Avergonzado pushed Matamata’s margin to two, before the visitors grabbed their fourth midway through the second period of extra time.

Sunday’s games weren’t so productive for WaiBOP teams, with both Te Awamutu and Rotorua United losing out to Auckland opposition. Te Awamutu’s trip to Auckland Wanderers ended in a 3-1 defeat, while Rotorua fell 2-1 at home to South Auckland Rangers.

Due to the cup only two games were played in the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership.

At Weka Street, West Hamilton defeated neighbours Melville United 3-1 for their second win in four Premiership games.

Reuben Henderson scored a brace and Nik Finlay also hit the back of the net to move their side into the top half of the table.

Alex Elliott’s double gave Tauranga Boys’ their first win of the season, 2-1 at SGS Papamoa. Mike Chainey scored Papamoa’s first goal of the campaign.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership WaiBOP Championship Melville United v Old Blues Waikato Unicol v Cambridge Waikato Unicol v Cambridge Rotorua United v Taupo Rotorua United v Taupo Te Awamutu v Wanderers Te Awamutu v Papamoa Tokoroa v Old Blues Tauranga Boys’ v West Hamilton Tauranga v Te Puke (May 3) David Hyslop, of the Swifts ‘A’ team, in a not uncommon pose...

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

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

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 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 Glen Carmichael RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) Dwayne Signal Nordine Flex Zif Hood Shaun Richardson Logan Raynel Bjorn Vossen Mike Candy

Coach Paul Richardson Assistant Jeremy Pope

OFFICIALS Referee Phillip Martelli Assistant 1 Alan Cobby Assistant 2 David White Assessor/coach Barb Turley

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Otumoetai FC Reserves (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Swifts A Team v Waikato Unicol (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Hamilton Wanderers (a) 11am on Sunday

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