Pulling a Swift One - May 13, 2017

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

May 13, 2017

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Onehunga Mangere United ISPS Handa Chatham Cup - 2.00pm

Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves v Taupo Reserves WaiBOP Championship - 12.00pm

Swifts A v Eastern City Waikato Division A - 1.00pm

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 That goal scoring feeling!

Page 3 Brad West scoots past a despairing Otumoetai bench during our last home game.

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Domain for another full day of football.

We’re in for a big one today. Our recent Loaded WaiBOP Premiership form has us in a good place so a cup match against opponents from a higher level has come along at a good time. It’s a great opportunity to see how we measure up.

The atmosphere at our preliminary round win over Internationale FC was superb - certainly helped by a pulsating match. Hopefully we see the same, and more, today as we take on the Mountain Men from Onehunga Mangere United.

I’ll let first team coach, Paul Richardson, take over: “Part of the whole cup story is the ability to pit ourselves against higher level opposition. We will aim to impose our style of attacking football upon Onehunga Mangere and will approach the game with intensity and pace at the forefront of our minds.

“On a personal note it’s nice to lock horns with a fellow coach and mate in John Bennett, who has extensive cup experience having been at finalists Waitakere City last season. We talk football regularly and share knowledge... but not now until after today’s match, of course.

“We will aim to represent our club and Federation with pride.”

Junior football began last weekend with our 8th to 12th grade teams and Mini-Kickers programme getting underway. As the coach of a junior team, that means my weekends just got a whole lot busier... Numbers are up this year, particularly in the younger age groups, which is a positive sign of the sort of growth we want to see.

Hopefully one day we’ll see some of our current Junior Swifts stepping out for the club in a Chatham Cup tie and experiencing the thrill of knock-out football.

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 May 6, 2017) P W D L Taupo 5 4 1 0 Waikato Unicol 5 4 0 1 Matamata Swifts 5 4 0 1 Rotorua United 5 3 0 2 Old Blues

5 2 0 2 Te Awamutu 4 2 1 1 West Hamilton 5 2 0 3 Otumoetai 5 1 2 2 Melville United 5 1 2 2 Cambridge 4 1 1 2 Tauranga Boys’ College 5 1 1 3 Papamoa 6 0 0 6

F 9 13 21 11 7 14 9 9 12 11 12 3

A 3 3 13 9 9 6 12 10 14 7 16 28

Pts 13 12 12 9 9 7 6 5 5 4 4 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at May 6, 2017) P W D Otumoetai 6 4 1 Cambridge 4 3 1 Te Puke United 4 3 1 Waikato Unicol 6 2 4 Wanderers 5 3 0 Tokoroa 5 2 3 Tauranga City United 5 2 2 Matamata Swifts 4 1 1 Taupo 5 1 1 Te Awamutu 4 1 0 Rotorua United 6 1 0 Old Blues

6 0 0

F 13 14 7 12 15 9 6 7 9 8 4 4

A 6 3 2 8 8 3 6 8 13 6 24 21

Pts 13 10 10 10 9 9 8 4 4 3 3 0

Swifts Ladies Waikato Ladies Division P Pts Cambridge 5 15 Tokoroa 5 15 Melville Utd Dev 5 12 Melville Utd 5 12 Claudelands 5 7 Northern Utd 5 6 Matamata 5 4 Unicol 5 1 Wanderers 5 1 Claudelands 2 5 0

L 1 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 3 3 5 6

Swifts ‘A’ Waikato Division A P Pts Melville Utd 5 15 Eastern City 5 12 Ngaruawahia 4 9 Te Aroha 5 8 Unicol 5 7 Matamata 6 7 West Hamilton 5 6 Cambridge 6 6 Te Awamutu 6 4 Wanderers 5 1

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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

H 29 14:45 MAY 2017 A 6 14:45 H 13 14:00 A 20 14:45 H 27 14:45 JUNE 2017 A 3 14:45 H 10 14:45 A 17 14:45 H 24 14:45 JULY 2017 A 1 14:45 H 8 14:45 A 15 14:45 H 22 14:45 A 29 14:45 AUGUST 2017 H 5 14:45 A 12 14:45 H 19 14:45 A 26 14:45 SEPTEMBER 2017 A 2 14:45 H 9 14:45

Otumoetai

5-1

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 G Carmichael 2, C Walker 3

Cambridge 3-2 C Walker 2, J Baxter Onehunga Mangere (Cup) Papamoa Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Tauranga Boys’ College Melville United West Hamilton United Old Blues Otumoetai Cambridge Taupo Papamoa Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Old Blues 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 A 8 14:45 H 15 12:30 H 22 12:00 H 29 12:30 MAY 2017 H 13 12:00 A 20 14:45 H 27 12:30 JUNE 2017 A 3 12:30 H 10 12:30 A 17 14:45 H 24 12:30 JULY 2017 A 1 14:00 H 8 12:30 A 15 12:30 H 22 12:30 A 29 12:30 AUGUST 2017 H 5 12:30 A 12 12:30 H 19 12:30 A 26 12:30 SEPTEMBER 2017 A 2 12:30 H 9 12:30

Tauranga City United 1-1 Tokoroa 1-4 Te Puke United - POSTPONED Old Blues 4-1 Otumoetai 1-2

K Higashionna Own Goal R Shettra 2, B Dos Santos, R Avergonzado R Shettra

Taupo Hamilton Wanderers Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Tauranga City United Tokoroa Te Puke United Old Blues Otumoetai Cambridge Taupo Hamilton Wanderers Te Awamutu Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Cambridge 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 2-4

R Costello 2, J Lee

H H H

15 22 29

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

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

MAY 2017 A 6 H 13 A 27

14:45 Melville 0-12 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

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

Melville Development Melville United Cambridge FC Hamilton Wanderers

MAY 2017 H 7 A 14 H 21 H 28

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

Claudelands Rovers 3-0 Claudelands Rovers CRAFT Mangakino (Cup) Waikato Unicol

JUNE 2017 A 11 H 18

11:00 Northern United 11:00 Tokoroa AFC

0-3 0-5 2-5 3-3

C Morris, P Morrison P Morrison, H Manton, M van Lith Win by default

Explaining the 2017 season 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

Taupo topples Unicol Taupo won Saturday’s battle of the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership’s top two at Crown Park and now sit at the summit. They eased home against Waikato Unicol by the game’s solitary goal, a first half strike from Eli Smith, to not only maintain their unbeaten record but also snap Unicol’s perfect start to the season.

Smith’s goal was a priceless effort that gave the Lakesiders something to defend as the match played itself out. Unicol hammered away but couldn’t breach a stubborn Taupo rear-guard on what would have been a frustrating afternoon for them.

Kale Herbert’s Taupo is making a good fist of their return to the top flight. With four wins and a draw from their opening five games they now lead Unicol and COMAG Matamata Swifts by a point. Leading the Premiership is a not uncommon position for the three times champions, but it’s a credit to their players and coaching staff that they’ve made it there so soon after promotion.

In the other big match of the weekend, Matamata won the Karapiro derby for the third time in a row to deepen the gloom around John Kerkhof Park. Chris Walker scored his now familiar double, this time inside the first ten minutes, to give the Swifts an early lead, before Josh Clarkin snaffled one back before the break.

Patrick Woodlock evened matters up from the penalty spot just after the hour, but Matamata was back in front within minutes

thanks to Jamie Baxter’s winner. Matamata’s 3-2 victory was their fourth in five games and drew them level on points with Unicol. With 21 goals, the Swifts are by far the league’s leading scorers.

Pre-season favourites Cambridge have won only one of their opening four games, although three of those have been against the league’s top three sides. They now face the daunting task of an ISPS Handa Chatham Cup tie against NRFL Division 1 leaders Western Springs before they get the chance to start climbing back up the Premiership table.

Rotorua United and Old Blues both won to move to nine points. Old Blues edged West Hamilton 1-0 at Pemberton Park thanks to Joaco Reynosa’s goal, while United won 4-2 at bottom side SGS Papamoa.

Edmonds Judd Te Awamutu beat Tauranga Boys’ College 3-1, while Otumoetai and Melville United shared the points following their 2-2 draw at Fergusson Park.

Next Saturday’s round of Premiership games will be hit hard by the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup. Taupo, Unicol, Matamata and West Hamilton, along with Cambridge, take on Auckland-based opposition as they look to advance to round 2. Taupo’s task looks the easiest as they host Sunday league side South Auckland Rangers, while the other four teams play NRFL opposition.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Rotorua Utd v Te Awamutu Franklin Utd v West Hamilton Utd Tauranga Boys’ v Old Blues Papatoetoe v Claudelands Rovers Melville v Papamoa Ellerslie v Melville Utd Bucklands Beach v Ngongotaha WaiBOP Championship Taupo v South Auckland Rangers Waikato Unicol v Wanderers Waikato Unicol v Mt Albert Ponsonby Rotorua United v Te Awamutu Cambridge v Western Springs Te Puke v Otumoetai Tauranga v Old in Blues, v Cambridge Tauranga City Utd v Waiheke David Utd Hyslop, of the Swifts ‘A’ team, a notTokoroa uncommon pose...

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

ONEHUNGA MANGERE UTD

Red shirts, White shorts, Red socks

ISPS Handa Chatham Cup | Kick-off: 2.00pm

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 22

Matamata Swifts AFC is Patrick Steele Danyon Dvorak GK proudly supported by Gary Dobson Henry Muller 2 Hardeep Shettra John Curwen 3 Jamie Baxter Tawhio Taiepa 4 Mike Dawson Andrew Annable 5 Reuben Wiglesworth Carl Bickerton 6 Brad West Tom Knight 7 Scott Parsonage Otis Madison 8 Chris Walker Conrad Hooton 9 Dayne Willemsen Ifeanyi Unamadu 10 Sam Masterson Myron Manickum 11 Daveun Radge Avergonzado Tim Carr 12 Glen Carmichael Theara Thay 13 RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) David Carron 14 Dwayne Signal Michael Bruce 15 Nour-Eddine Mehdaoui Felix Maebule 16 Seif Benmansoor Nabeel Dada 17 Shaun Richardson Stefan van der Heijden 18 Logan Raynel Luke McIntyre RGK Bjorn Vossen Coach John Bennett Mike Candy

Coach Paul Richardson Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Malcolm Raynel

Assistant Katie Bennett GK Coach Luke McIntyre Kit Manager Karla McGoram Analysis Dieter Dvorak

OFFICIALS Referee Gordon Campbell Assistant 1 Andrew Lamberth Assistant 2 Kieran Brown

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