Pulling a Swift One - May 19, 2018

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

May 5, 2018

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Tokoroa AFC Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Cambridge WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm

A Few Kind Words

2018 Management Committee Patron Jack Poole President Dwayne Barlow Vice-President Rob Cox Treasurer Michael Candy Secretary Kerrie Cox Club Captain Chris Bedford Committee Matt Aberhart Alistair Basalaj Pete Challis Junior Convenor Ronan Costello

PICTURED Front Cover Kyle van Waveren’s in there somewhere.

Page 3 Mike Dawson holds of exSwift Andy Cooper.

Photos: Bob Ricketts (Papamoa).

Hello. Hello again. The Domain finally had a chance to breathe last weekend as all our teams played away from home. It is, however, nice to be back in familiar surroundings.

Today we welcome Tokoroa back to the Domain, but this time in the Premiership. Our visitors have started life in the top flight in fine style with three wins from their opening four games, so they’ll arrive full of confidence. Resultswise, we’ve struggled a bit, but it was good to see we had a mostly fit squad last time out so hopefully we’ll start seeing more competition for places in the side and an upswing in our fortunes. We also almost had the opportunity to say hello to a familiar face today with the visit of Cambridge in the Championship, but Paul’s promotion to the top job at Vogel Street had robbed us of that.

Some of you may be aware that one of our club members is currently facing a serious charge following our recent ISPS Handa Chatham Cup match against Ngaruawahia.

Obviously, I can’t say too much more here because the process is on-going. But I will say that our fellow Swift has the full support of the club’s management committee and me personally in this matter.

A lot of stuff happened during and after that cup tie, which was one of the more, er, eventful matches we’ve hosted at the Domain in a long, long time. I don’t expect we’ve heard the end of it either. Everyone one who was at that game - players, management, fans, match officials - will hopefully have learnt from the experience.

On a more positive note, the junior football season had its third round of games this morning. It’s been a pretty wet start to the season, at times, but it’s still a lot of fun.

The kids are keen, our junior coaches enthusiastic and the parents supportive. So far, so good on all those fronts.

Have fun today and I’ll see you on the touchline.

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 Hobbiton, Camel Kebab, Nu-Age Plaster Limited (waiting on high res logos).

And Matamata Physio, Bin Hire, Chili Balm.

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.

Coaching Courses We are hosting several junior and youth coaching courses over the next couple of months. A Junior Level 2 Coaching Award is set for Sunday July 1. This is ideal for coaches who have done a season or

more with a junior team. Youth Level 2 courses are set for April 22 and July 15. We also hope to schedule an Intro to Coaching course. Contact: admin@ matamataswifts.com for more.

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at May 12, 2018) P W D L Melville United 5 3 2 0 Papamoa 4 3 1 0 Tauranga Boys’ College 5 3 1 1 West Hamilton United 5 3 0 2 Tokoroa 4 3 0 1 Taupo 4 2 1 1 Tauranga Blue Rovers 5 2 1 2 Otumoetai 6 1 1 4 Waikato Unicol 4 1 1 2 Matamata Swifts 5 1 1 3 Te Awamutu 4 1 1 2 Ham Wanderers 5 0 0 5

F 17 14 18 10 4 6 9 11 6 9 4 4

A 10 1 6 7 7 4 12 10 6 11 8 30

Pts 11 10 10 9 9 7 7 4 4 4 4 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at May 12, 2018) P W D Ngaruawahia United 4 4 0 Taupo 5 4 0 Waikato Unicol 6 3 0 Kawerau Sports 4 2 1 Tauranga Blue Rovers 5 2 1 Te Puke United 5 2 0 Cambridge 4 1 1 Otumoetai 5 1 1 Matamata Swifts 6 0 2

L 0 1 3 1 2 3 2 3 4

F 26 12 11 11 17 8 6 4 13

A 1 6 11 8 15 21 7 10 28

Pts 12 12 9 7 7 6 4 4 2

WaiBOP Ladies A (as at May 13, 2018) P W Tokoroa 6 5 Melville United 5 4 NUSC Pandemonium 4 3 Matamata Swifts 5 2 NUSC Fiasco 5 1 Ham Wanderers 3 0 Claudelands Rovers 4 0

L 0 1 1 2 4 3 4

F 19 31 9 16 5 4 0

A 7 3 5 10 14 24 21

Pts 16 12 9 7 3 0 0

D 1 0 0 1 0 0 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 2018 A 7 14:45 West Hamilton United H 14 14:45 Tauranga Blue Rovers H 21 14:45 Waikato Unicol H 28 14:00 Ngaruawahia Utd (Cup) MAY 2018 H 5 14:45 Papamoa A 12 14:45 Melville United H 19 14:45 Tokoroa A 26 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College JUNE 2018 H 2 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers A 9 14:45 Te Awamutu A 16 14:45 Taupo H 23 14:45 West Hamilton United A 30 14:45 Tauranga Blue Rovers JULY 2018 A 7 14:45 Waikato Unicol H 14 14:45 Taupo A 21 14:45 Papamoa H 28 14:45 Melville United AUGUST 2018 A 4 14:45 Tokoroa H 11 14:45 Tauranga Boys’ College A 18 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers H 25 14:45 Te Awamutu SEPTEMBER 2018 A 1 14:45 Otumoetai H TBC 14:45 Otumoetai

1-2 H Conner 2-3 D Willemsen, R Wiglesworth 1-0 B West 2-3 K Nowell 2 0-1 5-5 B West 3, D Willemsen, C Walker

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SWIFTS RESERVES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIBOP CHAMPIONSHIP unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 A 7 14:45 Ngaruawahia United 0-12 H 14 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers 5-5 R Costello 3, I Trias, M Hill H 21 12:30 Waikato Unicol 2-3 H Cihan, R Costello A 28 11:30 Taupo 1-2 H Rosas MAY 2018 H 5 12:30 Kawerau Sports 4-1 M Smith, J Reeve, OG, R Costello A 12 13:30 Te Puke United 1-2 M Smith H 19 12:30 Cambridge 26 BYE JUNE 2018 H 2 12:30 Otumoetai H 9 12:30 Ngaruawahia United A 16 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers A 23 12:30 Waikato Unicol H 30 12:30 Taupo JULY 2018 A 7 14:45 Kawerau Sports H 14 12:30 Te Puke United A 21 14:45 Cambridge 28 BYE AUGUST 2018 A 4 12:30 Otumoetai

SWIFTS LADIES MATCH SCHEDULE WAIKATO LADIES DIVISION A unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 A 8 H 15 A 22 H 29

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

Melville United NUSC Fiasco Tokoroa Hamilton Wanderers

MAY 2018

6 A 13 A 20 H 27

0-2 5-2 R Graumans 3, M Leaver, M Ontiveros 2-2 R Graumans, P Guzman 7-1 A Verstraten 3, R Graumans 2, M Leaver, P Guzman

BYE 13:00 NUSC Pandemonium 2-3 M Ontiveros 11:00 Cambridge (Waikato Cup) 11:00 Claudelands Rovers

Further fixtures will be posted after the first round of games. This includes a possible cross-over league with teams from the Bay of Plenty.

SWIFTS SUNDAY TEAM MATCH SCHEDULE WSSL DIVISION 4 unless otherwise stated

APRIL 2018 H 15

13:00 Tetra Pak Vikings

7-2 J Pope, M Aberhart, A Harris, C Henry,

A H

13:00 Voyle Park Rangers 13:00 Marist (Scottish Cup)

3-1 J Harris 2, M Hill 1-5 D Weaver-Smith

MAY 2018 H 6 A 13 A 20

27

13:00 Maniacs 13:00 Hamilton Masters 11:00 Zig Zag Scottish Cup Rd 2

4-1 J Harris 3, C Bedford 1-1 F Jordan

JUNE 2018

10 A 17

24

TBC Friendly v Div 3 team 11:00 Tetra Pak Vikings Scottish Cup quarters

JULY 2018 H 1 A 8 H 15

22 H 29

13:00 Voyle Park Rangers 11:00 Maniacs 13:00 Hamilton Masters Scottish Cup semis 13:00 Zig Zag

22 29

AUGUST 2018

5 Scottish Cup finals

R Cox, C Bedford, A Basalaj

Goals galore as Melville go top The goals flew in on a day in which only three Loaded WaiBOP Premiership games went ahead, due to the involvement of a number of sides in the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup. Melville United took advantage, sort of, to end the day top of the heap, while Tauranga Boys’ College and Tauranga Blue Rovers both scored four to notch contrasting victories.

The ball hit the back of the net ten times at Gower Park, but in the end Melville and Comag Matamata Swifts couldn’t be separated following a remarkable 5-5 draw.

After going a goal down early, the Swifts made most of the running during the first half to lead 5-2 at the change. Brad West had a hat trick under his belt inside 35 minutes, while Dayne Willemsen and Chris Walker also got in on the goal scoring action.

But Melville also pose a massive goal threat. Jordi Ditfort, Subesh Naidu, Sok Ven, with two, and Harry Coulsen scored the goals that first kept their team treading water, then helped run down a tiring Matamata outfit. In the end, a point was enough to lift Melville narrowly clear of Papamoa at the top.

Tauranga Boy’s College were the big movers as their third win of the season brought them level with Papamoa on ten points. The students have started the season brightly and banged in another four goals, this time against a struggling Otumoetai.

The impressive 4-0 victory was built largely around Adam Davidson’s hat trick, while Stanley Rust chimed in with his team’s fourth.

Boys’ College’s success so far has been due largely to their goal threat. They are the leading scorers in the league with 18 goals

in five games, while Otumoetai, picked as one of the early favourites have scored nine of their eleven goals in one game, and barely registered in the other five.

The Hamilton Wanderers versus Blue Rovers match appeared to be going according to the script after goals from Akshag Jaswal, Tommy Crane and Jared Bailey pushed Rovers into a comfortable lead. But rockbottom Wanderers had other ideas as Jayden Gozdz, twice, and Maxwell Ericksen drew them level at one point and had them hopeful of picking up their first point of the season.

Substitute Mike Barton, however, was on hand to head home and secure a 4-3 victory for the visitors, who move to seven points.

Five Premiership teams were in ISPS Handa Chatham Cup action. Waikato Unicol scored the most impressive victory, a 5-0 win over WaiBOP Championship leaders Ngaruawahia United, while Papamoa and Taupo also progressed to round 2. West Hamilton United fell at home to NRFL division 2 side Franklin United, while Te Awamutu went down 4-2 at Ellerslie.

In the WaiBOP Championship, Taupo’s Reserves jumped into second spot after a 4-2 win over Tauranga Blue Rovers’ Reserves, while Waikato Unicol’s Reserves suffered a surprise 4-0 reverse at Kawerau Sports. Te Puke United picked up their second win of the season, 2-1 at home over Waharoa Transport Matamata Reserves, while Cambridge and Otumoetai battled out a goalless stalemate at Fergusson Park.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

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

WaiBOP Championship Otumoetai v Blue Rovers Unicol v Te Puke Taupo v Kawerau Ngaruawahia - BYE

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

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

GK GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22

Matt Aberhart Kyle van Waveren Radge Avergonzado Duran Weaver-Smith Jamie Baxter Mike Dawson Reuben Wiglesworth Brad West Scott Parsonage Kody Nowell Dayne Willemsen Hayden Turlington Mike Smith Dwayne Signal RETIRED (Eric van Waveren) Brayden Lissington Chris Walker Hardy Rosas Richard Armstrong Blair Griffiths Bjorn Vossen Sean Kipping Nani Shettra

Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Dave Taylor

OFFICIALS Referee Andrew Lamberth Assistant 1 Paul Shakes Assistant 2 Philip Martelli Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Cambridge (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Cambridge (a) 11am on Sunday Swifts Sunday Team v Zig Zag (a) 11am on Sunday

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