Pulling a Swift One - May 27, 2017

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

May 27, 2017

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Te Awamutu Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

Richardson Racing Stables Swifts Reserves Challenge Matamata Ladies v Te Awamutu Reserves v Unicol WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm Waikato Ladies A - 11.00am (Sun)

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 Goooaaalll! Parsonage nods home against Papamoa.

Page 3 Some action from the Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies’ 11-0 win over Mangakino.

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Domain. The last time we were here, a couple of weeks ago, we pulled off one of the best Chatham Cup results in the club’s history.

It was certainly a decent way to welcome our new first team naming rights sponsor, Comag Ltd, on board but, more importantly, it set a standard for the team for the rest of the season.

A decent cup run would be great for the club - players, fans and sponsors alike. Just as important, however, is doing well in the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership. That’s one of the reason’s today’s match is as important as any cup game.

Another reason is that, back in the day, Matamata versus Te Awamutu was the big derby game for both our clubs. So often were we in the same Northern League, then Federation League, division that the rivalry came naturally. As someone who played in a lot of those games, for both sides, this throwback to the past should be a lot of fun today.

Unfortunately we haven’t met in the league since the 2009 season so the derby feeling may have subsided somewhat. Nevertheless, it’ll be great to renew hostilities (in the nicest sense of the word, of course).

I’d like to make a special mention of the work put in by Nigel Leaver and the Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies team this season. This was a team that was unexpectedly thrust into Waikato Ladies Division A less than a week before the start of the season. There was a huge amount of trepidation initially, but the team has performed superbly and now sit just outside the top four.

Last Sunday’s 11-0 Waikato Ladies Cup victory over Mangakino has, more than anything, brought home the full realisation that Division A, rather than the far weaker Division B, is where we belong. Well done team.

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 20, 2017) P W D L Taupo 6 5 1 0 Matamata Swifts 6 5 0 1 Waikato Unicol 6 5 0 1 Rotorua United 6 4 0 2 Old Blues

7 4 0 3 Melville United 7 2 2 3 Otumoetai 6 2 2 2 Cambridge 5 2 1 2 Te Awamutu 5 2 1 2 West Hamilton 6 2 0 4 Tauranga Boys’ College 7 1 1 5 Papamoa 8 0 0 8

F 11 25 15 13 12 20 12 18 15 10 14 3

A 4 13 4 9 14 18 12 8 8 19 21 38

Pts 16 15 15 12 12 8 8 7 7 6 4 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at May 20, 2017) P W D Cambridge 6 5 1 Otumoetai 8 5 1 Tauranga City United 7 4 2 Waikato Unicol 7 3 4 Wanderers 6 4 0 Te Puke United 6 3 1 Tokoroa 7 2 3 Taupo 7 2 2 Matamata Swifts 6 1 2 Te Awamutu 5 1 0 Old Blues

8 1 0 Rotorua United 7 1 0

F 21 18 12 15 17 9 11 12 8 8 9 4

A 5 11 7 8 8 9 7 15 11 9 26 28

Pts 16 16 14 13 12 10 9 8 5 3 3 3

Swifts Ladies Waikato Ladies Division P Pts Cambridge 6 18 Melville Utd 6 15 Melville Utd Dev 6 15 Tokoroa 6 15 Matamata 6 7 Claudelands 6 7 Northern Utd 6 6 Wanderers 6 4 Unicol 6 1 Claudelands 2 6 0

L 0 2 1 0 2 2 2 3 3 4 7 6

Swifts ‘A’ Waikato Division A P Pts Melville Utd 6 18 Eastern City 6 15 Ngaruawahia 5 12 Unicol 6 10 Te Aroha 6 8 Matamata 6 7 West Hamilton 6 6 Cambridge 7 6 Te Awamutu 7 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 MAY 2017 A 6 H 13 20

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

14:45 Otumoetai

5-1

G Carmichael 2, C Walker 3

14:45 Cambridge 14:00 One-Mangere (Cup)

3-2 6-0

C Walker 2, J Baxter

4-0

D Willemsen, S Parsonage, L Raynel, B West

A

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

14:45 Papamoa

C Walker, S Masterson, B West, S Parsonage 2

H 27 14:45 Te Awamutu JUNE 2017 A 3 14:45 Rotorua United A 5 14:00 Unimount Bohemian Celtic (Cup) 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

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 1-2 R Shettra MAY 2017 H 13 12:00 Taupo 1-1 B Dos Santos A 20 14:45 Hamilton Wanderers 0-2 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 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 A 20 A 27

14:45 Melville 0-12 12:30 Claudelands (Cup) 0-1 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 13:00 Eastern City

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 21

11:00 Claudelands Rovers 3-0 Win by default 13:00 Claudelands Rovers CRAFT 3-0 M van Lith, K Cox, OG 11:00 Mangakino (Cup) 11-0 M van Lith 2, K Cox 2, A Verstraten 2,

Melville Development Melville United Cambridge FC Hamilton Wanderers

H

28

JUNE 2017 A 11 H 18

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

C Morris, P Morrison P Morrison, H Manton, M van Lith

J Reay, Z Reichardt, H Manton

11:00 Waikato Unicol 11:00 Northern United 11:00 Tokoroa AFC

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Top three roll on Taupo, Matamata Swifts and Waikato Unicol all had narrower than expected Loaded WaiBOP Premiership victories on Saturday but all three still picked up the points to keep the pressure on each other at the top of the table.

At Crown Park, Taupo maintained their one point lead thanks to a 2-1 victory over mid-table Melville United. The fact the match was level at one apiece at the break says a lot for the battling performance of the inconsistent Melville side. But the hosts grabbed the vital winner during the second half, courtesy of Finn Smith’s second goal of the game, to nab all the points and keep their superb run going.

Taupo has now won five in a row after their opening day draw with Cambridge.

Dylan Blair scored again for Melville, who stay in sixth albeit having played more games than the teams around them.

Like their top three rivals, Taupo will have one eye on their upcoming round 2 ISPS Handa Chatham Cup match, which will be played over Queen’s Birthday weekend.

Titles are won, however, by sides that can grind out results when not at their best and Taupo seem capable of that at the moment.

As do both Comag Matamata Swifts and Waikato Unicol.

The Swifts were comfortable 4-0 winners at bottom side SGS Papamoa but weren’t as fluent as in some of their recent performances. Dayne Willemsen and captain, Scott Parsonage, netted during the

first half, before goals from Logan Raynel and Brad West after the break sealed the points for the league’s top scorers.

Their victory margin allowed Matamata to jump ahead of Unicol on goal difference after the students won 2-1 at Edmonds Judd Te Awamutu. Ash Gower-Rudman scored once in each half to ensure Unicol bounced back from their first loss of the season at Taupo last time out, but Haydn Roil’s goal for the hosts kept them it close.

Taupo sit on sixteen points while both Matamata and Unicol are on fifteen.

Further down the table, Rotorua United leaped over Old Blues on goal difference following their 2-0 win at home over Tauranga Boys’ College. Up 2-0 at the break Old Blues looked like keeping up with the top three, but their opponents, Otumoetai, turned the game around during the second half to win 3-2 thanks to a Daniel Miller double and a goal from Jay Silcock. Rotorua and Old Blues both sit on twelve points.

In the other game, Cambridge let everyone know they’re still around with the largest win of the weekend. Their 7-1 victory over West Hamilton came courtesy of seven different scorers – Tom Woutersen, Josh Clarkin, Patrick Woodlock, Aaron Huesser, Jordan Silvester, Donovan Latham and Kyle Stead.

Defeat left West Hamilton just two points above the relegation zone.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership WaiBOP Championship Waikato Unicol v Rotorua United Waikato Unicol v Rotorua United Old Blues v Cambridge Te Puke United v Taupo Tauranga Boys’ v Otumoetai Old Blues v Cambridge West Hamilton United v Taupo Tauranga City United v Otumoetai Tokoroa Hamilton Wanderers David Hyslop, of the Swifts ‘A’ vteam, in a not uncommon pose...

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

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Te Awamutu | 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 Jasom Khatkar Seif Benmansoor Shaun Richardson Logan Raynel Bjorn Vossen Mike Candy

Coach Paul Richardson Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Malcolm Raynel

OFFICIALS Referee Stu Blake Assistant 1 Phil Rogers Assistant 2 Craig Audas Assessor/coach N/A

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

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