Pulling a Swift One - June 23, 2018

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

June 23, 2018

COMAG Matamata Swifts v West Hamilton United Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm

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 Brad West during our 4-0 win at Te Awamutu (photo: Stuff).

Page 3 Reuben Wigelsworth at Taupo last Saturday.

Hello everyone. A big welcome from me and everyone at the club to the players, management and supporters of West Hamilton United for today’s Loaded WaiBOP Premiership encounter.

We’re back at the Domain again after a couple of contrasting weekends. Our 4-0 win at Te Awamutu a fortnight ago was our largest win there since at least the early eighties, while defeat by the same margin at Taupo last time out was hugely overshadowed by a season ending injury to our captain.

Injury seems to be a recurring theme across the senior club this year, and not just for the first team. The Challenge Matamata Swifts ladies team, for instance, was looking like genuine contenders to play in the WaiBOP Women’s Premier League after the first few games of the season.

Within a few weeks, however, key players were out and they were battling to get a fit team on the field.

Young players like Finn Challis and Blair Griffiths saw their seasons end early while playing for the ressies and, of course, we’ve seen the on-going battle Scott’s had to get a consistently fit team on the field in the Premiership.

I think ‘that’s football’ is the phrase I’m looking for.

And it is. Injuries, along with how you react to them and bounce back from them, are a part of any sport. They’re a nightmare for coaches but, even more so, for the players themselves. It’s one of the most frustrating things in the world when all you want to do is play for your club on a Saturday but your body won’t let you.

So all I can say to any player who is forced to watch today rather than feel the joy of actually taking part in this big game is to stay strong, work hard to get back and then enjoy it when you do. You will make it back. And when you do you will, I expect, enjoy it more than you ever have.

Regardles of all that, 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 & Nu-Age Plaster Limited.

And Matamata Physio, Bin Hire, Chili Balm.

Junior Opportunity - Shirt Sponsorship Investment: $500 + GST. We have full sets of shirts, in the club’s new Nike style, on order now for ALL our junior 8th to 12th grade teams. We expect them to be available and in use by mid-June.

With this comes a unique opportunity to get the logo of your business, or the business you work for, placed on the front of the shirts of your child’s team.

This is a one-off investment that lasts for the life of the shirts (usually 3-4 seasons). All funds raised through this scheme will be re-invested in the club’s junior programme.

Contact Dwayne Barlow at dwayne@ dbmm.co.nz or 021 993 832 for more information.

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at June 16, 2018) P W D L Papamoa 9 6 2 1 West Hamilton United 10 6 0 4 Melville United 10 5 3 2 Taupo 8 5 2 1 Tauranga Boys’ College 10 5 2 3 Waikato Unicol 8 5 1 2 Matamata Swifts 10 4 2 4 Te Awamutu 9 4 1 4 Otumoetai 11 3 1 7 Tokoroa 8 3 0 5 Tauranga Blue Rovers 10 2 2 6 Hamilton Wanderers 9 0 0 9

F 23 22 26 18 27 24 21 12 22 6 12 6

A 5 12 19 6 17 7 18 14 19 26 24 52

Pts 20 18 18 17 17 16 14 13 10 9 8 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at June 16, 2018) P W D Ngaruawahia United 8 8 0 Taupo 9 6 0 Kawerau Sports 8 5 2 Tauranga Blue Rovers 10 5 2 Waikato Unicol 10 5 1 Te Puke United 10 4 0 Otumoetai 10 2 2 Matamata Swifts 10 1 2 Cambridge 9 1 1

L 0 3 1 3 4 6 6 7 7

F 45 24 26 30 20 15 7 20 8

A 4 16 11 24 16 34 18 44 28

Pts 24 18 17 17 16 12 8 5 4

WaiBOP Ladies A - part 2 (as at June 17, 2018) P W D L West Hamilton United 2 2 0 0 Cambridge 2 2 0 0 Claudelands Rovers 2 1 0 1 NUSC Fiasco 2 1 0 1 Matamata Swifts 2 0 0 2 Ham Wanderers 2 0 0 2

F 16 11 4 5 4 3

A 4 4 4 6 11 14

Pts 6 6 3 3 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 3-2 S Parsonage 2, R Wigelsworth 1-1 J Baxter 4-0 J Baxter, K Nowell, B Vossen, D Willemsen 4-0 D Willemsen 2, J Baxter, B Vossen 0-4

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2018 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

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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 2-0 M Hill 2 26 BYE JUNE 2018 H 2 12:30 Otumoetai 0-2 H 9 12:30 Ngaruawahia United 2-10 R Avergonzado, L Clothier A 16 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers 3-4 K Burgess, R Avergonzado 2 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

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

MAY 2018

6 A 13 A 20 H 27

BYE 13:00 NUSC Pandemonium 2-3 M Ontiveros 11:00 Cambridge (Waikato Cup) 0-5 11:00 Claudelands Rovers pp

JUNE 2018 H 10 H 17 H 24

11:00 West Hamilton United 11:00 Claudelands Rovers 11:00 NUFC Fiasco

JULY 2018 A 1

8 A 15 A 22 A 29

11:00 Hamilton Wanderers 11:00 Waikato Cup 11:00 Cambridge 11:00 West Hamilton United 11:00 Claudelands Rovers

AUGUST 2018 A 5

12 H 19 H 26

11:00 NUFC Fiasco 11:00 Waikato Cup 11:00 Hamilton Wanderers 11:00 Cambridge

2-8 A Verstraten 2-3 G Watson, M Leaver

Follow Matamata Swifts online in 2018 www.matamataswifts.com /MatamataSwifts

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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 4-0 S Richardson 3, D Candy

JUNE 2018 A 10 A 17 A 24

13:00 Cambridge Red Devils (f) 4-0 S Richardson 2, J Harris, C Bedford 11:00 Tetra Pak Vikings 0-1 11:00 Scottbuild Pirates (Plate)

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

Favourites Flex Their Muscles There was a slight power shift at the top of the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership table on Saturday as Flying Mullet Papamoa edged past previous leaders West Hamilton United to reclaim the top spot they held for several weeks at the start of the season, while Taupo also laid bare their title aspirations with another impressive home win.

Former All White Cole Peverley’s 25th minute penalty proved the difference in a tight encounter at Papamoa’s Gordon Spratt Reserve. While the hosts did enough to record a 1-0 victory, coach Duncan Lowry wasn’t overly impressed with his team’s performance, labelling it their worst of the season. Equally, though, Lowry was more than happy to take another important three points ahead of this weekend’s glamour ISPS Handa Chatham Cup 3rd round tie at Birkenhead United.

Title winning sides aren’t dominant every week but they do have a happy knack of grinding out results when they need to. With Papamoa’s defensive shape and experience, coupled with their constant goal threat, they are better set up than most to mount a sustained run this season.

West Hamilton’s fourth defeat of the season saw them drop just one spot on the table, but with teams like Taupo and Waikato Unicol circling just below, both with games in hand, they can’t afford too many more slip ups if they plan on staying in the race.

Taupo ran away with their match against Comag Matamata Swifts during the second half to record an ultimately dominant 4-0

victory as Fin Smith was again the goal scoring star. Smith’s neat finish separated the sides at the break, but the first half was marred by a season ending injury to Swifts captain, Dayne Willemsen. Rob Williams doubled Taupo’s lead on the hour before Smith completed another hat trick with two goals midway through the half.

Taupo’s defensive showing squeezed the life out of Matamata and looks like being the platform on which their title challenge will be maintained.

Melville United edged their way past Otumoetai at Gower Park as goals from Josh Nooijen and Harry Coulson gave United a 2-1 victory that saw them move level on points with West Hamilton, while Waikato Unicol did enough to secure three points at Tauranga Blue Rovers. Riku Soejima’s double helped the students to a 3-1 victory in which Kieran Payton also scored. Reuben Wood’s goal had Rovers level at half time but the hosts couldn’t maintain parity against one of the league’s most free scoring sides.

Te Awamutu secured a comfortable three points thanks to a 3-0 win at Waikato rivals Mercury Tokoroa. Joel Roil, Jack Connor and Osvaldo Ruggeri scored the goals that gave Te Awamutu their fourth win of 2018 and moved them closer to mid-table safety.

Tauranga Boys’ College snapped their winless run as Hamilton Wanderers defaulted in a move that is hopefully not a sign of things to come.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

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

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

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

COMAG Matamata Swifts v West Hamilton United | 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 Harry Conner Blair Griffiths Bjorn Vossen Sean Kipping Hardeep Singh

Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Dave Taylor

OFFICIALS Referee Nadia Browning Assistant 1 Stuart Blake Assistant 2 Phillip Rogers Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Waikato Unicol Reserves (a) 12.30pm on Saturday Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Northern United Fiasco (h) 11am on Sunday Swifts Sunday Team v Scottbuild Pirates (a) 11am on Sunday

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