Pulling a Swift One - July 28, 2018

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

July 28, 2018

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Melville 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 Defending against Papamoa last Saturday.

Page 3 Jeremy Pope goes in where it hurts.

(Photos: Bob Ricketts, Papamoa)

Hello everyone and welcome to the Domain for today’s Loaded WaiBOP Premiership match against Melville United.

Hopefully the weather’s played ball today as it’s much more fun standing on the Domain sidelines when the sun’s shining than when it’s not.

You know you’re starting to run out of things to say when you start talking about the weather. But hey, I’ll find something...

Oh, look.

The junior season got back underway this morning after a short break for the school holidays. After not really knowing what to do during the last couple of Saturday mornings it’s a comfortable feeling to know things are back to normal.

We have some good little players across the various age groups and it’s been pretty cool to see them develop over the season. The team I coach, the 9th grade Panthers, has quite a range of abilities and that, I’ve found, has been a real challenge for me this season. It’s great, though, when you see one of the kids ‘get’ something; that’s probably the most rewarding thing about coaching a junior team.

Over the course of the season I’ve had a number of conversations with people from other clubs about how we can best work together. While these have primarily been focused on junior football, and what we can do for our young players, there’s no reason we shouldn’t be working with neighbouring clubs - Morrinsville, Te Aroha, Cambridge - at all levels. Something to ponder and work on over the summer.

Anyway, back to today. These two sides fought out one of the more memorable Premiership matches this season, when the reverse fixture at Gower Park finished 5-5. What odds another ten goal thriller this afternoon?

Have fun today, enjoy the match, and I’ll see you on the sideline.

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.

2018 Senior Golden Boot 10 – S Richardson (3rd) 9 – R Costello (Res) 9 – J Harris (3rd) 6 – R Graumans (Ladies) 6 – A Verstraten (Ladies) 6 – B West (1st) 5 – J Baxter (1st) 5 – D Willemsen (1st) 4 – C Bedford (3rd) 4 – M Hill (Res/3rd) 4 – M Leaver (Ladies) 3 – R Avergonzado (Res) 3 – K Nowell (1st) 3 – M Ontiveros (Ladies)

2 – K Burgess (Res) 2 – H Cihan (Res) 2 – L Clothier (Res) 2 – P Guzman (Ladies) 2 – S Parsonage (1st) 2 – J Pope (3rd) 2 – M Smith (Res) 2 – B Vossen (1st) 2 – C Walker (1st) 2 – R Wiglesworth (1st) 2 OG Plus a few more...We’ve scored 107 goals across the four senior teams so far in 2018.

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at July 21, 2018) P W D L Tauranga Boys’ College 15 10 2 3 Papamoa 13 9 2 2 Taupo 13 9 2 2 Melville United 15 7 4 4 Waikato Unicol 12 7 1 4 Otumoetai 15 7 1 7 Matamata Swifts 15 6 2 7 West Hamilton United 15 6 0 9 Te Awamutu 14 5 2 7 Tauranga Blue Rovers 15 4 3 8 Tokoroa 13 4 1 8 Hamilton Wanderers 13 0 0 13

F 51 33 30 36 37 31 27 24 19 23 12 9

A 22 9 10 26 14 22 30 27 22 40 40 70

Pts 32 29 29 25 22 22 20 18 17 15 13 0

WaiBOP Championship (as at July 21, 2018) P W D Ngaruawahia United 12 10 1 Kawerau Sports 13 8 3 Waikato Unicol 15 7 4 Taupo 14 8 1 Tauranga Blue Rovers 14 7 2 Te Puke United 14 5 2 Otumoetai 14 4 3 Cambridge 13 2 1 Matamata Swifts 15 1 3

L 1 2 4 5 5 7 7 10 11

F 59 49 33 32 37 21 16 13 25

A 10 23 25 28 31 39 26 40 63

Pts 31 27 25 25 23 17 15 7 6

WaiBOP Ladies A - part 2 (as at July 22, 2018) P W D West Hamilton United 6 6 0 Cambridge 5 3 1 NUSC Fiasco 5 2 2 Matamata Swifts 6 1 2 Claudelands Rovers 5 1 1 Ham Wanderers 5 0 0

L 0 1 1 3 3 5

F 33 15 9 9 5 7

A 5 3 7 19 12 32

Pts 18 9 8 5 4 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 Wigelsworth 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 2-1 C Walker, B West 1-2 H Turlington 2-1 B West, J Baxter 1-3 J Baxter 1-5 B Lissington

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

@SwiftySwiftly

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 4-4 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 3-3 R Costello 2, H Cihan H 30 12:30 Taupo 1-4 K Burgess JULY 2018 A 7 14:45 Kawerau Sports 0-8 H 14 12:30 Te Puke United 0-2 A 21 14:45 Cambridge 1-2 L Clothier 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

2-8 A Verstraten 2-3 G Watson, M Leaver 0-0

JULY 2018 A 1 H 8 A 15 A 22 A 29

11:00 Hamilton Wanderers 11:00 Melville Epics (Plate) 11:00 Cambridge 11:00 West Hamilton United 11:00 Claudelands Rovers

5-3 A Verstraten 3, J Greenfield, K Cox 2-1 M Leaver, OG 0-0 0-5

AUGUST 2018 A 5 A 12 H 19 H 26

11:00 NUFC Fiasco 11:00 Te Aroha (Plate) 11:00 Hamilton Wanderers 11:00 Cambridge

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

@SwiftySwiftly

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) 3-4 S Richardson 2, J Pope

JULY 2018 H 1 A 8 H 15

13:00 Voyle Park Rangers 11:00 Maniacs 13:00 Hamilton Masters

22 29

H

22 29

Scottish Cup semis 13:00 Zig Zag

AUGUST 2018

5 Scottish Cup finals

R Cox, C Bedford, A Basalaj

1-0 C Bedford 2-1 S Richardson, C Bedford 10-0 J Harris 3, S Richardson 2, R Costello 2, S Tompsett, J Polaschek, F Challis

Top three pull clear in Premiership Tauranga Boys’ College, Flying Mullet Papamoa and Taupo appear to have finally and definitively turned the 2018 Loaded WaiBOP Premiership season into a three horse race for the title after they all won again on Saturday. Papamoa and Taupo both struck convincing wins against two of 2017’s top three sides, while the current league leaders, Boys’ College, edged past Te Awamutu to stay three points clear at the top.

Boys’ College didn’t appear to be at their fluent best against dogged opponents but had enough in the tank to beat their visitors 2-1 and keep their good run going. Ryan Peddle’s goal put the students in front but Haydn Roil hit back to ensure the match was level at the break. Kody Gorst scored what would turn out to be the game’s only second half goal, and ultimately its winner, as Boy’s College became the first team to score 50 goals and move past 30 points this season.

Papamoa started slowly against Comag Matamata Swifts but struck three goals in the nine minutes leading up to half time, through Logan Crawford, Andrew Cooper and Top Khamwanthong, to all but secure the points. Brayden Lissington snatched one back for the Swifts not long after the break, but Khamwanthong had restored his team’s three goal lead before the hour mark, then substitute Liam Molloy, scored late to complete a comfortable 5-1 victory.

Taupo kept pace after dispatching Waikato Unicol 3-0 at Crown Park. Toby Tullet hit the game’s only first half goal, then Gordon O’Donoghue and Conor Hinz found the back

of the net to send a Unicol side that has made no secret about their title hopes home with plenty to think about.

The current state of play has Tauranga Boys’ College sitting on 32 points after 15 games, with Papamoa and Taupo three points behind having both played two games less. The Premiership title is still all to play for.

In other games, Melville United scored twice during the second half, through Ben Wheatley and Josh Nooijen, to consign West Hamilton United to a 2-0 defeat, while Otumoetai racked up their fourth win on the trot to move into the top half. Otumoetai’s 4-1 victory at now-second-bottom Mercury Tokoroa came thanks to goals from Jordi Langton, Sam Flatt 2, and Nicholas Barnes.

All the goals came in the first half as Tauranga Blue Rovers beat rock-bottom Hamilton Wanderers 4-1. .

Championship leaders, Ngaruawahia, had the bye so the spotlight fell on the teams below them. Kawerau jumped back into second after a 4-1 win at previously-second Taupo reserves and now look nailed on to secure promotion. Krishaant Singh was the stand-out performer, scoring twice in each half for a personal haul of four goals.

Unicol reserves won 2-1 at Te Puke United, while Tauranga Blue Rovers beat Otumoetai reserves by the same score. Cambridge jumped off the bottom, over Waharoa Transport Matamata Swifts, after a 2-1 home win against their near neighbours.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

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

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

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

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Melville United | Kick-off: 2.45pm

GK 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 Jeremy Pope Radge Avergonzado Duran Weaver-Smith Jamie Baxter Mike Dawson Reuben Wigelsworth 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 Andrew Clothier Bjorn Vossen Sean Kipping Hardeep Singh

Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Dave Taylor

OFFICIALS Referee Andrew Mitchell Assistant 1 Lance Ewens Assistant 2 Levi Andric Assessor/coach N/A

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves BYE Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Claudelands Rovers (a) 11am on Sunday Swifts Sunday Team v Zig Zag (h) 1pm on Sunday

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