Pulling a Swift One - September 8, 2018

PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine

September 8, 2018

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Otumoetai Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm Papamoa v Hamilton Wanderers Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 12.30pm

Challenge Matamata Ladies v Cambridge

Waikato Division A - 11am (Sunday)

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 in action against Te Awamutu.

Page 3 Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies - 2018 Waikato Plate winners (photos: Shot360).

Hello everyone and welcome, finally, to our last weekend of football at the Domain for the season. It’s been a long one, on and off the field, but at least we have a couple of days of home games with which to end the club’s 2018 campaign.

Saturday is all about the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership where we have a rather unique occasion. We’re hosting a Premiership doubleheader that sees title chasers, Papamoa, take on Wanderers in the early game, then the Swifts host Otumoetai at the usual time.

On Sunday, the Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies welcome neighbours Cambridge in the final game of the season for both teams.

My phone tells me we should be in for a pretty decent weekend on the weather front. Let’s hope the sun’s out so the players and fans can soak in some good football in even better conditions.

I’d like to thank everyone who has played their part for us this season. The players and coaches are the most visible members of the club, but we have an excellent admin team as well. We’ve had some key people give up a lot of time to keep this club ticking over, both now and through the years, and they are the true heroes of football in our small town.

A big thank you, too, to our sponsors. We’re blessed to have the backing of a range of superb local companies, along with the top-class people who own and run them.

Football can be expensive, at times, so the money, goods and services our commercial partners provide are a massive help to us when providing football for our community.

That’s it from me for another season. Please have fun and enjoy this weekend’s matches, and I’ll see you on the sideline one final time this season.

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 Nu-Age Plaster Limited, 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 Golden Boot

Key Dates

11 – J Harris (3rd) 11 – S Richardson (3rd) 10 – R Costello (Res/3rd) 9 – J Baxter (1st) 9 – A Verstraten (Ladies) 7 – R Graumans (Ladies) 7 – B Lissington (1st) 7 – B West (1st) 5 – C Bedford (3rd) 5 – D Willemsen (1st) 4 – R Avergonzado (Res) 4 – M Hill (Res/3rd) 4 – M Leaver (Ladies) 4 – M Ontiveros (Ladies) 4 – C Walker (1st)

Junior Prizegiving

Sunday September 16, 11am Matamata Domain

Senior Prizegiving

Saturday September 22, 6pm Matamata Domain Clubrooms

Summer 5-a-side

Entries open - September 1 Registration night - September 20 Season begins - October 4

AGM

Monday November 19 (TBC)

TABLE TALK Loaded WaiBOP Premiership (as at September 1, 2018) P W D L Taupo 17 13 2 2 Papamoa 17 12 2 3 Waikato Unicol 18 12 1 5 Melville United 21 11 4 6 Tauranga Boys’ College 20 11 3 6 Otumoetai 20 10 2 8 Matamata Swifts 21 10 2 9 Te Awamutu 20 9 2 9 West Hamilton United 21 8 1 12 Tauranga Blue Rovers 21 4 4 13 Tokoroa 19 4 1 14 Hamilton Wanderers 17 0 0 17

F 42 42 57 46 58 41 43 29 43 32 14 14

A 14 13 18 36 33 26 40 29 40 61 57 94

Pts 41 38 37 37 36 32 32 29 25 16 13 0

WaiBOP Championship (FINAL) P Ngaruawahia United 16 Kawerau Sports 16 Waikato Unicol 16 Taupo 16 Tauranga Blue Rovers 16 Te Puke United 16 Otumoetai 16 Cambridge 16 Matamata Swifts 16

L 2 3 4 6 7 8 7 13 11

F 70 56 38 34 38 26 22 15 27

A 14 27 26 32 39 42 31 50 65

Pts 40 33 28 28 23 20 19 7 7

WaiBOP Ladies A - part 2 (as at September 2, 2018) P W D L West Hamilton United 10 10 0 0 Cambridge 9 5 2 2 Matamata Swifts 9 4 2 3 NUSC Fiasco 9 2 3 4 Claudelands Rovers 9 1 1 7 Ham Wanderers 8 1 0 7

F 49 29 18 15 9 11

A 10 14 20 19 26 42

Pts 30 17 14 9 4 3

W 13 10 8 9 7 6 5 2 1

D 1 3 4 1 2 2 4 1 4

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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 8 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 2-3 B Lissington 2 4-0 B West, A Clothier, B Lissington, J Baxter 3-1 B Lissington, J Baxtere, C Walker 4-2 J Baxter, B Lissington, C Walker, M Smith 2-1 B Lissington, J Baxter 0-3

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 2-2 R Cox, R Avergonzado

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 3-1 A Verstraten 2, K Morrisn

AUGUST 2018 A 5 A 12 H 19 N 26 AUGUST 2018 A 2 H 9

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

NUFC Fiasco pp Te Aroha (Plate) 2-2 A Verstraten, K Cox - 3-1 win on pens Hamilton Wanderers 3-0 Win by default NUFC Fiasco (Plate final) 2-1 M Oniveros, R Graumans

13:00 NUFC Fiasco 11:00 Cambridge

3-0 Win by default

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

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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

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

13:00 Zig Zag

4-3 H Taylor, J Harris, R Costello, OG

AUGUST 2018 H 5 13:00 Waikato Dragons

3-3 J Harris, H Cihan, S Richardson

H

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Premiership rolls on Only four games were played in Saturday’s final scheduled round of the Loaded WaiBOP Premiership and fans are no wiser as to which team will end a marathon campaign as champions.

The National Secondary Schools Championships played havoc with the pointy end of the table this weekend, with both Taupo and Papamoa forced to sit out their weekend’s matches as their opponents had players preparing for the big tournament in Christchurch.

In a season extended by both the weather and excellent ISPS Handa Chatham Cup runs for several teams, both these sides still face the proposition of five games to play.

That has, unfortunately, all but stymied any hopes either club may have had of entering the play-offs for the Northern Region Football League, with Auckland Football stipulating the Premiership must have a clear winner by mid-September in order to be eligible. With time running on, it’s likely the league may not even have its champions crowned by the end of the month.

In Saturday’s games, Waikato Unicol have done their best to turn the title race into a three way dog fight, after Riku Soejima’s goal gave the students a 1-0 win at Te Awamutu on Saturday. While they’ll need a slip-up of major proportions, particularly by leaders Taupo, they still at least are maintaining an interest at the business end of what’s been an encouraging season for them.

Most interest in this latest round of games was focused on the on-going battle between

Tauranga Blue Rovers and Mercury Tokoroa to see which club will avoid the second relegation spot.

Tokoroa, currently sitting second from bottom, slipped further behind their Bay of Plenty rivals as Ben Wheatley’s goal gave visiting Melville United a 1-0 win at Strathmore Park. At the same time, Rovers were involved in a ten goal thriller that ultimately saw them secure what may be a vital, lifesaving point.

West Hamilton United, Rovers’ visitors, took a 2-1 lead into the break before the Blues’ survival instincts kicked in. Luke Barlow completed a brace for the hosts, while Jared Bailey, Marcus Bathan and Thomas Crane also got in on the goal scoring act.

Chris Gardiner replied with a hat trick, while Alex Whitehead also netted in the first half.

Hashim Noorzai’s goal four minutes into added time stopped it from being an even better day for Rovers.

When the dust settled, the match had finished all square at 5-5 and, more importantly, Rovers had inched a point closer to safety.

In the other game, between two midtable sides, Otumoetai turned over Comag Matamata Swifts thanks to first half goals from Rowan Martin, Sam Flatt and Daniel Miller.

Next weekend sees the first set of catch-up games, with ten of the league’s twelve teams in action.

From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.

Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Papamoa v Wanderers Taupo v Blue Rovers Melville v Tokoroa Unicol v Te Awamutu Wanderers v Te Awamutu (13/09/18)

WaiBOP Championship All over for 2018

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

COMAG Matamata Swifts v Otumoetai | 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

Karam Singh Rob Longstaff 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 David White Assistant 2 Darren Beatty Assessor/coach Barbara Turley

OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves Season Over Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies v Cambridge (h) 11am on Sunday Camel Kebab Swifts Sunday Team Season Over

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