The Ave - Issue 14 feat Three Kings

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THE AVE - ISSUE 14


FRONT COVER: Adam Scott BACK COVER: Dylan eager to get on the field

NEXT HOME GAME Tauranga City 17/08/19


Welcome to Michaels Ave for another round of Lotto NRFL action This weekend we host Three Kings, and they bring with them a few familiar faces in Scott Mackay (a former player and coach) and Tony Beatson who was the 1st Team manager for a couple of seasons under George Ritchie. If the first round game was anything to go by Ellerslie will have to improve from their last outing against Tauranga to get anything from this match and keeping Cam Howieson quiet would be a good starting point. For Ellerslie it’s Sam Twigg’s last game before he heads back to Calvin University - his contribution over the last month has been massive as has Josh Lai’s (who left back to the States last week). It’s great being able to see how much these guys have improved each time they come back from College. The curtain-raiser also looks to be an interesting game with 1st (Three Kings) vs 2nd (Ellerslie) in the Reserves league - we have been impressed with the development of some of the young players in both Reserves and U17’s Metro and there looks to be plenty of talent pushing for First Team game time in coming years. Not to mention the U19 Napier squad shouldn’t be to shabby either. Whatever the result, join us up in the clubrooms after the games for a cold drink and some hot food! Regards Tim Adams (Chairman)

WELCOME TO THE AVE

TODAYS MATCH OFFICIALS Referee: Wendy McNeely AR1: Trevor Middleton AR2: Lee Juno (Also Reserves Referee)


FROM THE DUGOUT Good afternoon everyone, A warm to Michaels Ave to Scott Mackay and his Three Kings United side for this round 20 match. We are getting to the final few rounds of the season with teams at either end of the table trying to secure valuable points for promotion or to avoid relegation. We have had an interesting month. After a couple of victories against Takapuna and Waiheke we have lost our last two away games against Bucklands Beach and Tauranga. This has been disappointing because we have been creating some good opportunities in front of goal but have not been capitalising on these moments to create scoreboard pressure against our opponent. We will be looking to improve in this area of the pitch this weekend. The previous match against Three Kings at Keith Hay Park was a close affair. Rowan Corbett profited from a defensive error to put us ahead and having lead the game till the 70 th minute we were disappointed to concede two Cam Howieson goals and lose 2-1. We will certainly be trying to reverse that scoreline this time around. We are expecting a tough match against a side that is pushing for one of the two promotion spots. I hope you all enjoy the game. Fred de Jong


Round Fixture

Result

Round Fixture

Result

1

vs. Mt Albert Ponsonby

0-2

11

@ Hibiscus Coast

2

@ Waitemata FC

4-3

12

@ Mt Albert Ponsonby

3

vs. Forrest Hill Milford

1-2

13

vs. Waitemata FC

0-2

4

@ Fencibles Utd

4-3

14

@ Forrest Hill Milford

1-3

5

vs. Takapuna AFC

1-1

15

vs. Fencibles Utd

0-6

6

@ Waiheke Utd

0-2

16

@ Takapuna AFC

2-1

7

vs. Bucklands Beach

0-4

17

vs. Waiheke Utd

3-0

8

vs. Tauranga City Utd

17.08

18

@ Bucklands Beach

0-3

CC R1

@ Ngaruawahia Utd

6-0

19

@ Tauranga City Utd

1-2

9

@ Three Kings Utd

1-2

20

vs. Three Kings Utd

10

vs. Bay Olympic

0-3

21

@ Bay Olympic

@ Waitakere City

1-2

22

vs. Hibiscus Coast

CC R2

2019 NRFL DIV ONE

3-1 20.08

10.08 pp 31.08


TAURANGA CITY VS ELLERSLIE AFC The Reserves headed into this game a little bit understrength and a bit sore after last weeks loss to Bucklands Beach, which makes catching Three Kings for the title very unlikely. Monju had work commitments so couldn’t make the trip, Caleb was sick and Lloyd and Ben Smith were both unavailable and Allan pulled up injured after training on Tuesday. Luckily we have a deep squad (as covered in previous reports) and a bunch of young U17’s players keen to get a game in Reserves, so Ben Alexander and Taylor Harrison got their call up’s and John Murphy got the start he has been working hard for (and the armband). Jordan Oosterhof also made the bench as he worked his way back into full fitness after a length injury break. Tauranga started well and looked like they could threaten early on but once the Reserves found their footing on a tricky surface they started to dominate, both in our press and in possession with Karar, Das and Minjoo causing problems. After about 15 minutes it looked like one of those games when we needed to score to be able to get into top gear and while chances fell our way we just couldn’t find the composure we needed when it mattered. However the team kept working hard and Ben Alexander particularly was getting stuck into his work, allowing John to pick up loose balls and start building passages of play. At the back Jordan Bresler was putting on a masterclass at rightback to complement the fine work from Harry,


Jacob and Max – contributing on attack as well as cutting of any attacks down his side of the field. Second half came and Jordan Oosterhof entered the field and committed two fouls in the space of 5 seconds and had the referee in his ear after that – I think 11 or so games out had Jordie pretty fired up to come on and make a difference. Max unfortunately went down injured and club man Callum McKenzie took his place and continued the fine form of the backline, it was the other fullback however who made his mark on the result as Jordan Bresler broke forward and delivered a great aerial dinked ball to Das who had pulled away from his marker and powered a header home in injury time to give Ellerslie the points. Possibly harsh on Tauranga who fought hard all game but I think he had shown the more desire to win and created the most chances so to take 3 points home in the “Winning Van” was just rewards. Congrats to Taylor and Ben on their starting debuts and well done on your respective performances.

TAURANGA CITY VS ELLERSLIE AFC


ELLERSLIE AFC FIRST TEAM Shirt # Player Name

Shirt # Player Name

1

Ben SMITH

27

Tariro MASHONGANYIKA

2

Alexis DAVIES-CAMPBELL

33

Sam TWIGG

6

Olly CHIARONI

38

Patrick FAHEY

8

Adam SCOTT

39

Ben SHAW

10

Adam BARKLEY ©

43

Michael GLENNY

13

Josh TORRENS

15

Seb POELMAN

COACH: Fred de Jong

18

Kyryl BOLHARYN

ASST: Terry Torrens

20

Aalok PAUDEL

GK COACH: Kris Pinnock

22

Josh LAI

PHYSIO: Aaron Collin

23

Dylan HORGAN

MANAGER: Isaac Jacobs


Shirt # Player Name

Shirt # Player Name

1

Benjamin COYLE-SMITH

14

John FOOTE

2

Niko STEINMETZ

15

Shravan SHARMA

3

Nicholas DALE

16

Andre MUNRO-WILSON

5

Gilberto SOUZA

17

Taylor HOUGH

6

Josh MOODY

18

Stewart MACKAY

7

Cam HOWIESON

19

Glen LEWIS

8

Ben THOMAS

20

Daniel PEAK

9

Ryan CAIN ©

21

Joel WILLETTS

10

Stephen ASHBY-PECKHAM

11

Shaneel SHARMA

Coach: Scott MACKAY

12

Thomas PICKEN

Assistant: Jacob WEAVER

13

Rory KELLY

Physio: Avantha HEWAVITHARANA

THREE KINGS UTD FIRST TEAM


TAURANGA CITY VS ELLERSLIE AFC It’s been a long time between victory drinks at Links Ave – back to 2005 infact. There was one change to the team for this game as Rowan came into the team after his drum and bass holiday in Europe – he replaced Patrick who has unfortunately been ruled out for the rest of the season. We had heard from a few other teams that Tauranga were sharp down the wings and those other teams were not wrong – some of the best wing play I have seen this season from the home team. I think we defended ok in patches – we got a bit lucky a couple of times and Kyryl made some important saves when required. At the other end we looked dangerous in patches – particularly when we could isolate Sam Twigg one on one with his defender, he was able to cause real drama. Midfield was probably were we struggled the most as we were unable to clamp down on their players and stop them from moving the ball around – early on we did manage to win the ball back a couple of times in the press but as the game developed the Tauranga players managed to consistently pass under pressure.

I think had we managed to not concede early-ish in the second half we may have seen some of the pressure flip back onto the home side as the crowd was getting a bit frustrated about the lack of a


goal (apparently we were really shit this season according to a bunch of them). However once we did concede, and it was a nice piece of play to unlock a scrappy chance, it did give the Blues the momentum to go for a second. Both goals involved some sharp play in midfield to get their right winger in some space – both cutbacks were not fantastic but they were in areas that had a percentage of danger and they were hit in with pace, increasing the difficulty level. Truth be told we would have hoped to deal with those two moments a bit better than we did. Once we were 2-0 down there was maybe a slight drop in tempo from Tauranga and an air of desperation from Ellerslie and we hit back straight away as Sam robbed the ball in midfield and played the ball to Dylan who laid a nice ball for Sam to run onto and smash a shot home with the outside of his right foot.

We did have a few more chances before the game ended but credit to Tauranga as they managed the dying minutes of the game well to minimise any danger. The home side deserved their points and it will be an interesting game back at Michaels Ave in a week or so. Lastly all the best to MAP this week as they continue their push for Promotion!!

TAURANGA CITY VS ELLERSLIE AFC


ELLERSLIE AFC RESERVES Shirt # Player Name

Shirt # Player Name

1

Ben SMITH

30

John MURPHY

4

Jordan BRESLER

34

Denny TWIGG

7

Karar SOHRABI

37

Caleb PAHINA

9

Max FREAR

40

Jacob CARROLL

11

Josh MARSHALL

44

Kojo NORKU

19

Minjoo KIM

21

Dastgeer LAI-SAI

24

Allan FALCONER

26

Monju SHOHEI

COACH: Seb Bouvier

28

Harry STANBRIDGE

ASST: Grant Marshall

29

Callum MCKENZIE

Manager: Isaac Jacobs


Shirt # Player Name

Shirt # Player Name

1

Benjamin COYLE-SMITH

12

Frankie PATTEN-ELLIOT

1

Jack MARSHALL

13

Sebastien VANNESTE

2

Andrew CAMPBELL

14

Ziyad YUSUF

3

Kshitij GOHEL

15

Jonathan LEERDAM

4

Alec BUTLER

16

Aurelio PINTO GARCIA

5

Martin LYON

17

Daniel PEAK

6

Paul EDGAR

18

Aidan QUINLAN

7

Shravan SHARMA

19

Joel WILLETTS

8

Julio Cesar DE SOUZA SILVA

20

Glen LEWIS

9

Deep SHAH

Coach: Paul Edgar

10

Leonard NGENDAHAYO

Assistant: Fred Koloamatangi

11

Andrew MUNRO

Physio: Avantha Hewavitharana

THREE KINGS RESERVES


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TABLES & CLUB APP POS

LOTTO NRFL DIV 1 RESERVES

PL

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Three Kings Utd

19

16

2

1

84

15

69

50

2

Ellerslie AFC

18

13

2

3

49

14

35

41

3

Forrest Hill Milford AFC

18

11

2

5

38

27

11

35

4

Bay Olympic

18

11

1

6

45

24

21

34

5

Bucklands Beach AFC

18

10

4

4

48

27

21

34

6

Tauranga City AFC

18

10

0

8

48

49

-1

30

7

Fencibles Utd

18

7

4

7

41

34

7

25

8

Takapuna AFC

18

7

1

10

35

49

-14

22

9

Waitemata FC

18

6

0

12

35

66

-31

18

10

Hibiscus Coast AFC

18

4

3

11

24

57

-33

15

11

Waiheke Utd

19

3

1

15

19

52

-33

10

12

Mt Albert Ponsonby AFC

18

0

2

16

20

72

-52

2


POS

LOTTO NRFL DIV 1

PL

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

PTS

1

Mt Albert Ponsonby NRFL1

16

13

0

3

46

18

28

39

2

Forrest Hill Milford NRFL1

17

12

2

3

37

20

17

38

3

Bay Olympic NRFL1

16

11

3

2

40

14

26

36

4

Three Kings Utd NRFL1

18

11

3

4

36

18

18

36

5

Bucklands Beach AFC NRFL1

19

11

2

6

39

31

8

35

6

Tauranga City AFC NRFL1

18

8

4

6

29

27

2

28

7

Takapuna NRFL1

17

8

3

6

39

28

11

27

8

Waiheke Utd AFC NRFL1

19

6

4

9

22

38

-16

22

9

Waitemata NRFL1

19

6

2

11

31

36

-5

20

10

Ellerslie AFC NRFL1

17

5

1

11

21

40

-19

16

11

Fencibles Utd AFC NRFL1

18

1

2

15

31

48

-17

5

12

Hibiscus Coast NRFL1

18

1

0

17

13

66

-53

3

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