THE AVE
ISSUE 6
Ellerslie vs Manurewa AFC
26.05.18
2
Contents
Page #
Welcome Page
3
Fixtures this week
4
Mental Health NZ
5
League Tables
8&9
NRFL Div 1 Match Centre
12-17
NRFL Match Report
18-21
NRFL Div 1 Lineups
22&23
Match Photos
26&27
NRFL Div 1 Reserves Lineups
28&29
100 Club
32&33
Chatham Cup
34&35
Women’s Conference
36&37
Kate Sheppard Cup
38&39
Club Partners
40&41
Next Weeks Fixtures
42&43
Welcome to another match day at Michaels Ave – at the time of writing this on Friday morning the chances of Michaels Ave being heaving today with games seems slim with the weather this week and last night putting pressure on council which I suspect will result in a lot of closed fields. Such is the beauty of turf as we will box on with our main game as Manurewa come to town, Welcome Marty, Matt and the team. This is a big game for both teams as we head towards the end of the first round – I don’t think we need to elaborate more on why this fixture is so important. The Reserves have bounced back from a little slump to record a good result last week and will really want to send a message in this fixture and with a strong team named including the return of our US college stars Alex Clark and Josh Lai it should be an interesting curtain raiser. *looks outside at the very heavy shower that just started – shakes my head* Assuming there are very few other games on this weekend it’s a perfect time to focus on a few other things – Firstly there is an impending All Whites announcement at 10am on Friday, we are led to believe that two ex-Ellerslie players will be named to take part in the Indian quad tournament, so congrats to Andre de Jong and Myer Bevan!! Also on the player news front we are thrilled to announce the return of Conor Tracey to Ellerslie AFC – Conor spent a couple of years with us prior to his first move to England and comes back to us after having spent all the summer season with Auckland City FC as first team backup. That experience will have done Conor well, working with some quality coaches and players and we hope we can help him towards his ultimate goal of picking up a pro contract towards the end of this season. No matter what happens with the rain we will be going ahead on Sunday morning with the Champions League final live and loud on the big screen in the club – come on down from 6:30am and find yourself a spot. We didn’t quite get the interest we needed to put on breakfast but we will do an order of Macca’s via uber eats during the first half and we will have kitchen facilities available for those who want to make a coffee or some toast etc. Finally thanks to all the EAFC volunteers who have worked tirelessly this season so far getting our players on the park and ticking all the extra boxes as well – you know who you are and we appreciate your efforts! Cheers
Tim Adams Club Chairman - ELLERSLIE AFC
3
Ellerslie AFC Team
Date
Opposition
Venue
Time
EAFC Men's First Team
26/05
Manurewa AFC
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
17:00
EAFC Men's Reserves
26/05
Manurewa AFC
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
14:30
EAFC Men's Thirds
26/05
Waiuku AFC MCD
TBC
14:45
EAFC Boylan
26/05
Drury UFC M1 DIY Hire
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
13:00
EAFC Diamonds
26/05
High School Old Boys M1 Red
Papatoetoe High School 1
14:45
EAFC Deceptively Slow
26/05
Three Kings Utd M2 Rangers
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
14:45
EAFC Business Time
25/05
Ellerslie AFC M2 Sharks
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
EAFC Sharks
25/05
Ellerslie AFC M2 Business Time
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
19:00
EAFC KFCFC
26/05
Bay Olympic CMPs M3
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:45
EAFC Kaizer Chiefs
26/05
Western Springs AFC Black Swans
Seddon Fields 2 - Turf
13:00
EAFC Barons
26/05
Bucklands Beach AFC M5 Horses
Simson Reserve 1
14:45
EAFC Black Ponies
26/05
Drury UFC M5 Bellancas
Drury Sports Complex 2
13:00
EAFC Shicksy
26/05
Unimount M6 Red Devils
Bill McKinlay Park - Turf 1
12:00
EAFC McMahonMcFace
26/05
Clendon Utd M6 Avengers
Point England Reserve 2
13:00
EAFC Champs Reserves
26/05
Pukekohe AFC M6
Bledisloe Park 7
13:00
EAFC Elks
26/05
Fencibles Utd AFC 35/2 Melchester
Riverhills Park 2
14:45
EAFC Metro
26/05
Western Springs AFC M40C Kosmos
Seddon Fields 1 - Turf
15:00
EAFC Mustangs
26/05
Unimount M40 Tripzville
Bill McKinlay Park - Turf 1
14:00
EAFC Zephyr
26/05
Fencibles Utd AFC 40/P GIVOVA
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:45
EAFC Women's First Team
BYE
BYE
BYE
BYE
EAFC Women's Reserves
27/05
Eastern Suburbs AFC WCH Lilywhites
Madills Farm 1
13:00
EAFC Women's Rebels
27/05
Metro FC AFF W1 Frankcom
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
13:00
EAFC Women's Red Fury
27/05
Onehunga Mangere W3 Dunks
Mangere Domain 2
10:45
ASFA Auckland Wanderers
27/05
Internationale FC
Seddon Fields
14:45
ASFA Kiwi True Blues
27/05
ASFA Auckland Volcanoes
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:00
ASFA Auckland Volcanoes
27/05
ASFA Kiwi True Blues
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
14:00
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
4
The Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand is a charity that works towards creating a society free from discrimination, where all people enjoy positive mental health & wellbeing.
We work to influence individuals, whanau, organisations and communities to improve and sustain their mental health and reach their full potential. Right now, you are on our Staying Well positive mental health and wellbeing section; you will find information on mental health conditions, where to get help and how to support those you love and care about in our Get Help section. Although we are not a counselling or advice service, our information officers are happy to point you in the right direction to find help.
www.mentalhealth.org.nz Help us raise awareness on this issue that is close to our hearts by dropping the below hashtag into some of your social media posts! Every little bit of awareness could save someone’s life!
5
Download the new club app which has been developed in partnership with “The Sports Agency� who have developed a similar app for Three Kings and Eastern Suburbs. The app gives you instant access to key club info including a portal to For people reading this program digitally you can click on the appropriate App store link above - otherwise search Ellerslie AFC in your app store
MENTION ELLERSLIE AFC TO GET A DISCOUNT
NRFL Div 1 Reserves NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Fencibles Utd AFC
9
8
0
1
40
6
34
24
Ellerslie AFC
9
5
3
1
25
9
16
18
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
8
5
1
2
20
13
7
16
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC
9
5
1
3
19
13
6
16
Melville United AFC
8
5
0
3
18
11
7
15
Hibiscus Coast AFC
8
3
0
5
14
20
-6
9
North Shore United
8
3
0
5
16
24
-8
9
Waiheke United AFC
6
2
2
2
13
12
1
8
Tauranga City AFC
7
2
1
4
9
17
-8
7
Oratia Utd
6
1
1
4
5
21
-16
4
Waitemata FC
7
1
1
5
7
25
-18
4
Manurewa AFC
7
1
0
6
12
27
-15
3
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Beachlands Maraetai AFC W1
6
5
1
0
13
5
8
16
Eastern Suburbs AFC WCH
5
4
0
1
14
5
9
12
Onehunga Mangere W1 Scarlets
6
4
0
2
13
6
7
12
Ellerslie AFC WCH Rebels
6
2
1
3
13
9
4
7
Onehunga Sports WCH
5
2
0
3
10
12
-2
6
Ellerslie AFC WCH
5
1
0
4
6
16
-10
3
Metro FC AFF W1 Frankcom
5
0
0
5
0
16
-16
0
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Ellerslie AFC MCH
6
5
0
1
25
6
19
15
Waiuku AFC MCH
5
5
0
0
21
7
14
15
Central United Football Club
6
4
0
2
22
14
8
12
Mt-Albert-Ponsonby AFC MCH
6
4
0
2
11
9
2
12
Western Springs AFC MCH Olys
6
3
2
1
11
8
3
11
Papatoetoe United FC MCH
7
3
1
3
17
18
-1
10
SAR AFC CL
7
2
1
4
6
15
-9
7
Otahuhu Utd AFC MCH
6
2
0
4
14
23
-9
6
Fencibles Utd AFC MCH Morgan
7
1
0
6
10
23
-13
3
Pukekohe AFC MCH
6
0
0
6
4
18
-14
0
Women’s Reserves NAME
Men’s Thirds NAME
8
Club League Table NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Place
EAFC Men's First Team
9
1
3
5
9
17
-8
6
9th of 12
EAFC Men's Reserves
9
5
3
1
25
9
16
18
2nd of 12
EAFC Men's Championship
6
5
0
1
25
6
19
15
1st of 10
EAFC Boylan
6
0
2
4
7
21
-14
2
9th of 10
EAFC Diamonds
6
6
0
0
17
6
11
18
2nd of 10
EAFC Business Time
7
3
0
4
10
13
-3
9
6th of 10
EAFC Deceptively Slow
6
2
2
2
14
14
0
8
7th of 10
EAFC Sharks
7
0
1
6
1
44
-43
1
10th of 10
EAFC KFCFC
7
3
1
3
18
20
-2
10
5th of 10
EAFC Kaizer Chiefs
7
1
2
4
11
19
-8
5
8th of 10
EAFC Barons
7
0
1
6
9
33
-24
1
10th of 10
EAFC Black Ponies
5
2
0
3
16
17
-1
6
7th of 10
EAFC Shicksy
7
3
2
2
19
15
4
11
3rd of 10
EAFC Champs Reserves
5
4
1
0
26
3
23
13
3rd of 10
EAFC McMahonMcFace FC
6
0
1
5
7
31
-24
1
10th of 10
EAFC O35 Elks
7
3
0
4
19
20
-1
9
4th of 8
EAFC O40 Metro
5
4
0
1
22
12
10
12
1st of 7
EAFC O40 Mustangs
6
2
1
3
11
14
-3
7
7th of 10
EAFC 040 Zephyr
7
6
1
0
31
10
21
19
1st of 10
EAFC Women's First Team
7
3
1
3
19
16
3
10
4th of 8
EAFC Women's Reserves
5
1
0
4
6
16
-10
3
6th of 7
EAFC Women's Rebels
6
2
1
3
13
9
4
7
4th of 7
EAFC Women's Red Fury
3
1
0
2
5
4
1
3
6th of 9
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
9
10
11
NRFL Predictor is baaaack - with all new scientificcy wiz what’s to help us pull a random prediction out of thin air! An interesting round ahead with the majority of games being played by teams in the top half against teams in the bottom half, with the exception of 3rd v 4th match and a 9th v 10th cellar dweller classic. Hibiscus Coast vs Fencibles Utd Stanmore Bay @ 3pm Coast have been the definition of hot and cold this season with credible results against Melville (1-0 loss), MAP (1-1) and a 6-3 win over Waiheke, but in the same breath a 2-2 draw with Oratia stands out as a poor result. Fencibles continue to be the surprise package of the league after winning promotion last year and they are still the only team to take points of Melville which is no mean feat. PREDICTION: Fencibles won’t be distracted by the idyllic Stanmore Bay surroundings, 3-1 Melville Utd vs Tauranga City Gower Park @ 3pm Run away leaders Melville take on WaiBOP neighbours Tauranga in a match that saw the Bay side lose in double figures, something they will want to avoid this season on the carpet at Gower Park. Tauranga have been close in some games to picking up a few more points and will want to see if they can get something out of this match - Melville this season just seem to have the knack of finding how to win. PREDICTION: If Tauranga come and park the bus they could sneak a draw but Melville probably to win 4-1 Forrest Hill Milford vs Oratia Utd Becroft Park @ 3pm A big game for both teams , FHM will be keen to bounce back after losing to MAP last time out and Oratia have been the targets of some nasty comments on the old Northern League Forum so they will be keen to prove the doubters wrong, which they have started to do with successive draws in the last two weeks PREDICTION: Home ground and the boot of Allan Pearce should be enough for FHM to take the 3 points, something like 5-2 Waiheke United vs Mt Albert Ponsonby Onetangi Hill @ 3pm Last time Waiheke played at home they lost their over hyped 5 year unbeaten record on the island (although they lost on penalties to Ellerslie in the cup several years ago) and so the locals who are already reportedly upset may turn against the home team if this match doesn’t go very well. MAP have hit the transfer market and picked up a class midfielder from Three Kings in the form of Scott Wallace and will want to rub salt into the islanders wounds. PREDICTION: Going for an upset here and picking MAP to win 1-0 Waitemata FC vs North Shore Utd McLeod Park @ 3pm Things look a little bleak for Mata FC as they take on a much changed North Shore team, with a lot of new imported faces Shore have been a little up and down but will look at this match as a way for them to get back on the right side of the results and stay in the hunt for a promotion spot. The home team need points from somewhere as they head into the penultimate game of the first round (although they have the shambolic twice postponed match against Manurewa to play) PREDICTION: Shore will need to be better than they were against Rewa and if they are they should win comfortably: 3-0
12
Ellerslie AFC vs Manurewa AFC Michaels Ave @ 5pm We don’t make predictions on our own games - far too dangerous to do so. All we can say about this game is this is a big clash for both teams and barring a draw the bottom half of the table will be thrown wide open after this fixture, will the home side put six points between themselves and the visitors or will Rewa draw level with the home side with 2 games in hand.
NRFL DIVISION ONE - SEASON SCHEDULE 24.03.18 R01 - vs Hibiscus Coast, 5pm 31.03.18 R02 - @ Mt Albert Ponsonby, 3pm 07.04.18 R03 - vs Waitemata FC, 5pm 14.04.18 R04 - vs Oratia Utd, 3pm 21.04.18 R05 - @ Forrest Hill Milford, 3pm 25.04.18 R06 - vs North Shore Utd, 5pm 28.04.18 R07 - @ Waiheke Utd, 3pm 05.05.18 R08 - vs Fencibles Utd, 6pm (Mental Health Awareness Game) 19.05.18 R09 - @ Melville Utd, 3pm 26.05.18 R10 - vs Manurewa AFC, 5pm 02.06.18 R11 - @ Tauranga City, 3pm 09.06.18 R12 - @ Hisbiscus Coast, 3pm 16.06.18 R13 - vs Mt Albert Ponsonby, 5pm 23.06.18 R14 - @ Waitemata FC, 5pm 30.06.18 R15 - @ Oratia Utd, 3pm 07.07.18 R16 - vs Forrest Hill Milford, 5pm 21.07.18 R17 - @ North Shore Utd, 3pm 28.07.18 R18 - vs Waiheke Utd, 3pm 04.08.18 R19 - @ Fencibles Utd, 7pm 11.08.18 R20 - vs Melville Utd, 3pm 18.08.18 R21 - @ Manurewa AFC, 3pm 01.09.18 R22 - vs Tauranga City, 3pm
13
Over the course of the weekend, two Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier League matches were abandoned due to extreme weather conditions affecting play. After much consideration, the Lotto NRFL General Manager has come to a conclusion on the status of these matches and the final outcomes are listed below: Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier League Fixture: Three Kings United v Manukau United Keith Hay Park – May 19 The match was abandoned in the 71st minute (19 minutes + additional time still to play) by Referee A-M Keighley, due to unsafe playing conditions, that is, significant surface water on the field. The score at the time of abandonment was 1-2 to Manukau United. The Lotto NRFL Manager has received and reviewed the Referee’s report, and also received a written submission from Manukau United on this matter. The Lotto NRFL Manager also referred to Lotto NRFL Regulations.
The Lotto NRFL Manager’s final decision regarding the fixture is as per below; The match shall be replayed in full, on a date and time prior to June 30th. Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier League Fixture: Onehunga Sports v East Coast Bays AFC Waikaraka Park – May 19
14
The match was abandoned in the 72nd minute (18 minutes
+ additional time still to play) by Referee C-K Waugh, due to unsafe playing conditions, that is, significant surface water on the field. The score at the time of abandonment was 4-0 to Onehunga Sports. The Lotto NRFL Manager has received and reviewed the Referee’s report. The Lotto NRFL Manager also referred to Lotto NRFL Regulations. The Lotto NRFL Manager’s final decision regarding the fixture is as per below;
The result of the match at time of abandonment shall stand as a 4-0 result to Onehunga Sports. In the match between Eastern Suburbs and Western Springs, on the 12th May 2018 in the Lotto NRFL Men’s Premier Division, an ineligible player took the field for Western Springs. The player was not correctly registered in Comet at the club in accordance with the NZF Regulation on the Status and Transfer of Players (RSTP), nor was he included in the Lotto NRFL Match Lineup on Comet in accordance with Lotto NRFL Regulations. As the player was not correctly registered nor included in the match lineup, he was ineligible to take the field in this match. The sanction imposed on Western Springs for this breach of regulation is a forfeiture of the match – with the result being reversed to a 3-0 win for Eastern Suburbs.
15
NRFL DIV 1 NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Melville United AFC
9
8
1
0
35
6
29
25
Fencibles Utd AFC
9
6
2
1
22
9
13
20
Waiheke United AFC
9
6
0
3
25
13
12
18
Mt Albert-Ponsonby AFC
9
5
2
2
16
8
8
17
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
9
5
1
3
26
21
5
16
North Shore United
9
5
0
4
14
12
2
15
Hibiscus Coast AFC
9
3
3
3
16
14
2
12
Tauranga City AFC
9
2
2
5
14
20
-6
8
Ellerslie AFC
9
1
3
5
9
17
-8
6
Manurewa AFC
7
1
0
6
7
24
-17
3
Waitemata FC
8
0
3
5
7
24
-17
3
Oratia Utd
8
0
3
5
8
31
-23
3
HOME TEAM LISTED FIRST - CHECK WWW.NRFL.CO.NZ FOR MORE INFO
Next Weeks NRFL Div 1 Fixtures
16
Tauranga City United
vs
Ellerslie AFC
Mt Albert Ponsonby
vs
Melville Utd
Manurewa AFC
vs
Hibiscus Coast AFC
North Shore Utd
vs
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
Fencibles Utd
vs
Waitemata FC
Oratia Utd
vs
Waiheke Utd
Oratia Utd
vs
Manurewa AFC CATCHUP FIXTURE - 4th June
Lotto NRFL Men’s Division One: Melville United 2-1 Ellerslie (HT: 1-1) MEL: Jama Boss 19′ 83′ ELL: Josh Torrens 22′ Tauranga City 0-3 Waiheke United (HT: 0-0) TAU: WAI: Ramiro Cabeza Vilar 48′ 67′, Marc Evans 63′ Fencibles United 2-0 Manurewa (HT: 0-0) FEN: Scott Booker 54′, Jordan Kalk 72′ MAN: Oratia United 1-1 Waitemata (HT: 0-0) ORA: Mark Withers 61′ WAI: Daniel Gates 74′ North Shore United 3-0 Hibiscus Coast AFC (HT: 2-0) NSU: Harry Lissington 13′, Conor Felstead 33′, Jimmy Atkinson, 56′ HBC:
Mt Albert-Ponsonby 2-0 Forrest Hill Milford United (HT: 0-0) MAP: Stewart Mackay 55′, Nicholas Hindson 85′ FHM:
NORTHERN DIV 1 GOLDEN BOOT Goals
Player
Club
13
Jama Boss
Melville United
8
Marc Evans
Waiheke United
7
Josh Davies
Melville United
6
Julian Stevenson
Hibiscus Coast
5
Ramiro Cabeza Vilar
Waiheke United
Scott Campbell
Forrest Hill-Milford
Jordan Lamb
Melville United
Sean Latimer
Fencibles United
Ryan Morrow
Forrest Hill-Milford
Tom Shaw
Waiheke United
17
This fixture was circled on the calendar in the coaching office at Michaels Ave from the day the draw was confirmed - it wasn't a fixture we targeted for points, but a fixture we targeted to measure the improvement in our performance, so far this season and from last season.
For the Reserves it was also a chance to test themselves against the 2nd best team in the league last season after two classic games on Gower Park #2 last season. Gower Park #2 was in much better shape than last season and proved to be a decent surface to play on and the reserves quickly fell into a counter attack pattern against a Melville team who showed a panache for keeping the ball for long periods of the game. Ellerslie opened the scoring via the penalty spot when Joe bravely didn't pull his head out of a challenge which resulted in a kick to the head and the referee had no hesitation pointing to the spot - this did fire off a bit of discussion on the sidelines about the ruling, but eventually after working through the rules (and some help from twitter) we settled on the call being correct. Joe recovered from the kick to calmly convert the spot kick to give us the lead, a lead we held onto into the halftime break. A change at the break saw Josh Lai make his first appearance of the season, having just returned from College Football over in the states. Ross Borrill came into the game early in the second half to replace Jordan Bresler who had first team duties to attend to. It was our third sub that kick started some scoring as Luke McKay scored in the 68th minute only 3 minutes after coming into the game.
18
I'm not 100% sure of the time Melville scored their goal to narrow our lead - It's been entered into Comet as the 4th minute which is not correct, if memory serves it was in the later portion of the second half.
Melville did have a chance to level the game when the referee very harshly adjudged Tavis to have handballed in the box when it clearly came off his chest - however justice was served twice as Lloyd saved the spotkick and then the followup shot to keep our lead intact. Rather than defend our slender lead the Reserves went on another attack and a square ball across the box evaded everyone but Luke who was more than happy to add his second goal of the game in injury time. A happy Reserves team tucked into some pizza in the clubrooms with 3 points safely locked into the standings while the fans man of the match Lloyd Huysmans did his duties as backup GK to the first team game - such is the life of a man in his role.
Attention then switched to the first team game on the immaculate #1 pitch at Gower Park - however natures patience which had shown signs of fading during the reserves game completely gave out and we were dosed in some heavy showers as the players kicked off. Melville ended up attacking the clubrooms end of the pitch, I would have said we were attacking the road end of the pitch but I think to be completely fair not a lot of action ended up deep in that half of the pitch - well not in the first half anyway. I don't think it was any secret we setup to attack on the counter and we knew we were in for a bunch of defensive work in this game, and Melville provided no surprises there as they were straight into the attack and kept us busy early. Aside from a goal ruled out due to offside and a sharp save from Div (which saw him collide with the post and pick up a knock) we managed to keep mighty Melville at jabbing length.
19
With Div shaking off his knock we tried to settle ourselves in the game however in the 19th minute Melville cut us open when Mark Jones playing on the left cut inside and delivered a fine ball to the back post where a Melville player had made a nice run in behind Denish - unluckily for us his mishit volley went straight across goal where the lethal Jama Boss pounced and tapped home for as easy a goal as you can get. What was pleasing to see was that the Ellerslie heads didn't drop and in the 22nd minute we brought ourselves level again when Conrad Benefield challenged a header from a Dylan Horgan free kick which left Josh Torrens with a free header at the back post, and his header proved good enough to beat Max Tommy in the Melville goal. Melville did have several more chances to take the lead, however a combination of hard work, good scrambling defence and some solid goalkeeping meant we headed for Gatorade in the break still even with the home side. The changing rooms were buzzing during the interval with the players having some real belief we could cause an up-
set and we came out in the 2nd half with a renewed purpose.
The second half stuck mainly to the script of the first with Melville enjoying the bulk of possession and territory, but as we repelled their attacks one by one a sense of frustration grew in the home team - and it was no more obvious than in the actions of keeper Max Tommy who appealed every free kick and pleaded with the referee to make us hurry up our restarts.
20
Our general feeling was the deeper we went into the second half the better we looked defensively - we still didn't offer much to trouble Tommy in goal other than a couple of half chances - but I think there was a time when both teams seemed to think the scor-
ing was over for the rest of this match. Winners - true winners - find a way however and Melville steeled from the experience of missing out on promotion last year kept on pushing and were rewarded when in the 83rd min Jama Boss drew a foul from Dan McLean in the box which gave the referee no other option than to point to the spot. Jama stepped up, dusted himself off and calmly planted the ball past Div in goal to give Melville a lead that we were unlikely to pull back this late in the game - however referee seemed to have other ideas and let us take the kickoff while several of the Melville players had not made their way back to their own half (in a bit of an ironic twist in the timewasting drama) and this opportunity almost led to Art Twigg getting a shot off, however Melville scrambled well and covered the shot and conceded a corner in the process. This stoppage in play led to a rather humorous (despite the scenario) interchange between the Melville players, the Melville bench and the match officials about the "quick" kickoff. The final whistle sounded and the Ellerslie players slumped to the ground, gutted after having nothing to show for the effort they displayed - but also with a bunch more belief after going 11 rounds with a league heavyweight before losing via a TKO. Next up a massive clash against Manurewa AFC at home on the turf at 5pm while the Reserves host Manurewa at 2:30pm. Congrats to Ben Shaw who picked up MAN of the MATCH honours after battling through 75 odd minutes with a shoulder injury. He celebrated his prize in style in a nod to former teammate Jason Mann whose birthday it was that day with a swappa bottle of Waikato.
21
DIVIKESH DEO
GK 2
LLOYD HUYSMANS
24
DENNY TWIGG
45
JORDAN BRESLER
56
SAM TWIGG
67
DANIEL MCLEAN ©
10 8
ADAM BARKLEY
13 10
JOSH TORRENS
14 11
ART TWIGG
15 12
SEB POELMAN
17 13
CONRAD BENEFIELD
21 14
DENISH CHAND
23 15
DYLAN HORGAN
28 16
BEN SHAW
21 34
TARIRO MASHONGANYIKA
22 35
ALEXI DAVIES-CAMPBELL
23 39
ROSS BORRILL
GK 40
ROWAN CORBETT
41
LEON KONG
Fred de Chris Wallace Jong GrantTorrens Terry Marshall Kris Pinnock Kris Pinnock Matt Hylla Tim Adams Isaac Jacobs John Twigg
22
COACH Coach ASST COACH Asst Coach GK COACH Asst Coach SPORTS GKMEDIC Coach MANAGER Manager ASST MANAGER Physio VIDEOPhysio ANALYST
GOALS
GK 1
START
EAFC RESERVES FIRSTAFC TEAM Sponsored by ELLERSLIE
Match O Today’s Referee: LukeMat Ga Referee: AR1: Pat Barr AR1: AR2: Riley Gre AR2: Assessor: n/a Assessor: n/a
Officials tch Officials ardner rett eenbury
MANUREWA AFC 1
Nicholas Burke
2
Kew McSkimming
4
Joseph Hinds
5
Aiden Iqbal
6
Luke Bulay
7
Phillip Paul
8
Liam Brown
9
Ethan Adams
10
Kieran Nevey
11
Troy Christophers
13
Harrison McDowell
14
Aaron Dormer
16
Cole Holland
17
Mohamedoateiku Koike
18
Zachary Tobin
19
Nathaniel Turner
Marty Rodwell
Coach
Matt Higgins
Asst Coach
Mahi Ocean
Physio
Bhupinder Singh
Team Manager
23
24
25
26
27
LLOYD HUYSMANS
GK 2
DIVIKESH DEO
84
ADAM SCOTT
11 5
JOE JUNGE
12 6
MICHAEL GLENNY
15 7
SEB POELMAN
24 8
CONNOR MCCONCHIE
15 10
SEB POELMAN
24 11
CONNOR MCCONCHIE
26 12
MONJU SHOHEI
27 13
CONNOR LEWIS
28 14
ALEX CLARK
29 15
KARAR SOHRABI
30 16
VIC GANESCU
31 21
WILL SARGENT
32 22
JORDAN BRESLER
33 23
LUKE MACKAY
37 GK
JOSH LAI
39
ROSS BORRILL
44
TARIRO MASHONGANYIKA
Ian Davidson Chris Wallace Grant Marshall Kris Pinnock Kris Pinnock Aaron Collin Tim Adams Isaac Jacobs
28
COACH Coach Asst Coach ASST COACH Asst Coach ASST COACH GK Coach SPORTS MEDIC Manager MANAGER PhysioMANAGER ASST Physio
GOALS
GK 1
GOALS START
APPS
ELLERSLIE EAFC RESERVES FIRSTAFC TEAM Sponsored by
Today’s Mat Match O Referee: Riley Gre Referee: AR1: AR1: AR2: AR2: Assessor: n/a n/a Assessor:
tch Officials Officials eenbury
MANUREWA AFC GK
Nathaniel Turner
2
Zach Tobin
3
Chadley Hurst
4
Erol Arslan
5
Dylan Laing-McConnell
6
David Wilson
7
Jayden Reddy
9
Mumin Ali
10
Jamie Birch
11
Brook Charles Robinson
13
Sam Hart
14
Shady Cowan
15
Christopher Walden
18
Robert Danbury
Marty Rodwell
Coach
Matt Higgins
Asst Coach
Paitai Tara
Physio
Bhupinder Singh
Team Manager
29
30
TO JOIN THE 100 CLUB OR FIND OUT MORE EMAIL TIM ADAMS ON chairman@ellersliefootball.org.nz
31
32
Thanks to everyone who has offered their support to the club via the 100 Club program - we are overwhelmed by the amount of businesses and families who have put their hands up to help. The club would also like to thank Paulette Balle who has been the driving factor behind this concept - great work! If you are one of the businesses who has signed up for the 100 Club don’t forget to send Paulette your logo so we can get into this program and on our website!
YOUR LOGO HERE
33
ISPS Handa Chatham Cup Round Two All games Monday 4 June Northern Region Forrest Hill Milford United vs Three Kings United, 2pm, Becroft Park Metro vs Tauranga City United, 2pm, Phyllis Street Eastern Suburbs vs East Coast Bays, 2pm, Madills Farm North Shore United vs University-Mt Wellington, 2pm, Allen Hill Stadium Mt Albert Ponsonby vs Taupo, 2pm, Anderson Park Papamoa vs Bay Olympic, 2pm, Gordon Spratt Reserve Central United vs Waitakere City, 2pm, Kiwitea Street Waitemata vs Bucklands Beach, 2pm, McLeod Park Claudelands Rovers vs Onehunga Sports, 2pm, Galloway Park Franklin United vs Waikato Unicol, 2pm, Drury Sports Complex Western Springs vs Takapuna, 2pm, Seddon Fields Birkenhead United vs Waiheke United, 2pm, Shepherds Park Albany United vs Glenfield Rovers, 2pm, Rosedale Park Greenhithe vs Hibiscus Coast, 2pm, QBE Stadium 4 Hamilton Wanderers vs Manukau United, 2.30pm, Porritt Stadium Ellerslie vs Melville United, 3pm, Michaels Ave Reserve
34
Central/Capital Region Wainuiomata vs Stop Out, 1pm, Richard Prouse Park Havelock North Wanderers vs Western Suburbs, 1pm, Guthrie Park North Wellington vs Victoria University, 1.30pm, Alex Moore Park Island Bay United vs Wellington Olympic, 2pm, Wakefield Park Upper Hutt City vs Napier City Rovers, 2pm, Maidstone Park Wellington United vs Wairarapa United, 2pm, venue TBC
Lower Hutt City vs Palmerston North Marist, 2pm, Fraser Park Kapiti Coast United vs Waterside Karori, 2pm, Weka Park Mainland Region Rangers vs Western, 12pm, A&P Park FC Twenty 11 vs Nelson Suburbs, 12pm, Avonhead Park Selwyn United vs Coastal Spirit, 2pm, Foster Park Cashmere Technical vs Ferrymead Bays, 2pm, Garrick Park Southern Region Old Boys vs Grants Braes, 2pm, ILT Football Turf Northern vs Mosgiel, 2pm, Forrester Park Dunedin Technical vs Roslyn Wakari, 2pm, Tahuna Park Green Island vs Queenstown Rovers, 2pm, Sunnyvale Park
35
Women’s Conference NAME
Played
Won
Drawn
Lost
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Fencibles Utd WCon
6
4
0
2
15
5
10
12
Onehunga Sports WCon
6
4
0
2
17
11
6
12
Norwest United WC
4
3
1
0
6
2
4
10
Ellerslie AFC WC
7
3
1
3
19
16
3
10
Central Utd WCL
6
3
0
3
8
11
-3
9
Northland FC WC
4
2
0
2
13
10
3
6
Hibiscus Coast WC
5
2
0
3
12
12
0
6
Manukau City AFC WCL
6
0
0
6
5
28
-23
0
HOME TEAM LISTED FIRST - CHECK WWW.AFF.ORG.NZ FOR MORE INFO
Women’s Conference Fixtures Next Week
36
Northland FC
vs
Manukau City
Hibiscus Coast AFC
vs
Onehunga Sports
Fencibles Utd
vs
Ellerslie AFC
Norwest Utd
vs
Central Utd
vs
Women’s Conference Round-up Sunday saw us taking on bottom club (I think they are bottom - the league tables are reaaaaly hard to follow) Manukau City at Walter Massey Park.
Manukau have a reputation for playing hard so across the club we made the call to shelve the youth development program we had been working on in the previous weeks - it was good timing as the 16th’s red team were down to bare bones in their game on Saturday as well. The game turned out to be a pretty special occasion for the team as they showed some attacking flair and smashed home 7 goals (including a hatrick for Ella and a double for Tove) and only conceded the 1. It wasn’t just the result that was special it was also a milestone game as Tove Bennett who is a one club woman made her 100th First Team appearance to join an exclusive club alongside teammates Deb Tutty, Anna Howden and bestie Hannah Kelly. Looking forward the Women’s First Team have a break from league action for the next 3-4 weeks but we have a big cup game against FHM on Queen’s Birthday - best of luck ladies!
37
Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup Round Two Northern Region Saturday 2 June Central United vs Onehunga Sports, 12pm, Kiwitea Street Eastern Suburbs vs Otumoetai, 1pm, Madills Farm Three Kings United vs Hibiscus Coast, 2pm, Keith Hay Park Sunday 3 June Forrest Hill Milford United vs Ellerslie, 12pm, Becroft Park Norwest United vs Fencibles United, 1pm, Huapai Reserve Monday 4 June
Hamilton Wanderers vs Western Springs, 11.30am, Porritt Park Central/Capital Region Monday 4 June
Upper Hutt City vs Kapiti Coast United, 11am, Maidstone Park Seatoun vs Waterside Karori, 1pm, Seatoun Park Victoria University vs Wellington United, 1pm, Boyd Wilson Field Waiarapa United vs Palmerston North Marist, 2pm, Memorial Park (Masterton) Mainland Region Monday 4 June Cashmere Technical vs Coastal Spirit, 10.30am, Garrick Park Halswell United vs Universities, 7.30pm, Christchurch Football Centre Southern Region Monday 4 June
38
Roslyn Wakari vs Dunedin Technical, 1pm, Ellis Park Otago University vs Queenstown Rovers, 1pm, Caledonian Ground Byes: Papakura City, Glenfield Rovers
RECENT CHAMPIONS 2017: Glenfield Rovers 2016: Forrest Hill Milford Utd 2015: Glenfield Rovers 2014: Glenfield Rovers 2013: Coastal Spirit 2012: Three Kings Utd 2011: Glenfield Rovers 2010: Claudelands Rovers
ELLERSLIE HONORS 2003: Runners up 2002: Runners up 2001: Winners
DID YOU KNOW? Kate Sheppard Cup giants Lynn Avon are the most successful side ever with 9 championships from 10 finals, their only ever loss in the final was in 2001 against Ellerslie AFC
39
40
41
42
Ellerslie AFC Team
Date
Opposition
Venue
EAFC Men's First Team
02/06
Tauranga City AFC
Links Ave
15:00
EAFC Men's First Team
04/06
Melville Utd AFC (Chatham Cup)
Michaels Ave Reserve 1 - Turf
15:00
EAFC Men's Reserves
02/06
Tauranga City AFC
Links Ave
12:30
EAFC Men's Champs
02/06
Fencibles Utd AFC MCH Morgan
William Green Domain 1 - Turf
13:00
EAFC Boylan
02/06
Clendon Utd M1 Taveuni
Mountfort Park
14:45
EAFC Diamonds
01/06
Western Springs AFC AFF M1 Stingers
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
19:00
EAFC Deceptively Slow
02/06
Papatoetoe United FC M2 Saanjh
Papatoetoe Recreation Ground
13:00
EAFC Business Time
02/06
Onehunga Sports M2
Waikaraka Park 6
13:00
EAFC Sharks
02/06
Eastern Suburbs AFC AFF M2 Nuggsy
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
13:00
EAFC KFCFC
02/06
Three Kings Utd M3 Humble FC
Keith Hay Park 11
14:45
EAFC Kaizer Chiefs
02/06
SAR AFC M3 Botany
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
14:45
EAFC Barons
02/06
Unimount M4 Quiche
Colin Maiden Park 4
14:00
EAFC Black Ponies
02/06
Ellerslie AFC M5 Shicksy
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
13:00
EAFC Shicksy
02/06
Ellerslie AFC M5 Black Ponies
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
13:00
EAFC McMahonMcFace
02/06
Bucklands Beach AFC M6 Red Bulls
Lloyd Elsmore Park 3
13:00
EAFC Champs Reserves
02/06
Papakura City FC M6 Redsocks
Point England Reserve 2
13:00
EAFC Elks
02/06
Mangere United Red Devils M35/2
Michaels Ave Reserve 3
14:45
EAFC Metro
02/06
East Coast Bays Masters 40C
Michaels Ave Reserve 2
15:00
EAFC Mustangs
02/06
Onehunga Sports M40/M Hunga
Michaels Ave Reserve 5
14:45
EAFC Zephyr
02/06
Unimount M40 Hart
Colin Maiden Park 3
14:45
EAFC Women's First Team
03/06
Forrest Hill Milford Utd
Becroft Park 1
12:00
EAFC Women's Reserves
03/06
Metro FC AFF W1 Frankcom
Phyllis Street Reserve
13:00
EAFC Women's Rebels
03/06
Beachlands Maraetai AFC Ladies 1
Te Puru Park 1
13:00
BYE
BYE
EAFC Women's Red Fury
Time
Please check www.aff.org.nz for any updates to fixtures or league tables
43
#checkonyourmates ELLERSLIE ASSOCIATION FOOTBALL CLUB Michaels Avenue Reserve P.O. Box 11 328
Ellerslie, Auckland 1542 P: 09 579 8910 E: chairman@ellersliefootball.org.nz W: ellersliefootball.org.nz facebook.com/EllerslieAFC
twitter.com/EllerslieAFC
Photo’s supplied by Tim Adams Phototek Ash Taylor
44
Program Editor Tim Adams