PULLING A SWIFT ONE Official Matamata AFC match day magazine
June 2, 2018
COMAG Matamata Swifts v Hamilton Wanderers Loaded WaiBOP Premiership - 2.45pm
Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Otumoetai Reserves WaiBOP Championship - 12.30pm
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
Hello everyone. We’ve had a great run of weather over the last week or so, so I’m expecting both games today - the only two for the club over Queen’s Birthday weekend - to be played out on the number 1 field. That, hopefully, will please everyone. While neither surface is in terribly good condition, we’ll do our best over the remainder of the season to get as many games on the main field as possible. Weather depending, of course. Welcome to the players and management of Hamilton Wanderers and Otumoetai. Neither visiting team sits where they’d like to be on their respective tables, and the same can be said for both our teams. That means there’s a fair bit riding on today’s games. The long weekend brings something of a mid-season pause, both for our senior teams playing in Sunday leagues and all our junior sides. Today’s going to be quite bizarre for me, at least, as I’ll have the luxury of a sleep in...which sounds a lot more fun than helping my 9th grade Panthers slog their way through the Chartwell Park mud (as we had to last Saturday). Hopefully enough people are around town and can make it to our Quiz Night this evening. I’ve toned the questions down a bit from last year’s selection. Promise... Finally, big congratulations to Rob and Kerrie Cox on the birth of James. It’s great to see current management committee members looking after the future playing stocks of the club. Have fun today and I’ll see you on the touchline. Dwayne Barlow, Club Mouthpiece
QUIZ NIGHT - TONIGHT PICTURED Front Cover Comag Matamata Swifts v Tokoroa - our previous home game. Page 3 Dayne Willemsen takes on Tokoroa.
Bring your brain (and a sense of humour). Teams of 3-4. It’s a 6.30pm start. Just rock up on the night to play. Free entry. Questions by DB. Fun and Games by Ronan.
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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, Camel Kebab, Nu-Age Plaster Limited (waiting on high res logos). 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 May 26, 2018) P W D L Tauranga Boys’ College 7 4 4 1 West Hamilton United 7 4 0 3 Melville United 7 3 3 1 Papamoa 6 3 2 1 Taupo 6 3 2 1 Waikato Unicol 6 3 1 2 Te Awamutu 6 3 1 2 Tokoroa 6 3 0 3 Matamata Swifts 7 2 2 3 Tauranga Blue Rovers 7 2 2 3 Otumoetai 8 2 1 5 Hamilton Wanderers 7 0 0 7
F 22 18 17 14 9 17 9 6 13 9 19 6
A 8 10 13 4 4 6 8 18 14 14 15 45
Pts 14 12 12 11 11 10 10 9 8 8 7 0
WaiBOP Championship (as at May 26, 2018) P W D Ngaruawahia United 5 5 0 Waikato Unicol 8 5 0 Taupo 7 4 0 Kawerau Sports 6 3 2 Tauranga Blue Rovers 7 3 2 Te Puke United 7 3 0 Matamata Swifts 7 1 2 Cambridge 6 1 1 Otumoetai 7 1 1
L 0 3 3 1 2 4 4 4 4
F 30 19 15 19 21 13 15 7 4
A 1 13 16 11 18 25 28 14 16
Pts 15 15 12 11 11 9 5 4 4
WaiBOP Ladies A (as at May 27, 2018) P W Tokoroa 6 5 Melville United 6 5 NUSC Pandemonium 5 3 Matamata Swifts 5 2 NUSC Fiasco 6 1 Ham Wanderers 4 1 Claudelands Rovers 4 0
L 0 1 2 2 5 3 4
F 19 35 9 16 6 7 0
A 7 3 9 10 17 25 21
Pts 16 15 9 7 3 3 0
D 1 0 0 1 0 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
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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 H 9 12:30 Ngaruawahia United A 16 12:30 Tauranga Blue Rovers 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
MAY 2018 6 A 13 A 20 H 27
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
BYE 13:00 NUSC Pandemonium 2-3 M Ontiveros 11:00 Cambridge (Waikato Cup) 0-5 11:00 Claudelands Rovers pp
Further fixtures will be posted after the first round of games. This includes a crossover league with teams from the Bay of Plenty.
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 10 A 17 24
TBC Friendly v Div 3 team 11:00 Tetra Pak Vikings Scottish Cup quarters
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
Tight at the top of Premiership Four of the top five sides played out low scoring draws during another intriguing round of matches in the 2018 Loaded WaiBOP Premiership. Only West Hamilton, who picked up a regulation three points against bottom side Hamilton Wanderers, was able to bag the full three points and they were the big movers over the weekend. Top side Tauranga Boys’ College were within five minutes of tasting their second defeat of the season, but coach Danny Warrilow came of the bench to rescue a point from a 1-1 draw against Comag Matamata Swifts at Southey Field. Earlier, the Swifts had nullified the normally vibrant Boys’ College outfit during a cagey first half, before a Jamie Baxter free-kick on the hour mark gave the visitors the lead. What may initially have seemed like disappointingly dropped points, however, turned out to be not so bad for the students as the other results came in. Two of the other top sides, Melville United and Taupo, couldn’t find a goal between them at Gower Park, while Papamoa was held to the same 0-0 scoreline at tenthplaced Tauranga Blue Rovers. These results illustrated both the unpredictability and tightness of this season’s Premiership. West Hamilton United expectedly scored their fourth win of the season to vault themselves into second on the table, two points behind Boys’ College, after a 7-0 demolition job of Hamilton Wanderers. Nathan Holten and Alex Whitehead gave West Ham a comfortable half time lead,
before Whitehead went on to complete his hat trick after the break. Carlo Patena bagged a second half brace while John Cameron also got on the score sheet for a West Hamilton side that has bobbed in and out of the top bracket all season. Waikato Unicol matched their ISPS Handa Chatham Cup result against Mercury Tokoroa as they recorded the largest victory of the weekend. Unicol’s 8-0 win was built around the goal scoring exploits of two players – Riku Soejima, who got four, and Luke Goodwin, who snaffled a hat trick. Tokoroa have at times this season been tricky opponents, but had no real answer for the pace and movement of a Unicol side that has moved themselves ominously into the top half of the table. After a slow start to 2018, preseason favourites Unicol now look set to be contenders once more and sit only four points off top spot. In the other game, Te Awamutu completed a comfortable 3-0 home victory against an Otumoetai side that can seemingly only play against the league’s bottom side. A Steffan Foulkes goal had Te Awamutu in front by half time, before strikes from Joel and Haydn Roil completed a second consecutive home win for their side. Te Awamutu are now nicely tucked in mid-table and will head to West Hamilton next Saturday full of confidence. Other games of note next weekend include Boys’ College’s visit to Waikato Unicol and Melville United’s trip across the Kaimais to play Papamoa. From www.waibopfootball.co.nz.
Other fixtures this weekend Loaded WaiBOP Premiership Otumoetai v Blue Rovers West Hamilton v Te Awamutu Unicol v Tauranga Boys’ Papamoa v Melville Taupo v Tokoroa - postponed
WaiBOP Championship Taupo v Cambridge Ngaruawahia v Blue Rovers Kawerau v Te Puke Unicol - BYE
COMAG MATAMATA SWIFTS Black & White shirts, Black shorts, Black socks
COMAG Matamata Swifts v Hamilton Wanderers | Kick-off: 2.45pm
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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 Richard Armstrong Blair Griffiths Bjorn Vossen Sean Kipping Hardeep Singh
OFFICIALS Referee Dominic Hopkirk Assistant 1 Lindsay Druett Assistant 2 Darren Beatty Assessor/coach Barbara Turley
OTHER GAMES THIS WEEKEND Waharoa Transport Swifts Reserves v Otumoetai Reserves (h) 12.30pm on Saturday Challenge Matamata Swifts Ladies NO GAME Swifts Sunday Team NO GAME
Coach Scott Parsonage Assistant Jeremy Pope Manager Dave Taylor
For results, tables, Swifts news and more visit www.matamataswifts.co.nz