Grant Plumbing Petone Match Programme - Saturday 4th May
2013 Lotto Central League Petone vs Upper Hutt City 2.40pm
Premier League
Petone vs Victoria University 12.15pm
Welcome... Welcome Upper Hutt City and Victoria University to Memorial Park for today’s Central League and Premier League action. Both teams are newly promoted and have made good, solid starts to their season so we’re expecting nothing other than two very tough games. Last week’s results for both of our teams were fantastic. The 1st team picked up their first points in style with a 7-1 drubbing of Tawa and the 2nd team also had a good away win, defeating a strong Olympic side 4-2. I know neither Fozzie nor Sambo will be getting carried away but two impressive away performances should give both squads some self belief. The good football, discipline and structure needs to continue though so keep knuckling down lads and work hard for each other – there’s still a long way to go. Last week we announced a fantastic new Community Partnership Agreement that we have recently signed with Vodafone NZ. This is a great coup for our club and the 5 year agreement allows us to focus on some key projects and further develop junior and women’s football. We are extremely grateful to Vodafone for their very generous and wonderful support and I urge all club members to support Vodafone in return when offers and promotions are circulated. Opportunities like this are very rare for grassroots sports and we need to ensure the partnership is successful. I recently changed my own personal communications package to Vodafone and not only was it easy but I saved some dollars as well! The artificial turf had its first games over the last two weeks and the feedback has been very positive. Not everyone likes ‘tupperware’ (as it’s been branded by some) but the players I spoke to had no issues at all and really enjoyed the surface. It certainly improves the outlook from our balcony and is an impressive facility. Another up-side is that the nets and corner flags are now permanent so certain Life Members can relax after games . . . . .. I would also like to thank Pete Thomas and the Upper Hutt Club for their support during the 2013 Caltex Railway Avenue Hilton-Petone Tournament. They hosted games on our behalf at Maidstone Park and did it very well. This certainly made our life a little easier throughout the event. Good luck to all Petone teams this weekend. Play hard but play fair and go the blues! Craig Deadman Chairman, Petone Football Club
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Coach’s Comments Welcome to you all to Memorial Park and a special welcome to Pedro, Phil, and Rod who are old mates from my Hutt days (some stuff you just can’t forget). This will be our second game on our new pitch and reports from the players were pleasing, but they can’t wait to train on it so they can give it a full evaluation. This should be an enthralling battle as both teams are coming off very different results last week. Upper Hutt, arriving here fresh from their first defeat (and I’m sure they will be hurting from this), and us our first win of the season. It should be no surprise that Upper Hutt have started the season well with the squad that Pedro has assembled. They have some quality players with Central League or higher playing experience. I’m sure Pedro has prepared the team well and they should not be taken lightly. I was really impressed how our lads played last week at Tawa and as the saying goes “you have to earn the right to play”. This is something we certainly did and got our rewards with some stunning goals. Olympic, Miramar, and Wests have got the jump on the rest of the pack and deservedly so as they are playing some great football. If we wish to compete with these teams we will need to string some results together. Congrats to the reserves for their promising start to their campaign but, as with the 1sts, feet on the ground and remember, you are only as good as your last performance. It’s great so many of you are putting your face in front of Chris and me looking for higher honours. Keep it up! Finally welcome to all the old timers. It’s awesome to see you all here; hope you have a great day and an enjoyable night catching up with friends. We will do our best to top it all off with the right result. Foz Just a quick note with my u19 hat on – thanks to all who have purchased a ticket in our raffle kindly organised by Steve Minogue (massive thanks),;good luck in the draw tonight!
Benn
Richie Sam
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Our visitors: Upper Hutt City Upper Hutt City Football Club football arose first from a merger in 1998 of Upper Hutt United (formed in the 1920s), Tararua United (formed in the 1970s), and Upper Valley Wanderers (formed in the 1980s as a women’s football club) to create Upper Hutt City Soccer, and then Upper Hutt City Soccer became Upper Hutt City Football in 2011. This year has already been busy for the Upper Hutt City Football Club. Not only have we been preparing for our promotion to the Central League but the club has also been busy moving its headquarters from Harcourt to Maidstone Park. For those who haven’t had an opportunity to see the rejuvenated facilities at Maidstone Park, the turf is finally operational and the club has been busy doing its own version of ‘The Block’ renovating the old ‘pavilion’ in a six week period so we were ready for the new season. The renovation has proven the importance a community places on sports clubs like Upper Hutt (and of course Petone), as many businesses have kindly donated time and materials to ensure the quality of the clubrooms match the quality of the turf outside. Without their support we would have a fantastic playing surface but a bit of a dingy place to gather after the game. While there are still some finishing touches required, the work is largely done and this means players and supporters alike can now turn their attention to the footballing side of the game. This season’s Central League draw saw Upper Hutt having to play Wests, Wairarapa, Miramar and Olympic in the first four weeks. And we are all immensely proud of what the team has achieved so far. With draws against Wests and Miramar along with a win against Wairarapa, the club couldn’t have asked for a better start. Last week we came up against an Olympic side that are able to play a very fast-paced, skilful style of football and Upper Hutt struggled to keep up. In saying that, if Olympic can maintain that level, we won’t be the only team on the wrong end of a hiding. What will be important for Upper Hutt is that we put last week’s result behind us and look forward to today’s clash with Petone. Pedro will have Upper Hutt firing on all cylinders today in what is sure to be a great game of football at yet another revamped facility. Congratulations Petone on getting the turf up and running in such a short period of time – it’s a fantastic asset for your club and football as a whole. As for today’s game – come on the orange!!
PETONE FC GK
Daniel Clarke
RGK Simon Rippon 2
Craig Alderdice
4
Nic Van Driel
5
Justin Waayer
6
David Lane ©
7
Sam Pickering
8
Sam Morrisey
9
Sean Clarke
11
Leighton Arraj
12
Terry O’Donnell
13
Tavonga Mahowa
14
Richard McLay
15
Matt Shaw
16
Cameron Blair
17
Benn Dawson
18
Jono Blair
19
Morgan Blair
Coach: Mark Foster GK coach: Barry Pickering Manager: Dan Whittington Asst coach: Michael Pickering Physio: Dave Candy
Match O
AR J Rowbury
Officials
Riley y P Bywater
UPPER HUTT CITY GK
Chris Campbell
2
Hamish McLachlan
3
Richard Henderson
4
Rhys Howe
5
Simon McCarthy
6
Rodney Mays
7
Phil Patterson
8
Peter Howe
9
Wayne Rooker
10
Luis Corrales
11
Adam Church
12
Dan Luby
14
Luke Grindley
15
Adam Brown
16
Javier Montalba
17
Stephen Thomas
18
Pedro Garcias
Coach: Pedro Garcias Asst Coach: Charly Howe GK Coach: Dave Burcher Manager: John Milrroy Physio: Alex Gairdner
PETONE FC GK
Simon Rippon
2
James Nash
3
Joe Sambrooke
4
Zac Comrie
5
Jamie Gibbon
6
Paul Greig
7
Steven Yeates
8
Jason Cudby
9
Daniel Frischknect
10
Simon Conway
11
Matt Corderoy
12
Conner Coulson
13
Morgan Blair
14
Tavonga Mahowa
15
Ethan Attewell
16
Simon Hall
17
Anu Singh
18
Jonny Coulter
20
Ryan Benson
RGK Jordan Pickering Coach: Chris Sambrooke Manager: Rob Houghton Asst. Manager: Kristy Whalen
Match O
M Whi A Amies R
Officials
itehead R Sedgwich
Victoria University 1
Matthew Walker
2
Andrew Staples
3
Daniel Diggins
4
Franklin Mwanza
5
Ben Marsh
6
Mitchell Bradley
7
Calum Ross
8
Miles Lloyd
9
Aidan Lawrence
10
Joe Harris
11
Marcos Gomes
12
Dave Hudson
13
Daan Kjartansson
14
Matthew Wilson
Coach: Steve Davey
Life Member: Ray Bell Ray joined the club in 1976 and played through to 2010 for various teams including the 3rds, 4ths, and the Pet Shop Boys, and then was a founding member of our first Masters’ team, which he also managed for 2 years. Within weeks of joining the club, Ray joined the Supporters’ Club Committee and became its Secretary in 1980 and 1981. He took over the running of the clubroom raffles in 1980 for a few years and also helped with the New Central Hotel raffles. Ray was first elected onto the Management Committee for the 1981 and then for several seasons during the 1980s. His major contribution during this period was a complex exercise in introducing computerised systems to the club, especially for what was then a very a high turnover bar with detailed stock control and sales programmes. His innovations also covered our player registration, administrative and financial databases. In 1988 and 1989, he played a large role in the very time-consuming tasks of researching, writing sections for and producing the Centenary book. Ray had to withdraw from the Committee in November 1990 but this did not stop him contributing to specific functions. Indeed, for a number of years, he took the initiative to compile some very comprehensive rolling spreadsheets showing our annual financial performances and trends over the decade to date at the time. Ray was again elected to the Committee in 1992 and served until the end of the 1995 season. During this period he was responsible for the drafting of the club’s 3 year business plan and other components of our very weighty application to join the then national summer league – this was a very professional and unsurpassed undertaking by Ray. He also produced important in-depth analysis of employment contracts for the club manager and coach roles; and well-researched and extensive reports on the Privacy Act, the Employment Contracts Act, the Health and Safety Act, the Fringe Benefits Tax, and the Sale of Liquor Act - all of which had become very relevant to management of the club. Ray undertook so many other tasks in which he always delivered on his responsibilities and, in particular, he also ran various fund-raising quiz evenings for a number of years, collaboratively and on his own. He started coaching a junior team in 1995 and continued in this role until 2001, also
being grade manager for all but one of those years. He jointly coached another junior team with son Jeff in 2003. Ray then coached the 3rd team in 2004 and managed it in 2005. In the late 1970s, Ray also managed a women’s team. He was involved in managing the under 19 team from 2003, at first jointly, standing aside in 2007, and then as sole manager from 2008 until 2012. He undertook fund raising, team and player management, travel and accommodation arrangements, and also communicated extensively to club members about the programme and achievements of this out of the limelight, but very important, team. He contributed as a member of the working group which re-wrote the Constitution in 2010. He also played a lead co-ordinating role in assembling the information for the Honours Board and Timeboards in 2010-11 and, in association with that project, he led the work to redecorate the clubrooms. Ray has also scanned all of our Club photos and has produced a CD of all the information on the Boards. One could sum up that Ray was a player for 33 seasons, a coach/manager of men’s/women’s teams for 3 years, a junior coach for 8 years, a Management Committee for 12 years, a Supporters Club Committee member for 6 years, and under 19 Manager for 9 years. But that simple summary goes no way to portraying the care and commitment with which Ray discharged his roles, nor the diversity of the tasks and functions he undertook within those roles. Ray has contributed substantively and made a difference to the Club in virtually all of the 36 years in which he has been a member, and for the most part, it has been behind the scenes work. In recognition of his substantial contribution to the club since joining the Supporters’ Club Committee in 1976, the club awarded him life membership at the 2012 AGM. The humility with which he received the award was consistent with the ‘out of the spotlight’ approach he took to the array of undertakings and achievements that earned him the honour.
John Bradbury
From The Balcony! When I look at the new pitch there is one thing that gets old Boydy going. It’s the nets. My god they are stunning. Now whoever has put these up has done so in a stunning fashion. They wouldn’t look out of place on any European pitch. They stare at me and say “come back and play football and score goals into me” (gosh that got a bit 50 Shades….). Na seriously hitting the back of those nets would truly be an honour. But hey there is no way in a month of Sundays that I’m returning to play so I will leave it to the likes of your Blairs or your Lanes to hit those nets. And hit them often please lads… Another thing that caught my attention was the area between the changing rooms and pitch. Now obviously it’s a bit messy at the moment with no grass. Myself and a couple of others had the great idea of putting one of the bigger Vege gardens in there. As the players run out they pass bulging tomato plants and proud sweet corn crops. They could even snack on them at half time? The club could then run a Farmers type market thing selling Vegies and that could probably make upwards of 1.4 million a year (based on drunk conversations). We would also win awards for being a healthy club and probably make Seven Sharp where Craig Deadman would talk to Ali Mau about the magic of pumpkins. This all seems very feasible to me. Its Old Timers day at the club and I wish them all a big hello! Last year it went very well and there were some real friendly faces from years gone past. Steve Minogue has got another great day planned so I hope you all enjoy. Grant Plumbing Petone face promoted Upper Hutt today. I had the pleasure of watching the boys rip apart Tawa last week. They would have got a big confidence boost from that and I hope it continues today. I live in Upper Hutt, but hear me now; this monkey king is Petone through and through! Go the Blues!
Sam Boyd
Central League Fixtures Date
Score
Opposition
F
A
6 April
Miramar Rangers
Away
0
2
13 April
Wellington Olympic
Away
1
3
20 April
Napier City Rovers
Home
1
2
27 April
Tawa
Away
7
1
4 May
Upper Hutt City
Home
11 May
Chatham Cup - Uni
Home
18 May
Wellington Utd
Away
25 May
Lower Hutt City
Home
1 June
Western Suburbs
Away
3 June
Chatham Cup
8 June
Wairarapa Utd
15 June
Chatham Cup
22 June
Miramar Rangers
Home
29 June
Wellington Olympic
Home
7 July
Napier City Rovers
Away
13 July
Tawa
Home
20 July
Upper Hutt City
Away
27 July
Wellington Utd
Home
3 August
Lower Hutt City
Away
10 August
Western Suburbs
Home
18 August
Wairarapa Utd
Away
Home
Premier Fixtures Date
Score
Opposition
F
A
6 April
Marist AFC
Away
0
2
13 April
Wellington Utd
Home
2
1
20 April
Miramar Rangers
Home
2
3
27 April
Wellington Olympic
Away
4
2
4 May
Victoria University
Home
18 May
Island Bay
Away
25 May
Stop Out
Home
1 June
Wainuiomata
Away
8 June
Waterside Karori
Home
22 June
Marist AFC
Home
29 June
Wellington Utd
Away
6 July
Miramar Rangers
Away
13 July
Wellington Olympic
Home
20 July
Victoria University
Away
27 July
Island Bay
Home
3 August
Stop Out
Away
10 August
Wainuiomata
Home
17 August
Waterside Karori
Away
Fixtures & Tables Central League - 4th/5th May Fixtures Miramar Rangers
Lower Hutt City
Tawa
Napier City Rovers
Petone
Upper Hutt City
Wellington Olympic
Wellington United
Wairarapa United
Western Suburbs
Central League Table Wellington Olympic
P
W
D
L
GF
GA
P
4
4
0
0
20
6
12
Miramar Rangers
4
3
1
0
11
3
10
Western Suburbs
4
3
1
0
9
4
10
Lower Hutt City
4
1
2
1
8
5
5
Upper Hutt City
4
1
2
1
6
12
5
Wairarapa United
4
1
1
2
9
8
4
Napier City Rovers
4
1
1
2
8
11
4
Petone
4
1
0
3
9
8
3
Wellington United
4
0
1
3
3
14
1
Tawa
4
0
1
3
4
16
1
P
Premier - 4th May Fixtures Petone
Victoria University
Waterside Karori
Wainuiomata
Marist AFC
Stop Out
Wellington United
Island Bay Coolmoves
Wellington Olympic
Miramar Rangers
Premier Table P
W
D
L
GF
GA
Stop Out
4
3
0
1
9
4
9
Island Bay Coolmoves
4
2
1
1
8
4
7
Waterside Karori
4
2
1
1
10
7
7
Petone
4
2
0
2
8
8
6
Marist AFC
4
2
0
2
7
7
6
Victoria University
4
2
0
2
6
6
6
Wainuiomata
4
2
0
2
4
5
6
Wellington Olympic
4
2
0
2
10
12
6
Miramar Rangers
4
1
1
2
4
8
4
Wellington United
4
0
1
3
5
10
1
Petone vs M Sa
Miramar Rangers (CL) at 21st April
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