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2 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS MATCH INFO MATCH REPORTS MATCH REPORTS MATCH REPORTS MATCH REPORTS MATCH REPORTS MATCH REPORTS FUN STUFF 06 Welcome 10 Men's Premier 18 Tawa Saints 22 Tawa Vets 26 Tawa Grizzlies 28 League Tables 04 Fixtures List of fixtures for this week's games 05 Squad Lists A welcome from the chairman 08 Monthly News 7 things going this month Vs Western Suburbs 12 Tawa Blues Vs Wainui 14 Mens 2nds Vs Island Bay 16 ACU2 Vs Karori Glory Vs Island Bay 20 Tawa Bulldogs Vs Wainui Vs BNU 24 AC United Vs Olympic Team Photos 24 Fully Committed Ben Sigmund book tour details 27 Fun Stuff Crossword and Comics SPONSORS 34b Dragon St, Grenada North, Tawa 02 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 03

3 FIXTURES FIXTURES TAWA PREMIER SQUAD LIST SAT/SUN/MON 4/5/6 JUNE CAP 05 Tawa Bears vs IBU Dreamers 2:30 PM Onepoto 1 CAP 11 Miramar Rangers vs Tawa Saints Mon 06 June 6:00 PM Wakefield 2 MASTERS 05 Tawa Softballers vs Seatoun P P 99s 2:30 PM Kura Park Monday 04 June - Chatham Cup GK Lance Ramaekers 2 Lewis MacKay 4 Ricky Stevenson 6 Jason Bellman 7 Jake Shugg 14 Mohamed Hekmatsadah 15 Aaron Magill 16 Russell Shugg 17 Steve Romijn 18 Neil Yates 19 Andrew Tang CAP PREMIER BNU vs Tawa CAP 05 Nth Wgtn Marrons vs Tawa ACU 1 MASTERS 01 LHC Longballs vs Tawa Grizzlies MASTERS 05 Tawa Dad s Army vs Porirua City PBC 8 Sam Lawrence 9 Soh Ray La 10 Paul Willis 11 Mike Ramaekers Coach: Richard Martin Assistant Coach: Craig Alderdice Kit: Red 3:30 PM Wakefield 1 CHATHAM CUP 2:30 PM Alex Moore 1 CAP 07 2:30 PM Fraser 2 MASTERS 02 1:00 PM Ascot Park WOMENS Tom Hinder 13 Jamie Nicholas VS Tawa vs Marist AFC Mon 06 June 2:00 PM Redwood Park Tawa ACU 2 vs SV CINA 2:30 PM Onepoto 2 Nth Wgtn Whiskeys vs Tawa Vets 2:30 PM Alex Moore 2 Tawa BYE MARIST AFC SQUAD LIST CAP 01 Tawa vs Upper Hutt City CAP 07 SV CINA vs Tawa ACU 2 MASTERS 03 Tawa Blues vs SV Snakes UNDER17 B Naenae vs Tawa GK Adam Cresswell Mathew Rennie Dylan Burnard Pip Favuel Ben Pittson Stuart Mcgilvray 2:30 PM Redwood Park Mon 06 June 6:30 PM Petone Memorial 1 3:00 PM Ascot Park Sun 05 June 11:00 AM Naenae 1 Ben Grave Alex Xristou Marcus Tso Coach: Sean Tavernor CAP 04 Tawa Bulldogs vs IBU Powershop CAP 11 IBU Westwood vs Tawa Senoritas Miles Seddon Harry Brown Connor Boyd Kyle Finlay Referee : Andrew Amies Assistant Referee 1 : Graeme Peters Assistant Referee 2 : Paul Jepson Assessor : Brian Klee 12:30 PM Redwood Park Mon 06 June 7:40 PM Wakefield 2 Sean Murphy Jerome Roberts 04 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 05

4 WELCOME WELCOME TO REDWOOD Welcome, we hope your Marist will be looking to capitalise on their win last phone photos are fine). games go well, are played get their season back on week vs Western Suburbs. in a fair and respectful track after losses on their The goal for the team this Lastly I would like to thank spirit, and that you will previous 2 matchdays. year is to win promotion the team who make this join us in the clubrooms back into Central League Newsletter happen (Chris, for some food and a few Marist are a strong and and the game vs Marist will Jan, Mel) and especially drinks after your match. resilient side, who will pose be a good oppurtunity to John Bates at Konica who is problems for any side they continue the progression printing this on his day off We would like to welcome face with their physicality. they have shown recently. for us. Marist AFC to Tawa. Marist Their coach Brian Blellock AFC is one of the oldest has done a great job over From the club side of things Remember deadline for football clubs in Wellington, many years, and his sides we would love to see more submissions is Wed 7pm and they have won the are very difficult to break team photos from you Chatham Cup in 1932 and down. guys. It would be great to Best of luck 1946, and were runners-up get you or your supporters Shannon Doyle in Tawa are looking to to grab some photos (cell Club Captain 06 TAWA AFC

5 SIX THINGS CATEGORY SEVEN THINGS GOING ON THIS MONTH Fees are due now, please ensure you can pay in a timely fashion :) Fee information is available on the website tawafootball.org.nz New Printing Sponsor We would like to thank our new printing sponsor for coming onboard; their assistance is invaluable in producing this newsletter. NZ Art Show The NZ Art Show will exhibit over 3,000 original NZ made artworks - all under one roof for you to enjoy June 3 June 6, TSB Arena. Under 17's Get down and watch Tawa's next generation, who are off to a blazing start this season. The game this week is Sun 11:00 1 vs Naenae 08 TAWA AFC The clubrooms will be open after each home game, please stop by, have some food and a drink to support the club! Well Done Lads! Tawa Phythons came runners up in the Wynton Ruther 9th grade tournament losing 1-0 in the final. Thanks to Bill Smith for the photo and news :) Photo Call! We would like to include more Team photos, Match Photos and anything else that might be interesting :) You can /share them at tawafc.news@gmail.com A HEADLINE 3 GOES HERE PUT YOUR HEADLINE 4 HERE Legervivasdam pone cupion vere confec tendi pulincu ludemenatus, se terunte rferit, niu ven noc, quem fex sulesi publint erei culegil issuncum. Borrum facesequae dolore vel ius nit ped.palicestuit, pat Castem vis. mis. Ublin tatia tea pultumdete aperid Catis. Iriu mor hos, cotis conirmil viridet vehent, fortebessula iam popte, adhum cernuli cessiciam silis. Mare nonfex simuro in Etrum larbisquam. This is an image subtitle Ex menarbi sena, senatie nscenisque dem tes et ipiem This is a Teaser 1 Text. Eger achus condi,si inam ipiciem urniri conihin Agnamusd anditia volorep forteme ntemquam ubli sulius bondit L. Que estropu blicae alegili udaestotatus ipsapero usupimmo acchui terei popotam pro ONE OF WELLINGTON'S FINEST PRINTING COMPANIES urestra pli, notiussima, or pra destiam Legervivasdam HAS COME pone cupion TO vere OUR RESCUE! Etra ore nos in tum hactatis re at, faci di es nonstrisque issimus quodi, ste, confec tendi pulincu ludemenatus, se ingula clum te, et; eri, num, nosultuus, peribus noste erum diem P. Ox nore terunte Konica rferit, Minolta niu ven will noc, be quem sponsoring fex Tawa cons AFC's vivastorem print Patre needs cones for the etravemus remainder teri pos, of C. Edo, aucerum perdi, que rem we ad get ducem to partner uteri iae with facia? a company Ad tabulum known it; Catus for its eto high Catia quality etri siliber sulesi This publint is spectacular erei culegil news issuncum. for us. It means Borrum and service facesequae at incredible dolore vel savings. ius nit The sideritam money que and omnonte time we in can vius save nostis in printing virividem newsletters de aperfen is atimis, absolutley convert ped.habit priceless anum, to us. menatres audam superum publibus facerit antissicat. erehebe. imussimmorum ina eticavehem nicaet Rem ad dius hil volut consule ropo- Can peridemne you help o us est return Caste preorud the love? We ridelus feel that ina, satus companies pul vitus who es adhucit, support our Mentisserei club deserve in Etrartu our business. vatarte co acchuid Please si consider publi Konica dit. Patus Minolta ignocu-fola vid your tum printing is sunc needs, teri periu and que. tell Nuni- them that verem, Tawa considerum AFC sent you! manum ad pon- Visit vivas their omprimporis. page at nato pubis, pro to find ad diem a rep vehebatum close to you. locr iononsula di si prio, perbis faces diusque oc virmill arbere nondi, C. O latilibunu conscid igilinv eredo, vivissi Shannon Doyle Newsletter editor TAWA AFC 09

6 compact and disciplined and had some of the pressure to be relieved saves and Wests last clear cut chance bodies in behind the ball making it when Tawa had possession. came from a volley that struck the top hard for Western Suburbs to break of the cross bar. The final whistle was them down. Possession football at Midway through the second half blown, Tawa winning the game 2-1 all costs only works well if you don t Wests forced a corner, Tawa cleared and keeping their chance alive in the make mistakes in crucial areas of the this well and set off on the counter, league. pitch and thankfully for Tawa, Wests Mike carrying the ball from inside his made a few telling errors, misplacing half with Tawa players steaming up Tawa were good value for their win passes or giving the ball away in areas the field to support him. From all of and it would have been hard on them where Tawa could counter attack. 40 yards out Mike saw the keeper to have lost the game, however after off his line and tried his luck, the keeping Wests to very little for the From one of these errors Tawa ball nestling into the back of the net majority of the match and going 2-0 scored, Sam was found in the box after escaping the keepers grasp. 2-0 up, they should have closed the game and his composure allowed him to to Tawa and an absolutely brilliant out a lot more comfortably than they place the ball into the net to make it goal. Mike is known for trying those did. 1-0 to Tawa at around 25 minutes. types of shots and it was a relief to MENS PREMIER VS The half continued in much the same way, Wests having plenty of the ball without causing Tawa too many issues and Tawa looking to pounce on any mistakes offered up. The half Tawa were good value for their win and it would have been hard on them to have lost the game.. Wests are a good side with a lot of skillful young players that will go on to play at higher levels. They are good at keeping possession and looking to build attacks. In saying that, it is a lot drew to a close at 1-0 and it was a fair reflection of the game, Tawa scoring everyone to see it come off. easier to play that way when training every day - not every side has that WESTERN SURBURBS Saturday 28 May 2016 vs Western Surburbs at Redwood Park Match day 8 saw Tawa at home again for the third week in a row as they hosted Western Suburbs at Redwood Park. This local derby takes on greater importance than normal as a loss here to Tawa would see them well and truly out of the running for the league title, for Wests a win would see them consolidate their position in second place. Wests have a reputation for playing possession football and as the first half kicked off it was apparent that they were going to try play this way at all costs. Whilst the football they played looked nice they weren t really threatening Tawa s goal, Tawa were from the only clear cut chance of the half and not looking troubled when Wests had the ball. The second half kicked off and the pattern of play was the same as in the first, Wests spraying the ball around at the back but not really getting in behind Tawa and creating any chances. Tawa s discipline was impressive, with Jake and Mike performing their defensive roles well and with Sam providing an outlet when Tawa won the ball, allowing At 2-0 it looked like game over but Wests had other ideas. A rash challenge inside the box from Craig with about twenty minutes to go resulted in a penalty which Wests duly dispatched: 2-1 and it was game on. From that point on Wests attacked relentlessly in an attempt to get the equaliser, their left back was getting a lot of the ball and driving behind the defence, sending in crosses or driving into the box. Tawa scrambled well to clear all of these attacks, Lance made a couple of great luxury - and Tawa were set up well to combat that style of football. Next weekend sees a double header for Tawa on Queen s birthday weekend, they are away to a struggling Brooklyn side in the league on the Saturday and will play host to Marist on Monday in the Chatham Cup. Tawa will need two wins from these games to keep their momentum going, make a push for the league title and to hopefully go on a good cup run. 10 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 11

7 TAWA BLUES "The second half was in some ways an anticlimax. They battled but never really looked like scoring..." VS WAINUI Tawa Blues v Wainui (4-0) Having been very very disappointed with our performance last week it was important that we bounced back and made sure that we didn t suffer 3 defeats in a row. The key message from the coach was to relax and believe in ourselves and our abilities. Through the wind and the hail we battled (it seems that we play better playing against the wind in the first half) and by half time found ourselves 3-0 up. The first goal was brilliant probably one of the best team efforts we ve scored great build up play and then a stunning cross from Matt on the right. Dye rose above the defender and headed it brilliantly into the top corner, giving the keeper no chance. From then on it was plain sailing since Through the wind and the hail we battled (it seems that we play better playing against the wind the sense of belief was palpable. Dele latched onto a through ball and neatly took it round the keeper (rather than shooting first time) and then slotted it into an open net. His second was almost a repeat of our first goal. Matt crossed from the right and Dele headed the ball down low into the bottom corner. The keeper got a hand to it but the ball went into the net. The second half was in some ways an anticlimax. They battled but never really looked like scoring. Dele took a penalty, for a foul on Nick (what were you doing in their box, were you lost Nick???) hoping to get his hat trick but the keeper saved it. Matt netted well from a scrambled corner, a well deserved goal from probably our best player on the day. All in all a good day at the office, now we need to focus on the next few weeks and beating some of the teams who are above us so that we can reclaim second spot. Report by: Jonathan Cobb 12 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 13

8 CATEGORY MATCH CATEGORY REPORT via Luke Martin, had a few chances 21 st minute they took the lead as the early on but Island Bay had a clear scorer of their first goal bagged a chance in the 23 rd minute when double. they created a 2 on 1 in the Tawa defence to free up an attacker who Tawa was attacking more on the was through on goal, but a great break now, and in the 26th minute save from keeper Ken Williams kept Luke Martin set Richard Sims free the scores level. From the resulting down the right who crossed to Dave corner though, Island Bay went 1 up hunt to score in the bottom left hand as they won the ball from a header corner, bringing the scores level. and despite a valiant effort from Brent Pankhurst on the line the ball Both sides had a few more chances found its way to the back of the net. but the game ended 3-3 and probably the right result on the As play swung down the other end, balance of the game. Drew Wild found Matt Allan who MEN'S 2ND'S played through to Luke Martin who placed a great shot into the right Tawa s man of the match was Luke Martin, who having joined the team hand corner of the goal, bringing part way through the season is VS scores level within a minute of conceding. Then justifiably in the 33 really beginning to hit his stride and becoming a real threat in the rd minute a good attack seemed to attacking third. have broken down when there was ISLAND BAY a misunderstanding between Luke Martin & Russell Kyne, but Russell With the season now half over for the Tawa seconds, the team s aim is to retrieved the ball on the edge of area improve on their first round record of and found the back of the net past 3 wins 3 draws and 3 losses and push Saturday 28 May 2016 vs Island Bay at Redwood Park Leading into this game the weather had been poor with all junior games cancelled in the morning, however at kick off playing conditions were near perfect for football and the work on Redwood Park in recent years seems to have paid off as the field held up brilliantly throughout the game. Island Bay played quite a short passing game, building from the back wherever possible, but the Tawa midfield marshalled by Matt Allan & Drew Wild were extremely effective at keeping the Island Bay team pegged back. Tawa, particularly the despairing keeper, giving Tawa a deserved 2-1 half time lead. The second half started as though Tawa was still in the changing room though, as Island Bay broke forward and equalised within a minute of the restart. As Tawa had the better of the first half, Island Bay had the better of the second and from a corner in the for a top four position. Report by: Richard Jones Both sides had a few more chances but the game ended 3-3 and probably the right result on the balance of the game. 14 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 15

9 ACU 2 VS KARORI GLORY "It's fair to say we were channeling some serious frustration into this match. Add into the mix that special Wellington wind / rain combo.." BECOME A SPONSOR TODAY With the recent downpours one time the final whistle sounded. Alex Tawa ACU2 4-0 Waterside might have expected Kura Park to Love also deserves a mention for his Karori Glory have taken on the appearance of nonchalant '"just tying my shoelace" After last weeks tragicomic 1-0 loss to table topping IBU JJ's (yet another deeply offside goal allowed by a WWI battlefield. Fortunately the surface had been relaid since last season, and held up beautifully. Carl McMeekin opened the scoring with a goal celebration. One further shoutout to #1 Matthew Jacobs who produced some stunning saves to earn a deserved clean sheet, and a Tawa AFC is one of Wellington s oldest and most prestigious amateur football clubs, having been in competition since Our men s and women s teams are currently at the top local level of football in Wellington and are always hugely competitive. opposition player-refs); it's fair to say we were channeling some serious frustration into this match. Add into the mix that special Wellington wind long range pearler from the outside of his boot. And it only got better from that first mud coated kit. Well done boys! Report by: Geordie Shaw We are always looking for sponsors to partner with, if you feel you or your business has something to offer please get in touch. As members of the community ourselves, we are aware of how important community involvement and exposure can be. / rain combo, and we were set for a tempestuous afternoon. goal; we scored twice, thrice, and er.. four times to no reply by the Please contact us to enquire about Sponsorship today. tawafc.news@gmail.com 16 TAWA AFC

10 CATEGORY CATEGORY and puts the result virtually beyond doubt. With less than ten minutes to go the Saints do manage to get a goal and a more respectable score line with a virtually perfect cross from Dan (who had been putting in good corner kicks all game) into the feet of an unmarked Ko on the penalty spot who makes no mistake smoking the ball into the net. This would be the final score at a 4-2 loss for the Saints. The Saints should be proud of their performance and the girt, determination shown and playing the full 90 minutes is of note. Being level into the half time is also a positive to take forward as too the improving performance of various Saturday 28th May 2016 Capital 11 Round Eight Tawa Saints v Island Bay our game went ahead as scheduled (thanks Capital Football and WCC). both teams not able to get that solid shot on target. Cometh the hour (circa 30 mins) and cometh the man, TAWA SAINTS VS ISLAND BAY individuals including a brace from Ko and increased confidence and up-skilling of goal keeper Cam. Ko thoroughly deserved his man of the Westwood United Venue: Wakefield No 2, 1.30pm kickoff We were lucky enough to be the only fixture in our league in round nine playing on artificial turf at the reliably windy Wakefield park. Whilst the wind Ko gets the ball inside his half, makes a good break circling round several players in the process down the left hand flank before cutting in and put- "Before kickoff Dan and Paul reminded the guys to look to play football on the deck and focus on getting off to a good start.." match for his two goals and constant hard work in midfield. Onwards and upwards to the next Score: 2-4 loss did happen to blow the rain past it ting a powerful shot in the back of the game and first game of the second Man of the Match: Ko was persistent in the first half and net. A classy individual effort culmi- with the wind increasing in strength attacking throughout the half. An op- round. Goal Scorers: Ko (2) then gale force in the second. nating in a goal and 1-0 lead for the to the extent it makes the portunistic speculator cross from Saints. Island Bay not to be held whole half one of pin ball with the Island Bay to the far post does see Report by Paul Leman With the storm like weather that hit Before kickoff Dan and Paul reminded back for long, do eventually get one ball seemingly ricocheting off players some wind assistance with the ball on the Thursday, and Friday into late the guys to look to play football on of their strikers free with a good and a lack of continuity of posses- ending up in the back of the evening, this round seemed destined the deck and focus on getting off to a through ball, followed by a striker sion from both teams. Island Bay do Saints net. Not to be undone by this to be postponed. However with the good start after being 2-0 nil down at getting in behind the defence and happen to get their fast striker into goal, Island Bays most hard working benefit of artificial turfs and what half time in each of the last three fix- slotting the ball into the back of the the game and he creates a break and midfielder ceases an opportunity appears to be a more relaxed 'Old tures. The guys found themselves in net, drawing level at 1-1 at halftime. a goal for Island Bay 15 minutes in. with a powerful strike from distance School' approach to grass ground use an expected dual with Island Bay with Whilst possession evens out Island just outside the box that Cam is only returning (it is a winter sport afterall) chances coming at both ends but Second half kicks off and this is timed Bay do continue with good counter able to parry into the top of the goal 18 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 19

11 TAWA BULLDOGS VS WAINUI May 28 vs Wainuiomata, HT 1-5, FT 4-8. What a nightmare not a lot went right last weekend. Once again the weather was awful during the week and, as we were scheduled to play the late game on Onepoto 1, I was worried that the conditions were going to have a huge effect on the match. As it turned out that was the least of our worries. I knew both fullbacks were unavailable for the next two weeks so it took a bit of reshuffling and recruiting to get together a full team with subs on Friday night. However, by midday Saturday we were back down to 10 players and I was forced to scramble to find players. Fortunately, Luke Boyadjian was able to find a couple of players to come along so we had enough, although Luke himself had been called onto the bench for the 2nd team and would be running late for our game. I knew both fullbacks were unavailable for the next two weeks so it took a bit of reshuffling and recruiting to get together a full team with subs on Friday night.. Then we arrived at Onepoto and the council hadn t opened the changing rooms four teams were left standing outside to get changed until someone showed up just after 2 pm to unlock them. The earlier match finished at 15 mins before our kickoff, at which point they took down their nets (it was Nth Wgtn s home match) and we were forced to put up our own nets. All-in- all, not the greatest build up for a match. On a positive note, Luke made it in time for kickoff (sort of the referee was kind enough to not look too closely at his watch to begin the match). However, I don t wish to make excuses because we proceeded to play poorly against the 9 th -placed team. We were quickly down 2-0 after barely 5 mins, and it only got worse from there. We looked pretty sharp on attack but defence seemed to be a forgotten concept as we allowed them to play the ball forward with ease, and three individual errors gifted them goals. The halftime break saw us down 5-1, with only a good finish from Luke to show for our endeavours on attack. We had a chat about restarting, ensuring that we stop the supply of ball to their frontline, made a substitution, and away we went. The second half was better. Most concerning was that we played even better when I took myself off let s call it an inspired coaching move. We actually controlled play and brought it back to 5-3, causing some anxiety on the opposition sidelines. Probably should have been even better when JJ was brought down by the last man when clean through on goal, but that only led to a caution. However, sloppy defending again led to late goals and it finished 8-4. I must note that it seems incredible Wainui sit at the bottom of the table, as they were the best organised team we ve met so far. Far too good to be in 9 th. Thanks to Ali and Matthew for coming and helping out, Ali even picking up a goal from a fine cross/shot. Report by: Chris Munro 20 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 21

12 Their ref was doing a good job and from one of brooklyn s attacks we all stood forward and yelled offside and the ref blew the whistle and we had a free kick just inside our half (other games we might have been so lucky). Chappy took the freekick and put a nice high ball for Andy to run onto and volley it home from about 20 metres out to make it 4-2. A nice game on a nice day played against a nice team. Thanks to Brooklyn for Refereeing and for playing Fair That was the last game of the round A typically ebullient Vets crowd... and we have 13 points (4th place) winning 4 out of 8 games and Steve 28/05/2016 Melrose Park. Brooklyn 2 Tawa Vets 4 It really pissed down on Friday night/saturday morning so everyone was waiting for the text saying it had been cancelled but Capital football decided to play all TAWA VETS VS BNU "Our game plan was to play defensively and let them attack us and wear them down and get through the first half..." fine. 5 mins later Colin made a nice sliding tackle in the box to put the ball out for a corner.. Beep.. Penalty.. WHAT!.. everyone was flabbergasted about this decision as he had done a good job so far. Honest prevailed and their player said it wasn t a penalty and the ref changed his call with who we had which was Neil on the side hmmm Steve got a nice goal and then with Noel on the back post slotted our third to make it 3-1. By this time Dave had had enough and gave his zimmer frame to Neil who slotted back into top goal scorer with 8. Scorers Steve -1 Noel 1 Andy 1 Peter - 1 senior games so off to Melrose we in our eyes. Our game plan was to onto and place one past the keeper to a corner.. a big pat on the back to defence. Our defence was holding Report by: Neil Gardner went. play defensively and let them attack to make it 1 0. Brooklyn made Brooklyn for playing fair. (Colin was strong and Brooklyn were making a us and wear them down and get another attack and our defence held doing a little jig due to no fine) lot of chances but just could seem to The ground was in pretty good through the first half. strong except for Dave who decided find their feet in front of goal. Some condition except for the stupid piece to bounce the ball off his knee into 1 1 at half time and it was any ones great goal mouth clearances from of carpet down the middle which was They certainly did and our defence his hand.. Beep. Penalty. Dave was game.. By this time Kepi had limped Colin and Simon kept them at bay.. about 2 inches higher than the grass. held strong with some last minute worried about the fine and the rest to the side and we were down to 1 but alas they did get one back with a tackles and Marty in goal pulling of us stood back and watched Marty sub. nice low shot from out wide and their We had 12.5 players and Brooklyn off some great saves. Our plan was dive to his left and smoother the ball best player back heel flicked it in.. a had 16, they won the toss and we working.. From our defence we.. what a save.. We were cheering and Our second half tactic was to let them nicely taken goal. 3-1 at this stage. played into the wind with the sun hoofed it up field for Peter to run Dave was some contemplating his use their subs and we would play 22 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 23

13 A.C UNITED VS OLYMPIC "As the game got under way, Olympic tested the defence right across the line, prodding down both flanks trying to poke through the centre, dutifully each attack was seen off.." Div 5 - Wakefield Park A.C. United 1-3 Olympic AFC After having victory snatched from their grasp at the death last week, A.C. United gathered at Wakefield park to take on Olympic AFC. The cloud cover was dark and ominous, and it didn t take long for the rain to start falling. Accompanied by a stiff northerly, this provided some tough playing conditions that lasted through the half. With the absence of Gatkik in the backline and Alex Love up front, this saw the return of defensive powerhouse Jon Barnes, and relief from Tawa AFC stalwart Chris Gibling. This was not the only lineup change bought in by Coach Trimble, returning Joel Chisholm to the right wing, which allowed him to use his vital pace to get in behind the Olympic defence. As the game got under way, Olympic tested the defence right across the line, prodding down both flanks trying to poke through the centre, dutifully each attack was seen off until A.C. were caught on the counter attack. With the centre of the park advancing in unison with the wingers, the defence were out numbered and a the ball was slotted rather sweetly past Slade for the opening goal. Much For A.C. the rekindled rightwing partnership of Chisholm and Jay proved to be working... discussion in the team in recent weeks has been the reaction when a goal has been conceded, and to their credit then boys stuck by one another and got back into their rhythm, which soon paid off The lineup adjustment of moving Chisholm out wide was the success of the valiant reply mounted by A.C. Using his flash like pace he made his way around his marker and set his sights on the open space in behind the line. With the central defender steaming across to stop the advance, Chisholm timed his cross to perfection where he found Jason Barkle who slotted the ball in the back of the net to level the scores. Similar discussion has also been had in response to scoring a goal, and through until the end of the first half the boys fought for every ball, creating a couple of chances and quelling any attack from the opposition. Half time came with the scores locked at 1-1. The second half started as the first finished, with A.C. applying the pressure. With the weather calming down somewhat, both teams attacked and defended, creating chances which were constantly denied by each keeper. For A.C. the rekindled rightwing partnership of Chisholm and Jay proved to be working, with Jay overlapping and making a few runs down the wing, not only crossing the ball but on one occasion following the cross into the middle where he found himself with the ball at his feet on the top of the box, unfortunately, being off balance meant the shot went wide of the mark. The closest chance A.C. had of the second half was when Turfrey was played through on goal by his strike partner Barkle, only to be denied a brave keeper. At the other end, Olympic managed to go one better on two separate occasions putting a further two goals passed Slade who, rightfully was none too amused, letting his feelings known, with blunt factual statement to yours truly about the sloppy defence and lazy running. Sticking true to the A.C. way, he refrained from using any expletives. As always the boys played through till the bitter end, and when the referee blew for full time the score read 3-1 to Olympic. Though a loss is never the desired outcome, the boys can take heart from the comments received from the opposition, where the team were praised for their positive spirit and play. Next week the boys travel down the road to Alex Moore to face North Wellington. Looking to build on the positive from this week and the return of Gatkik and Love, A.C. United will be striving to turn the season round. Report by: Leon Raeburn 24 TAWA AFC TAWA AFC 25

14 TAWA GRIZZLIES 2016 Some recent photos from the Grizzlies match vs Karori.We would like to include more Team photos, Match Photos and anything else that might be interesting :) So get out there and take some photos of your team! You can /share them at 26 TAWA AFC

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