WAIMAK UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB

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1 WAIMAK UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB SENIOR MATCH DAY PROGRAM Saturday 12th May

2 Comments from the club This week our two premier teams are playing in knockout cup matches this weekend. Our Men s CCL team are playing in round one of the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup against Coastal Spirit, beating Burnham Football Club 8 to 1 in the preliminary round. Our Women s WPL team are up against Cashmere Technical in round one of the New Zealand Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup. Formally known as the Women s Knockout Cup, the Kate Sheppard Cup was renamed on International Women s Day. It is a club-based knockout competition, first played in 1994 as a pathway for players linking important strategic goals of New Zealand Football; More Kiwis loving and playing football and our elite teams winning on the world stage (New Zealand Football). The announcement of the Kate Sheppard Cup was made on New Zealand s 125 th anniversary of New Zealand becoming the first self-governing country in which all women had the right to vote in parliamentary elections in Kate Sheppard was a pioneer for women and it is very fitting for the trophy to be named after her. The tagline for the competition is Make a name for yourself recognising Sheppard s achievements. The Kate Sheppard Cup will see regional teams kicking off against each other before it goes into national games at quarter finals. The final is played as a double header with the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup final as part of the traditional end of the New Zealand football season in September. The reining cup holders are Glenfield Rovers who defeated Eastern Suburbs 5-4 at QBE Stadium in Auckland. Shane Verma, the Head Coach of our Women s WPL team was interviewed this week about the upcoming round one game against Cashmere Technical. The article (next page) was featured on the New Zealand Football s website this week. To find out more information regarding the Kate Sheppard Cup and the ISPS Handa Chatham Cup head to Head Coach Shane Verma (left) and Assistant Coach Duncan Reed (Far right) with their teamwinners of the Youth Football Development Trust U-17 Tournament in Auckland in March.

3 Youthful Waimak set to make mark The youthful Waimakariri United players may not be among the front-runners to lift the Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup this season but it is not likely to be long before they make their mark on the both the domestic and international scene. A batch of the most promising female footballers in the country have gathered at the Canterbury-based club and are honing their craft under the watchful eye of Shane Verma, also assistant coach of the Canterbury United Pride last season in the National Women s League. The likes of Macey Fraser, Gabrielle Rennie and Jayda Stewart have already been capped by their country at agegroup level and Verma is excited to see what the future holds for that talented trio, as well as other members of the Waimakariri squad. I believe we have a fair few girls that are capable of kicking on and becoming professionals or at least playing for the Football Ferns in the future, he says. Obviously, there s Macey, Gabi and Jayda who are involved in the New Zealand U-17s at the moment and we ve got other young girls coming through as well. There s a bright future ahead for a lot of these girls so I m really excited to see where they get to in the next five or six years. Due to the inexperienced nature of the Waimakariri line-up, Verma s young charges are at long odds to win the Kate Sheppard Cup making its first appearance this year after being re-branded from the Women s Knockout Cup and the goal is instead to progress past the federation-based stages. The first step towards that takes place on Saturday and will not be easy against an accomplished Cashmere Technical outfit. They are yet to lose in the Mainland Women s Premier League and swept aside Waimakariri 5-0 in their most recent league meeting. Several key figures were missing for Waimakariri in that encounter though and Verma is expecting a much closer contest this weekend. We ve got more players available there s five that we didn t have in the previous match, he says. So we re quite confident going into it but it all depends on how we perform. If we play to our high standards then I believe the result can come our way. A good run in the cup could make history for Waimakariri as the club does not have a rich record of success in New Zealand s leading female club competition and is yet to claim a title. Indeed, the trophy has only ever resided in Christchurch twice in 1994 with Nomads United and in 2013 with Coastal Spirit. Waimakiriri have had a taste of lifting silverware though with the majority of the senior squad also in the youth side that won the Youth Football Development Trust U-17 Tournament in Auckland in March. Given he has such a young group at his disposal, Verma s priority is the personal development of each player but he must marry that up with the need to earn credible results for his club on the pitch. He feels this is not difficult though as achieving one aim tends to take care of the other. We focus highly on our performance and believe that if the individuals perform well within the team structure then the results will come with that. The big thing for the girls that are involved in the New Zealand set-up and the rest of the team is that, if they do perform well, it will help elevate themselves and hopefully catch the eye of the national selectors. One of the brightest prospects is Fraser but the U-17 international will not be available to face Cashmere Technical as she is still recovering from an injury. Her team mates will have to find a way past a former colleague as goalkeeper Blair Currie is now with Cashmere and will be doing her utmost to frustrate her previous club. Blair is a fantastic goalkeeper so we know we have to work a little bit harder to make those chances in front of goal count, Verma says. His players aren t the only ones on a learning curve as Verma is also part of the highly-regarded NZF Coach Education Pathway and is currently working towards his OFC / NZF A-Licence the highest qualification available on these shores. Going through the pathway has been key in shaping and challenging my thinking over the past few years. This year I was fortunate to share knowledge with some of the brightest minds from New Zealand and abroad on the A-Licence and that is one of the highlights of my coaching career, he says. There are five other matches taking place in round one of the Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup this weekend, below are all the match details. All of the results from the Football Foundation Kate Sheppard Cup will be available over the weekend on New Zealand Football Inc

4 WAIMAK UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB WOMEN S PREMIER LEAGUE VS Cashmere Technical 12 Noon Kick off- Garrick Memorial Park Coaches Comments We come into the first round of the Kate Shepard Cup, having drawn Cashmere Technical. The last outing between the two sides saw us fall to a heavy defeat to the 2016 League winners. The girls come into this match relatively fresh, having the last two weeks off due to drawing a Bye in the Rita Fitzpatrick and League. This has allowed several girls to return back to the squad, with the last match between the two sides seeing us playing out with 5 key players. We look to improve upon the last performance, and we have spent the past two weeks working hard for this fixture. We want to enter this match with a more aggressive mentality, with a strong hunger to put in a strong performance against a strong opposition. This group is full of a lot of potential, and we have yet to hit our full stride this year and every member in this team knows what it will take as an individual to put in a strong performance to help bring success to this team. Regards, Shane Verma - WPL Coach SHANE VERMA WPL Squad Coach Waimak United Women s CWC vs Universities AFC Gold 9.15am at Kendall Park

5 INTRODUCING OUR 2018 WOMEN S PREMIER/CWC SQUAD SHANE VERMA WPL Squad Coach DUNCAN REED WPL Coach MICHAEL POOLE CWC Coach RACHELLE GEORGE CWC Coach TRUDY KEER-KEER Squad Manager N0. 1 BRIAR GUYAN No. 2 ELLA FONG No. 3 REBECCA GILLETT No. 4 LILY FISHER No. 5 (Squad Captain) SOPHIE WILLIAMS No. 6 THAIS MUNOZ No. 7 GABI RENNIE No. 8 MACEY FRASER No. 9 JAYDA STEWART No. 10 EMMA JOHNSON No. 11 KAYLA THOMAS No. 12 EMMA FELLOWES No. 13 MIKAYLA NORTMAN No. 14 CONNOR DUGGAN WOMEN S PREMIER/CWC SqUaD PROUDly SPONSORED by

6 INTRODUCING OUR 2018 WOMEN S PREMIER/CWC SqUaD No. 15 MADDI SILCOCK No. 16 LILY THOMPSON-HOOD No. 17 LIBBY LATIMER No. 18 GRACE CROSS No. 19 HAZEL BILLCLIFF No. 20 RILEY FALCONER No. 21 JESSICA COTTERELL No. 22 JOHANNA KEER-KEER No. 23 JAZ BALL No. 24 ABBY DE VISSER No. 25 SIMONE SALTER No. 26 KATIE ELSTOB No. 27 EMMA UDY No. 28 BETH DONNELLY No. 29 TESSA MCKAY No. 30 EMILY KEER-KEER No.31 MADDIE GOMMANS No. 32 Match day program proudly sponsored by

7 Meet the players Waimak WPL Squad Player Profile Emma Udy Age: 15 Nickname: em & em Playing number: 12 Position: Centre and right back Hidden talent: Wouldn t be hidden if I told you. Favourite hobby: Stockcar racing Funniest person in the changing room and why: Hazel because of her size 5 children football boots Favourite club: Spurs Where in the world would you like to visit: France Waimak CCL Squad Player Profile Mitchell Quigley Age: 22 Playing Number: 5 Position: Defender Football in 3 words: Up the Mak Hidden Talent: Golf Favourite Hobby: Football Guilty Pleasure: Darts Advice for younger players: Work Hard Favourite Food: Avocado Favourite Artist/Song: Pantera Favourite Player: Gary Jones Favourite Club: Nottingham Forrest Best Football Moment: Debut for Waimak 1 st Team Where in the world would you like to visit: Rochdale

8 INTRODUCING OUR 2018 MEN S CCL/RESERVES SQUAD ADAM SEARLE CCL Squad Head Coach STEVE MASON Assistant Coach JODY BROWN Kitman MITCHELL QUIGLEY (CAPTAIN) KANE FRASER (VICE CAPTAIN) KYLE HODGE JONTY ASHWORTH NICHOLAS BESUYEN BILLY BROWN DYSON BUCKINGAM LUCAS CLARK CHRIS CHICK MARK COLLINSON FLOYD DUFFY BRAD EIFFE TOM EMMOTT LUKE FRASER EMILIANO FREIRE TRECU JOHN GERBER CCL/RESERVES Squad proudly sponsored by

9 INTRODUCING OUR 2018 MEN S CCL/RESERVES SQUAD BEN HARDY ADAM HARRISON DOUGIE HYDE JUAN J APOLLONIO MATT LE GROS DANNY LONEY GONZALO LOPEZ DE ARMENTIA JACK MASON OWEN NOLAN NIKITA POTAPOV JAY SERRAMO FLASH SHANMUGAM TOM SHARP CONNOR SPEAR LIAM WALTERS Match day program proudly sponsored by

10 WAIMAK UNITED FOOTBALL CLUB MEN S CANTERBURY CHAMPIONSHIP LEAGUE VS Coastal Spirit 2PM Kick off Cuthberts Green Coaches Comments This weekend see's the team head to Cuthberts Green to play MPL side Coastal in the Chatham cup. After a close fought game last week against top of the CCL and unbeaten team Halswell, we went down 1-0. The team will be looking at Saturdays and Tuesdays English cup game against another MPL opposition Uni, to prove that we can play at the level of the top division, that we are targeting to be involved in within the next few years. We know Coastal will be very strong all over the park and we will have to try and match that and bring a very high intensity to the game to try to disrupt the Coastal team. Hope to see all the fans down to support the team and help us move on to the next round of the competition. Thanks Adam. ADAM SEARLE CCL Squad Head Coach Waimak United Men s Reserves vs Christchurch United 12.30pm at Kendall Park

11 A look back on last week Waimak United CCL 0 - v 1 Halswell Photo Credit Mak Shots

12 Canterbury Championship League Results & Table Played Win Draw Loss For Against Goal Difference Total Halswell United Western AFC Burwood AFC Parklands United Christchurch Utd Waimakariri Utd Canterbury Championship League Reserves Results & Table Played Win Draw Loss For Against Goal Difference Total Halswell United Waimakariri Utd Christchurch Utd Burwood AFC Nomads United AFC Parklands United Women s Premier League Results & Table Played Win Draw Loss For Against Goal Difference Coastal Spirit Cashmere Technical Universities AFC Waimakariri Utd Halswell United Total Canterbury Women s Championship Results & Table Played Win Draw Loss For Against Goal Difference Cashmere Technical FC Twenty 11 PDL Waimakariri Utd Halswell United Universities AFC Black Universities AFC Gold Parklands United Selwyn United FC Total

13 INTRODUCING OUR th Grade youth premier team MIKE DE BONO HEAD COACH SHELLY MCDOWALL MANAGER LIAM COLLINS JOSH COSBY ZAC DE BONO BAILEY GILES JAKE HALE WILLIAM HUSBAND SPENCER JARRETT ALEX MCDOWALL LUCA MARSON NOAH MAUGER KOBE MURDOCH BENJI PATCHETT NIKO SILCOCK ZACH WINTER JACKSON WRIGHT Saturday 12 th May Waimak United 13 th Grade Black vs Cashmere Technical 13 th Gold 9.15am at Hillsborough Domain Results From Tuesday 8 th May Waimak United 13 th Grade Black 1 vs 3 Future Pride Development

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