2015 Official Programme

Men’s Central League:

Stop Out vs Palmerston North Marist, Saturday 2nd May

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Patrons: Mayor Ray Wallace

President: Chris Canton

Vice President: Peter Hartstonge

Chairman: Neil Kemp

Treasurer: Donna Beech

Club Captains: Andrew Beech Kathryn Burt

Women’s DoF: Craig Darby

Senior Liaison: Pat Gulley

Jnr Coordinator: Jay Corby

Directors of Football: Chris Sambrooke Mike Gibbs

Jnr Coaching Director: Scott Easthope

Football Managers: The Pride of the Hutt Valley Paul Commerford Craig Darby

Life Members: Jim Blair, Chris Canton, Dick Dunn, Jimmy Dunn, Tom Dunn, Peter Freidlander, Brent Hamlin, Peter Hartstonge, Dave Houghton, Ernie Gould, Terry Killalea, Brendan Marsh, Arie Molenaar, Jim McCreadie, Carol McNie, Ron Weitzel.

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The First Word My blood is red… and gold!

It’s a warm Hutt Park welcome to Palmerston North Marist. The last time we met was in the Central League playoffs at the end of the 2013 season. Hutt Park was deemed unplayable and our home match was played on the artificial pitch at Memorial Park. Marist were successful in that series with a home win and a draw at Petone.

Well that was then and a season on we finally got the job done and have returned to Central League after our playoff series victory against Wanganui Athletic.

It’s been a satisfactory start in Central League with 2 wins, 6 points and the side sitting in 5th spot. But with some strong performances there just may have been a few extra points that may have come our way.

Central League is a very tough competition and if you’re slightly off your game it can be very unforgiving as Marist will attest to after last week’s result against Western Suburbs. No prizes for guessing they’ll be fully determined to steady the ship today.

Our second away trip after a first round trip to Napier saw us last week ‘go over the hill’ with a match against a very “international” Wairarapa side. A hard fought 2-3 loss where we ‘turned off’ in a 10 minute spell and conceded 3 times. 3 So today is a very important day for both sides as they both aim to move up the competition ladder and stay in touch with the leading group. Welcome to Stop Out and enjoy our hospitality.

P W D L F A GD Central League 2015 Pts Napier City Rovers 5 5 0 0 22 4 18 15 Western Suburbs 5 4 0 1 21 7 14 12 5 4 0 1 14 7 7 12 Petone 5 2 1 2 10 7 3 7 Stop Out 5 2 0 3 9 8 1 6 Olympic 5 2 0 3 7 12 -5 6 Lower Hutt AFC 5 2 0 3 5 10 -5 6 Palmerston North Marist 5 2 0 3 6 18 -12 6 Miramar Rangers 5 1 1 3 4 8 -4 4 Tawa AFC 5 0 0 5 3 20 -17 0

Rnd 1 Fri 3 April Napier City 3 Stop Out 1 Park Island @ 2.00 Rnd 2 Mon 6 April Stop Out 1 Lower Hutt 2 Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 3 Sat 11 April Tawa 0 Stop Out 1 Endeavour 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 4 Sat 18 April Stop Out 4 Olympic 0 Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 5 Sat 25 April Wairarapa 2 Stop Out 3 Turf @ 5.30 Rnd 6 Sat 2 May Stop Out Marist P Nth Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 7 Sat 16 May Petone Stop Out Petone Turf @ 3.00 Rnd 8 Sat 23 May Stop Out Wests Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 9 Sat 6 June Stop Out Miramar Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 10 Sat 13 June Stop Out Napier Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 11 Sat 20 June Lower Hutt Stop Out Fraser Turf @5.00 Rnd 12 Sat 4 July Stop Out Tawa Hutt Park @ 2.30 Rnd 13 Sat 11 July Olympic Stop Out Wakefield 2 @ 5.45 Rnd 14 Sat 18 July Stop Out Wairarapa Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 15 Sat 25 July Marist PN Stop Out Memorial (PN) @ 2.30 Rnd 16 Sat 1 Aug Stop Out Petone Hutt Park 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 17 Sat 8 Aug Wests Stop Out Endeavour 1 @ 2.30 Rnd 18 Sat 15 Aug Miramar Stop Out Dave F @ 2.30

L Hutt Marist Miramar Napier Petone Stop Out Tawa Wai’rpa Olympic Wests L Hutt 23/5 0-2 1-4 15/8 20/6 18/7 1/8 3/5 14/6 Marist PN 8/8 2-1 16/5 11/7 25/7 6/6 0-5 13/6 1-8 Miramar 11/7 4/7 0-4 18/7 15/8 2/5 13/6 8/8 1/8 Napier 5/7 2/8 21/7 24/5 3-1 7-1 3/5 19/7 7/6 Petone 6/6 3-1 1-1 8/8 16/5 13/6 4/7 2-3 25/7 Stop Out 1-2 2/5 6/6 13/6 1/8 4/7 18/7 4-0 23/5 Tawa 1-2 15/8 25/7 11/7 0-4 0-1 23/5 1/8 20/6 Wairarapa 16/5 20/6 1-0 25/7 42 -0 3-2 8/8 6/6 10/7 Olympic 25/7 1-2 23/5 1-4 20/6 11/7 16/5 15/8 2-0 Wests 2-0 18/7 16/5 15/8 2/5 8/8 6-1 5-3 4/7

Women’s Update

Photos from the latest Women’s Central League match against Upper Hutt.

Even after a 3-0 loss it was a fighting performance as the girls continue to get more accustomed to the pace of Central League in their first season in the top flight.

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Women’s Update (c0nt..)

I thought we might use today’s programme to initially mention and acknowledge the extreme loyalty and passion for the women's club that is evidenced by our status as the largest women's club in the region once again in 2015.

This is especially significant in a year when one local women’s club, Lower Hutt City has disappeared completely (including their Central League team) and another Waterside lost their Central League team as well, the contrast to the situation here at Hutt Park couldn’t be more obvious.

So we tip the hat to good folk like Craig, Russ, Terry and Angus who each year front in roles to support the programme, the crew at the committee who support our initiatives and we welcome this year Mike and Phil who’s passion for the women’s game means they’re feeling right at home from the get go. Then there’s the small matter of the players, back again for another season of football and involving themselves in the life of the club.

Last year we celebrated our first centurions, all three part of our inaugural 2008 season, two of them part of the first ever team list back in March of that year. Steph Bremner was the first player to clock up game #100, Brooke Mildenhall followed and Sophie Burley joined the “One ton” Club later in the year.

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This year’s roster of players totals some 2,100 games of Sophie Burley senior football between them and amongst their numbers are two players who should play game #100 in June and another two who should make it before the year is over. I’m looking forward to them all shouting the bar on the Sunday afternoon’s they notch the milestone.

The season so far has been a mixed bag, holiday weekends and Cup football impacting the scheduling of football week to week. With our ascent to Central League and a reserve side in Premier League it is an exciting, challenging season ahead of us. We’ve seen a good number of new faces join us here at Hutt Park and the goal for Mike, Phil and the coaching team is to consolidate our positions in the region’s top two leagues.

From my spot on the side-line over the past few weekends those goals look achievable. The CL team taking on-board good lessons from a tough draw to start the year and under Mike’s guidance it appears the team will be well prepared by the time games against the likes of Valeron, Moturoa and BNU come up over the next month.

Tomorrow it’s a busy day here at Hutt Park as we host in both the Premier League (11am kick-off) and Central League (1pm kick-off). The D2 Blacks also host Naenae in an early time slot while the D1 team are away at Vic’ Uni. Brendan Marsh

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Stop Out Sports Club

No. Player GK Josh Hill

2 James Sutcliffe

3 Liam Higgins Coach: Chris Sambrooke 4 Andrew Fairlie

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Manager: 6 Paul Commerford 7 Martin Packer

8 Enrico Meirelles

Physio: 9 Fisum Aden Laura Ayre 10 Miroslav Malivuk

11 Andrew Abba Grounds: 12 Brandon Tai Peter Hartstonge 14 Luke Grindlay 15 Daniel de Gans

16 Jason Tipping ( c )

17 Steven Gulley

18 Sam Pickering

19 Jordan Martens

20 Matt Clarke

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No. Player GK Gurkarnvir Singh 2 James Oxtoby 3 Ashish Sahayam 4 Wade Randle 5 Khair Jones Coach: 6 Troy Smith Simon Lees 7 Michael Sheridan 8 Tyson Brandt 9 Josh Smith 10 Joanathan Steele 11 Michael Crisford 12 Dom Milne

14 Rhys Gayler 15 Josh Sansom 16 Caleb Gaylard 17 Woody Maxey-Graham 18 Rhya Janes Referee: 19 Ben Ravenwood Peter Linney 20 Josh Chettleburgh

Assistants: 9 Peter MacDonald Jeffery Owen

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STOP OUT at the Phoenix

Our Stop Out juniors were part of the official guard of honour at the recent Phoenix games against Central Coast Mariners and Sydney. Here are a few snapshots from the stadium.

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The 2nd team has had a solid start to the 2015 season. 2nd team update A welcome but late addition to the coaching staff saw high profile coach James Prosser take the reins. James has had stints at Ole Academy and Island Bay where he coached their Capital Premier 1st team and is undoubtedly one of the top coaches within the Capital Football region. So for him to be part of the clubs structure where he will also help with many of our Development and High Performance Programmes is a real coup for the Stop Out club.

First game of the season was an unlucky loss to Naenae in a match we totally dominated but couldn’t kill the game off and we conceded in the last 5 minutes. A second up draw with Wharfies was followed with a fine come from behing victory against University. And then last week the lads travelled over the hill to defeat Douglas Villa 3-1 in Masterton which is The team in the stand supporting the 1st team last traditionally a difficult weekend in their match against Wairarapa United. assignment.

So the 2nd team is well placed at this early stage of the season which is a refreshing change. History has shown that in the past that they have been notoriously slow starters.

Today in the early game on #2 ‘the ressies’ take on Upper Hutt who have had a torrid time thus far. But football’s a funny game and there are no gaurantees that any game will follow the form book. Should be an interesting contest. Capital 2 - 2015 P W D L F A GD Pts Stokes Valley 4 4 0 0 20 4 16 12 Wainuiomata 4 3 1 0 27 4 23 10 Waterside 4 2 1 1 8 6 2 7 Stop Out 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 7 University 4 2 0 2 9 6 3 6 Island Bay 4 2 0 2 9 11 -2 6 Naenae 4 2 0 2 7 9 -2 6 Douglas Villa 4 1 11 1 2 8 13 -5 4 Lower Hutt 4 0 1 4 3 14 -11 0 Upper Hutt 4 0 0 4 2 28 -26 0

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Central League Rnd 4 vs Olympic. Hutt Park

After a good first up victory at Tawa, it was a massive game to come home to Hutt Park and put a few things right after a disappointing home opening against Lower Hutt.

The game started a little slowly and we spent the first 10 minutes with little possession, but defensively our shape was very good. As the half went on we started to turn ball over in good areas and we looked Chris Sambrooke dangerous on the counter attack.

We took the lead, midway through the first half with a goal from Luke Grindlay. We saw the half out without offering up many chances against us.

The second half started well for us, defensively we were sound. At 1-0 they did get in behind us once but a fantastic challenge from James Sutcliffe kept the danger away. Shortly after Martin Packer extended the lead and put us further on top. Micky Malivuk then extended the lead and Packer scored the goal of the game with a fantastic curling effort to round out the scoring.

In my time at the club, this was the most complete performance I have seen. The front three really stood up and the back 4 was composed. In midfield Martin Packer was everywhere and deserved the goals that he scored. Sam Pickering was great in the link up, but Man of the

Match Steve Gulley was everywhere breaking up play and setting us on the counter all game.

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Scorers: Packer (2) Grindlay, Malivuk MOM: Steve Gulley

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Central League Rnd 5 vs Wairarapa United. Memorial Park, Masterton

We had the pleasure of playing the opening game at the new turf at Wairarapa United in front of a great crowd, including our very rowdy reserve side coming fresh off a great win earlier in the day. We knew this would be one of the biggest tests of the season as the Wairarapa front line is one of, if not the best in the league.

The first 10-15 minutes of the game was dominated by the hosts. They moved the ball well and Sam Mason-Smith and Suele Soromon we providing a threat. As the game went on we started to get a good foothold and assert our own pressure. We were rewarded with the opening goal around the half hour mark to

Luke Grindlay, who has been outstanding for us in the last few weeks. Unfortunately we were unable to hold the lead until the break, Paul Ifill cut inside in the area and scored a fine solo goal in the 45th minute to head to the sheds even.

The second half couldn’t have started

worse and within 10 minutes of the re-start we were 3-1 down and looking like we may need to go into damage limitation for the

remainder of the game.

But the response was immense, we fought back so well and pulled a goal back with 15 to go and for all the pressure we heaped on

Wairarapa in the last 10 minutes we couldn’t find an equaliser.

A great response, but also a lesson around our defensive focus and the fact it needs to run for 90 minutes. We look forward to hosting Palmerston North Marist at home and look to keep our good performances coming and adding to that points tally.

Stop Out 2 Wairarapa United 3 Scorer: Luke Grindlay (2) 13 MOM: Luke Grindlay & Martin Packer

ASB Skills Centre launched We’ve had phenomenal interest in the ASB Skills Centre programme. It’s a High Performance Development Programme with 81 local football juniors between 7th and 13th grade signing up for the 10 week programme under the expert tutleage of Scott Easthope and James Prosser.

For those that missed out, planning is already underway for the next instalment of the programme in term 3. And on the horizon is a ‘Girls Only’ Development Programme, Fun Football Programmes and an Academy for our older juniors. Watch this space for more details.

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The Last Word! Life-long Stop Out

fan Mike Barton gives us his Random theory/theories about perspective on the beautiful game! football and television.

Whilst walking through Sladden Park, with my daughter, we stopped to watch some 'kids' play- ing football. They were in a training session, wearing their football kits, and not just looking good in the sartorial sense but in the football sense. They were all twelve years old. The thing that struck me was how good they were. (Wait. Now I know it's more than likely there's a group of that same age who might train at Sladden Park and be awful… but ignoring that.) What, I

wonder, makes them as good as they are? It is probably safe to say they are just naturally athletic and predisposed to have some football talent. That said, I do wonder about the role of television, especially subscription television, and the impact that it has. The group that we watched all had the good habits, comfortable on the ball, and moving well off it. The plus being the little tricks, like stepovers, that just seem to be part of the game. Not an add on but more

and and more integral. Learned or natural behaviour? What's the likelihood that time in front of the television allied to their ability has upped their football?

The other impacts, I believe, that increased television coverage of the game, more so the post- match panel discussion, seems to have caused are over expectation and hyper-criticality (is that a real term?). It is common, in my experience, to hear, and loudly, 'should have scored' or 'should have passed' when only someone from the elite of the game might just have got away with it. A certain expectation does not hurt but expecting the perfect action, as opposed to the routine action, at every level of the game is, well, expecting too much. On the matter of

criticism, I am more thinking of the examination and re-examination of action when it may just be best to leave it. In the sense that the point had been made, delivered, so let is move on. In particular, I saw a referee make a single error in local and non-televised match recently. After the match I overheard two people going over and over it inferring that the decision cost their team the match. ( It did not.) The longer I listened the more that I realised that their analysis was driven from, what I will call, the 'television angle perspective'. Roughly, where you look at it from here, and from here, and from here, without considering that it was a human action made in real time.

It is probably fair to say that the televisual experience is set to stay. It is not likely that we will be going to gatherings around the radio any time soon. The visual experience pulls down, espe- cially the for the 'big' matches from far away, the total colour light and exuberance. With the multiplicity of camera angles we get a warts and all approach. It is like being there… almost.

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