KICKOFF ROUND 19 • ALBERT SUNDAY BUTLER MEMORIAL PARK V 23RD JULY 2017 FIXTURES TEAM LISTS FIRST GRADE MATCH PREVIEW 2PM TEAM OF THE WEEK #PS4NPLNSW CORPORATE PARTNERS Join us at Mr Crown, the home of football in the Illawarra, for our after match celebrations and presentations at 90 Crown Street Wollongong. Children Welcome. Restaurant Open. 2 CONTENTSHEADING NPLNSW.COM.AU WOLLONGONG WOLVES COACHING STAFF & MANAGEMENT 1st Team Coach Jacob Timpano 1st Grade Assistant Coach Neil Mann and Alfredo Esteves Senior Managers Robert Positti and Surit Wadhwa Under 20s Coach Julio Miranda Under 18s Coach Richard Lloyd GK Coach John Krajnovic Match Preview 6 Health and Medical Services Figtree Physiotherapy Technical Director Neil Mann Team Lineups 16 CEO Chris Papakosmas 2017 Ladder 17 Admin Manager Susan Gatt Season Draw 30 Program Contributors Malcolm Rowney Photographer - Seniors Pedro Garcia Photographer – Juniors Chris Horn Ground Announcer Andrew Byron For advertising opportunities, please contact This program is proudly Susan Gatt on 4225 0999. printed by WOLVES SHOP 105 Crown Street Wollongong Public Notices: • Entry inside the perimeter fence of the playing area is prohibited at all times and offenders will be prosecuted. • All spectators are requested to vacate the ground within 15 minutes of the end of the final game. Police may be requested to remove any unauthorised people who remain after the stipulated time. • The setting alight of, or the lighting or discharging of any type of object, including fireworks, signal or smoke flares is strictly prohibited. Offenders will be arrested and charged. Website: wollongongwolves.com.au Email: [email protected] Phone: +61 2 4225 0999 Address: 105 Crown St Wollongong NSW 2500 Twitter: @wollgongwolves Facebook: fb.com/wollongongwolves Instagram: @WollongongWolves 3 SPONSORS #PS4NPLNSW 4 WELCOME NPLNSW.COM.AU FROM THE elcome all to our Round 19 match against commitment and belief in our mighty Wolves and WSutherland Sharks Football Club. have confirmed their long term support of our Today we proudly host this game at our new home regions premier representative football team. base, Albert Butler Memorial Oval, Kemblawarra. Additionally sponsors such as Mr Crown, South Thanks to our partnership with the Illawarra Local Coast Graphics, Figtree Physiotherapy, Ultra Aboriginal Land Council, the Wollongong Wolves Football, Puma and Blue Dingo have been very now have a new home base right here at Albert valuable contributors to our team. Butler. For many, many years, the Wolves have Media partners i98fm and the Illawarra Mercury never enjoyed the luxury of having our very own have ensured all the news and results of all our home ground, but all that has now changed and in matches are given good exposure and their conjunction with the Land Council we have some promotion of football is superb. We have enjoyed very exciting plans for this facility. great success with our awareness campaign with In the not too distant future, Albert Butler Melanoma Institute Australia and will continue Memorial Oval will be the sporting/football hub to push their wonderful and important work in of the Illawarra and South Coast with facilities the research and understanding of this terrible and amenities previously not available across affliction. our region. This will provide opportunities for All these organisations have shown their strong everyone, combining sport with education, faith and belief in the Wollongong Wolves. They are culture, leadership, education and employment just as committed as we are in ensuring football opportunities. continues to grow and thrive across our region Over time, a truly world class facility for the entire and to make sure we provide football to as many community to use and benefit from. people as we possibly can, male and female. Our beautiful game is in very secure hands when you Today’s match is crucial. consider the quality and commitment of these Our boys have performed well for 2017. The best is companies and groups to our sport. yet to come. Most importantly, our most valuable and important A win here, sets us up for the remainder of the assets are you. Our fans. season. What we are building here, we are building for all 4 matches remain and our top 5 destiny, remains the football loving people across the Illawarra and strongly in our own hands. South Coast. Keep up the momentum and we’re there. Our region has enjoyed a long, strong history GO YOU WOLVES! of football and we intend to add to that history significantly. 2017 has been a year of major achievements and milestones for the Wollongong Wolves. These are very special and important times in the future of club. We have created very strong, beneficial partnerships with the Illawarra Local Aboriginal We are building to an impressive crescendo. Land Council and UOW College. Some pretty important pieces of a major jigsaw are These partnerships are going to see us having the now starting to come together very nicely. ability to marry sport/football with community and Today however, sit back and enjoy the show our education in a very proactive and positive manner. boys put on for your benefit at our new home We will be in a position to roll out some very ground, Albert Butler Memorial Oval, Kemblawarra. important Community Engagement Programs that Cheer on our team and continue to support our will see opportunities provided for boys and girls, team that supports our community. men and women, on the field and off the field, from Wollongong, the whole of the Illawarra and the GO YOU WOLVES! entire South Coast. Through sport we will open doors for everyone. Major long term sponsors, premier sponsor MCR and major sponsor CDN have reaffirmed their 5 MATCH PREVIEW #PS4NPLNSW THE OPPOSITION: Our northern neighbours Sutherland Sharks come Hakoah Sydney City East, Nathan Elasi from APIA to Albert Butler Reserve, Primbee to play the and Wade Oostendorp from Mounties Wanderers. Round 19 fixture against the Wollongong Wolves. However, a coaching change was effected prior to This will be the 26th league meeting between the Round 8 with Grant Lee taking over. two clubs and the 30th overall including two finals BLAST FROM THE PAST and one cup game. In the Round 22 final round match in 2008 the THE OPPOSITION TODAY – SUTHERLAND two went into this game with the Premiership SHARKS on the line. Sutherland only required a draw The Sutherland Sharks club last won honours in and a superior goal difference and the Wolves 2012 when victorious in the Waratah Cup final desperately needed a victory. This match was by defeating Apia Leichardt Tigers 4-1 at Cromer played at Seymour Shaw Park, Miranda on Sunday Park, Dee Why. The goals scorers were Chris Price, 3rd August. Matthew Bailey, Blake Powell and Panni Nikas. Sutherland: Phil Zabaks, George Souris, Nick The team was Nathan Denham, George Souris, Stavroulakis, Pedj Bojic, Michael Katz, Michael Yanni Fragogiannis, Paul Cotte, Matthew Gordon, Robinson, Jim Bakis, David Huxley, Brad Price, Hussein Salameh, Bailey, Hayden Morton, Boardman, David Reid and Neil Jablonski. Matthew Nick Stavroulakis and Powell. Simon Jaeger, Hall and James Lawrence replaced Souris and Todd Halloran, Nikas and Nick Tsattalios replaced Boardman. The coach was Brian Brown. Denham, Salameh, Bailey and Powell. The coach was Robert Stanton. Wolves: Michael Turnbull, Ben Blake (Capt.), Danial Cummins, Chris Price, Tynan Diaz, Matthew Bailey, In 2016 the Sharks concluded the season in 7th Steve Hayes, Michael Hawrysiuk, Ballamodou position on 27 points from 8 wins and 3 draws, Conde, Ilija Prenzoski and Mitchell Long. Michael sustaining 11 defeats. Thirty-one goals were West and Samet Kaynak replaced Hawrysiuk and scored with forty against with a negative nine- Conde. The coach was John Turner. goal difference with four of the competition clubs having lesser statistics in this regard. Tomohiro Early on in the match Turnbull denied Boardman Kajiyama scored eight goals with twelve others by plucking the ball from his feet. Despite chances making their contributions. There were 3 nil from Stavroulakis, Bojic and Huxley in the first scoring games by the team of which two teams half an hour the Sharks could not take the lead. bettered and 3 teams equalled and there were 8 Prenzoski, Diaz and Hawrysiuk (with an overhead clean sheets, the second best in the competition. kick) also could not take an advantage. However, The quickest goal was a 6th minute goal by Perry in the 39th minute, Huxley’s powerful drive made Moustakas in Round 17. Nick Littler was the an impact when he goaled after good lead up solitary multi scorer in a single match with a brace work by Reid and Robinson and the Sharks took in Round 2. The best result sequence without loss this lead into the sheds at half time. Conversely, was 5 games, Round 17-21, win, win, win, draw The Wolves’ Hayes saved one off the line and a and win. The worst sequence without winning Conde shot had hit the side netting. was 5, Round 6-10, loss, loss, loss, loss and draw. In the second half, Jablonski had only Turnbull The greatest losing sequence was 4, Round 6-9. to beat but shot high and a Stavroulakis effort The biggest winning margin was 3-0 in Round 17 went narrowly wide. Wollongong restored parity and biggest losing margin was 4-0 in Round 3. two minutes after the hour when Long collected New players for 2017 signed by the then coach a clever flick from Prenzoski after he in turn had Carlos Villazon, include are Kevin Lopes from been set up by Conde. Long ran through and beat 6 MATCH PREVIEW NPLNSW.COM.AU Zabaks. Cummins was given a second yellow (thus win, draw and win.