CAPITAL FOOTBALL PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR 2020 Liquid IT Petone vs North Wellington Central League 2021 | 1pm, Saturday May 22 | Memorial Park Powerex Petone vs Victoria University W-League 2021 | 11am, Saturday May 29 | Memorial Park 1 Proudly supporting Petone FC liquidit.nz 2 Chairman’s Corner elcome to North Wellington who play our Liquid IT Men’s First Team Wtoday and Victoria University who play our Powerex Women’s First Team on May 29, and all of the supporters that have come to support their team. With North Wellington being eighth in the Central League and Petone sitting ninth, this is a big day for both teams in the search for valuable points. Petone, with a recent loss to Miramar and being knocked out of the Chatham Cup, now need to focus hard on the league and play to their full potential. Our Women’s First Team’s first home game of 2021 on May 8 resulted in their first three points of the season and they followed that up a win in the first round of the Kate Sheppard Cup on May 16. They play Wairarapa on the May 22 before their game against Vic Uni – we look forward to how many points they can get from those two games. It is fantastic to have the Wellington Phoenix back at Sky Stadium for the first time in over 12 months. They have been playing some great football at their new home over in Aussie – let’s hope they bring their best game back to Wellington and provide some great entertainment to their loyal supporters who will no doubt be at the game in record numbers. A big thanks to Craig Deadman who last week ran a very successful club quiz night. So many great volunteers and sponsors made the night very enjoyable and generated some much-needed funds for our Under 19 programme. Congratulations to Leicester City fans winning the FA Cup against a formidable Chelsea, and we now look forward to the Champions League final – hard to pick a favourite, but I guess we will hear from the fans of each club as to if they will get the win. PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! Our sponsors provide a huge amount of financial support to our club – we must reciprocate with our thanks and use their services in our business or personal lives as much as we can. Good luck everybody – play hard and fair for your club this weekend. Matt Bliss Chairman [email protected] 3 4 Dave Agent Memorial Darts Night – June 12 lease mark your diaries for the Dave Agent Memorial Darts Night, to be held Pin the clubrooms on June 12. Details 7pm kickoff (although we tend to accept late comers) teams of two games are 301, flying start no entry fee, but depending on how many people turn up, we may ask $5 or $10 from each person to get pizza in for those that are hungry A Bit About Dave – for the Younger of You! Dave and family have been members of the club for many, many years. He was on the committee for a number of years and of course before that was involved in playing through the grades at Petone FC. Dave made 46 Men’s First Team Petone FC Programme appearances, scoring nine goals. editor/designer – He was known as the Vinny Jones Iain MacIntyre (MacIntyre of the lower grades – a very tough Public Relations Ltd) customer on the field. <[email protected]>, 021 99 10 16 His former wife, Mary, was also on the Women’s Committee for years and printer – Blue Star, played for the club. c/o Mark Allen <[email protected]> Daughter Jodie has followed in their footsteps by being on committees and photographaphy – largely courtesy of Jeff Bell playing for Petone as well (Jodie’s sons <[email protected]> have also played for the club). and Angela Eglinton Both of Dave and Mary’s sons, Blair <[email protected]> and Grant, played junior football for thanks also to club the club (and Grant’s son is in the stallwarts Ray Bell, First Kicks programme). Barry Pickering and Unfortunately Dave passed away Matt Bliss as well as our in 1995. We started the Dave Agent other numerous and Memorial Darts Night as Dave was a valued contributors huge darts fan. 5 Back in the old days when the club was very strong, the blokes would support the ladies playing football on Sundays and then partake in the chicken raffles and of course play darts until all hours on a Sunday night. Hence, we thought this was a good way of remembering Dave. He was an awesome club man that had huge respect within the club. We found this old team photo featuring Dave (standing in the back row, second-from-right) as well as Life Members John Bradbury, Steve Minogue, Ron Ebert and Barry Pickering. 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James played his junior football at Lower Hutt and joined Petone as a 16-year-old, initially playing mostly in the Reserve Team. He made his First Team debut in 2014, with two appearances. The following year he established a place as a regular member of the team. Within the 100 appearances, he scored six goals. When still a senior student at St Bernard’s College, James also coached younger players. He works at KPMG as a data scientist and lives in Wellington. James says he would not have been able to reach the milestone if his fellow players had not very generously given him rides out to Petone for training and matches. His proudest moment as a player was when Petone won Capital Premier in 2019, collecting the Venus Shield and also gaining promotion to the Central League. Congratulations Nashie! Article kindly provided by Ray Bell Article Suggestions Welcomed lease do come forward with any article suggestions for consideration Pin this programme. Feel free to discuss with club officials Matt Bliss, Barry Pickering or Ray Bell, or programme facilitator Iain MacIntyre <[email protected]>, 021 99 10 16. 7 Shirt Sponsorship s part of our club’s supporters’ package, sponsors have the Aopportunity to advertise on the back of player shirts in both the Petone FC Liquid IT Men’s First Team and Powerex Women’s First Team. These much-appreciated financial supporters are also named a matchday sponsor for one game per year, in which their business and the players proudly wearing their shirts will be profiled in the following pages of this programme. Hospitality will be provided to the sponsor at that game and, additionally, framed pictures will feature in the club stairwell throughout the season. Any businesses who may be interested in this opportunity – or any club members who may have potential contacts – please advise club chairman Matt Bliss <[email protected]>. This weekend’s featured sponsors are Sign Foundry and Add Smart whose brands appear respectively on the shirts of Ethan Claridge and Aoife Gallagher-Forbes, and Sam Pickering and Ellen Fibbes. Please read on to learn more about these valued business partners as well as those players via new profile questions. Sign Foundry ign Foundry is one of Wellington’s largest signage manufacturers and Sinstallers, with branches in Auckland and Christchurch (head office in Alicetown). We are a team of skilled and passionate signage experts who create bold and engaging signage solutions. We never settle for ordinary or okay, we strive for awesome and get results. We are all about building partnerships and making the process easy – this means thinking beyond a one-off project. We take time to understand what is important to you and look at the long-term vision. We use established systems and processes to provide ongoing servicing and support. 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