Vs Western Springs LOTTO NRFL Division 1 2.45pm Manurewa AFC Club Rooms P.O. Box 75 122 War Memorial Park Manurewa Gibbs Rd Auckland Manurewa Phone: (09) 267 1120 Welcome to Western Springs who sit in second spot for Northern League Division one. Last Sundays result wasn’t what we wanted but I have to say that the signs are there and with some accurate shooting and passing the result could have been a lot different. To both sides keep the effort up and I look forward to the start of the second round. I am positive we will start to see the results we as members, coaches and players want. A reminder that it is the second round of the Chatham Cup against Hibiscus Coast away on Monday 2nd June at 2pm. So folks think about the trip up again and hopefully a change in results. Sorry to see the Division Six side disbanded but to those who gave it a go well done. Hopefully something to work on for next year. I’m looking forward to seeing a game at home this week after being away for awhile. Sometimes work gets in the road of sport. Good luck to all sides, enjoy your sport. Thanks Kerry Bevan President QUEENS BIRTHDAY Saturday 31 May vs Melville If you want to travel on the team bus, $20/person Contact Adrian 021 2705509 Monday 2 June Chatham Cup away to Hibiscus Coast 2pm k.o Manurewa AFC Boys Academy Programme 2014 All Sessions Coached by Keith “Buzzer” Mackay The Academy has started with two groups 11-12 yrs and 13-15yrs. The Academy is focusing on individual game understanding linked in to the Principles of Football Play. Players are being challenged on their in-possession, out of possession plus transition skills, with each session progressing from the previous session. Places are still available for Monday night sessions at Memorial Park Academy runs until end of Term 2 11-12yrs 5.15-6.15 13-15yrs 6.30-7.30 Cost -$50 Players who are in the top two sides in the above grades and who wish to be part of the Academy please contact Buzzer at [email protected] Reserve Coaches Comments Since my last report a couple of weeks ago when things seemed so much rosier, the reserve side has hit a bit of a form slump. Firstly, we went down to rivals Papatoetoe 2-1, got knocked out of the main draw of the reserve cup by Metro on penalties and then got our backsides whipped by North Shore going down 5-0. Today will be another test of character as we face Western Springs who have similar results and are just ahead of us on the points table. It is vital that we get a result today to stay in touch with the frontrunners of the competition. Despite the loss at North Shore, it was pleasing to see the boys lift for the second half as we were 4-0 down at the break and with us having a player sent off early in the second half, things could have been a lot worse. What our players need to understand that the game goes for 90 minutes and not 45 minutes. The frustrating thing was that we should have been 2 or 3 up after a short period of time and that would have knocked North Shore. I'm sure we would have been able to finish them off but we failed to capitalize on the chances that we created. So hopefully today we can turn it around and enjoy a nice cold one with 3 points but we are going to have to work hard. Good luck to all Manurewa teams for this weekend and will see you afterwards. Steve Wood WESTERN SPRINGS Reserves Reserves GK Dillan Patel Alex McLean GK GK Jared Karam Tom Monro 3 Callum MacKenzie Will McDonald 5 Logan Hart Arus Sem 7 Yashneel Singh Linton Simmons 8 Steven Johnson Josh Gair 9 Toby Edwards Shane Tanner Harvey Mills 10 Brendan Larsen Ian Sellar 11 Kyle Whapshott Mikey Poloupulos 12 Paul Edgar Darryn Lochead 13 Theara Thay Stanley Onacha 14 Yuanwen Zhao Neil Heron 15 Jason Daniels Elliott Munford GK 16 Dylan Feldtman Wiggy Foster 17 Cole Devenport Nick Mann Coach: Steve Wood Manager: Anja Pannekoek Date Opposition Score Goal Scorer/s Player of the Day 29 March (A) Mangere United 2—0 Pablo Yackson 5 April (A) Ellerslie 4 - 2 Kieran Nevey (Pen) Kieran Nevey Brody Cleave 12 April (A) Eastern Suburbs 1—0 Pablo Yackson 18 April (H) Mt Albert Ponsonby 2—0 Stephen Carmichael (2) Stephen Carmichael 21 April (A) Hibiscus Coast 4—2 Kieran Nevey Marvin Eakins Stephen Carmichael 26 April (H) Metro 1-1 Kieran Nevey Matias Contreas 3 May (H) Papatoetoe AFC 2-0 Stephen Carmichael (2) Marvin Eakins 18 May (A) North Shore 2-1 Athony Cibilich Robbie Garcia 24 May (H) Western Springs 31 May (A) Melville 7 June (H) Takapuna 21 June (H) Ellerslie 28 June (H) Mangere United 5 July (H) Eastern Suburbs 12 July (A) Mt Albert Ponsonby 19 July (H) Hibiscus Coast 25 July (A) Metro 2 August (A) Papatoetoe AFC 9 August (H) North Shore 16 August (A) Western Springs 24 August (H) Melville 30 August (A) Takapuna First Team Coaches Comments Neil has brought an immediate improvement to the fortunes of his club getting promotion into the 1st division in his first season with a blend of talented youth and experience. I’m sure he will now be looking to push for promotion this season and take on the best Auckland Football has to offer next year. We also wish Neil well with the All Whites. There’s a great crop of young talent being produced these days and hopefully NZF can give him a chance to get the best out of them and give us a chance to take an extended holiday to the Russia 2018. I hear it’s lovely over there these days… As for our team, last week epitomised our season. We played some good football for the majority of the match and were controlling the game and created some clear chances. Then a lack of composure and a team-wide brain-fade saw two soft goals conceded and a 3 points dropped which pulled us back down in the relegation battle. Consistency is key in this league and we will need better performances from everyone week-in, week-out to pick up points and get us up where we feel we should be. Until that happens, this is going to be another long season. Thanks, H, Nath & Mark Lotto Northern League Division1 1 Mataias Contreas 2 Greg Crestanello 3 Robert Garcia 4 Antony Cibilich 5 Justin Horan 6 Cole Devenport 7 Marvin Eakins 8 David Shin 9 Gurpreet Singh 10 Kieran Nevey 11 Mathew Thomas 12 Troy Cleave 13 Todd Herbert 14 Hoani Edwards 15 Myron Manickum 16 Brody Cleave 17 Stephen Carmichael 18 Pablo Yackson Res GK Jared Karam Coaches: Hoani Edwards Nathan Christie Mark Armstrong GK Coach: Craig Hastings Manager: Adrian Stewart Physiotherapist: Dawn Church (Physio Rehab) Match Officials: Blair McConnell Darren House Michael White Ball Boys: 12th Venom WESTERN SPRINGS Lotto Northern League Division 1 1 Adam McDonald G/K 2 Scott Midgley 3 Josh Gair 4 Alex Harrison 5 Linton Simmons 6 Liam Mulrooney Capt 7 Nicolai Berry 8 Sam Burfoot 9 Ian Sellar 10 Richard Searle 11 Patch Bowen 12 Niall Rankin 13 Luke Petrie 14 Jono Quinn 15 Sam Brotherton 16 Neil Emblen 17 Mauri Wasi 18 Scott Sellar 19 George Debenham 20 Matt Munford RGK 21 James Debenham 22 Alec Beresford 23 Ross McPhie 24 Sheldon Pillay 25 Adam Dickinson 26 Rossi Nkoy 27 Nick Forrester Coach: Neil Emblen POS TEAM P W D L For Agst GD PTS 1 Eastern Suburbs (NRFL1) 8 6 2 0 17 6 11 20 2 Western Springs (NRFL1) 8 5 2 1 22 9 13 17 3 Ellerslie AFC (NRFL1) 8 4 3 1 20 11 9 15 4 Hibiscus Coast (NRFL1) 8 5 0 3 24 19 5 15 5 Mangere Utd (NRFL1) 8 4 1 3 19 19 0 13 6 Takapuna AFC (NRFL1) 8 4 0 4 22 25 -3 12 7 Mt Albert Ponsonby (NRFL1) 8 3 1 4 14 10 4 10 8 Metro FC (NRFL1) 8 2 4 2 15 16 -1 10 Melville United AFC 9 8 2 1 5 15 17 -2 7 (NRFL1) 10 Manurewa AFC (NRFL1) 8 2 1 5 10 14 -4 7 11 North Shore Utd (NRFL1) 8 1 2 5 16 26 -10 5 12 Papatoetoe AFC (NRFL1) 8 1 1 6 8 30 -22 4 Senior Report Hi Everyone, Hope you have all had a couple of good weeks since the last report. It is with regret that we have had to remove the Div 6 team from competition as they have found it hard to put a team together each week. Although we have tried each week, it just didn’t happen. The rest of the teams have done well with 3 wins 1 loss and 1 postponed last week. The ladies having the biggest win 5-1 against Pukekohe, well done girls The first team and the reserves both didn’t enjoy playing on a Sunday with both going down 2-1 and 5-0. Let’s hope they can both turn it around this week against Western Springs. On the 31st May we are away to Melville and there is a bus going down, leaving at 9.30am and returning around 8pm.