KICKOFF NSW MEN’S ROUND 16 Sunday 23 JUNE 2019 5pm ® HENSLEY ATHLETIC FIELD Our gold sponsor Growthbuilt has teamed up with Hakoah FC to host a Pink Sports Day to raise breast cancer awareness. The dates are set for 22 and 23 June. Website: hakoahfc.com.au Email: [email protected] Twitter: @hakoahfc Facebook: fb.com/HakoahSydneyCityEastFC authentic thin pressed pizza EXCLUSIVE DEAL - 10% - 20% OFF As sponsors of Hakoah FC we are offering exclusive discounts to club members during the 2019 football season as follows: SUNDAY TO THURSDAY 20% off your entire bill FRIDAY & SATURDAY 10% off your entire bill Terms & Conditions: Offer valid at Bondi Pizza Bondi Junction & Eastgardens. Cannot be used at any other Bondi Pizza locations. In order to get the discounts as per above please ensure that you make a booking (either online or by phone) and state that you are a member of Hakoah FC. There must be at least 1 Hakoah FC member present at the time of dining. 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Please note, if redeeming Man of the Match $15 vouchers when dining a maximum of 1 voucher can be used per table/ booking / bill. 1ST GRADE TEAM LISTS ® 1 Ryan Norval 1 Nenad Vekic 2 Connor Shaddock 2 Nathan Millgate 3 James Combes 3 Giorgio Speranza 4 Bradley Walker 4 Roberto Speranza 5 Steven Katsionis 5 James Baldacchino 6 Dominic Cox 7 Sean O’Connell 8 Oliver Green 8 Connor Evans 9 Shohei Okuno 9 Anthony Frangie 10 Nathan Roberts 10 Marko Jesic 11 Jack Green 11 Mitch Mallia 12 Josh Swadling 12 James Andrew 13 Robert Ezekiel 13 Yianni Nicolaou 14 Jordan Koton 14 Peter Pelekanos 15 Predrag Bojic 15 Lachlan Sepping 16 Brad Paikin 16 Liam Youlley 17 Harry Jones 17 Kristian Sekutkoski 23 Adrian Vranic 18 Anthony Trimboli 24 Amaury Gauthier 19 Zac Cairncross 25 Max Ephraim 20 Richie Cardozo 60 Taka Noji 23 Brandon Vella Head Coach: Gavin (Guv) Rae Coach: Peter Tsekenis Assistant Coach: Zlatco Arambasic Team Managers: Frank Mammoliti and Goal Keeping Coach: Trinity Allen Peter Papoythis Goal Keeper Coach: Ante Covic Head Physio: Andrew Hughes Strength & Conditioning Coach: Brett Manager: Brian Ree Studman Manager: Alex Robertson Gear Steward: Robert Tolomeo, Robert Filippin, Laborio Bivona Referee: K. Ams Assistant Referees: S. Edeling, P. Teleki Fourth Official: N. Kour *TEAM LISTINGS SUBJECT TO CHANGE MATCH PREVIEW Hakoah Sydney City East will be hoping to stop a The Stallions boast one of the most deadly attacks horror run of nine straight defeats when they host in the competition but suffer from a bad case of Marconi Stallions on Sunday night. inconsistency which struck last week as they suffered a 1-0 loss on the road against Manly United. It has been the season from hell for Hakoah with their strong results from the opening four weeks seeming Marconi will have a point to prove this week and will like an eternity ago with the team slumping to one of have their eyes set on a big win against the league’s the worst run of results in the club’s history. bottom team. Coach Gavin Rae will be hoping a return to the Currently in eighth spot, the Peter Tsekenis coached familiar surround of their Hensley Athletic Field Marconi team have to finish the season on a high home ground is the formula to help his side snatch a note if they are any chance of snatching a spot in the much needed win. finals. Hakoah has made two big signings in recent weeks Anthony Frangie returns to take on his old side in with the addition of Pedj Bojic and Adrian Vranic Hakoah and will want to put in a big performance at bolstering Rae’s options in both attack and defence. the ground where his breakthrough performances helped him become one of the leagues rising stars. Goals have been the Eastern Suburbs based club’s biggest weakness and they will be desperately Marconi will be out to inflict a huge loss on Hakoah hoping that Vranic is the answer to their goalscoring so expect the visitors to race out of the blocks. woes. Hakoah will be in for a tough test but if they can They come up against a side which hasn’t had those snatch a point from this contest it could be the problems this season in Marconi Stallions. building block for sunnier times over the back end of the campaign at Eastgardens. 1ST GRADE - NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Wollongong Wolves FC 15 10 3 2 38 13 25 33 2 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 15 8 4 3 26 21 5 28 3 Blacktown City FC 15 7 3 5 19 17 2 24 4 Sydney United 58 FC 15 7 3 5 23 26 -3 24 5 Manly United FC 15 6 5 4 21 19 2 23 6 Rockdale City Suns FC 15 7 2 6 19 24 -5 23 7 Sydney Olympic FC 15 5 5 5 26 24 2 20 8 Marconi Stallions FC 15 6 1 8 32 26 6 19 9 Sutherland Sharks FC 15 4 6 5 19 19 0 18 10 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 15 4 5 6 25 32 -7 17 11 Sydney FC 15 4 2 9 21 34 -13 14 12 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 15 2 1 12 9 23 -14 7 NPLNSW.COM.AU 7 1ST GRADE REVIEWS Sydney Olympic 1 – Hakoah Sydney City East 0 Manly United 1 – Marconi Stallions 0 at Cromer at Lambert Park Park Peter Kekeris starred as Sydney Olympic arrested A Charles Mendy strike in first-half stoppage time their mid-season NPL NSW slump by edging proved decisive as Manly United edged out Marconi bottom-placed Hakoah Sydney City East 1-0 at Stallions 1-0 at Cromer Park on Sunday afternoon. Lambert Park on Sunday evening. In a fiery affair, the visitors will be left scratching Kekeris’ early strike – the winger’s first for Olympic their heads as to how they emerged empty-handed after signing on from A-League’s Central Coast following the raft of opportunities they forged Mariners last month – was the telling effort, one throughout the ninety. which boosts the reigning champions in their hunt for a top-five finish. Despite James Andrew and last week’s hat-trick hero Mitch Mallia giving Manly some early defensive Olympic’s finals ambitions had been dampened headaches, the solitary goal of the match arrived over a run of five matches without a win prior to the courtesy of a former Stallion Charles Mendy deep Round 15 clash in Leichhardt but the club now move into first-half added time. above fellow contenders Marconi Stallions and Sutherland Sharks into seventh position. A tense second stanza ultimately saw the scoresheet remain as it were, allowing for a courageous Manly performance to earn them a valuable three points in the race for the top 5. 8 #NPLNSW TEAM OF THE WEEK 01: LARGE USE: OVER 150MM WIDE This logo has a smaller ‘®’ symbol FOOTBALL NSW WOULD LIKE TO THANK THEIR SPONSORS FOR THEIR CONTINUED SUPPORT 02: SMALL USE: 55MM - 150MM WIDE This logo has a larger ‘®’ symbol NPLNSW.COM.AU 9 HAKOAH/GROWTHBUILT PINK SPORTS WEEKEND Dear Hakoah Community On the weekend of 22nd and 23rd of June, Hakoah and Growthbuilt are hosting a Pink Sports Weekend. The primary objective of the weekend is to help raise funds and awareness for Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA). We would like to thank Growthbuilt for supporting Hakoah with this initiative, it is really appreciated. BCNA supports around 20,000 families each year who are affected by breast cancer. https://www.bcna.org.au/about-us/who-we-are/ Please show your support over the weekend by coming and watching our teams play, and donating to a very worthy cause. It would also be appreciated if you could encourage friend and family to do the same. You can make a donation by clicking on the link below which goes to the Hakoah donation page with BCNA. https://bcna.secure.force.com/Donations/CICD__Fundraise?id=7010y0000016orv We will be decorating Hensley with a splash of Pink over the weekend, and our youth and senior teams will be wearing pink arm bands. Let’s all have a fun weekend and show our support. Thank you all for your generosity, Hakoah Board. 10 #NPLNSW U20’S TEAM LISTS ® 26 Jay Hirschowitz 26 Kristofer Nicolaou 27 Peter Turral 27 Dylan Locaputo 28 Hesan Soufi 28 Martin Fernandez 29 Ryan Rooke 29 Ethan Dosanjh 30 Mitch Knight 30 Emilio Fadel 36 Ellis Bellos 31 Christian Nascimben 57 Cameron Szyszka 32 Advin Trbencevic 71 Chris Lountzis 33 Andrew Holder 73 Hamish McGlinchey 34 Aiden Kenny 81 Jett Ferro 35 Kye Soares 83 Coen Emmenegger 38 Billy Nunes 80 Nikita Parkes 40 Damien Tsekenis 41 Chiba Ashour Head Coach: Neil (Jabba) Jablonski Goal Keeping Coach: Trinity Allen Coach: Steve Appleby Head Physio: Andrew Hughes Assistant Coach: Osvaldo Riva Manager: Dave Shaddock Team Manager: Robert Tolomeo Manager: Jordan Divertie U20’S - NPL NSW MEN’S POS TEAM P W D L F A GD PTS 1 Blacktown City FC 15 10 4 1 35 12 23 34 2 Sydney FC 15 6 6 3 24 16 8 24 3 APIA Leichhardt Tigers FC 14 7 3 4 18 10 8 24 4 Rockdale City Suns FC 15 7 3 5 33 26 7 24 5 Sutherland Sharks FC 15 6 4 5 18 17 1 22 6 Manly United FC 15 6 3 6 25 27 -2 21 7 Sydney Olympic FC 14 6 3 5 18 20 -2 21 8 Wollongong Wolves FC 15 6 0 9 18 26 -8 18 9 Marconi Stallions FC 15 4 5 6 21 28 -7 17 10 Mt Druitt Town Rangers FC 15 4 4 7 28 33 -5 16 11 Hakoah Sydney City East FC 14 3 4 7 22 33 -11 13 12 Sydney United 58 FC 14 2 3 9 16 28 -12 9 12 #NPLNSW U20’S MATCH PREVIEW Hakoah Sydney City East should be raring to go Their opponents this weekend, Marconi, travel to against Marconi Stallions on Sunday afternoon, Hensley Athletic Field after a 3-1 defeat to Manly having gone a week without a match after their United in which Lachlan Sepping scored the Round 15 clash with Sydney Olympic was washed Stallions’ only goal.