Victoria University v Tawa B - Victoria University A.F.C - Wellington Capital 2 Kelburn Park, 2.30pm Saturday 7 August 2010

Victoria University A.F.C

      Victoria University v
             Tawa B
            Wellington Capital 2
Kelburn Park, 2.30pm Saturday 7 August 2010

            Match Programme

             www.vuwafc.org.nz

Saturday 5 June saw the first Mid-Year Ball, held at KP to celebrate Queens Birthday...

Club Captain’s Message
Ayoba! Greetings from Africa. I’m
currently stuck in a fishing village in
Mozambique without internet, eating
grilled fish and drinking rum served by
twelve-year old bar men. So it’s a short
note this week, if only to let you all
know I’m still alive…

Warm welcome to Tawa, though I’m sure
the weather will be nothing but warm as
the cold blast of winter’s finally hit
home. Capital 2 is still tightly
contested, and this weekend’s game has
a lot riding on it for
University after the hiccup last week against the Gossies (news news travels far, even
to deepest darkest Africa).

Congratulations to two Uni sides – the Mens’ 4ths (Greens) and the Uni Beavers – for
winning their leagues. Both stories demonstrate the Uni spirit. The 4ths, a team that
did not know each other before the start of the season, gelled quickly to take the
title, winning Capital 7 with a week to spare. Special mention to the Uni Stallions
who took second place which means we could have two Uni sides in Capital 6 next
year.

The Beavers won their second title in a row, putting on string of impressive results at
the end of the season to win Capital 10 by a single point on the last weekend of the
regular season, thanks to Petone going down in its last match. Well done lads!

The World Cup was unbelievable. My ears are still recovering from those wretched
vuvuzelas (though we are looking to make them a fixture for the fans at KP).
Highlight was calling the Italians cheats on Radio NZ! The World Cup has a first time
winner and New Zealand is the only unbeaten team of the 2010. Ole. Go well.

Postie

Front Cover Photo – scene from the Uni Goldenrods (green/black) v Lower Hutt City match at Fraser Park.
Lower Hutt won 3-1.

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Match Report – Gossies v Uni 1sts
The Capital 2 match of the week on July 31st lived to its name. The University First
XI were playing the Reserves at Kelburn Park and the paying spectators got their
money’s worth.

Both teams left the sheds early and completed a long and extensive warm-up. In the
first 20’ play suffered as a result of both teams battling for possession. However,
both Ramiro Gatti and Matt Wilson created a couple of chances for themselves, but
could not convert them. In the middle of first half, just when University were
starting to gain the upper hand, the Gossies broke the deadlock. Ramiro Gatti freed
himself just outside the box and unleashed a powerful shot which hit the post; Jimmy
Hardaker was first on the rebound and calmly tapped it in. University reacted and
through Ignacio Donovan and Loic Lassueur tested goalkeeper Alexis Wevers from
distance, but the Gossies shot stopper denied them. Eventually University’s
determination paid off, and Matt Wilson equalized with a deadly accurate right-foot
shot which left Wevers no chance: 1-1.

In the second half both teams gave 110% in the hope of snatching the 3 competition
points. Gerald Joe was stretched off with a groin-injury and was replaced by veteran
defender Ma Mahuika who took over as left-back. Corbin Bristol, Wilfred Miller and
Giuliano Serrao too got a taste of the action in the second half. Tim Robinson almost
scored the goal of the season when, being caught unawares by a Zac Robertson cross,
the Silver Fox almost chipped his own goalkeeper.

Tempers flared and Matt Ryan was lucky not to be given a yellow card for a couple of
nasty fouls. Rodrigo Nieto’s name went into the referee’s book when the Chilean
midfielder kicked the ball away in frustration. Krip Miles’ back chat also earned him
a yellow card. The Gossies match-winner came from a Rodrigo Nieto’s header
following a corner kick, but the game was far from over. With the Gossies
concentrating on their defence, University was allowed to keep the ball for long
stretches of the game. Schiltenwolf’s men came very close to scoring when Matt
Rowe was fouled in the box, resulting in a penalty. Veteran specialist Graham Essel’s
effort summed up a bleak day for Varsity with the former South African
International missing both the penalty and the follow-up.

With three games left in the league, University still have a significant chance of
finishing in the top 2 and Schiltenwolf’s men must win all their remaining games.
The Gossies will have to do their best to help their First Team and take points off
Wellington Utd and Tawa A. It’s going to be a heck of a final sprint!

Club News
Let’s start with the bad news: the Women’s firsts lost their final game of the league to the
Brooklyn Mongrels 6-0. After a pretty even first half saw us 1-0 down at half time, the
Wakefield mud (and possibly some ok play from Brooklyn...) overcame us in the second.
Some stellar saves from keeper and player of the day Helen saved us from an even more
embarrassing scoreline. Brooklyn proceeded to complete the humiliation by pumping Ricky
Martin in the clubrooms, chasing us to a car to try and poach a player, and stealing our
balls.
But there has been some good news in the second half of our season. Things started
improving with a 3-0 win over Island Bay, with two goals from leading goal scorer Megs
Carson (aka VUWAFC Darts champion) a result of nice team play, and supported by solid
defending. The next week saw a dominant performance against Upper Hutt – goals from
Christelle, Loz and Chelsea countering a dubious Upper Hutt penalty to give us a 3-1 win.
Player of the day was left back Bryn.
A slight glitch against Miramar (1-0 loss) was followed by a hard-fought 3-2 win over Tawa.
After drawing level with Tawa twice in the first half (thanks to another two goals from free-
kick specialist Megs), we frustrated Tawa with our solid second-half defence, including
from player of the day Ruth Field. Tawa responded in true Tawa style - by taking out our
stand-in keeper, Kim, while she was on the ground, forcing her to leave the field. We
continued to fight hard, despite the loss of central back rock Bridget (of Player Profile fame)
to stand-in stand-in keeper, and Bronson Carson scored a fantastic goal in the dying
minutes to give us a well-deserved win.
We’re taking on Tawa this Sunday 1pm at Kelburn Park. We’ve really appreciated the
support at home games this year, and it would be great to see a good turn-out this
weekend!
                                              ***
Having finished our league games, it is looking likely that the Women’s 2nd XI will claim
second place our division, even though several teams have games-in-hand. One of our best
games of late took place mid-week at Te Whaea, against arch-rivals Wellington United
Clash. Having lost 3-1 to them at the start of the season, we were keen to redeem ourselves,
and did so respectably with a 3-0 win. Goals from Christelle Bott and Tessa Simpkins, along
with inspirational coaching from one Mike Cowman, lead us to victory. Thanks to the 1XI
players who were happy to help out when we needed.
                                            ***
Although the minging bog of Anderson Park in a southerly was no Soccer City, the Men’s
4th XI were crowned champions of the Division 7 title after handing North Wellington
Varsity a good old-fashioned 5-1 thrashing. Unbeaten now in eight games, including seven
wins, the 4th XI are undoubtedly the form team of the division and, despite foul conditions
on Saturday, showed why they have won the division with a game to spare.
It was a very different story from the previous week when the same team had pushed Uni
all the way in a 3-2 classic, but in the rain and mud it was a much more one-sided contest. It
was never going to be pretty, and all the goals came from in-and-around the six-yard area
(where the ball wasn’t floating) with Ciaran Davis-Wall grabbing his second hat-trick of the
season. This has been a particularly impressive achievement from a team that had never

played together before the opening game a few months ago. Well done lads!

The Professor
For the first time, the Professor is going local and heading down to the deep, dark south,
where men are men, and the high country sheep are worried. And the Professor’s been able
to confirm that there are some students down there who play football, in addition to
drinking Speights, rioting and setting fire to couches on the terraces at Carisbrook…

Otago University – www.ouafc.ousa.org.nz
The Otago University Association Football Club was established in 1939 and has played in
Otago competitions ever since. Home ground for the first team is the Caledonian Ground in
Logan Park, Dunedin.

In 1972 it entered the Southern League, and finished in second place in 1974, 1975 and most
recently in 1999. With the reorganisation of football, the club has been part of the Football
South Premier League since 2000, and its best placing was second in 2002.

In the Chatham Cup, the best result for Otago was last year, when it got as far as the fourth
round, losing 1-3 to eventual semi-finalist Dunedin Technical. The only other year it
reached the fourth round was 1965.

Womens football at Otago University is run by a separate women’s club, however, the two
clubs work closely together. Combined, Otago University is one of the largest clubs
affiliated, fielding seven teams for the 2009 season.

Italy Win the World Cup!!!!

Yes it is true – Italy are the champions of the world…well, the Uni world. We’re
talking the 1st X-Box World Cup, played at Kelburn Park clubrooms last weekend.
The Cup saw eight teams, representing six Uni sides fight it out for Xbox supremacy
using the official Fifa World Cup game. With each team taking on one of the great
international sides (and the Women’s Firsts being lumbered with England) the
competition was hard-fought and long, lasting right up to the kickoff in the All
Blacks match.

Italy (played by the reps from the Uni Rangers) went undefeated throughout the
tournament, with only a 2-2 draw against Germany blemishing their record. In the
final they met the Gossies from Spain. With a goal in the first minute the tenor of the
final was set, and to be honest the Italians cruised to victory, thanks to a first half
hat-trick from Vincenzo Iaquinta.

Thanks to Marcus Anselm, Andy Crisp and Tim Robinson for all the help and the loan
of the XBoxes. Look forward to another such event (or XBox Playboy Mansion, we
haven’t decided yet)…

Teams:
England (Womens Firsts), Germany (Gossies A),
Spain (Gossies B), Italy (Uni Rangers), Argentina
(Goldenrods A), France (Goldenrods B), Netherlands
(Scarfies), Brazil (Uni Brow)

                                                        The winning team from the Uni
                                                        Rangers - Forza Azzuri

The Honour Roll
With the season winding down, many of the lower grades have finished their league
competitions and are now on to the cups. The first silverware has been locked away
as well, with the Mens’ Fourth team winning Capital 7 with a game to spare (see Club
News). In fact, a good result for the Stallions this week will give Uni a 1-2 finish in
the division! And the Uni Beavers taking out Capital 10.

Second placings to the Uni Stallions, Uni Corns and Uni Honey Badgers mean that a
number of Uni sides will be playing in higher grades next year. For the development
of the club this is fantastic news.

Mens:

    Grade       Team                  Today’s Game             Last Wk’s     Table
                                                               Result        Psn
    Cap 2       University Firsts     v Tawa B (h)             Lost 1-2      2nd
    Cap 2       Uni Gossies           v Tawa A (a)             Won 2-1       5th
    Cap 4       Uni Scarfies          v Eastbourne (a)         Lost 1-2      8th
    Cap 7       Uni 4ths              v Marist Cobras (h)*     Lost 1-2      1st
    Cap 7       Uni Raiders           v SV Killer Bees (h)*    Won 2-1       7th
    Cap 7       Uni Stallions         v Nth Wgth Varsity (h)*  Won 2-1       2nd
    Cap 10      Uni Beavers           v Brooklyn Northern (h)* Won 4-1       1st
    Cap 11      Uni Rangers           v Karori Tonners (h)*    Lost 0-3      5th
    Cap 12      Unicorns              v Karori Meke (h)*       Lost 1-4      2nd
    Cap 13      Uni Wanderers         v Porirua City (a)*      Drew 1-1      6th
    Cap 13      Uni Brow              v Seatoun (a)*           -             7th
    Cap 14      Uni Honey Badgers     v Marist Loaded (h)*     Won 4-3       2nd
    Cap 15      Uni Goldenrods        v Western Suburbs (a)*   Lost 4-0      6th
    Cap 16      Uni Cycles            v Naenae Nighthawks (a)* Lost 2-6      6th
    Masters 4   Uni Bombers           v Brooklyn Northern (h)* Won 1-0       3rd

Womens:

   Grade          Team                                           Last        Table
                                                                 Result      Psn
   Women’s 1      University          v Tawa (h)*                -           -
   Women’s 2      University          v Island Bay United (h)*   Lost 0-3    -
   Women’s 4      University          v Wainui Ziggyz (h)        Lost 1-4    5th

* Cup games

Player Profile – Bridget Zimmerman
NAME: Bridget Zimmerman
TEAM: Women’s Firsts
AGE: 20 years old
COUNTRY OF BIRTH: New Zealand
NICKNAME: B
OCCUPATION: Café Owner/Coffee
Roaster
MARITAL STATUS (UNDER THE
THUMB?): The sole property of Ms
Nilsson - decided to branch outside the
club
POSITION: Centre Back
PREVIOUS CLUBS: Eastern Suburbs
(Auckland, sigh)
FAVOURITE CLUB: VUWAFC – least
controversial answer
FAVOURITE PLAYER: Heather
Ashdown
FAVOURITE FOOD: Going to go and incorporate the whole carbohydrate food
group
PET HATES ON THE FOOTBALL FIELD: When people don't realise that that magic
goal was solely contrived by the back line about 15 passes ago,
PERSON YOU'D MOST LIKE TO MEET: Maggie Smith
3 THINGS YOU'D TAKE TO A DESERT ISLAND: iPod, machete, and a volley ball
seems to be a good idea
BEST ADVICE EVER GIVEN TO YOU: Double daring doesn't actually mean anything
DREAM DATE IF NOT YOUR W.A.G.: Blake Lively
FAVOURITE PLACE IN THE WORLD: Delphi

Club Information
Founded: 1899
Home Ground: Kelburn Park, Wellington

First Team Honours:
Central League Division Two – Winners 1998, Third 1992
Wellington Division One – Runners Up 1956, 1973, Third 1979
Wellington Division Two – Winners 1950, 1952, 1965, 2001, Runner Up 1988, Third
2006

Club Captain: Steve Carlin

Secretary: Tessa Versteeg

Committee Members: Steve ‘Postie’ Carlin, Bronwyn Carson, Tessa Versteeg, Rowan
Anderson, Craig Harris, David Abricossow, Tim Robinson, Christian Squire, Lauren
Hakkaart, Michael Doherty, Natasha Naus, Felix Hallwass, Giuliano Serrao, Michael
Roberts, Phil Bak.

One man support club: Eddie ‘Leeds Utd’ Taylor

Most fanatical supporter: Harriet

With many thanks to:

Caption Contest

  Can you think of a good caption to describe this photo? Send your answers to
  rowandranderson@gmail.com and the winner will be announced at the end of year function.
  The winner will receive an invite to the Scarfies private end of year party where they can rub
  'shoulders' with the Scarfies.

MAIN MATCH –
         SATURDAY 7 AUGUST 2010,
                           2010, 2.30 KELBURN PARK

UNIVERSITY
1. Matt Steele
2. Mitch Bradley
3. Tim Robinson
4. Kristian Miles (c)
5. Matt Ryan
6. Ignacio Donovan
7. Jimmy Hardaker
8. Zac Robertson
9. Jesse Whitehead
10. Loic Lassueur
11. Graham Essell
12. Matt Rowe
13. Juan Pablo
14. Ricky Versteeg

Coach – Guillermo Schiltenwolf
(team subject to change)

TAWA B

                  CURTAIN RAISER –
       UNI HONEY BADGERS v MARIST LOADED,
                                  LOADED, 12.30