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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...
Front Cover Photo scene from the Uni Goldenrods (green/black) v Lower Hutt City match at Fraser Park.
Lower Hutt won 3-1.
Club News
Lets start with the bad news: the Womens 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 freekick 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.
Were taking on Tawa this Sunday 1pm at Kelburn Park. Weve 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 Womens 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 Mens
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 wasnt 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 Professors 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
Yes it is true Italy are the champions of the worldwell, the Uni world. Were
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 Womens 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
havent 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)
Team
Cap 2
Cap 2
Cap 4
Cap 7
Cap 7
Cap 7
Cap 10
Cap 11
Cap 12
Cap 13
Cap 13
Cap 14
Cap 15
Cap 16
Masters 4
University Firsts
Uni Gossies
Uni Scarfies
Uni 4ths
Uni Raiders
Uni Stallions
Uni Beavers
Uni Rangers
Unicorns
Uni Wanderers
Uni Brow
Uni Honey Badgers
Uni Goldenrods
Uni Cycles
Uni Bombers
Todays Game
Last Wks
Result
v Tawa B (h)
Lost 1-2
v Tawa A (a)
Won 2-1
v Eastbourne (a)
Lost 1-2
v Marist Cobras (h)*
Lost 1-2
v SV Killer Bees (h)*
Won 2-1
v Nth Wgth Varsity (h)*
Won 2-1
v Brooklyn Northern (h)* Won 4-1
v Karori Tonners (h)*
Lost 0-3
v Karori Meke (h)*
Lost 1-4
v Porirua City (a)*
Drew 1-1
v Seatoun (a)*
v Marist Loaded (h)*
Won 4-3
v Western Suburbs (a)*
Lost 4-0
v Naenae Nighthawks (a)* Lost 2-6
v Brooklyn Northern (h)* Won 1-0
Table
Psn
2nd
5th
8th
1st
7th
2nd
1st
5th
2nd
6th
7th
2nd
6th
6th
3rd
Womens:
Grade
Team
Womens 1
Womens 2
Womens 4
University
University
University
* Cup games
v Tawa (h)*
v Island Bay United (h)*
v Wainui Ziggyz (h)
Last
Result
Lost 0-3
Lost 1-4
Table
Psn
5th
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