OFFICIAL UCAFC MATCHDAY PROGRAMME - SEASON 2018

Saturday 24th March 2018

Hello everyone and welcome to Ilam fields for the second round of the MPL as we host Nelson
Suburbs. Welcome to Nelson staff, players and supporters, we wish you safe travels and hope
you enjoy your day at Ilam Fields.

Last week saw a great atmosphere at Ilam with the first round kicking off alongside our club day,
which was a huge success! Thanks to all the teams and players who came down to play and
support. Today we look forward to another entertaining match where we will surely see some
great football being played!

Today also sees the first round of the WPL being played. We would like to wish the best of luck
to our Women’s Premier team in their match against Halswell at English Park. Hopefully today is
a successful day for both our Premier League teams and good luck to all involved!

If you are watching the Universities vs Nelson game make sure you grab yourself a snag or a hot
drink to keep warm as the weather is supposed to be a little cold. Just look out for the red
gazebo!

Kesia Stock - Club President

Hello everybody, welcome to Ilam Fields for Round 2 of the 2018 MPL. On behalf of UCAFC,
welcome to the Nelson Suburbs staff and players. Safe travels to and from Nelson today.

Suburbs had a dominant 4-0 victory over FC Twenty 11 in Christchurch last week and will be
looking to their National League stars to continue their good start. We suffered defeat to
Cashmere Technical, and were disappointed with our output. We were stung by a 10 minute
cameo where we had no answers, having started the match brightly. Our second half was
much improved and showed our very inexperienced squad of 8 debutants that we have a
capable group this year.

This week has been one of honesty and ownership, and I look forward to a positive reaction
from our squad today.

Enjoy the match and Up Up Universities!

Jesse Rawlings - MPL Head Coach & Football Development Manager

 Referee: Cameron Gruschow
AR 1: Mike Killick

AR 2: Tim Mclintock
4th Official: Regan Preston
Home Team Away Team
1 Nathan Brouwer 1 Corey Wilson
2 George Moore (c) 2 Tom Marston
3 Jonathan Gough
3 Shaun Morgan
5 Labu Pan
4 Tom Roodbeen
6 Eddie Sillars
5 Angus McCarthy
7 Jimmy Deehan
6 Callum Gillies 8 Ryan Stewart
7 Tom Bailey 9 Ben Wright
8 Jack Orchard 11 Alex Ridsdale
9 Luis John 12 Cory Glover
10 Michael Williamson 13 Neil Connell
14 James McClay
11 Keegan Hollis
15 Jordan Yong
12 David Wilson
17 Davi Maciel
13 Nika Ross
18 Josh Smith
14 Hamish Wallace 19 Chester Gaskin
15 Will Doherty 21 Van Roland
16 Sam Howes 23 Sam Ayers
Staff Staff
Head Coach Jesse Rawlings Co-Coach Steve Bignall
Assistant Coach Riccardo Felitti Co-Coach Ben Wright
Manager James Walton Manager Cary Hamson
Head - Analyst Nic Jansen

Next MPL Fixture: Coastal Spirit

Cuthberts Green
30/03/18 2.45pm
 Name: Luis John Nickname: Nachos
Age: 19 Position: Winger
Time With UCAFC: Fresher Study: Quantity Surveying (UC)

Favourite Band: Soaked Oats Spirit Animal: Beaver

Favourite Food: Lasagne Favourite Player: Sergio Ramos

Best Team Bonding moment: Just about surviving initiation until I

met the Club President. I don’t think I’ll ever live that one down.

Goals For The Season: To become a starting MPL player and bang in a couple goals!

Name: Nicole Scott Nickname: Cole

Position: Centre Back Age: 17
Time With UCAFC: Three years Study: Cashmere High School

Favourite Band: Counting Crows Spirit Animal: Wolf

Favourite UC Football Moment: When I was given my theme

song of ‘Nicole Scott on Fire’.

Funny UC Story: Riding shotgun home from Nelson trip and having a full conversation
with Khalil, only to be completely ignored. Thought he was being rude but it turned out he
had Bluetooth headphones on under his beanie the whole time. Classic Khalil.
 Usually we would feature a team of the week in this
section, however we want to take a moment to thank
those players that have left the club this year for
their service.

From the legendary Burgundy Beavers to the Div 4

dominating Yellow Jackets and many others; we
loved having you guys around and you are always
welcome back any time!

To everyone who has represented the Universities

AFC badge, it was a pleasure.

Good luck in all your future endeavours.

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 Well, after several months of preparation and pre-season the 2018 WPL season is upon us!
I am delighted to be back on-board as WPL coach this year after a tough but very positive first season
in 2017, and am very excited with the growing potential of this club both in the men’s and women’s
side of the game. Speaking from the women’s side of the club our women’s pathway has never been
stronger, and the girls have been working really hard for what is looking like a very promising season.
I would like everyone to join me in congratulating Jordan Coleman, who will be stepping up as WPL co
-coach alongside myself this season. He was an important part of our our team last year as PDL head
coach, and also stepped up as assistant coach for the WPL mid-way through the 2017 season.
We are also very lucky to have acquired Ian Naghi, another sport coaching student at UC with
fantastic knowledge in strength and conditioning, and who will be taking our Reserves side this year.
After retaining the majority of our group from last season and acquiring several new signings, we
have seen a huge increase in numbers this year which has led to us introducing a third competitive
team underneath our Premiers and Reserves. This is fantastic for the club and the girls game, and also
means we will have a lot more depth for our WPL side with more players to call upon.
Ashley Parent and Amira Abaza will also be joining our coaching staff as coaches of this new CWC
Gold side, both players from our WPL squad with excellent knowledge of the game and who I’m
confident will add a lot of value.
We kick-off our season this Saturday at English Park against newly promoted Halswell
United! Halswell are fresh from winning the PDL league last season and will be looking forward to
making their return to the WPL underneath their new coach Cory, who I'm sure will have them well
prepared for a very tough game!
I am very excited to see what our girls are capable of producing out on the football field this season,
and I hope you enjoy watching our games this season!
Looking forward to seeing you all on the football field!
Khalil Gerbeaux - WPL Co-Coach
 12:00pm
English Park
Saturday 24th March

Away Team Home Team

1 Ellie Coshall 1
2 Elsie Anderson 2
3 Kelsey Barrett 3
4 Ekaterina Lieshout 4
5 Nicole Scott 5
6 Makenzie Haberfield (C) 6
7 Frances Power 7
Not supplied at time of print.
8 Wikke Nijhof 8
9 Ashleigh Leonard 9
10 Rachel Brodie 10
11 Alexandra Mace-Cochrane 11
12 Grace Evans 12
14 Amelia Woulfe 14
15 Konagh Garrett 15
Staff Staff
Co - Coach Khalil Gerbeaux Head Coach
Co - Coach Jordan Coleman Assistant Coach
Assistant Coach 1 Ian Naghi Manager
Assistant Coach 2 Ashley Parent Physio
Manager Melissa Taylor

Next WPL Fixture: Cashmere Technical

Ilam Fields
07/04/18 12:30pm
 Men’s Premier League
Position Team Played Win Draw Loss For Against GD Total
1 Nelson Suburbs FC 1 1 0 0 0 4 4 3
2 Cashmere Technical 1 1 0 0 3 0 3 3
3 Ferrymead Bays FC 1 1 0 0 4 2 2 3
4 Coastal Spirit 1 1 0 0 4 3 1 3
5 Selwyn United FC 1 0 0 1 3 4 -1 0
6 Nomads United AFC 1 0 0 1 2 4 -2 0
7 Universities AFC 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3 0
8 FC Twenty 11 1 0 0 1 0 4 -4 0

Women’s Premier League

Position Team Played Win Draw Loss For Against GD Total
1 Cashmere Technical 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Coastal Spirit 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Halswell United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Universities AFC 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Waimak United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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