Tuesday, February 12
PAPATOETOE WILDCATS est 1986
Kia Ora and welcome to the PAPATOETOE WILDCATS American Football Club.
* 2002 Snr KIWI BOWL XX Winners
* 2002 NATIONAL CLUB III Winners
* 2002 U18 KIWI BOWL IV Winners
* 2004 U18 KIWI BOWL VI Winners
* 2008 UNIFIED KIWIBOWL XVII Winners
The Wildcats American Football Club was founded in 1986 and celebrated 21 YEARS in 2007-2008.
Please look through our website, we hope you will get some insight into how the Club and its teams have progressed throughout the years.
Please visit our other pages and check out the 'News' and reviews on how our players, team and season progress throughout the year
And dont forget to acknowledge our sponsors .....
The MUSTANG Bar and Grill Newmarket...
"We are WILDCATS we are CHAMPIONS and we are FAMILY"
Friday, November 28
CATS GO DOWN BY 1 POINT
More news to come...
Friday, October 31
SEASON DRAW - SENIORS 2008
Sunday, October 12
TYLER headed for NFL International CAMP TRYOUTS
There are currently five British players from the BAFL that are now playing on NFL practise squads. They are:
Marvin Allen - Pittsburgh Steelers
Shaun Smith - Carolina Panthers
Jason Brisbane - San Diego Chargers
Aden Durde - K C Cheifs
Jermain Allen - New Orleans Saints
Our hope is the next International player to make that roster will be our very own Tyler Matia. Tyler has spent 2006 in the UK playing for the Cassidy Jets, and 2007 again away from home and playing this time for the AF2 team the Rio Grand Valley Dorados. Tyler is currently in the UK playing for the Cassidy Jets in the BAFL final two weeks ago and has just returned from a football game In Austria Germany where players are scouted for the semi pro German teams.
His dedication and commitment to his sport has meant he has now been invited to trial for the first of a number of camps to also make an NFL practise squad as an international player.The journey is a long and slow one but Tyler is not on his own. Two Kiwis living in England , Johhny and Lester Hopewell are with him as well as Jets staff to get him to where he needs to. Tyler will be attending the first NFL International Player Camp next week in Bristol. Should he be successful there the next one will be in Spain. We will keep you in touch with his progress.We are Wildcats - We are Champions - We are Family.
Sunday, October 12
3 WILDCATS in BRITISH FINAL
66 - Tom Wynne 58 - Gavin collins and 73- Tyler Matia hold up the winners medlas of a close fought Coventry Cassidy Jets final. 33 to 32 was the final score as the whistle blew on what was a razor close game. offence and defence both worked hard to take the Boston trophy from the London Blitz as they snatched it from the Jets last year. So with 4 seconds to go avery nervous rookie kicker, Fraser Houston kicking a game winner 40 yard field goal. The Jets will now see 58 - Gavin Collins wear the black and red for the rest of 2008 as he joins the WILDCATS for the year.
Saturday, September 13
MUSTER _ MUSTER _ MUSTER _ MUSTER _ 08
Wakey Wakey boys its time to muster and defend our hard earned trophy and record last year. Unbeaten and victorious at KIWIWBOWL 07. We will be gearing up so dont bring your touch shoes as we need to get into it as soon as we can. Joe is on his way back and so is Tyler so we are nearly all back for this years comp. Joe is excited about showing all he has learned from Arena as does Tyler.
Tom Willy and Away will be taking the Juniors this year and we welcome anyone else that wants to join in and help out. Most of the boys are also training Fridays for the Junior World Cup Game next year. WIlDCATS represent!!
So come down to Papatoetoe Intermediate and lets get this year started. NOTE:
Juniors TRAINING starts TUESDAY 16th September @ 4:30 - THURSDAY 18th September @ 4:30
Seniors / Juniors MUSTER - Saturday 20th September@ 12.00pm
From there in its Tuesaday and Thursdays and Saturdays for Juniors and Seniors.....And before the season starts we will be having a function at the MUSTANG BAR and GRILL in Newmarket as our new sponsors for 2008 - 2009.
Sunday, August 24
New Jerseys for 2008
The WILDCATS management have been working hard in the off season and are pleased to have taken the first steps to secure new jerseys for the 2008 season. With the win for the club of KIWIBOWL last year it was necessary for the club to take itself to the next level and ensure we were the best we can be on the field.
The new jerseys are from the University of Nevada Las Vegas and are just part of what the WILDCATS management have in store for the returning Seniors this year. The Jerseys are being purchased from COLLEGE JERSEYS in the US through their agent in the UK Mr Ben Herod. The jerseys are top quality and we are looking forward to having them for the first game this November.
Thursday, August 21
JUnior World Cup Meeting
The JWC gathering this Friday evening is in building 172 and room 4016. It is the same room for those of you that attended the National Forum earlier this year. For those of you that did not or would like directions to pass onto your players that may be attending:
Enter Unitec through gate 4 if approaching from Mt. Albert direction.
- Take first right turn, turning right immediately into parking area on right.
- Follow parking around to the left and park out front of Subway/National Squash Centre, facing away from the Subway building (note to all....Parks outside of Subway and National Squash Centre that are facing the building are all Pay and Display. Parks on other side of parking lot are not.) Those players that need to be a part of this programm are:
James Coleman
Ben Fidow
Peter Haufono
Aaron Henry
Wayne Homan
Talosaga Ilaoa
Tapukura Kiteone
Dillon Levae
John Nicodemus
Harley Patterson King
Jared Wynne
Anthony Winterstein
If these boys and thetre families could make it to the meeting Friday 7.00 at Unitec.
Wednesday, July 9
WILDCATS ELIGIBLE FOR NZ UNDER 19s TEAM
Junior World Championship to be played in Canton, Ohio.
The InternationalFederation of American Football (IFAF) Executive Committee announced frommeetings in Scandinavia that the 2009 IFAF Junior World Championship (JWC) willbe played from June 27 to July 5 in Canton, Ohio next summer. Canada Joins USA as AutomaticQualifier and is Awarded Tournament Top Seed.
· The Jnr U19WC will take place in July 2009 in Canton Ohio. For NZ to participate, we must play and defeat Australia U19 squad for the Oceania region representative. The qualification game will be played January 24, 2009 inCanberra.
· *Playereligibility:*
· The tournament is U19; minimum age is 17yrs old and the maximum is 19yrs old.Players can not turn 20yrs old in2009.
· This means that players born in 1990, 1991, 1992 are those only eligible for selection and participation. There are no exceptions.
* All members of the national team, must hold a current NZ passport to participate. Again, there are no exceptions. These are IFAF rules of participation for the WC tournament.
Saturday, June 14
Jo back in Black and Red...STOCKTON LIGHTNING
STOCKTON, Calif. - The Stockton Lightning announced WR Joe Taula (TALL-ah) has been acquired from the Tri-Cities Fever in exchange for future considerations. Completing the transaction, the Lightning have dealt WR Atnas Maeko to Tri-Cities, Lightning interim head coach Chad Carlson announced today.
The Lightning also announced the following roster transactions:
- QB Chad Elliott placed on re-assignment
- OL/DL Bryan Gabourel placed on re-assignment
- WR/DB Robert Henson assigned by the af2 league office
- WR/DB Raymond Little activated off injured reserve
- WR Etu Molden placed on re-assignment
"When I came here I didn't want to play any favorites for the quarterback position - I wanted one who was tough, fast and talented and Andy Collins fits what we're looking for," said Carlson. "We wish Etu well and we're not sure if his heart was in it, but we're positive Joe Taula and Robert Henson can be solid contributors. They're multi-taskers, they're long, can play offense and defense."
Taula appeared in three games this season with the Fever, registering 1.5 tackles in three games and was in uniform for his most recent game against the Lightning on May 24. A product of the Boys College of Keaston (New Zealand), Taula earned a spot on the New Zealand international squad as quarterback.
Taula will wear jersey number 14 and Henson will wear jersey number 22, who are both scheduled to make their Lightning debut this Saturday when the Lightning face the Central Valley Coyotes at 7:00 p.m. at Stockton Arena. The game can be heard live on radio at 1420 KSTN and viewed online, free-of-charge at http://www.stocktonlightning.com/ (courtesy of Nifty Online TV).
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Thursday, May 29
DORADOS WIN TWO IN A ROW.
Hidalgo, Texas— The Rio Grande Valley Dorados used a team-record 116 rushing yards and took advantage of five Oklahoma City turnovers as they defeated the Yard Dawgz 53-36 victory Saturday night at the Dodge Arena.
Rio put points on the board at the 9:43 mark in the first when Reggie Hargrove recovered a fumble by Yard Dawgz quarterback Evan Gray in the end zone to mark the only scoring in the first quarter.The Dorados took a 19-9 lead into the half after second quarter scores by Jermaine Carpenter (23-yard reception) and Travis McAlpine (33-yard interception return).
Oklahoma City was able to come within four points of the Dorados at the 11:45 mark in the third quarter on a Freddie Rollins one-yard running TD, but that is the closest they would get. Rio’s Pierre Thomas caught a five-yard pass from Travis Cole at 6:20 of the third, followed by a Robert May eight-yard run at 4:08 to pull the Dorados up 32-22 going into the final frame.Rio increased their lead by 31 with just 6:35 left in the game after an Anthony Chambers 17-yard TD reception, but the Yard Dawgz made a final push.
They scored at 3:55 with Evan Gray connecting on a pass to Keaton Graham and then with 50 seconds left on Travis Seaton’s 49-yard fumble return. Rio’s Robert May set a team record with 75 rushing yards on six carries, helping the team set records for most rushes (18) and yards (116)Rio travels to Lubbock to face the Renegades next Saturday, and returns home June 7 to take on the Texas Copperheads.
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