CLUBS AND GROUPS
Squash: Monday is juniors night at United Matamata Squash Club, Meura St, 5.30pm during school term. Email club@unitedmatamatasquash.co.nz
Squash: Thursday is weekly club night at United Matamata Squash Club, Meura St from 5pm.
Pippins: Matamata Guide Hall, Rawhiti Ave (Matamata Club carpark), Mondays 4.30pm-5.30pm, during school term.
Brownies: Matamata Guide Hall, Rawhiti Ave (Matamata Club carpark), Mondays 4.30pm-6pm during school term.
Guides & Rangers: Matamata Guide Hall, Rawhiti Ave (Matamata Club carpark), Wednesdays, 5.15pm-7pm during school term.
KEAS: Scout Den, Broadway, Matamata, Mondays 4.30pm5.30pm during term time.
Matamata Cubs: Scout Den, Broadway, Thursdays 6pm during term time.
Matamata T¯ırau Camera Club: Second Tuesday of every month, 7.30pm, Matamata-Piako Civic and Memorial Centre. All photographers welcome.
Bridge: Matamata Bridge Club on Ngaio St, 7.15pm on Mondays and Thursdays.
Matamata 500 Cards Club: Every Tuesday at the RSA, starts at 1pm. New members welcome. Contact 0272263112
Matamata Ladies Golf :18&9 holes, 9am tee off, every Tuesday. Contact Catherine 888 6715 or 0276677037.
Matamata Golf Croquet: Tuesday and Friday, 9am, Pohlen Park, 47 Smith St.
Matamata Junior Golf: Saturday, 3pm Contact Lyall 888 5544.
Matamata Golf Club: Mens and ladies 18 holes, 9.30am Saturdays, shotgun start, Contact 888 6109.
Piarere Young Farmers: Meet at Okoroire Pub from 7:30pm Monday.
Matamata Brass Band: Development band meets every Monday 5.30pm-6.30pm, senior brass band follows at 7pm. Band pavilion, Huia St.
Community Games Club: Tuesday at 1pm-3pm, Anglican Church Lounge. Rummykub, skipbo, scrabble sequence. Ph: Jackie 8884349.
Matamata Men’s Shed: Tuesdays and Thursdays from 10am-4pm, located down the alleyway between Redoubt and Warehouse Stationery.
Matamata Rotary: Tuesdays, 5.30pm. Kaimai Room, Matamata Club, 9 Waharoa Road East, contact mmrotarysecretary@gmail.com. 0272779996.
Matamata Walking Group: Leaves 9am on Tuesday and Friday from Matamata RSA Bowling Club, Ngaio St.
Matamata Bowling Club: Thursdays 9.30am-2pm and Saturdays 9.30am-12pm. 8 Peria Rd. New members welcome and spare bowls available for beginners. Ph: 8888617
Matamata Darts Club: Meets Tuesdays, 7.15pm, at Matamata
Club, Waharoa Rd East.
Meditation Group: Every Tuesday at the Senior Citizens Hall, Arawa St, 7pm- 8pm.
Waharoa Athletics: Thursdays at Waharoa Domain from 6pm.
English Language Group: Railside by the Green, 41A Hetana St. Matamata. Wednesdays, 6.30pm-8.30pm, contact: Ellena Butcher 0275622991.
Piako Gliding Club: Wednesdays, Saturdays and Sundays. Weather permitting. Group bookings welcome. Trial flights at Matamata Airfield, book online glidingmatamata.co.nz. For further information Ph: Genny 021973167 or Steve 0273491180.
Tirau over 50s: Meet Wednesdays, 12.30pm. Tirau Memorial Hall. Activities Include indoor bowls, card games and Rumikub. Contact Jean 07 8831513.
Matamata United Sports: Have hockey practice sessions at 5.30pm each Wednesday at Matamata College. Contact Don Perri on 888 7728.
Matamata Friendship Circle: Anglican Church Hall, Wednesdays, 1.30pm-3pm during school term. All lonely and shut in folk welcome for fellowship, entertainment and afternoon tea.
Senior Exercise Group :At Fitzone, Meura St, 7.30am–9am each Wednesday and Friday.
Rebus: Monthly on the second Thursday, Matamata R.S.A at 9.30am.
Nat’s Knitting Natter: Knitting and crochet group, for beginners or experts. Redoubt Bar and Eatery, Broadway, Thursdays, 11am-1pm.
Matamata Clay Target Club: Twilight shoots, Thursday, 5.30pm onwards at the gun club, Mangawhero Rd.
Matamata Districts Book Club: Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays, 12pm-5pm. New book collection. Free membership. Behind the Hinuera Hall, SH29.
ICONZ Boys: For ages 8 -12 years, Friday, 7pm-8.30pm at the Baptist Church Hall, cnr of Rawhiti and Tower Roads, during the school term.
Line Dancing: Union Parish Hall, Peria Rd, Friday morning, beginners at 9am, seniors 10am.
Mahjong: Friday, 11am-2.30pm at Matamata Bridge Club.
Matamata WI: Meet monthly, Saturdays. Phone: Jean 8887386 or Betty 8887666.
Kaimai Runners: Saturdays 11-1.30pm. Runners and walkers very welcome. Please refer to Kaimai Runners Facebook page for weekly event details or ring Gill Hampton 0277721670.
Matamata Tower Spinners & Weavers: Second and fourth Thursday of month, 10.30am2.30pm at Tower Museum.
Matamata Rebus Club: Matamata RSA, second Thursday at 9.30am.
Matamata Lions Club Dinner Meeting: Every second Wednesday, 6pm. Rawihiti Lounge, Matamata Club. Contact, Di 0220902620.
Matamata Lions Club Business
Meeting: Every fourth Wednesday, 6pm. Rawhiti Lounge, Matamata Club. Contact, Di 0220902620.
Hinuera/Te Poi Lions: Dinner meeting first Wednesday of the month.
Writers’ Group: Every second Tuesday of the month, 1.30pm at the Heritage Room, Firth Tower.
Kiwanis: Second and fourth Monday of the month, Matamata Club, 6pm.
Matamata Rose Society: Meeting fourth Monday of the month, Anglican Parish Lounge.
Matamata Society of Arts: Third Monday of the month, Firth Tower MSA rooms, 7pm. Contact: Lorraine 021639324. Next club day., Matamata Firth Tower, Tower Road.
Matamata Women’s Institute: Second Tuesday in the month, 1.30pm, Anglican Church lounge.
Matamata Patchwork Club: First and third Thursday of every month, All Saints Anglican Church Hall, 10am.
Matamata Tower Spinners & Weavers: Second and fourth Thursday of month, 10:30am2:30pm at Tower Museum.
Rural Women’s Social Group: First Thursday of each month, 7pm, Okoroire Pub.
NZ Society of Genealogists Matamata Branch: Third Thursday of every month, 7.30pm Anglican Parish Lounge.