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Key contacts Our club has a number of Facebook groups which you are invited to join. Search for Cambridge FC NZ (general club), Cambridge Football Club — Juniors or Cambridge Football Club — Women for the most popular.

2016 committee members President: Peter Martens Mobile: 027 2943044 Chair: Steve Thomas Mobile: 021746863 E: masterpiece@xtra.co.nz Vice Chair and Outdoor Facilities Manager: Greg Zeuren Mobile: 027 5030629 E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz Secretary: Josh Easby Mobile: 0210558854 E: cambridgesoccer@gmail.com Treasurer: Paul Blackstock Mobile: 0211282091 E: paul@herbertmorton.co.nz Senior Men’s club captain and acting Youth club captain: Lee Turpitt Mobile: 0272320100 E: lee.turpitt@gmail.com

Coaching and referee coordinator: Lee Turpitt Mobile: 0272320100 E: lee.turpitt@gmail.com

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Junior club captain: Catherine Clark Mobile: 021950263 E: cfcjuniors@gmail.com Volunteer Army co-ordinator: Michaela McQuarters Mobile: 021621904 E: fareya123@gmail.com Purchasing Manager and Kit/ equipment Manager: Michaela McQuarters Mobile: 021621904 E: fareya123@gmail.com

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Committee member (co-opted): Jamie McKean Mobile: 021834767 E: jamie@jamiemckean.com Roles that do not include committee membership: Indoor Facilities Manager: Craig Clark Mobile: 0279153273 E: c.d.clark@xtra.co.nz Bar Manager: Tania Zeuren Mobile: 0272723830 E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz Junior Facilities: David Gaiger Mobile: 0277051760 E: david.gaiger@gmail.com

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‘... we truly operate as an all– year club these days, thanks to volunteers and key sponsors ... ’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, reflects on a busy summer for our club ...  we may be into the second week of the season but for many of our club members, coaches and players, there hasn’t been much of a break since the end of the last season. No sooner had the 2015 winter season drawn to a close when we saw the start of the Jet Creative 5–a–side Summer League, a midweek competition that provided fun football for about 300 men and women, many of them playing for business house or social teams. Though we didn’t host any ASB Premiership games this past summer, we were still

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involved in supporting WaiBOP United as a sponsor, and hosting a visit by the national champions Auckland City who put on an hour–long fun session for 40 of our juniors. Last month, we hosted our sixth annual Cambridge Sevens tournaments for men and women, and began our pre–season build–up. Our U–17 team worked hard over summer, raising the funds so they could take part for the first time in Auckland City’s national youth tournament. Off the pitch, we’ve been busy too. The new changing rooms block has been painted (about 400 hours of unpaid labour), and we’ve done some reconstruction and repainting inside both our senior and junior clubrooms to make them more pleasant to use. We also opted to hold our annual Quiz Night at the start of the season, instead of the traditional timing towards the end of winter, meaning our volunteers have been busy ensuring that event was a success. We truly operate an all–year club these days and it’s only possible through the work of our volunteers, and the support of key sponsors such as Barrott’s Plumbing, Calnar Business Systems and Cambridge Hire who help keep our wheels turning. Thanks to them all.

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Senior teams struggle for points in opening games  cambridge’s new season got underway last weekend with only the women’s first team managing a first round victory. The Cambridge FC club’s men’s first team started the defence of their WaiBOP Premiership title with a 2-1 loss at Waikato Unicol who are being tipped to be one of the competition’s strongest sides this year. Cambridge opened the scoring through Jordan Silvester in the sixth minute and took their lead into the half-time break. But in the second spell, Unicol fought back strongly and levelled through Gareth Webb before striker Gavin Clark scored the winner against his former club, making it 2-1. Cambridge’s cause was made more difficult by the 80th minute sending off of defender Nathan Claridge. The Carters Cambridge Player of the Day was young goalkeeper Rex Fowler. In the Waikato Championship, Cambridge got off to a flying start when Callum MacLeod put his team ahead in the first minute of their fixture against Waikato Unicol’s reserves. MacLeod took the Golden Boot last season when playing for Cambridge’s U-17 side, winners of the WaiBOP Youth League, and he and other graduates from the youth team have made the transition to senior federation competition. But the championship side allowed Unicol to equalise through Taylor Bell-Booth, to make it 1-1 at half-time, before Hamish Utteridge scored the winner for Unicol. In the Waikato A division, Cambridge drew 3-3 at John Kerkhof Park after a match that went end-to-end.

The home side took a 2-0 lead through an Ollie Harris penalty and a Mauro Pereira goal before Melville clawed the game back to 2-2. The third Cambridge goal came from Aaron Huesser. The Cambridge C team lost 3-1 to Waikato Unicol while the club’s D1 lost 1-0 at Te Awamutu. The Cambridge women’s team opened their season with a 6-0 home win against Huntly Thistle. Scorers for Cambridge were Astrid Howarth (2), Kaylee Oosthuysen (2), Taylor Jones and Gemma Martin. The Cambridge Hire Player of the Day was Howarth, now into her third season of first team football.

Rule changes WAIKATO divisional games will feature an innovative interchange system for the first time this year. At the suggestion of local referees, WaiBOP clubs have adopted a system which allows teams to make a maximum of 10 substitutions during a competition match. Unlike rolling subs, where there is no limit to the number of changes made, the referees will take responsibility for monitoring the number of interchanges. The change is expected to minimise the risks of deliberate time–wasting and enable referees to enforce properly managed entries and exits to the field of play.

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youth team reach knockout stage at prestigious tournament

U–17 coach Adrian Clark is interviewed by Sky Sports during the tournament at Seddon Fields, Auckland.

 ABOUT OUR UNDER 17 TEAM The squad won the WaiBOP Football U–17 Federation League last season, though most of the squad were eligible to play in that age group for at least another year. In 2014, most of the players were members of the club’s U–15 squad which took the WaiBOP Football U–15 Federation League title. Adrian Clark has coached the U–15 and U–17 teams to both championships.

 cambridge’s u–17 youth team have done the club proud in their debut performance at Auckland City FC’s annual tournament. After spending several years on the tournament’s waiting list for entries, Cambridge got an invitation to this year’s event, contested by many of the best youth teams in the country. Watched by scouts for national age group teams and professional clubs such as the Wellington Phoenix, the young players spent three days in group and knockout games. Cambridge reached the quarter–finals of the tournament, having finished runners– up in their group with wins against against Central Gold (2-0), Christchurch’s Coastal Spirit (3-0) and Auckland’s Glenfield Rovers (3-1). The team drew 0-0 with Oratia United and their only pool loss was to group winner Onehunga Sports. The side lost their quarter– final 2–0 to Western Springs.

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Five–a–side champions  after a summer of Wednesday night football, Cambridge found its latest champions of five–a–side football. Danny Doolans (pictured right) and the Knitting Club were the respective winners of Groups A and B on finals night of Cambridge FC’s Jet Creative 5-a-side Summer League. The runners-up in Group A were 2 Goals 1 Cup while Arrows came second in Group B. The Wednesday evening matches brought to a close two months of competition with more than 300 players enjoying the social and business house league.

The club thanks all those who made it possible, especially Greg and Tania Zeuren who organised entries, weekly draws and ensured everything was in place for the games to be played. Our thanks too to sponsors Jet Creative who support our club in many ways, including being suppliers of signage and apparel for some of our senior teams.

Successful fundraiser  cambridge FC’S annual Quiz Night was successful in raising more than $3,000 towards the club’s fundraising campaign to level and improve playing surfaces at its junior fields. Fifteen quiz teams gathered at Cambridge East School to battle through eight rounds of trivia and to be entertained by co-hosts Peter Martens (club president and quizmaster) and The Breeze’s breakfast host Camille Guzzwell. The quiz was won by Orange14 – a team whose name reflected the Dutch heritage of some team members – and dozens of raffle and auction prizes went to enthusiastic attendees. The club acknowledges the efforts of organisers Jamie McKean and Alistair McQuarters, and others who made the night possible including Tania Zeuren, Peter Martens, Camille Guzzwell and all the

sponsors who donated prizes. The event was staged in association with club sponsor Barrott’s Plumbing whose owner Steve Barrott was given a special round of applause as members took the opportunity to thank him for his countless hours of work at the club.

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2015 champions

2015 champions: Back (from left) Kim Brierley, Ben Latham, Brett Clark, Gerard Hay, Tom Woutersen, Rex Fowler, Robbie Greenhalgh, Fraser Nicholls, Jason Szabo, Mike Woodlock, Sam Garmonsway, Jordan Silvester, Kieran Hill, Chrissy Goodin. Front: Henry Stephen, Adrian Clark, Adam Brady, Patrick Woodlock, Shaun Kipara, Nathan Claridge. Foreground: Glen Carmichael. Photo: Louis Roberts.  Fraser Nicholls (goalkeeper) Joined Cambridge in 2013 after five years between the posts for Otorohanga, including two seasons of Federation 1. Four appearances for the Waikato All Stars .  Rex Fowler (goalkeeper) A promising young goalkeeper who joined Cambridge from Hukanui-Rototuna in 2015.  Nathan Claridge (defender or midfield) Made his Northern League debut at 16. Won the club’s Young Player of the Year Award in 2011 when he captained the club’s U19s at the national youth championships.

 Patrick Woodlock (midfield/captain) In his second spell at Cambridge, with Northern League experience here and with Wanderers and Ngaruawahia Utd. Waikato FC Youth player and Waikato age group rep. Has won Cambridge’s Player of Year award four times.  Danny Styles (midfield) A hard–working midfielder, Styles joined Cambridge in 2013 and was a first–team regular in 2014. In 2015, work commitments limited his appearances but the club hopes to see more of him on the pitch this season.

 Adrian Clark (defender) Experienced and reads the game well, played for top Wellington clubs Lower Hutt and Stop Out before joining Cambridge.

 Jason Szabo (forward or midfield) Experienced attacking midfielder who hails from the UK. Gets amongst the goals and was 2013 top scorer and ‘Player of the Year’ for our Waikato A team, and runner–up for the Premiership team’s 2015 Golden Boot.

 Kieran Hill (defender) A first team regular at Ngaruawahia United until his transfer to John Kerkhof Park last year, he brings considerable Northern League experience to Cambridge.

 Tom Woutersen (forward) Learned his football with Cambridge, helping win the U–19 Satellite Youth Tournament in Napier, before spending three seasons with Palmerston North Marist. Returned to Cambridge for 2013.

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Won the team’s Golden Boot in 2013 and again in 2015 with 14 goals in the WaiBOP Premiership.  Adam Brady (forward) Joined the club as a new arrival from the United Kingdom in 2015, where he played for Melbourne Inn in the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League. Was a regular goalscorer for the WaiBOP Championship side and scored a memorable goal in the end–of– season promotion play–off against Waitemata.  Sam Garmonsway (defender or winger) Former Cambridge High School player who joined the club in 2014 after playing for Universities AFC while studying at Canterbury University.  Dan Podjursky (forward) A speedy forward with good ball control, Podjursky made his first team debut as a 17– year–old in the Northern League, and played a season for Hawkes Bay in the national youth league.  Josh Dagnall (winger) Made his first team debut as a schoolboy, helping the side win promotion from the ‘old’ Federation 2 League to what is now the WaiBOP Premiership. Returned to the pitch last season after leaving Cambridge for a stint in the army.  Callum MacLeod (forward) The leading goalscorer for the 2015 Cambridge U–17 team, MacLeod also won the Golden Boot for leading all scoring in the WaiBOP U–17 Federation League. Promising youngster who marked his senior club debut with a goal in the opening game of the 2016 WaiBOP Championship.  Jack Taylor (forward) In his second spell at Cambridge, having returned to the club for the 2016 season. In 2014, he was the club’s top goalscorer in the ‘old’ Federation 1, and he led the forward line to help the side win promotion from Federation 2 the year before.

 Shaun Kipara (forward) Joined Cambridge from Northern League outfit AFC Fury in May 2015. A former WaiBOP United youth player and featured in last season’s WaiBOP All Stars match.  Richard Armstrong (defender) Joined Cambridge for the start of the 2014 season from Ngaruawahia United where he was a regular in the Northern League Reserves Division. Assistant coach for our Championship side.  Andrew Taylor (utility) First joined Cambridge in 2011 to play Northern League and returned after a spell at Matamata to play at the club where he also coaches the women’s first team. Versatile and able to play in most positions.  Brett Clark (co–coach) Veteran player with the club and former first team player who has taken the reins in 2015, leading a newly–formed coaching group.  Mike Woodlock (co– coach) Coached Cambridge between 2008 and 2010 in Northern League Division 2 and brings vast experience to the 2015 coaching team.  Kim Brierley (goalkeeper coach) Runs the Just4Keepers goalkeeping academy, coaches WaiBOP Federation goalkeepers and has been the WaiBOP women’s ASB League goalkeeper coach for the past two seasons.  Chrissy Goodin (team manager) The first woman to manage a Cambridge men’s first team, Goodin is an established member of the women’s first team and has served on the club’s committee in various roles.

 Jordan Sylvester (defender or winger) Joined Cambridge for the 2014 season from Universities AFC, Christchurch.

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‘MacLeod scores on senior debut ...’

CHAMPIONSHIP Team P W D L F A Pts West Hamilton 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Whakatane Town 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Waikato Unicol 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Ngongotaha 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Hamilton Wanderers 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Tokoroa 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 Taupo 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Te Awamutu 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Cambridge 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Old Blues 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Matamata Swifts 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Otumoetai 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Ngongotaha 2-1 Old Blues (ht: 1-1) NGOR: Axel Balaho, Rhys Lane. OBLR: Otumoetai 0-2 Whakatane Town (ht: 0-2) OTUR: none. WHA: Scott Mitchell, Brendan Mitchell. Tokoroa AFC 1-1 Hamilton Wanderers West Hamilton 2-0 Matamata Swifts (ht: 0-0) WHM: Harry Christensen-Rose, Alex Whitehead. MATR: none. Taupo AFC v Te Awamutu (postponed)

Golden Boot Callum MacLeod

WEEKEND FIXTURES Otumoetai v Tauranga Old Blues Matamata Swifts v Waikato Unicol Ngongotaha v West Hamilton Hamilton Wanderers v Whakatane Town Te Awamutu v Tokoroa Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.

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‘Goalkeeper Rex Fowler takes the Player of the Day in the season opener at Unicol ...’ LAST game

TODAY’S VISITORS

Waikato Unicol 2 (1) Cambridge 1 (1)

Tauranga City United Founded: 1964

April 2, 2016 Waikato University, Hamilton

Ground: Links Ave Last season: 12th

Scorers

Unicol: Gareth Webb, Gavin Clark. Cambridge: Jordan Silvester.

Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Rex Fowler.

Scoreboard operator Elliot Beeney was kept busy when Cambridge beat Tauranga City United 8–0 in last year’s WaiBOP Premiership fixture.

Today’s visitors began as Tauranga City in 1964. In 2000, the club merged with local rivals Mt Maunganui to become Tauranga City United. Two years after the merger, the club achieved its highest point when it played in the Chatham Cup final, losing 2-0 to Napier City Rovers. The club’s first team won promotion to the Northern League’s first division in 2015. Club honours 1971: Northern League Division Four 1972: Northern League Division Three 1979: Northern League Division Four South 1992: Northern League Division One 1997: Northern League Division Two 1999: Northern Premier League 2000: Northern Premier League 2001: Northern League Division Two

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‘Goals aplenty in league’s first round ...’

PREMIERSHIP Team P W D L F A Pts Tauranga Boys’ College 1 1 0 0 5 1 3 Melville United 1 1 0 0 4 0 3 Ngongotaha 1 1 0 0 5 3 3 Matamata Swifts 1 1 0 0 4 2 3 Rotorua United 1 1 0 0 2 0 3 Waikato Unicol 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 Cambridge 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 Tauranga Old Blues 1 0 0 1 3 5 0 Papamoa 1 0 0 1 2 4 0 Katikati 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 Tauranga City United 1 0 0 1 1 5 0 Otumoetai 1 0 0 1 0 4 0 SCHEDULE Golden Boot Jordan Silvester

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS Ngongotaha 5-3 Old Blues (ht: 2-2) NGO: Mitch Miller 3, Eamon O'Donoghue, Luke Barker. OBL: Papamoa 2-4 Matamata Swifts (HT: 1-3) PAP: Greg Evans, Ben van der Salm. MAT: Joe Tompsett 2, Sam Masterson, Scott Parsonage. Melville United 4-0 Otumoetai FC (ht: 2-0) MEL: Dylan Blair 2, Terry Blunt, Mamood Alfarraji. OTU: none. Katikati 0-2 Rotorua United (ht: 0-1) KAT: none. ROT: Dayne Willemsen, Eddy Tamuno. Tauranga Boys' College 5-1 Tauranga City (ht: 1-1) TBC: Adam Davidson 2, Zak Aquino Phillips, Jared Tutty, Ben Whitaker. TGA: Declan Jones.

WEEKEND FIXTURES Otumoetai v Tauranga Old Blues Matamata Swifts v Waikato Unicol Rotorua United v Melville United Tauranga Boys’ College v Katikati Ngongotaha v Papamoa

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Waikato Unicol Tauranga City Utd Papamoa Tauranga Old Blues Melville United Katikati Tauranga Boys Coll. Rotorua United Otumoetai Ngongotaha Matamata Swifts Tauranga City Utd Waikato Unicol Papamoa Melville United Katikati Tauranga Boys Coll. Rotorua United Otumoetai Otumoetai Ngongotaha Matamata Swifts

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Cambridge

Tauranga City United

Established: 1948

Established: 1964

— 2.45pm kick off —

GK Rex Fowler 2 Tom Woutersen 3 Nathan Claridge 4 Patrick Woodlock (c) 5 Kieran Hill 6 Jordan Silvester 7 Shaun Kipara 8 Jason Szabo 9 Jack Taylor 10 Adam Brady 11 Josh Dagnall 12 Adrian Clark 13 Danny Moore 14 Sam Garmonsway 15 Daniel Podjursky 16 Andrew Taylor 17 Danny Styles 18 Callum MacLeod GK Fraser Nicholls GK Paul McCann Coach: Brett Clark Coach: Michael Woodlock Goalkeeper coach: Kim Brierley Team manager: Chrissy Goodin

GK 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 RGK Coach: Team manager: TODAY’S OFFICIALS

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OUR CLUB’S HISTORY

From humble beginnings ...  Cambridge Football Club has been serving its community since its formation in 1948 when football enthusiasts began organising games for two junior teams. In its early days, the teams played in light the first time in 1983. blue after the colours used by Cambridge  1984: The club achieved its first University, England. significant success at senior level, winning  1951: The club held its first formal the Northern League’s 4th Division in 1984. meeting on March 20, 1951, appointing Viv  1993: The club reached new heights Butler as its first president, and R.S.Entwistle in 1993, winning the Northern League 2nd as its patron. division. Butler’s support of English club Arsenal led  1995: The club built a concrete car to a change of club colours and from the mid- park that’s still in use today. The car park is 1950s, Cambridge teams have played in red where the club sometimes erects temporary and white strips. grandstands for major fixtures.  1957: The club played its home games  2005: The Waipa District Council on the Town Square until 1957 when a approved the transfer of the Polo Grounds to two-room wooden shed was built on the the football club for use by its junior players, Leamington Domain for £134.19. while the polo club moved to new grounds in  1964: On December 1, 1964, the Lamb St, Leamington. Cambridge Borough Council agreed to  2007: The old polo clubhouse was provide the club with land on the town belt knocked down to make way for a new in Vogel Street and plans were drawn up for junior building. The Cambridge junior teams the clubrooms to be built. celebrated their new home by winning all five  1967: The club moved into the Vogel St 8th-Open grade WJSA knockout trophies, a grounds, where it has been based since. The first for both Cambridge and the WJSA. grounds were renamed John Kerkhof Park  2008: The club’s main senior clubrooms after Dutch immigrant John Kerkhof who, with survived a tornado in late 2008 but suffered members of his family and other supporters, damage to walls, roof and windows, while built the clubrooms and changing facilities. shattered glass was sprayed over the nearby The grounds are now owned by the Waipa number one pitch. Other sports clubs and District Council but leased to the club on a community groups came to help the club and helped it rebuild. long-term basis.  2010: The club launched a five–year  1972: The club applied for its senior men’s team to join the Northern League plan for its membership which had now grown to more than 600 players, with men’s, competition.  1974: Extensions to the clubrooms women’s and junior teams.  2011: After many seasons in the and playing fields became necessary and were built in 1974, with new junior grounds Northern League the club was relegated from established beside the Polo Club grounds the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 in 2011 after finishing 12th and losing the challenger further north on Vogel St.  1978: The club elected its first women series playoff vs Manukau City AFC. The club won the New Zealand Match committee member.  1983: Junior teams (11,12 and 13 year Programme of the Year Award for 2011.  2012: The club elected to drop two olds) entered the Waikato competitions for

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Senior clubrooms at John Kerkhof Park : Home since 1967 with major extensions added to the original building in 1974 and 2015. divisions into the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division Two to rebuild under coach Karl Dagnall and won promotion in 2012 to Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One. In 2012, Cambridge FC announced that John Kerkhof Park would also become the home base for Cambridge Baseball Club.  2013: Cambridge FC and the neighbouring Cambridge Harriers and Athletics Club began a partnership, enabling the football club to play some games at the adjacent athletics track while it developed John Kerkhof Park. In 2013, the club won the Soccer Shop Waikato Plate and hosted premium events such as the Soccer Shop Waikato Cup Final, the Waikato v Bay of Plenty All Stars game, and the WaiBOP Women's All Stars v WaiBOP National League side. In late 2013, the club was appointed as the home ground for five ASB Premiership matches for new franchise WaiBOP United. This meant Cambridge became one of six bases for national league football in New Zealand (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).

The appointment led to the club becoming an all-year operation, with investment in better facilities including upgraded playing surfaces, new changing rooms (scheduled for mid–2014) and a new irrigation system.  2014: The club's first team finished runners–up in the 2014 WaiBOP Federation Division 1, while the U-15 team won the Federation Youth League. Our women won the Waikato Women's Cup. The Cambidge Lacrosse Club moved its playing base to John Kerkhof Park in 2014. In 2014, the club won a series of high profile awards for its work in football and in the wider community. WaiBOP Football named the club its 2014 Club of the Year for its successful efforts to host ASP Premiership fixtures and other premium matches. Cambridge also won two WaiBOP Best Practice awards in 2014 (for building partnerships with sponsors, and for the participation of women at our club). The club was named Waipa District’s 2014 Supreme winner for the Truspower Community Awards, becoming only the second sports club to take this award. This

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also led to the club’s nomination for the national Trustpower Community Awards to be held in Wellington in March 2015. Cambridge completed its hat-trick of major awards in 2014, being named Waipa District’s Sports Club of the Year. We were finalists in the Waikato Sports Club of the Year while chairman Greg Zeuren was named Sports Administrator of the Year for both Waipa and the Waikato in 2014.  2015: As the club entered its 68th season, it did so as an all–year operation, providing winter football for 600+ players, spring/early summer 5-a-side football for social players and acting as a base for national league summer football. It continued to make history — on February 6, 2015, it staged the first game of beach football by women played to FIFA rules and pitch standards in New Zealand, at the Karapiro Sandcourts. In March 2015, construction began of the club’s $200,000 extension to its changing rooms, providing six more sets of showers/ changing rooms for local and visiting players. On 25 May 2015, the club staged its first ever international match when Fiji and Hungary came to Cambridge for an U–20

international as preparation for the FIFA U–20 World Cup tournament. In July 2015, our club was awarded the Quality Club Mark by New Zealand Football, becoming only the fourth club in our region to achieve the 1 Star status, and becoming one of fewer than 30 clubs throughout the contry to earn the QCM.  Our players Probably the club's best known past player is New Zealand international striker Chris Wood who joined English Championship club Leeds United for $4.6 million from Leicester City in July 2015. Wood made his senior debut at Cambridge as a 14–year–old, having previously played for our juniors. Another former New Zealand international is Maria Anderton, who played for the Football Ferns in 1987, and captained the Cambridge women’s A team for 12 seasons until her retirement as a player in 2014.  Life Members Elected life members: Vic Butler, W.J.Sugden, Bert van Doorne, Eric Sugden, John Kerkhof, Alan Busst, Harry Bekkers, Hans Rakely, Rod Larnach, Kerry Dauphin, Bill Brown, Robert Bradley, Peter Martens.

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Programme cuts injury risk  CAMBRIDGE FC are getting behind a warm–up programme that has been proven to reduce the risk of injuries by 30%. It’s the FIFA 11+ Complete Warm-Up Programme for youth and senior players and Senior Men’s Club Captain Lee Turpett and U–13 youth coach Steve Thomas recently attended a NZ Football–WaiBOP Football workshop to learn how it works. The programme has direct performance benefits for footballers — making fitter, faster and more agile players as well as reducing the risk of all injuries by 30%. It is designed to be delivered by coaches, is easy to learn and implement into existing training sessions and completion of the course results in FIFA 11+ certification in as

little as two hours. The All Whites and Football Ferns have been using FIFA 11+ for some time and all the ASB Premiership teams undertook to use it last summer season. WaiBOP Football plans to encourage all 106 affiliated clubs and schools to adopt the programme, and is running workshops to team club representatives how to use it. So what is FIFA 11+? “The programme takes 15–20 minutes to do and is designed to replace a standard warm–up,” explains NZ Football’s doctor, Mark Fulcher. “If it is done twice a week, it reduces the risk of injury by 30% and the risk of severe injury by 50%. These are things like an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury in the knee.”

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