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Cambridge v Tauranga Boys’ Coll. l. John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
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Amazing weekend as 9 of our 11 senior teams rack up wins
KEY CONTACTS
Your first points of contact Check club website: General club matters: Junior matters:
www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz cambridgesoccer@gmail.com cfcjuniors@gmail.com
2015 committee members President and chair Peter Martens
Vice chair Steve Thomas
Secretary Josh Easby
Mobile: 027 2943044
Mobile: 021 746863 E: masterpiece@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 021 0558854 E: josh@hurricane–press.co.nz
Junior club co–captain Catherine Clark
Junior club co–captain Ingrid Cook
Senior gear Jim Thomassen
E: cfcjuniors@gmail.com
E: davegrid@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 027 6811264 E: thomassen@xtra.co.nz
Men’s club captain Lee Turpitt
Women’s club captain Fern Feaver
Mobile: 027 2320100 E: lee.turpitt@gmail.com
Mobile: 021 1323829 E: paris@xtra.co.nz
Grounds Harry Bomans Mobile: 027 4985075
Facilities & Events Tania Zeuren Mobile: 027 2723830
Bar manager Fairlie Morton Mobile: 021 2043412
E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz
Purchasing manager Chrissy Goodin Mobile: 021 307294 E: chrissy.goodin@gmail.com
Policy & planning Pauline Lewis
Volunteer co–ordinator Michaela McQuarters
Mobile: 027 2747578 E: paulinelewis173@gmail.com
Mobile: 021 621904 E: fareya123@gmail.com
Treasurer (acting) Craig Clark
Treasurer (incoming) Paul Blackstock
Mobile: 027 9153273 E: c.d.clark@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 021 1282091 E: paul@herbertmorton.co.nz
Keep in touch
E: bomans@xtra.co.nz
Immediate past chairman Greg Zeuren Mobile: 027 5030629 E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz
Building project manager Geoff Wheeler Mobile: 027 4952777 E: Geoff@jetcreative.co.nz
Club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz
Club’s website: www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz WaiBOP Football: www.waibopfootball.co.nz NZ Football: www.nzfootball.co.nz 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.
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‘We look forward to soon celebrating the official opening of the (changing room) extensions ...’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, looks forward to an opening ... IT’S THE second week of May and our club is hosting only its second WaiBOP Premiership fixture of the season. The reason we’ve been on the road for most of the season so far is that our club asked WaiBOP Football to minimise the number of games at John Kerkhof Park until our new extensions to our changing rooms were complete. And now we’re almost there — the roof has gone up, the walls are appearing and the internal fittings were about to start installation as this went to the printer. It’s been a long haul. Various plans for new
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changing rooms have been considered over many years. The tough part was finding the money. Finally, after raising about $30,000 over three years, we secured a grant of almost $50,000 from the Lotteries Commission and $15,000 from Transpower. More fundraising, and a loan from Westpac at beneficial rates, has enabled the project to go ahead. The extensions will give the club six more changing rooms, all with showers and toilets, to go with the two we’ll retain in the main building. As the number of our senior teams has doubled in five years, the extensions are more than welcome — especially as the growth of our youth teams and three women’s teams has put more pressure on facilities on Sundays. We’re grateful to all those teams — especially those from visiting clubs — who have been patient while we found the best way to improve our facilities. And we look forward to soon celebrating the official opening of the extensions. * Sponsors can gain naming rights to any of the six changing rooms — for details, contact me at cambridgesoccer@gmail.com.
Mailing address: PO Box 214 Cambridge 3450 W WW.CAMBRIDGESOCCER.CO.NZ
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Kim Brierley Just4Keepers New Zealand Mob: +64 210 235 1323 Email: info@just4keepers.co.nz
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ď Žď€ THE BANK of New Zealand has extended its community sports loan scheme to include members of our club. If you are in the market for a home loan, and the BNZ offers you the best deal, please tell their staff you were referred by our club as part of this scheme. If a member of our club takes a home loan of more than $100,000 from the BNZ, our club will receive a donation of $250 from the bank. The bank has been promoting this scheme to community sports organisations throughout the country and other Waikato football clubs have also taken up the offer. Our participation in the scheme does not suggest we endorse or prefer BNZ as a lender and we advise members to seek professional advice before undertaking any loan.
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Club launches apparel range CAMBRIDGE club members and supporters can now buy a stunning range of apparel through the club’s newly–launched online store. The online store will be managed by The other football kit and equipment available. Soccer Shop, New Zealand’s leading retailer The Soccer Shop, a main sponsor of WaiBOP of specialist football gear. United, has developed a good working The Nike–branded apparel comes in all partnership with Cambridge FC, including sizes and is competitively priced because our sponsorship of our Cambridge Women’s club won’t need to hold stock, as this will be Sevens in March. managed by The Soccer Shop. Sponsor Jet Creative has generously Check out what’s available at http:// provided new apparel for our WaiBOP cambridge.clubstore.co.nz/. As well as club– Premiership and Championship sides, and branded apparel, there’s a huge range of our Waikato Men’s A squad.
The 2015 apparel range includes zippered jackets (left, worn by Robbie Greenhalgh), polo shirts (right, worn by Andrew Taylor and Matt Wheeler) and T shirts for juniors. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
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BEHIND THE TEAM
‘Football is all about passion ...’ — goalkeeper coach Kim Brierley
Profiling our goalkeeper coach STAND ANYWHERE near a Cambridge dugout and chances are you’ll hear one voice above all others. Goalkeeper coach Kim Brierley can’t suppress his involvement in the game — any game — and makes no apologies. “Football is all about passion,” he says. It’s a philosophy the English import takes into his coaching programmes, designed to help develop promising young goalkeepers. Brierley joined Cambridge at the start of 2014, relocating his Just 4 Keepers goalkeeping academy to John Kerkhof Park and taking a coaching role with our club’s top teams. Just 4 Keepers is an international chain of academies that specialises in the art of goalkeeping, and the group has a formidable record of producing ‘keepers who have gone onto professional careers. In New Zealand, Brierley has coached some of the country’s most promising women ‘keepers, having spent three seasons with the WaiBOP side in the ASB Women’s League. His work with teenager Emily Hanrahan saw her go to last year’s FIFA U–17 World Cup in Costa Rica with the New Zealand team. Brierley is putting together a coaching programme for goalkeepers of all ages for the RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
rest of 2015, and there’s still time to register. The registration fee is $50 and all participants receive a pair of J4K brand goalkeeping gloves. Once registered, each session is priced to encourage young ‘keepers: * Under 10s — $15 per session. * Ages 11–14 — $20 per session. * Ages 15+ — $25 per session. Sessions cover all aspects of goalkeeping, from positional play to shot–stopping. To find out more or to register, contact Kim on 021 02351323 (mobile) or email info@ just4keepers.co.nz.
Quiz Night CAMBRIDGE FC’s biggest annual Quiz Night is scheduled for Saturday June 13. Remember to put the date in your diary and start planning your quiz team’s entry. If you can help provide prizes for us to use in raffles and auctons, please get in touch with event organiser Jim Thomassen on 027 6811264 (mob) or email him at thomassen@ xtra.co.nz.
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Great weekend for club SUPPORTERS of Cambridge Football Club are celebrating a memorable weekend with nine of their 11 senior men’s and women’s teams recording victories. Last weekend, the club’s men’s first team moved to the top of the WaiBOP Premiership with an impressive 4–1 win against Melville United at Hamilton’s Gower Park. Cambridge’s second team won 2–1 at Whakatane Town’s Rex Morpeth Park to remain unbeaten after five rounds of the WaiBOP Championship. Cambridge are second on the championship table and have a bye this weekend. The Cambridge A team beat Melville United 4–1 at John Kerkhof Park, thanks to a hat-trick from striker Gavin Clark, a recent signing from Waikato Unicol.
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Cambridge’s other goal was scored by Florian Rigagneau. Cambridge’s women’s first team kept their 100% record after three rounds with a 3–2 win against reigning Waikato champions Claudelands Rovers. After trailing 2-0 in the opening 20 minutes, Cambridge fought back with goals from Rachel Westend (2) and Paige Pretswell. The side hosts Melville United at John Kerkhof Park this Sunday (kick off 11am). The Cambridge Red side remain unbeaten in division B after a 5-0 win at Te Awamutu. In the Print House Waikato Cup first round, four Cambridge men’s teams progressed to the second round. Cambridge B1 team beat Te Aroha Cobras 7-1, the B2 side beat Melville D 4-3, the C
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CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz team beat Claudelands Rovers 7-4 and the D1 side overcame Putaruru Rangers 4-3. The only Cambridge men’s team to lose were the D2 side who went out of the cup after a penalty shoot out to Waihi when the teams were tied 2-2 after extra time. The club’s Under 17 boys drew 0-0 at home against Tauranga City United in the federation youth league. Meanwhile, more than 400 youngsters also started their season with the opening day of junior football. The Cambridge club, already the largest for juniors in the Waikato, has experienced more growth with the number of teams for 8-13 year olds increasing from 20 to 28 this season. This includes four girls-only teams, the first year that WaiBOP Football has run junior competitions for girls-only sides.
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CAMBRIDGE players and supporters can download a mobile application that tells them which teams are playing when and where. And for many teams, it will show you squad lists and who has scored in each game. The app is called Fox Sports Pulse and it's been developed by the company that provides the fixture scheduling software used by WaiBOP Football. You can download the app to a smart phone or a tablet. Then click on 'football' and search for WaiBOP. You should find a menu of different WaiBOP competitions, enabling you to access fixture lists and lots more. The app is available free from the iTunes store.
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2015 squad
Cambridge 2015: Back (from left) Bernardo Belladares, Sam Garmonsway, Rex Fowler, Kyle Wisnewski, Matt Wheeler, Tom Woutersen, Jason Szabo, Glen Carmichael, Fraser Nicholls. Front: Richard Armstrong, Henry Stephen, Adrian Clark, Jason Chewins, Nathan Claridge, Patrick Woodlock. 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 has joined Cambridge for the 2015 season from Hukanui-Rototuna. Jason Chewins (defender or midfield) Rejoins Cambridge for 2015 after a spell with Northern League club Melville United, having won their Player of the Year title in 2011 and played national league football for Waikato FC. Before emigrating, Chewins set an all– time club record with 489 appearances for professional club Aldershot Town. Matt Wheeler (defender) A member of WaiBOP United’s youth team in the ASB Youth League for the past two summers, Wheeler rejoins Cambridge in RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
2015 after a spell with northern league club Ngaruawahia United. Adrian Clark (defender) Experienced and reads the game well, played for top Wellington clubs Lower Hutt and Stop Out before joining Cambridge. Henry Stephen (defender) Talented left–sided wide player with pace and an excellent cross, Stephen joins the Cambridge club for the 2015 season. 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. 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.
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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 .
Adam Brady (forward) Joins the club as a new arrival from the United Kingdom, where he played for Melbourne Inn in the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League.
Jason Szabo (forward or midfield) Experienced attacking midfielder who has emigrated from the UK. Gets amongst the goals and was 2013 top scorer and ‘Player of the Year’ for our Waikato A team.
Kyle Wisnewski (winger) This 17-year-old member of the WaiBOP futsal team has transferred to Cambridge from Melville United for the 2015 season.
Josh Clark (defender or midfield) Made his Northern League debut at 15 and expected to return to Cambridge in mid– 2015 after playing for Murray State College, in Oklahoma, United States. Ben Latham (defender or midfield) Played Northern League for Ngaruawahia United, joining them in 2011 as a 20–year– old before transferring to Cambridge in 2015. Played ASB Premiership with WaiBOP United in 2013–14 season. Glen Carmichael (defender or midfield) Joined Cambridge for the 2013 season after playing for Matamata Swifts in Northern League Divisions 1 and 2. Selected for last season’s Waikato All Stars team. Robbie Greenhalgh (midfield/player coach) Signed for Cambridge in 2013 after an illustrious career as skipper of Northern League winners Bay Olympic, and a member of the Waikato FC national league squad. Previously at Central United and a former NZ U–17 international. Voted the Supporters’ Player of the Year for WaiBOP United after the 2014–15 ASB Premiership season. 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. Won the team’s Golden Boot in 2013.
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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. 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. Jordan Sylvester (defender or winger) Joined Cambridge for the 2014 season from Universities AFC, Christchurch. Brett Clark (forward) 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 (assistant 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 serves on the club’s executive committee. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
‘Cambridge unbeaten after five...’
CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Rovers CAMBRIDGE Tokoroa Kawerau Sports Te Puke United Matamata Swifts West Hamilton Te Awamutu Tauranga Old Blues Ngongotaha Whakatane Town
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This weekend’s Championship games: Cambridge — bye Matamata Swifts v Kawerau Sports Tokoroa v Claudelands Rovers Te Awamutu v West Hamilton Tauranga Old Blues v Ngongotaha Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.
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‘Tauranga Boys College bounced back with a vengeance last weekend ...’ LAST WEEK
Melville United 1 (1) Cambridge 4 (3)
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Tauranga Boys College Founded: 1958
May 2, 2015. Gower Park, Hamilton
Ground: Southey Field
Scorers
Last season: 12th
Melville United: Alex Swain, pen (1 min). Cambridge: Robbie Greenhalgh (3 min), Ben Latham (22 min), Jason Szabo (28 min), Glen Carmichael (76 min).
Tauranga Boys’ College is a state secondary school for boys, located on the edge of the downtown area of Tauranga. Founded in 1958, the College has gained a national reputation as one the best state boys’ schools in New Zealand. Their first XI plays in the WaiBOP Premiership, having won promotion from the former Federation 2 in 2013 as runners–up to HRFC Clube. The boys finished bottom of last year’s Federation 1 table but survived the threat of relegation as AFC Fury won promotion to the Northern League. After losing their opening five fixtures of the current season, TBC bounced back with a vengeance last weekend, beating newly–promoted Katikati 6–1 win goals from Sam Haywood 3, Andrew Robinson, Jordan Roberts-Radford and Ben Donald.
Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Nathan Claridge
PREVIOUS MEETINGS 17 May 2014 at John Kerkhof Park
Cambridge 6 (Glen Carmichael 2, Kieran Hill, Robbie Greenhalgh, Tom Woutersen, Sam Garmonsway) Tauranga Boys College 1 (Zak Phillips) 2 August 2014 at Southey Field
Tauranga Boys College 0 Cambridge 3 (Jack Taylor, Tom Woutersen, Glen Carmichael)
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‘Cambridge go top of the table’
PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE Ngongotaha Melville United Papamoa Tauranga Old Blues Matamata Swifts Waikato Unicol Katikati Otumoetai Tauranga City United Rotorua United TAURANGA BOYS’ COLL GA BO
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WEEKEND FIXTURES
This weekend’s Premiership games: Cambridge v Tauranga Boys College Papamoa v Tauranga Old Blues Katikati v Rotorua United
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GK R Rex Fowler 2 Tom Woutersen 3 Nathan Claridge 4 Sam Garmonsway 5 Glen Carmichael 6 Kyle Wisnewski 8 Jason Szabo 9 Henry Stephen 10 Jason Chewins 11 Kieran Hill 12 Adrian Clark 13 Jordan Silvester 14 Patrick Woodlock (c) 15 Ben Latham 16 Matthew Wheeler 17 Robbie Greenhalgh GK Cameron Horshfall Coach: Brett Clark Coach: Robbie Greenhalgh Goalkeeper coach: Kim Brierley Assistant coach: Michael Woodlock Team manager: Chrissy Goodin
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CELEBRATING OUR ACHIEVEMENTS
‘ ... a golden season for the Cambridge Football Club’ — Cambridge Edition
Our club’s most successful year CAMBRIDGE Football Club swept a number of prestigious awards in 2014 — a period called the club’s “golden season” by the Cambridge Edition. The club was named WaiBOP Football’s Club of the Year for 2014, chosen from the region’s 106 affiliated clubs. The honour reflected the work by Cambridge’s army of volunteers to not only provide football for its own members but also to stage regional and national events for the sport. These include hosting WaiBOP–run coaching courses and game days for youngsters, as well as being the home ground for ASB Premiership side WaiBOP United. Cambridge is one of six bases for national league football (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin). Cambridge was named the 2014 Waipa District Sports Club of the Year and was a finalist in the Waikato Sports Club of the Year. Its chairman, Greg Zeuren, was named Administrator of the Year for both Waipa District and for the Waikato, for his leadership of the club’s committee. The club was also awarded the Supreme
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Award (pictured) for the Waipa District’s Trustpower Community Awards, becoming only the second sports club to take the trophy which recognises services to the local community. Our club was a finalist at the national Trustpower Community Awards held in Wellington in late March. Cambridge also won two WaiBOP Football Best Practice awards. Success in 2014 also came on the pitch. Our senior men’s first team won the Federation Challenge Shield last year and went into 2015 as the holder. The team were runners–up in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Federation Division 1. Our women’s first team won the Waikato Women’s Cup, beating the previously unbeaten Claudelands Rovers 2–1 in the final. Our Under 15 boys’ youth team won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Nike Cup tournament, a feat repeated this year. The side also won the WaiBOP Federation U–15 Youth League.
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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 long-term basis. and helped it rebuild. 1972: The club applied for its senior 2010: The club launched a five–year men’s team to join the Northern League plan for its membership which had now competition. grown to more than 600 players, with men’s, 1974: Extensions to the clubrooms women’s and junior teams. and playing fields became necessary and 2011: After many seasons in the 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 further north on Vogel St. after finishing 12th and losing the challenger 1978: The club elected its first women series playoff vs Manukau City AFC. committee member. The club won the New Zealand Match 1983: Junior teams (11,12 and 13 year Programme of the Year Award for 2011. olds) entered the Waikato competitions for 2012: The club elected to drop two
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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).
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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. Our players Probably the club's best known past player is New Zealand international striker Chris Wood who joined English Championship club Leicester City in January 2012 from West Bromwich Albion. 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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