INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL COMES TO CAMBRIDGE
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Top of table clash heads holiday weekend programme Cambridge v Papamoa John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
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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.
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
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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
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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
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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
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‘the teams lined up for national anthems and Cambridge’s first international began ...’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, wonders if we saw a future superstar ... OUR CLUB notched another important milestone in its history this week when it staged the first international match ever held in Cambridge. The Hungarian and Fijian teams travelled from their New Plymouth and Auckland bases for a warm–up game ahead of the FIFA U–20 World Cup tournament which kicks off on Saturday. Our club had only three days to stage the game and torrential rain last weekend put the fixture in doubt. On Monday, the club decided part of the John Kerkhof Park pitch was too wet to safely play so we asked
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Cambridge High School if we could transfer the match there, but still use our clubrooms for aftermatch showers and meals. A few hours of frantic work later, the teams lined up for national anthems and Cambridge’s first international began. Despite the icy conditions and rain, Hungary were outstanding, winning 7–0 and showing spectators why it’s important to check out the next generation of football stars. Past U–20 tournaments have helped launch superstars like Argentinians Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero, France’s Thierry Henry and Paul Pogba, Brazil’s Ronaldinho, Holland’s Arjen Robben, Spain’s Andres Iniesta, Chile’s Alexis Sanchez, and Columbia’s James Rodriguez. Who knows, we may have seen a future star among the teams in Cambridge on Monday. Our thanks go to all the volunteers who helped but especially the following: Grounds manager Harry Bomans prepared the pitch with help from Des Beeney and CHS grounds staff. Geoff Wheeler was a trojan in the kitchen, catering for both teams, while Jim Thomassen and Steve Thomas prepared our clubrooms and looked after our visitors.
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Quiz Night Kim Brierley Just4Keepers New Zealand Mob: +64 210 235 1323 Email: info@just4keepers.co.nz
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CAMBRIDGE FC’s annual Quiz Night has been re–scheduled for Saturday July 29. It will be held at Cambridge East School. The date has been moved from Saturday June 13 to avoid clashes with other events in Cambridge. Remember to put the date in your diary and start putting together your quiz team of six members. 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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PRINT HOUSE WAIKATO CUP
Members of the victorious D1 side after their penalty shoot-out success. Photo: Steve Thomas.
Three teams retain cup dream CAMBRIDGE’S D1 team is through to the last 16 of the Print House Waikato Cup while other club teams will have to wait for re–arranged fixtures in the wake of a weekend disrupted by torrential rain . The D1 team won a dramatic penalty shoot–out to go through against Hamilton North Debacles, thanks to every player netting from the spot. Cambridge C and Cambridge B2 both exited from the cup but the B1 side await their delayed clash with West Hamilton C and Cambridge A still have to travel to Waikato Unicol C. The 16 winners from this round play in the third round draw on June 27, followed by quarter finals on July 11 and semi-finals on August 1. The cup and plate finals will be staged on Saturday August 22. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
Two years ago, Cambridge reached the final of both competitions with our Division A team losing to Wanderers while our Division C side won the plate 3–2 against Waihi. The wet weather wreaked havoc on the WaiBOP competitions with Cambridge’s women’s and youth teams all having games postponed on Sunday. CAMBRIDGE have a golden opportunity to climb the Waikato A table this weekend when they host second– placed Morrinsville at John Kerkhof Park. A win will push Cambridge from fifth to within reach of the table ‘s leading pack.
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INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL COMES TO CAMBRIDGE
Big names visit club WHILE most of our international visitors on Monday have yet to become household names, several have already made their mark on international football. The coach of the Fiji U–20 team was Frank Farina, who played 67 times for Australia and was the Socceroos national coach for eight years, followed by spells managing Brisbane Roar and Sydney City. Farina’s Hungarian counterpart was German Bernd Storck who played 147 games for Borussia Dortmund and 24 times for Vfl Bochum in the German Bunesliga. Star of the Hungarian U–20 side was midfielder Zsolt Kolmar who is already a full international and plays for German club RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga 2.
Fiji (blue) line up with Hungary for the national anthems. Photo: Louis Roberts.
Women’s first teamers Marie O’Neill and Chrissy Goodin brave the cold with Dave O’Donnell.
Hungarian players enjoy our club’s post-match hospitality. Photo: Jim Thomassen.
Hungary go 3–0 up on their way to an easy 7–0 victory. Photo: Steve Thomas.
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Lions help our youngsters CAMBRIDGE’S Trash ‘n Treasure market days are paying dividends for our junior players. The Cambridge Lions, who run the markets, have donated $3,000 of their market takings to our club so we can buy 80 new playing shirts for junior members. The Lions, who are neighbours to John Kerkhof Park in Vogel St, fundraise all year so they can help community groups such as our club. Advising our club of the grant, Peter Knox, who chairs the Lions’ grants committee, said his club wanted to encourage youngsters to take up sport and become part of a club. The Lions donation has been made at a time when the club is fundraising to progressively
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replace all junior strips. “The donation has come at just the right time and we’re really grateful to the Lions for recognising the value of what we’re doing to help children learn a sport,” club secretary Josh Easby said.
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CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz CLUB members are invited to attend another Q and A Forum at our senior clubrooms at 7pm on Monday June 29. It’s a chance to ask questions of your committee, or make suggestions about the club. Specifically, committee members are keen to hear your ideas and visions for how you see our club in 5–10 years. The committee is developing a new long– term strategic plan for the club and is keen to hear from all sections of our membership — junior, youth and senior.
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CAMBRIDGE hopes of regaining the WaiBOP Challenge Shield may depend on the result of this weekend’s match between Rotorua United and Matamata Swifts. After holding the shield for two summers, Cambridge surrendered the trophy when losing to Tauranga Old Blues in April. Old Blues lost the shield last week to Rotorua who now defend it against Matamata Swifts. While Cambridge have already visited both those teams, we may well get the chance to take back the shield if it changes hands again. The fixture list makes that more likely if Matamata Swifts win this weekend — so keep an eye out for the result and hope for a Matamata victory!
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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 from Hukanui-Rototuna. 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. 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 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.
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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. 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 . 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. Josh Clark (defender or midfield) Made his Northern League debut at 15 and expected to return to Cambridge in mid–2015
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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. 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. 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. 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. Kyle Wisnewski (winger) This 17-year-old member of the WaiBOP futsal team has transferred to Cambridge from Melville United for the 2015 season.
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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. Gavin Clark (forward) Signed from Waikato Unicol after finishing fourth on the Federation 1 goalscorers table last season with the highest tally of any Waikato–based player. 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. Brett Clark (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 (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.
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‘Cambridge only unbeaten team ...’
CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Rovers CAMBRIDGE West Hamilton Kawerau Sports Tokoroa Te Puke United TE AWAMUTU Matamata Swifts Ngongotaha Whakatane Town Tauranga Blues ga Old B
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‘Papamoa come to Cambridge sitting second on the WaiBOP Premiership table ...’ LAST WEEK
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Cambridge 2 (0) Katikati 0 (0)
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Cambridge: Glen Carmichael (58 min), Robbie Greenhalgh (73rd min).
Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Kieran Hill
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Papamoa won promotion last season when finishing third in the former Federation 2 competition (now WaiBOP Championship). The club is one of the fastest growing in the Bay of Plenty with about 500 senior and junior players. The club’s best known former player is All White defender Tommy Smith who played junior football at Papamoa and is now a professional with Ipswich Town in England. The club’s patron is another ex-All White, striker Wynton Rufer who was named the Oceania Player of the Century. Papamoa come to Cambridge sitting second in the WaiBOP Premiership, meaning this weekend’s clash is a top–of–the–table affair. We welcome the Papamoa players and supporters.
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‘A top–of–the–table clash ... ’
PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE PAPAMOA Melville United Ngongotaha Matamata Swifts Tauranga Old Blues Waikato Unicol Katikati Otumoetai Rotorua United Tauranga City United Tauranga Boys’ Coll g Boys
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WEEKEND FIXTURES This weekend’s Premiership games: Cambridge v Papamoa Rotorua United v Matamata Swifts* Melville Utd v Tauranga Old Blues Katikati v Otumoetai Tauranga Boys College v Tauranga City Utd Waikato Unicol v Ngongotaha * WaiBOP Shield Challenge match Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.
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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.
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. 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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