CLUB SEEKS FEEDBACK ON LINEMARKING ISSUE
THE MATCHDAY MAGAZINE OF CAMBRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB
Swifts come to Cambridge for double header derby Cambridge v Matamata Swifts 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
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
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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
Club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz
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‘we now face three options as a committee ... and we’re seeking feedback from our members ...’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, explains a pressing issue for the club ... LAST WEEK, our committee wrote to all 700 of our senior and junior members to brief them on an issue that needs addressing in the coming months. The rapid growth of our club (we currently field more than 50 senior, youth and junior teams) means we face a significant increase in the amount of work and cost involved in linemarking our pitches. Painting the white lines onto a pitch may not seem a large task to those who have not done it, but a full-sized pitch requires about 700 metres of marking. To mark all our junior and senior pitches
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currently takes about 22 hours of labour each week. Traditionally, we have done this work through a mix of volunteers and suppliers who have agreed to charge less-thancommercial rates for the work. In the past, we have paid about $10,000 a year for the paint and for some of the labour, and we have been fortunate to raise some of that money through grants. This year, we have been unable to find sufficient volunteers from within the club — despite repeated appeals for help — and we now face three options as a committee: 1. Make one last appeal for volunteers — people from within the club who are willing to give up some time to help do the work on a rostered basis. We are keen to find volunteers from the ranks of our junior and senior sections. If we can find enough volunteers willing to give up a few hours each, we can develop some rosters (the work is usually late week and in daylight hours). 2. Reduce our costs by using more permanent ways of marking — one option is for us to use a growth inhibitor on lines to stunt grass growth, thus reducing the number of times we need to mark pitches. While this reduces cost, it can cause long-term damage continued on page 4
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to pitches and we risk incurring the future costs of repairing them. Our committee is reluctant to consider this option. 3. Increasing annual subs to meet our increased costs — to pay commercial rates for the paint and cost of labour will cost our club more than $20,000 a year. This means finding about an extra $10,000 a year to make up for the volunteer labour we cannot find. The most obvious means of raising this money is to significantly raise subs from our 700 junior, youth and senior players next year. The committee is trying to find short–term solutions this year to find ways to mark the pitches without damaging them but we will face the prospect of raising subs next year unless we find realistic alternatives.
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Quiz Night CAMBRIDGE FC’s annual Quiz Night is set for Saturday July 29. It will be held at Cambridge East School. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to help maintain and improve the junior pitches. 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.
Concrete laid ... not long to go now before we can use the new changing rooms!
Changing rooms nearly ready OUR LONG–AWAITED extensions to the changing rooms at John Kerkhof Park are almost ready. Three weekends of working bees have seen concrete pads laid around the outside of the $200,000 building, while new drains have been laid and interior walls and showers painted. Builder Ben Latham and plumber Steve Barrot have been working for several months on the extensions that will lead to six new changing rooms and the addition of storage space for equipment. Project manager Geoff Wheeler has been co–ordinating volunteer work on the site, while Brett Halliday and his digger have laid new drains and a soak pit, helping resolve a long–standing drainage issue in the corner of the car park. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
The new changing rooms have resulted from five years of fundraising and they present an opportunity for sponsors looking for ways to promote their businesses. The club is offering naming rights to each of the six changing rooms, providing sponsors with exposure to thousands of players each year. The naming rights are available for periods of three to six years. Anyone interested in taking up this opportunity can contact Geoff Wheeler (geoff@jetcreative.co.nz) or club secretary Josh Easby (cambridgesoccer@gmail.com). The club will host an official opening of the new building after it is completed.
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HARD–WORKING CLUB MEMBERS GO TO FIFA U–20 WORLD CUP
Sponsors help club recognise volunteers HARD-WORKING Cambridge club volunteers went to FIFA U–20 World Cup games thanks to two generous companies. Cambridge FC sponsor Jet Creative donated 50 tickets for the New Zealand v Portugal game at Waikato Stadium to members of the club’s Volunteer Army — the team of people who give their time regularly for the benefit of the club and its members. Members of the Volunteer Army were offered pairs of tickets on a first served basis, for the sudden death game between the Junior All Whites and tournament hot shots Portugal. U–20 World Cup sponsor Rothbury Insurance Brokers also donated two pairs of tickets for use by club volunteers at the cup quarter final at Waikato Stadium. These tickets went into a draw and were won by volunteers Alistair McQuarters (senior) and Simon Foy (junior). They and their guests got seats in the stands for the big match. Alistair was a regular volunteer at the WaiBOP United matches staged at John Kerkhof Park over the summer, while Simon’s work with our juniors includes coaching the Hatrix team. The club is delighted that its enthusiastic volunteers are getting the chance to enjoy watching top matches, and we’re grateful to Jet Creative and Rothbury Insurance Brokers for making this possible. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
Meanwhile, our volunteers will continue to be recognised throughout the year. One method of recognition has been to allocate raffle tickets to volunteers for their work at specific events, such as working bees, and these will be used for occasional draws, plus an end-ofseason draw at Senior Prizegiving (planned for the Cambridge Town Hall on Friday October 16). If you wish to become a member of our Volunteer Army, please ask a committee member or contact the team leader, Michaela McQuarters, at fareya123@gmail.com or mobile 021621904.
Interview with Chrissy Chrissy Goodin’s work as a Cambridge club volunteer has featured in a NZ Football promotion to support National Volunteers Week. Check out the interview with Chrissy at NZF’s website — http://www.nzfootball. co.nz/volunteer-profilechrissy-goodin/. Chrissy serves on our committee, is team manager for the WaiBOP Premiership team and plays for our women’s first team.
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Racing Board helps with paint THE COSTS OF linemarking our pitches has been made easier with the help of the New Zealand Racing Board. The NZRB has made a grant to the club of $5,200 so we can buy 600 litres of high– quality linemarking paint for use on our senior and junior pitches. The paint is expected to see the club through this year and its quality will help reduce the amount of linemarking required. The grant comes from the proceeds of gaming machines at Cambridge’s TAB in Duke St. The NZRB is committed to returning funds from gaming to the local community and our club is grateful for its support.
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While the grant has helped this year’s costs of linemarking, the growth of the club has created a dilemma in how we pay for the ongoing costs of linemarking. For more information, see the story on page 3 of this publication.
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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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FORMER Cambridge FC first team coach Mark Ball is offering club members a simple way to help the club through his new role as a real estate agent. Mark, who referees and is a board member for WaiBOP Football, has become an agent for Lugtons. He says he’s keen to help football players and supporters sell or buy houses, and is willing to donate a finder’s fee to the member’s club after any successful transaction. The club will receive $300 following any successful listing of a property or $200 if any member refers a buyer of a property. You can email Mark at mark.ball@lugtons. co.nz or ring him on 021 2867115.
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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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‘Derby day in the championship ...’
CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Rovers CAMBRIDGE Kawerau Sports Te Puke United West Hamilton Tokoroa MATAMATA SWIFTS Te Awamutu Ngongotaha Whakatane Town Tauranga Blues ga Old B
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‘We welcome our traditional rivals Matamata to John Kerkhof Park ...’ LAST GAME
Otumoetai 0 (0) Cambridge 0 (0)
TODAY’S VISITORS
Matamata Swifts Founded: 1930
June 13, 2015. Fergusson Park, Otumoetai
Ground: Matamata Domain
Carters Cambridge Player of the Day
Last season: 10th
Adrian Clark
Matamata Swifts AFC formed in 1930 and like many clubs from rural New Zealand have enjoyed the highs and lows of competition. After 16 continuous seasons in the lower divisions of the Northern Regional League, Matamata were relegated to the Waikato competition at the start of 1999. The club then battled to rebuild its top– tier team, finally winning the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Federation 1 League title in 2009. That enabled the club to re-enter the Northern League where it played mainly in the second division, but with a brief spell in the first division during the 2010 ‘restructure’ season. The Swifts opted to drop from the Northern League in 2013 as part of a long–term plan to rebuild while playing in the WaiBOP Federation League.
LAST SEASON
Matamata Swifts 1 Cambridge 1 September 6, 2014. Matamata Domain
Cambridge 5 Matamata Swifts 3 September 13, 2014. John Kerkhof Park
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‘Cambridge lead competition ... ’
PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE Melville United Ngongotaha Papamoa Tauranga Old Blues MATAMATA SWIFTS Katikati Rotorua United Waikato Unicol Otumoetai Tauranga City United Tauranga Boys’ College g Boys
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WEEKEND FIXTURES This weekend’s Premiership games: Cambridge v Matamata Swifts Papamoa v Otumoetai Tauranga City United v Katikati Tauranga Boys College v Ngongotaha Waikato Unicol v Melville United Tauranga Old Blues v Rotorua United 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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