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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: 022 4535432 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
Club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz
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‘Success on the pitch can be fleeting. Friendship, laughter and cherished memories can be lasting ...’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, previews two important games ... OUR CLUB hosts a couple of games this weekend that couldn’t be more different. At 2.45pm on Saturday, our first team will run onto the number one pitch with Melville United — a WaiBOP Premiership match that will pit two of the competition’s leading teams against each other. Much is at stake. After dropping points to second–placed Ngongotaha, Cambridge need to keep winning to stay in contention for the regional title and with it, a chance to seek a return to the Northern League. Meanwhile, on another part of John Kerkhof
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Park, two teams of blokes will run onto a pitch for a game that has huge significance. No trophy or title is at stake. But for the players who enjoy their football at a social level — and usually in the Waikato D division — it will be a very special encounter. Players who took part in a now–famous encounter between our D1 and D2 teams in 2010 are re–uniting for a chance to settle old scores. A few waistlines have expanded in five years, and hairlines have receded somewhat. About the only thing that seems to have improved since 2010 are the memory cells. The six–metre tap-in has become a swivel– and–turn volley into the roof of the net; the mis–hit grubber that went in off the ‘keeper’s elbow has become a “screamer” from the edge of the box. In years to come, members of the D1 and D2 squads will no doubt have great memories of the 2015 Re–Match in which tales of outstanding deeds (on and off the pitch) will take their place in our club’s history. And isn’t that what the game is all about? Success on the pitch can be fleeting. Friendship, laughter and cherished memories can last much longer. Enjoy the game, lads.
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Ringo Collette (second from right) celebrates with D1 players after his penalty helped his side win their Waikato Cup shoot–out. Photograph: Steve Thomas (Masterpiece Photography).
Putting Ringo on the spot FOR SOME PLAYERS, there’s nothing more nerve–wracking than having to step up to take a crucial penalty. No such problem for Cambridge D1 player Richard “Ringo” Collette who has made something of a speciality of scoring from the spot this season. In June, he was among the D1 players who all put away penalties in a shoot–out that saw them overcome Hamilton North Debacles in the Print House Waikato Cup. But in July, Collette went one better — in fact, three goals better when he scored a hat–trick of penalties in a Waikato Division D match. Collette’s trio of spot–kicks helped secure a thrilling 4–4 draw against Te Aroha Cobras with his side’s only other goal coming from a 25-metre screamer from Krishnan Patel. This weekend, Collette steps out in the 2015 Re–match between our D1 and D2 teams. What odds he’ll be looking to add another from the spot? RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
Onyx joins team Top Cambridge restaurant Onyx has become the football club’s newest sponsor. Onyx Restaurant, Café & Bar, at 70 Alpha St, has joined our club’s roster of commercial partners and began its sponsorship with support for our club’s annual Quiz Night. We look forward to working with Onyx and welcome owner Barry Levings and his team to our club. Check out Onyx at: www.onyxcambridge.co.nz HAPPY 30th birthday to Brett ‘Goatie’ Halliday who celebrates with a function at our clubrooms this weekend.
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CLUB NEWS
Senior men chase titles CAMBRIDGE’S top senior men’s teams are all performing well in their respective competitions. Our sides currently lead the WaiBOP Premiership, the Waikato A and B divisions and we’re still in contention as one of the leading bunch in the WaiBOP Championship. The final run-ins for all competitions will be complicated because of the fixture disruption caused by a particularly wet winter and the FIFA U–20 World Cup. No doubt the final placings will depend on how teams perform when having games in hand but no matter what, Cambridge supporters are in for a thrilling end to the local and regional seasons.
WAIKATO a Team CAMBRIDGE Claudelands A1 Morrinsville Hamilton Wanderers Eastern City Te Kuiti Albion Waikato Unicol Ngaruawahia United Melville United Claudelands A2
P 9 10 12 9 10 9 9 10 10 10
W 7 7 6 6 6 4 3 3 2 0
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A 17 19 23 17 26 19 20 32 24 42
Pts 21 21 19 19 19 13 12 9 8 1
L 2 2 0 2 1 4 5 6 9 10
F 33 28 20 26 26 23 14 13 7 14
A 10 8 9 12 5 23 20 21 33 63
Pts 22 21 20 19 16 12 10 10 3 2
WAIKATO B Team CAMBRIDGE B1 Te Aroha Cobras Claudelands B2 CAMBRIDGE B2 Claudelands B1 Waikato Unicol B1 Waikato Unicol B2 Huntly Thistle Waihi Putaruru Rangers
P 10 9 8 9 7 10 9 10 10 12
W 7 7 6 6 5 3 3 3 1 0
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Linemarking group is formed A GROUP OF volunteers has come forward to help Cambridge Football Club mark its junior and senior pitches for the rest of the 2015 winter season. The club’s committee recently appealed to the club’s 720 members and junior parents, asking for help with the growing task of marking more than 20 pitches. A meeting of volunteers last week established a group of about a dozen
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members and parents who will work together to help mark the pitches, and look for the best ways to do the task in future. The growth of the club means that marking pitches now takes an estimated 22 hours a week and the club needs new ways to do the work. If you want to join the linemarking volunteer group, please contact club secretary Josh Easby at cambridgesoccer@gmail.com.
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Quiz Night
THIS YEAR’S end of season senior prizegiving will be held at the Cambridge Town Hall on Friday October 16. The success of last year’s function, at the same venue, was marked by a larger–than– usual attendance, encouraged by the switch to Friday night.
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THANKS to everyone who made this year’s Quiz Night a big success . Held at Cambridge East School, this year’s proceeds will be used to help maintain and improve the junior pitches. More than 200 members and supporters took part in the quiz (see photograph, left) and with about 35 raffles, just about everyone stood a good chance of going home with something. The club wants to thank the teams who bought tables, all the sponsors who donated prizes and special thanks to quizmaster Peter Martens and organisers Jim Thomassen, Fairlie Morton and Tania Zeuren.
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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. Elton Leri (forward) Joined Cambridge in May 2015 from Hastings Hibernian, Hawke’s Bay. Gavin Clark (forward) Signed from Waikato Unicol after finishing fourth on the 2014 Federation 1 goalscorers table 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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CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Rovers West Hamilton Kawerau Town CAMBRIDGE Te Puke United Tokoroa Matamata Swifts Te Awamutu Tauranga Old Blues WHAKATANE TOWN Ngongotaha g taha
P 13 12 11 13 12 15 13 14 15 12 12
W 10 9 8 7 7 5 4 3 3 2 2
D 0 1 1 3 2 4 5 2 1 2 1
GOLDEN BOOT Adam Brady Bernardo Belladares Sam Garmonsway Alex Ball Dylan Brown James Cakebread Gavin Clark Josh Dagnall Lee Framp Ed Kettle Mauro Periera Jordan Silvester Henry Stephen Danny Styles
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WEEKEND FIXTURES Kawerau Town v Te Puke United Te Awamutu v Claudelands Rovers Tauranga Old Blues v West Hamilton Matamata Swifts v Ngongotaha Tokoroa— bye Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.
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F 42 33 50 25 36 31 21 15 19 14 18
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Pts 30 28 25 24 23 19 17 11 10 8 7
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Matamata Swifts Tauranga Old Blues West Hamilton Ngongotaha Whakatane Town Bye Claudelands Rovers Tokoroa Te Awamutu Te Puke United Matamata Swifts Tauranga Old Blues West Hamilton Kawerau Sports Whakatane Town Bye Claudelands Rovers Tokoroa Te Awamutu Te Puke United Kawerau Sports Ngongotaha
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‘Another Szabo goal ensures four–way race for team’s Golden Boot this season ... ’ LAST GAME
Waikato Unicol 0 (0) Cambridge 4 (1)
TODAY’S VISITORS
Melville United Founded: 1972
July 25, 2015. Waikato University.
Ground: Gower Park
Scorers
Last season: 11th
Cambridge: Kieran Hill (28 mins), Matt Wheeler (58 mins), Jason Szabo (63 mins), Patrick Woodlock (78 mins).
Formed as Melville District Schoolboys AFC, founders Bob Owens and Tony Tatler sought to combine the strengths of all the schools in the Melville area and originally operated from a base at Te Anau Park. In 1981 the club moved to Gower Park. Melville steadily worked their way up the football ladder, winning the northern league third division in 1991, the first division in 1993, and the northern premier league in 1995. In 1996 national league side Waikato United amalgamated with Melville to form Melville United, and it was under this name that the new entity contested the summer national league in 1996-97 and 1997-98. Melville reached the final of the Chatham Cup in 2003, losing 3-1 to Uni-Mt Wellington. The club’s first team currently competes in Northern League Premier Division.
Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Josh Clark.
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‘It’s first plays third today ... ’
PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE Ngongotaha MELVILLE UNITED Papamoa Tauranga Old Blues Waikato Unicol Rotorua United Matamata Swifts Katikati Otumoetai Tauranga City United Tauranga Boys’ College g Boys
P 15 13 14 16 14 10 14 14 14 13 16 17
W 12 10 9 5 7 5 5 4 5 3 2 2
D 1 2 3 7 1 2 1 4 1 4 4 2
8 8 7 6 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1
WEEKEND FIXTURES Otumoetai v Waikato Unicol Papamoa v Rotorua United Katikati v Tauranga Boys College Matamata Swifts v Ngongotaha Tauranga City United v Tauranga Old Blues Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.
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F 42 35 27 24 21 21 19 16 26 15 16 20
A 9 13 12 21 26 19 20 21 35 18 40 48
Pts 37 32 30 22 22 17 16 16 16 13 10 8
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GOLDEN BOOT Glen Carmichael Tom Woutersen Jason Szabo Robbie Greenhalgh Kieran Hill Ben Latham Matt Wheeler Patrick Woodlock Jason Chewins Shaun Kipara Elton Leri Henry Stephen Own goal
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Mar 28 Apr 4 Apr 11 Apr 18 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 Jun 13 Jun 27 Jul 4 Jul 11 Jul 18 Jul 25 Aug 1 Aug 8 Aug 15 Aug 22 Aug 29 Sep 5 Sep 12
Matamata Swifts Tauranga City Utd Tauranga Old Blues Ngongotaha Melville United Tauranga Boys Coll. Rotorua United Katikati Papamoa Otumoetai Matamata Swifts Tauranga City Utd Tauranga Old Blues Ngongotaha Waikato Unicol Melville United Tauranga Boys Coll. Rotorua United Katikati Papamoa Otumoetai Waikato Unicol
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Established: 1948
Established: 1972
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GK FFraser Nicholls 2 Tom Woutersen 3 Nathan Claridge 4 Sam Garmonsway 5 Glen Carmichael 6 Kyle Wisnewski 7 Adam Brady 8 Jason Szabo 9 Henry Stephen 10 Shaun Kipara 11 Kieran Hill 12 Adrian Clark 13 Jordan Silvester 14 Patrick Woodlock (c) 15 Ben Latham 16 Matthew Wheeler 17 Robbie Greenhalgh 18 Elton Leri GK Rex Fowler Coach: Brett Clark Coach: Robbie Greenhalgh Goalkeeper coach: Kim Brierley Assistant coach: Michael Woodlock Team manager: Chrissy Goodin
Stu Campbelll Ahmed Hussani Szymon Poborowski Alex Swain Tom Goodwin Liam Fellowes Tristran Collins Alex Walters Ciaran Lannon David Brennan Dave Stewart Grayson Sutcliffe Kalib Bouma Luke Goodwin Stafford Dowling Devon Williams Kalib Bouma-Tucker Marc Glenister Matt Page Peter Kennedy Subesh Naidu Coach: Merv Williams Coach: Wytse Bouma Team manager: Aaran Clement
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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. 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
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