THE MATCHDAY MAGAZINE OF CAMBRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB
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SEPTEMBER 19, 2015
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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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‘... the success of our first team has given all of us a lift, and we thank them ... ’ Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, says we should enjoy the moment ... FOOTBALL can test your spirit, no matter how much you love the game. Whether you’re a player coping with injury, a coach who has lost three on the trot or a club volunteer with too much to do, it’s often tempting to ask why you bother. Every now and again, something amazing happens — a moment that lifts those flagging spirits and reminds you why you fell in love with the game in the first place. I experienced such a moment four years ago when Cambridge goalkeeper Ryan McNamara scored a 93rd minute goal at Pukekohe to earn a dramatic 2–2 draw in the
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Editor: Josh Easby Club photographer: Louis Roberts. Copyright: None of the contents of this publication should be reproduced without prior permission. Inquiries: cambridgesoccer@gmail.com Cambridge FC John Kerkhof Park Vogel St Cambridge 3434
last game of the season to save Cambridge from relegation. Yes, a goalkeeper. And yes, the 93rd minute. Those of us who witnessed it will cherish the joy of that moment for years. Last Saturday, many of us witnessed another such moment. at John Kerkhof Park. Again, it came in the 93rd minute and in the last league fixture of the season. The scorer was Glen Carmichael; the goal clinched for the club its first top level league title in 20 years. We are now the Waikato/Bay of Plenty champions, the winners of the 2015 WaiBOP Premiership. Amazing how saying that aloud rapidly erases the memories of cold, wet nights on the training pitch; the slog of a hard winter and the hours of volunteer work that goes into a club like hours. The success of our first team has given all of us a lift, and we thank them. It’s not just their title; it belongs to all 730 of the players and members, juniors and seniors, men and women, who call themselves Cambridge. Footnote: Former ‘keeper Ryan McNamara (now in Australia) got married last Saturday to fiancee Kate.
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Play–offs will determine who wins promotion CAMBRIDGE HOPES of a return to Northern League football depend on success in a two–legged play–off against the Auckland/Northern Conference champions, Waitemata FC. “The Club, Waipa District Council and local The matches will decide which club wins promotion to the 2016 Northern League, supporters have provided fantastic support joining some of the country’s best clubs in with Cambridge contributing towards WaiBOP United having the highest crowd competition. The first leg of the two-match series will be attendances across the National Men’s played at Cambridge’s John Kerkhof Park at League in 2014/15 season, and hopefully this 2.45pm on Saturday September 19, with the relationship will continue. “John Kerkhof Park, the home venue of second leg taking place in Auckland a week Cambridge FC will remain on the radar for later. The combined scores of the matches will National League matches in the future, especially with their clubroom expansion decide which region emerges as victors. Cambridge have qualified for the play- nearing completion.” Cambridge president Peter Martens said offs as regional champions, having led the the club was disappointed to not host games WaiBOP Premiership all season. The club expects a large crowd for the this summer but members would continue to home game on Saturday, and will take a army support WaiBOP United as it represented all the clubs and players in our region. of supporters to Auckland next week. Meanwhile, the Cambridge club has been thanked by WaiBOP Football for its successful hosting of ASB Premiership games over the past two summers. To win promotion ... This follows a decision by WaiBOP and New Zealand Football to transfer this summer’s If Cambridge beats Waitemata on aggregate matches to Waikato Stadium so that six of the over two games, the club wins promotion to matches can be more easily televised. the 2016 Northern League Division Two. WaiBOP Football’s chief executive Mark Christie said: ““We would like to offer our If the aggregate score over two games is thanks to Cambridge FC for their fantastic level, away goals count double. backing over the last two ASB Premiership seasons. If still tied with away goals counting “Both the venue and the now legendary double, the September 26 match will go to Volunteer Army ensured WaiBOP United extra time (15 mins each way). If still tied, a could operate at the level required for penalty shoot out will determine which team national league football. is promoted.
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CAMBRIDGE CROWNED WAIBOP CHAMPIONS
A glorious day ... CAMBRIDGE HAVE sealed the 2015 WaiBOP Premiership with their eighth consecutive league win.
Glen Carmichael (left) turns to celebrate his 93rd minute winner in last Saturday’s 3-2 win against Waikato Unicol at John Kerkhof Park. Photo: Josh Easby.
Carmichael whips off his shirt to celebrate with non–playing teammate Ben Latham (centre) before being mobbed by players and supporters. Removing the shirt earned Carmichael a yellow card (for over–celebrating) and a $25 fine. Seconds after the caution, the referee ended the game, enabling a jubilant Cambridge to call themselves WaiBOP champions. RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC
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Striker Jason Szabo (centre) pops the bubbly as Cambridge players celebrate last weekend’s last gasp win against Waikato Unicol to take the WaiBOP Premiership. Photo: Louis Roberts.
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CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz CAMBRIDGE FC are seeking initial expressions of interest from coaches and team managers for its senior men’s and women’s teams for next season. With so many of the club’s senior teams faring well in their competitions, the club’s committee is keen to establish which coaches and managers will seek re-appointment for 2016 and which teams will need succession plans. Interested parties can indicate their availability or seek more information by contacting the club secretary Josh Easby at cambridgesoccer@gmail.com before September 30, 2015.
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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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champions
2015 champions: Back (from left) Kim Brierley, Ben Latham, Brett Clark, Gerard Hay, Tom Woutersen, Rex Fowler, Robbie Greenhalgh, Fraser Nicholls, Jason Szabo, Mike Woodlock, Sam Garmonsway, Jordan Silvester, Kieran Hill, Chrissy Goodin. Front: Henry Stephen, Adrian Clark, Adam Brady, Patrick Woodlock, Shaun Kipara, Nathan Claridge. Foreground: Glen Carmichael. Photo: Louis Roberts. Fraser Nicholls (goalkeeper) Joined Cambridge in 2013 after five years between the posts for Otorohanga, including two seasons of Federation 1. Four appearances for the Waikato All Stars . Rex Fowler (goalkeeper) A promising young goalkeeper who 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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‘Last match of the season ...’
CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Kawerau Sports West Hamilton Te Puke United CAMBRIDGE Tokoroa Matamata Swifts Te Awamutu Whakatane Town Tauranga Old Blues NGONGOTAHA OTAHA
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GOLDEN BOOT Adam Brady Bernardo Belladares Sam Garmonsway Ed Kettle Danny Styles Alex Ball Dylan Brown Ewan Bussey James Cakebread Gavin Clark Josh Dagnall Lee Framp Elton Leri Mauro Periera Jordan Silvester Henry Stephen Dom Vetisse
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WEEKEND FIXTURES Claudelands Rovers v Tokoroa Te Puke United v Whakatane Town Matamata Swifts v Kawerau Sports Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.
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‘Team manager Chrissy Goodin awarded Carters Cambridge Player of the Day ... ’ LAST GAME
Cambridge 3 (2) Waikato Unicol 2 (2)
TODAY’S VISITORS
Waitemata FC Founded: 1959
September 12, 2015 John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge
Ground: McLeod Park This season: 1st AFF/NFF Conf.
Scorers Cambridge: Robbie Greenhalgh (30), Glen Carmichael (32, 93). Unicol: Max Hall (26, 40 pen).
Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Chrissy Goodin (team manager).
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Waitemata FC started in 1959 as Western United, formed by football enthusiasts based in the west Auckland suburb of Ranui. After working their way up through the Auckland divisions, the club’s first high profile success was reaching the northern semi–finals of the Chatham Cup in 1964. These days, as Waitemata, the club is a strong senior and junior club, based at McLeod Park. The club’s first team has raced away with this season’s Auckland/Northern Football Conference title, winning 20 games in a row, with 110 goals scored and only 10 conceded (giving the team an average scoreline of 5–1). We welcome Waitemata and their supporters to John Kerkhof Park.
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‘The title comes to Cambridge ...’
PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE Ngongotaha Melville United Tauranga Old Blues Papamoa Otumoetai Matamata Swifts Waikato Unicol Rotorua United Katikati Tauranga Boys’ College Tauranga United g City U
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WEEKEND FIXTURES Tauranga City United v Ngongotaha Melville United v Tauranga Old Blues Matamata Swifts v Waikato Unicol
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GOLDEN BOOT Tom Woutersen Jason Szabo Glen Carmichael Robbie Greenhalgh Henry Stephen Patrick Woodlock Kieran Hill Ben Latham Jordan Silvester Matt Wheeler Jason Chewins Shaun Kipara Elton Leri Own goal
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Established: 1959
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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
GK Roy Bell 2 Josip Botica 3 Brent Mayhew 4 Jesse Smith 5 Adam Turner 6 Sam Sedon 7 Nathan Rolleson 8 Derek Waldegrave 9 Shane Tanner 10 George Curry 11 Craig Wylie 12 Colin Gardyne 13 Daniel Gates 14 Simon Day 16 Henok Tesfay 17 Michael Mayne 18 Dan Jones 22 Chris Accott RGK Cameron Brown Coach: Michael Mayne Coach: Mark Nayler Assistant coach: Andrew Campbell Team manager: Andy Phipps Physio: Silas Bong
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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
little as two hours. The All Whites and Football Ferns have been using FIFA 11+ for some time and all the ASB Premiership teams undertook to use it last summer season. WaiBOP Football plans to encourage all 106 affiliated clubs and schools to adopt the programme, and is running workshops to team club representatives how to use it. So what is FIFA 11+? “The programme takes 15–20 minutes to do and is designed to replace a standard warm–up,” explains NZ Football’s doctor, Mark Fulcher. “If it is done twice a week, it reduces the risk of injury by 30% and the risk of severe injury by 50%. These are things like an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury in the knee.”
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