2015 JUNIOR DIRECTORY A handbook for junior players and parents
Cambridge Football Club John Kerkhof Park, Park Vogel St, St Cambridge www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz
Key contacts Your first points of contact Check club website: General club matters: Junior matters:
www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz cambridgesoccer@gmail.com cfcjuniors@gmail.com
2015 committee members President and chair Peter Martens
Vice chair Steve Thomas
Secretary Josh Easby
Mobile: 027 2943044
Mobile: 021 746863 E: masterpiece@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 021 0558854 E: josh@hurricane–press.co.nz
Junior club co–captain Catherine Clark
Junior club co–captain Ingrid Cook
Senior gear Jim Thomassen
E: cfcjuniors@gmail.com
E: davegrid@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 027 6811264 E: tomassen@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
E: bomans@xtra.co.nz
Purchasing manager Chrissy Goodin Mobile: 021 307294 E: chrissy.goodin@gmail.com
Policy & planning Pauline Lewis
Volunteer co–ordinator Michaela McQuarters
Mobile: 027 2747578 E: paulinelewis173@gmail.com
Mobile: 021 621904 E: fareya123@gmail.com
Treasurer (acting) Craig Clark
Treasurer (incoming) Paul Blackstock
Mobile: 027 9153273 E: c.d.clark@xtra.co.nz
Mobile: 021 1282091 E: paul@herbertmorton.co.nz
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
Useful websites Club’s website: www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz WaiBOP Football: www.waibopfootball.co.nz NZ Football: www.nzfootball.co.nz Our club has a number of Facebook groups which you are invited to join. Search for Cambridge FC NZ (general club), Cambridge Football Club — Juniors or Cambridge Football Club — Women for the most popular.
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Welcome to another season
Junior Kickers practise their ball skills with coach Russell Foster.
Welcome to the 2015 football season at Cambridge Football Club. We’re working hard this year to ensure: All teams have the equipment they need for training and games. Free coaching courses are provided, and it will be a requirement for all coaches to attend. Grading is completed effectively and efficiently. Communication to all members is paramount. We are really pleased with the results
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we have had by implementing the NZ Football Junior Framework over the last four years and the benefits extend far beyond technical and tactical development. They ensure children develop an innate love for the game and remain in our sport for longer. We hope you have an enjoyable and successful season with Cambridge Football Club.
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Football for a new generation
Giving kids a great start in football
New Zealand Football has developed guidelines and supporting material to help clubs deliver junior football programmes that are matched to the needs of young players. This set of guidelines is called Junior Framework and is the first stage of New Zealand’s Whole of Football Plan. The Junior Framework ensures every child entering the game will take part in training and games that are tailored to his or her stage of football development — physical, mental, emotional/social and technical/tactical. Drawing on proven football development programmes from around the world, the Junior Framework provides children with a fun and rewarding experience at every stage, while developing their skills as football players. This is a nationwide initiative, so kids who move around New Zealand will be able to drop straight into the same setup at any club. Cambridge Football Club was chosen to be one of the few clubs to pilot the scheme in 2011, and we had a very positive response from both players and parents. 4
For more information, pick up a brochure at the Junior Clubrooms, or visit the New Zealand Football website www.nzfootball.co.nz. More about the Junior Framework on pages 12–13.
Become a referee WaiBOP referees have announced a schedule of courses to help develop more Club–Based Referees (CBRs). These courses normally cost $30 per person but the opening courses of the 2015 schedule provides free admission providing candidates register in advance. Register at: http://www.waibopfootball. co.nz/index.php?id=416. The nearest free course is: Hamilton: Hillcrest High School (room 13), 7pm–9pm, March 18. The nearest paid course ($30pp) is: Hamilton: Hillcrest High School (room 13), 7pm–9pm, April 15 and April 29. 2015 Level 1 Courses This is a free all–day course to be held at Matamata Swifts AFC on April 12. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
How to register Registration is by online registration only. As well as saving you lots of time, it is also more efficient for the volunteers who run the club. Here’s how to register online: Go to our club’s official website at www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz. Click on the JUNIORS tab. Follow the online instructions from there. Membership Fees Membership fees are for one year: Junior Grades 4th—7th Grade, $55.00 Junior Grades 8th—Open Grade, $95.00 $220 maximum charge per family (applies to junior fees only). Grades The grade your child will play in is determined by the calendar year in which they were born. When registering Junior Players please ensure you have the correct birth date recorded as our database forms part of the New Zealand Football database. If you have any concerns about the grade your child will be playing in, please contact us prior to the trials. 2011: 4th grade Junior Kicker 2010: 5th Grade Junior Kicker 2009: 6th Grade 2008: 7th Grade 2007: 8th Grade 2006: 9th Grade 2005: 10th Grade 2004: 11th Grade 2003: Open Grade 2002: Open Grade Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
* Registrations close on Sunday March 8 for 8th—Open grade players. Registrations close on Tuesday March 31 for 4th—7th grade players. After these dates, late registrations will be allowed only if there is room for your child in a team.
What to expect Junior Kickers Junior Kickers start from the age of 4 (born in 20011 or before). Their season starts the first Saturday of the second term — May 2, 2015. Once registered, you will receive an email with information about the Junior Kickers programme before the end of the first term. 4th and 5th Grade Junior Kickers Game day is filled with variation, with lots of short activities and exposure to the different components required within the game. The emphasis is on fun, exploration and enjoyment for individual players, with no requirement to understand tactics or team play. 4th and 5th Grade play only at Cambridge Football Club on Saturday morning. 6th and 7th grade These teams play at Cambridge Football Junior Grounds on Saturday mornings. They train once a week at our club training night (4pm, Wednesday); or at a time/place that their coach advises. 8th – Open Grade These teams play in the Waikato Football competition, playing away or at home each week according to the draw created by WaiBOP Football. Last year Cambridge entered 20 teams in the Waikato Competition. 5
Buy your gear from the club’s online store ... boots, shorts, socks and heaps more cool football gear, all available at the click of a mouse!
cambridgefc.clubstore.co.nz (Tip: don’t enter www — just enter the URL as it appears above)
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Playing kit
What our players need to wear To play, all children will need: Red socks with white stripes at the top, shin pads (to be worn under socks) and boots. 8th—Open Grade Full playing kit (shirt and shorts) are supplied for these grades for the season. 6th and 7th Grade Shirts are supplied to 6th and 7th grade players. You will need to supply red shorts. 4th and 5th grade Junior Kickers These players will require red shorts. If you wish you can purchase a very cool Junior Kickers shirt from the Junior Shop for $10.00. Please note: We do have some pre– loved boots (and other gear) at the Junior Shop for $5 or swap a pair. You can get a 10% discount on buying football gear (discount excludes socks) from local retailer Sportsworld. Mention that you are a member of the Cambridge Football Club when you go into the store to take advantage of the discount. 8th—Open Grade Kit We are proud of our kit, and we require your help to keep it in good condition. During the season, you will probably be responsible for washing the kit. Please ensure you follow the washing instructions. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
Your team will issue you with a pair of shorts that MUST be returned at the end of the season. All shirts are handed out at the game, and collected at the end of the game. The coach is responsible for all the team's gear, so please help them by looking after the gear and ensuring you return it to them promptly at the end of the season. If you have any gear that has not been returned from a previous season, please return it promptly to the Junior Shop, or drop it in the letterbox at 80A Hall Street, Cambridge. Club Jackets Jackets are available to purchase or order from the Junior Shop on Saturday mornings during the season. Size 6 — 14 $53.00. Size Small — 5XL $57.00. 7
Grading
How players are chosen for teams Grading for the 2015 season (8th— Open Grade) will be held on Sunday March 8 and Sunday March 15. Players wishing to trial for the top two teams in a grade, will need to attend both trials. All players will need to attend the second trials on the 15th March to ensure they are accurately assessed and placed in the correct teams. Sunday 8th March 8th Grade, 10th Grade and Open Grade Trials only 9am - 10am — 10th Grade 1pm - 2pm — 8th Grade 2pm - 3pm — Open Grade These trials are for players wishing to trial for the top two teams only. Sunday 15th March - All Grades 12pm - 1pm — Girls Only Mini Festival 1pm - 2pm — 8th Grade 2pm - 3pm — 9th Grade 3pm - 4pm — 10th Grade 4pm - 5pm — 11th Grade 5pm - 6pm — Open Grade (12th/13th Grade) Please ensure your child arrives 15 minutes early as they will need to check in and receive a numbered bib. Grading The aim of Cambridge Football Club is to provide quality football opportunities for players of ALL levels and grading is the best way for us to ensure players are in teams with others of a similar ability; this process helps to ensure your child gets the best from their season. 8
Top Teams We are committed to having high level competition teams in every grade. Places in these teams are allocated strictly on ability and also, importantly, attitude. If having been placed in one of these teams we feel that a player is struggling or not showing the correct attitude it may, on occasion, be necessary to move them down; equally players may also be moved into a higher level if it is felt that they show the required skill level. This is done for the benefit of both the individual player and their team, by trialling for one of the top teams you are agreeing to this policy and accept that any decision made by the club is final.
Girls–only leagues This season WaiBOP Football will be running Girls Only Leagues in the following age groups: 7th Grade, 8th/9th Grade; 10th/11th Grade and Open Grade. Our club is a strong supporter of women’s football (we have three senior teams) and we would like to enter at least one team in all of these grades — so tell your friends — and let’s get more girls playing football! We will be holding a Girls Only Mini Festival for all interested girls on Sunday March 15, from 12pm–1pm, at the junior club grounds. * Girls–only leagues are part of the NZ Football pathway for girls and we encourage all girls to participate in these leagues.
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Ways you can help the children The junior section of our club is run entirely by volunteers. If you are able to help, please indicate the areas in which you are able to assist the club when you fill out your child's online registration form. Junior Kickers We require the following assistance to run our Junior Kickers programme:
Help with Saturday set up, and timing of games/announcing Co–ordinators for each age group from 4th — 7th grade. Coaches/Game Leaders in each age group. If you are able to help or want to find out more, please contact us either by: Email cfcjuniors@gmail.com Call Catherine on 021 950263.
How we stay in touch with members The club maintains a website to help members keep informed about vital information such as the season fixtures, results, photos and match reports. Catherine Clark keeps the website updated and invites coaches and parents to send her their news, reports and any photographs suitable for the club’s junior image gallery.
You can contact Catherine at cfcjuniors@gmail.com. Another great way for our players and parents to stay in touch is through our Facebook group, called Cambridge Football Club — Juniors. Search for it online and please join. This is kept updated with ground closures, cancellations, junior player news and events.
Support our shop Our junior shop plays an important part in the club’s activities. Visit our shop to buy pre–loved boots and gear, or order club jackets. The shop supplies hot chips and a selection of chocolate bars and drinks. Profits from the shop help buy essential equipment and kit to ensure we can cater as many children as possible, and you can help by supporting the shop. If you are willing to volunteer your time to help run the shop, please contact the club by emailing cfcjuniors@gmail.com. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
Our club gratefully acknowledges the support of Trillian Trust whose donation last season helped purchase new sets of goals and nets.
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Our club’s most successful year Cambridge Football Club has swept a number of prestigious awards in the past year — a period called the club’s “golden season” by the Cambridge Edition. The club was named WaiBOP Football’s Award for the Waipa District’s Trustpower Club of the Year for 2014, chosen from Community Awards, becoming only the second sports club to take the trophy the region’s 115 affiliated clubs. The honour reflected the work by which recognises services to the local Cambridge’s army of volunteers to community. Our club is a finalist in the national not only provide football for its own members but also to stage regional and Trustpower Community Awards to be judged in Wellington in late March. national events for the sport. Cambridge also won two WaiBOP These include hosting WaiBOP–run coaching courses and game days for Football Best Practice awards. Success has not just come off the youngsters, as well as being the home ground for ASB Premiership side WaiBOP pitch. Our senior men’s first team won the United. Cambridge is one of six bases for Federation Challenge Shield last year national league football (the others and goes into 2015 as the holder. The are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, team were runners–up in the Waikato/ Bay of Plenty Federation Division 1. Christchurch and Dunedin). Our women’s first team won the Cambridge was named the 2014 Waipa District Sports Club of the Year and was a Waikato Women’s Cup, beating the finalist in the Waikato Sports Club of the previously unbeaten Claudelands Rovers 2–1 in the final. Year. Our Under 15 boys’ youth team won Its chairman, Greg Zeuren, was named Administrator of the Year for both Waipa the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Nike Cup District and for the Waikato, for his tournament, a feat repeated this year. The side also won the WaiBOP Federation leadership of the club’s committee. The club was also awarded the Supreme U–15 Youth League. 10
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Our club’s plans and achievements
Cambridge’s young footballers (from left) Ben Barrott, Lex Morton, Regan Grey and Asher Clark help start the building project with chairman Peter Martens. Photo: Steve Thomas.
When Cambridge Football Club wanted to celebrate the start of work on their new changing rooms, they considered asking a dignitary to turn the first shovel of dirt. The club will get six more changing “But then it occurred to us that the best people to perform that tradition rooms, enabling it to cope with the rapid would be those who will get the most growth of the club which has seen the from what we’re doing — the children of number of senior teams double in five Cambridge,” club chairman Peter Martens years, and total membership rise to more than 650 men, women and children. said. Meanwhile, the club also plans to offer That’s why the club invited some of its younger players to join the team naming rights to the six changing rooms of builders preparing the site at John to sponsors. “Rather than just number them one Kerkhof Park where the club’s new $200,000 building project will take shape to six, we thought it would be more fun ahead of the 2015 winter season. to name each after a person or business “The fundraising for the new facilities that’s got a strong connection with the has taken many years but they will club,” Martens said. provide changing rooms and showers Anyone who wants to know more about for many generations to come and we this or other sponsorship opportunities want our youngsters to feel part of the can contact club secretary Josh Easby by project,” Martens said. emailing cambridgesoccer@gmail.com. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
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Junior football framework
The principles of football’s Junior Framework are: Accumulation of hours and number of touches. To build fundamental skills, the Framework gives guidelines on the number of hours players should be training and playing each week. Small sided games ensure players touch the ball as much as possible to build technical ability. 12
Early Engagement. Focus on getting players involved and enthused as early as possible, to develop intrinsic motivation and love of the game before specialising. Recognising development age. Different players in the same age group will often be at different development Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
stages. The Junior Framework encourages a flexible approach to help players reach their true potential. Training emphasis periods. The Framework aims to promote the awareness of training emphasis periods, particularly for skill and physical development. It does this by providing clear recommendations for training to allow coaches to mximise the optimal windows of development. Four corners approach. At all stages we take account of
the four corners of a young player’s development: ● Physical ● Social/Emotional ● Mental ● Technical/Tactical. Age–appropriate games. Gradual progression from 3 to 9 a-side games ensures players are able and ready to move to the adult version of the game. It is a staggered progression that will ultimately leave the junior player more competent when playing the full-sized game at 11 a-side.
More opportunities for children WaiBOP Football provides extra opportunities for children to enjoy football through its ASB Fun Football Centres, Skill Development Clinics and Holiday Programmes. These clinics give children, no matter what their ability, the chance to have fun and begin a sporting habit that lasts for life. Organised and delivered by WaiBOP Football, the programmes give boys and girls the chance to learn skills, play games and have a great time under professional supervision. And if they have the passion and commitment, we offer the opportunity for young players to go further in the sport and be the best they can be. The programmes run for eight weeks in Term 1 and 4 and in the school holidays. Sessions run on weekdays after school, and are usually held at our junior club grounds in Vogel Street. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
Coaches currently running clinics include WaiBOP United players Alexis Varela (pictured with Cambridge fan Keziah Clark) and Federico Marquez. For more information, watch for dates and details at either the WaiBOP Football website (www.waibopfootball.co.nz) or contact WaiBOP Football Development Officer Alec Wilson by emailing alec.w@ waibop.co.nz. 13
Our supporters
Thanks to Domino’s, Cambridge, for supporting our Junior Players of the Day.
Thanks to the Queen Vic Chippy, Victoria St, Cambridge, for supporting our Junior Players of the Day.
Thanks to Shakespeare Street 4 Square for donating chocolates for the players at our Junior Prizegiving.
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Thanks to Cambridge Sportsworld for sponsoring a kit last season for our 6th and 7th grade Junior Kickers. We currently need more sponsorship to replace some kits for these age groups. The cost of sponsoring a kit of 10 shirts with your company logo on the reverse is $550. If you can help, or if you want more information, please email cfcjuniors@ gmail.com.
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Junior Kickers Calendar Date D t
Day
Event
Apr 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30 June 6
Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday
June 13 June 20
Saturday Saturday
ANZAC Day — no games Start of Term 1 games Term 1 games Term 1 games Term 1 games Queen’s Birthday Weekend — Term 1 games FIFA U–20 World Cup – no club games to enable players to attend tournament Term 1 games FIFA U–20 World Cup Final in Auckland No club games. Term 1 games Term 1 games Start of Term 2 games Term 2 games Term 2 games Term 2 games Term 2 games Term 2 games Team Photographs (date to be confirmed) Term 2 games 5–a–side for 7th grades, Jansen Park Cambridge Junior Football Prizegiving
June 27 Saturday July 4 Saturday July 25 Saturday Aug 1 Saturday Aug 8 Saturday Aug 15 Saturday Aug 22 Saturday Aug 29 Saturday Early September Sep 5 Saturday Sep 20 Sunday Early October
Cambridge FC Annual Quiz Night Our club’s biggest annual fundraising funcƟon is our annual Quiz Night, aƩended by supporters of our Senior and Junior teams. It’s planned for August so if you want to aƩend, or if your business wants to donate prizes in return for promoƟonal opportunites, contact cambridgesoccer@gmail.com. Cambridge Football Club — Junior Directory
May — June www.fifa.com/u20worldcup 15
8th to Open Grade Calendar Date
Day
Event
Mar 8 Mar 8
Sunday Sunday
Mar 15 Mar 15 Apr 25 May 2 May 9 May 16 May 23 May 30
Sunday Sunday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday Saturday
June 6
Saturday
June 13 June 20
Saturday Saturday
June 27 July 4
Saturday Saturday
Registrations close for 8th to Open grades 8th, 10th and Open Grade Trials (trials for top two teams only) 8th — Open Grade Trials (all players) Girls–only Mini Festival (12pm–1pm) ANZAC Day — no games Grading Game 1 Grading Game 2 Grading Game 3 Grading Game 4 Queen’s Birthday Weekend — Preliminary Game 1 (except 11th and Open grade Premier Division*) FIFA U–20 World Cup – no club games to enable players to attend tournament Preliminary Game 2 FIFA U–20 World Cup Final in Auckland No club games. Preliminary Game 3 Preliminary Game 4/first round of knockout games in afternoon Preliminary Game 5 Championship Game 1 Championship Game 2 Championship Game 3 Championship Game 4 Championship Game 5 Team Photographs (date to be confirmed) Championship Game 6 Knockout finals at Glenview Park 5–a–side for 8th, 9th, 10th grades, Jansen Park 5–a–side for 7th, 11th, Open grades, Jansen Park Prizegiving — Gateway Christian Centre Cambridge Junior Football Prizegiving
July 25 Saturday Aug 1 Saturday Aug 8 Saturday Aug 15 Saturday Aug 22 Saturday Aug 29 Saturday Early September Sep 5 Saturday Sep 12 Saturday Sep 19 Saturday Sep 20 Sunday Sep 26 Saturday Early October
* Note: Teams in the 11th and Open Grade Premier Division play a 10–week home and away competition.
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