Western Springs Football Club Magazine August 2016

WESTERN SPRINGS

AUGUST 2016

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NOTICEBOARD It’s Olympics time!

You can’t help but feel a sense of pride watching the Olympics, and especially for the New Zealanders competing in Rio. For me, it doesn’t matter what sport or who is competing, I love it. I hope you all have followed our Football Ferns, they have again given all of us a reason to celebrate success, on this the greatest of world stages. Disappointed undoubtedly at missing out on the quarterfinals, the Football Ferns have proven why New Zealand is a growing force in women’s football.

At home our football season is drawing to a close, and I wanted to give a special mention and thanks to all those coaches who have been out there in

the wind and the rain over the last month. Our club survives on volunteers and over the last month, you’ve proven how lucky we are to have you. It doesn’t matter if you’re the coach of the 6th Grade Cougars or the 17th Grade Black Swans, respect to all our coaches, you are doing such a fantastic job in developing our future Olympians.

Now keep an eye out for information on summer football and for those aspiring for greatness, get yourself involved in the Coerver football skills programmes that run at Springs.

Phil

Junior Chairman

AUGUST 2016 7-A-SIDE SUMMER FOOTBALL There will be junior and youth summer 7-a-side football in term 4.

Details will be released soon.

Adult Summer Football

WOMEN’S

Sat 20 August WSAFC v Bay Olympic, Seddon Fields – 5.30pm kick off Wed 24 August WSAFC v Eastern Suburbs, Seddon Fields – 7.30pm kick off Sat 27 August WSAFC v Melville Utd, Seddon Fields – 5.30pm kick off

Fri 12 August WSAFC v Forrest Hill Milford, Seddon Fields – 7.45pm kick off Fri 19 August WSAFC v Glenfield Rovers, Seddon Fields – 7.45pm kick off

SENIOR CLUB PRIZEGIVING

5th–7th Grade – last games Saturday 27 Aug

See page 7 for more details.

9th/10th Inhouse – last games Sunday 28 Aug

Saturday 10 September Start Time: 6.30pm Awards Commence at 7.00pm (sharp) Dinner provided

5th – 8th Grades at Western Springs College Sunday 11 September 9am – 5th Grade 10am – 6th Grade 11am – 7th Grade 12pm – 8th Grade 9th / 10th Grades at

PARKING REMINDER To ensure safe access for emergency vehicles it is important all restricted parking areas remain clear.

Please respect the parking restrictions

Western Springs College

Tuesday 13 September 6.00pm onwards

11th Grade up at Auckland Girls Grammar Thursday 15 September 7pm onwards

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Men’s First Team v Eastern Suburbs Seddon Fields 7.30pm Kick Off Mon 29

19 Grade Div 2 Sat Competition Western Springs 19/2 are in 2nd place, 3pts off 1st with a game in hand.

off top, with a game in hand, and 4 games remaining in Over 30’s Division 1, Over 40’s Division 1 Royals are 5 points off top with 4 games remaining, The Chevaliers and The Mercenaries both have a chance at claiming top spot in Over 40’s Division 3

Mens Open Grades: There are four teams still in the hunt for their respective titles in the mens open grades.

Go Feet were knocked out in the preliminary final of the Over 30’s KO Cup meaning there’s no Springs team left in that cup. Geri’s are tracking well in Pool A of the Over 35 KO Cup as are KaPow in Pool B and the Doctors in Pool C. In the Over 40’s KO Cup, we have three teams in the quarter finals: Hoops, Kosmos and Chevaliers. Still a chance for an all Springs final.

Diamond Geezers are 1 point off the top of the Championship grade with three games left to go, Olys finished the regular season top of Division 1 and now have entered their playoffs, Stingers are 1 point off the lead, the Black Swans lead Division 5 with two games to go, and the Dirty Houdinis still have a mathematical chance of grabbing top spot in Division 9 with three games remaining.

Womens Grades: The Division 2 Hot Springs finished second in the regular season with no losses and now are into playoffs.

In the Northern KO Cup, the Diamond Geezers are the only remaining Springs team after coming from behind to beat the Black Swans by 2-1 in Round 3.

NRFL Womens Premier Reserve only 1 point off the top position.

Men’s Over’s Grades: There are four teams with a chance to win their respective grades. Go Feet are 1 point

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Wed 31

End of Season 8th Grade

Thurs 1 Sept

Sun 21

Men’s First Team v Bay Olympic Seddon Fields 5.30pm Kick Off

Sat 27

Sun 28

End of Season 5th – 7th Grades

End of Season 9th/10th Grades Inhouse League

Men’s First Team v Melville Utd Seddon Fields 5.30pm Kick Off Fri 2

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Sun 4

Fri 8

Sat 9

Sun 10

SEPTEMBER 2016 Mon 5

Tues 6

Wed 7

Thurs 8

Senior Prizegiving 7pm

Mon 11

Tues 12

5th – 8th Grade Prizegiving at Western Springs College

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Fri 15

9th/10th Grade Prizegiving at Western Springs College

This includes their safety and wellbeing during the session and ensuring each child is collected at the end of the session.

If for some reason a parent is late to collect their child it is your responsibility to wait with the player or arrange for the player to wait with another parent.

If it is raining heavily there is always the shelter of the balcony.

If there is lightening then training will be cancelled.

Heavy rain is not usually a reason to cancel as it is a winter sport.

Care of our goals We are very lucky to have netted goals that are available to use all year round 7 days a week.

As coaches we need you to play your role in making sure all players take care of our equipment and this includes respect for the goals.

Please discourage any swinging on the nets (includes lying on the back of the nets)as this destroys the nets.

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TEAM PROFILE

The club would like to continue to provide year-round use of these goals however if the nets keep having to be repaired through misuse or abuse they may no longer be available for informal use.

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Safety with shooting There have been a number of quite serious injuries as a result of innocent parents/children being struck by a ball in the head because they were walking or standing behind a goal where players were firing shots at the goal.

Please remind all players to check behind the goals before they shoot.

This applies most importantly to the main entrance gate between the dugouts on field 1.

For this gate it is recommended that there is no shooting at any goal at this location.

Finish on time Friendly reminder too that your games must finish on time. “The team before us ran over” is not a reason for you to go over time.

Thank you for your cooperation.

WORLD UNIVERSITY FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, BRAZIL, JULY 2016 “It was an amazing trip and getting to play against some of the best futsal players in the world was a priceless experience. Being a part of something so big worldwide and also helping futsal grow in New Zealand was awesome. Coming 8th, we believe we could have done better overall, but were unlucky

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WS Snr Womens team members Jess Verdon and Dayna Manak were featured as recipients of Evergreens club support., in recent newsletter, selected for NZ Univ Futsal Team.

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11th Grade up Prizegiving at Auckland Girls Grammar

COACHES DUTY OF CARE Please remember that as the coach you are responsible for all players in your care.

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With competitions reaching their business end, here’s a report on how our senior teams are fairing:

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Women’s First Team v Glenfield Rovers, Seddon Fields 7.45pm Kick Off

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JUNIOR AND YOUTH PRIZEGIVING

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8th Grade – last games Friday 26 Aug

Monday – Thursday 7-a-side mixed and men’s league.

Men’s and Women’s First Team Draw MEN’S

END OF SEASON DATES When will your season end?

It’s the sad part of the season when we only have a few games left.

All Inhouse leagues will finish as per below.

For AFF teams, please check the website for any postponed fixtures and rescheduled games.

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numerous times with things not quite going our way. Seeing Brazil play with their fancy footwork, touch and accuracy was amazing, and gave us all standards for the level we want to reach. Overall, exploring Brazil was unreal and the competition is something we will always remember fondly!

We thank the Evergreens Club and committee so much for your help in getting us there!”

Team Name Background

Team Rituals and Traditions

The Fatboys – so named during a moment of inspiration on the Heaphy track by a couple of founding team members back in 1997. Started out as kind of ironic, but not so much these days. It took a few years for the authorities to call us by our name but now it sits loud and proud in the AFA scheduling.

We have a number of team rituals and traditions that have developed over the years, such as:

Competition you are currently playing in Over 35s div one, but only because we haven’t got around to moving to the over 40s yet. We’ve finished second in a couple of open grade divisions over the years but no major silverware (plenty of time yet though!). Perhaps our highest honour… when officiating the boat races at our team xmas bash one year Bernie, the legendary Auckland referee, said we had the best team spirit he had ever come across.

Of course, Bernie being Bernie, he was probably confusing us with some other team, but hey given the state of our trophy cabinet we’ll take it!

When were you founded and your team origins 1997 was our first season, a bunch of ex uni hostel mates and other hanger oners. 20 years later and we’re still going strong (sort of). We started out at the University club, moved after three seasons to Three Kings, where we were until 2012, and now we are in our 4th season at Springs.

Biggest Rivals We’ve had a few over the years, stretching right back to the bone breaking Te Atatu team in the late 90s, the Mt Albert Ponsonby team during our halcyon days in AFA division 1 and more recently probably the Steamboats, who we always liked to beat (but didn’t very often, even though we finished higher than them in the league). More recently our two main rivals are old age and injury – probably our most challenging opponents to date. They seem to get the better of us most weeks.

Providing a bottle of port on your birthday for a pre-game toast. Players have been known to replace the port with, more stimulating substances like Absinthe. This has ended in some interesting results both physical and performance based.

An annual awards ceremony, with the most shunned award being ‘The Shandy Galloway’. Originally named ‘The Shandy’ for team members displaying shandy type behaviour on or off the field, which was renamed ‘The Shandy Galloway’ after a particular team member made this award their own for a number of years. Each years winner is required to wear the ‘Shandy’ shirt for the summer football season.

Magic Moments Our Annual Xmas parties which in the early days, tended to get a little out of hand as each years organisers tried to better the previous years event. Noteworthy incidents have included Bernie (the infamous referee) being invited to dish out penalties for non-compliance with party rules. We are sure he issued himself penalties throughout the day as he required a taxi later in the afternoon. The need to call for an ambulance just to check on the health of a couple of team members. The loss of teeth related to the giant blow up boxing and jousting events. These events have become more sedate and family orientated in recent years. However they have not lost some of the traditions, such as the annual boat race etc.

Annual team and family summer camping trips to Pauanui pre Xmas and Tawharanui pre-Season.

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Jeremy Sutton & his team will chose their fave pic.

That team will win a trip to Uptown Bounce.

Win Uptown Bounce passes for your team 10 August 2016 www.wsafc.org.nz

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Recovery included a trip to a local eatery and some more team bonding before a good night’s sleep. The boys were up early waiting in their heated marquee tent for their dedicated parents to make breakfast and share a few jokes. Although Mattie Cunnington was most

The final brought a re-match against Cashmere Technical who had triumphed over Eastern Suburbs. It was a close first half with chances at a premium. What energy did the boys have left in their tanks? The Bullets started the half as they finished the game - camped in the opposition half. But through some great blocks and goalkeeping the scores remained level heading into the final minutes. Another cross was cleared...shot blocked...then GOAL!!!!

Flynn had glanced a cross into the corner of the net and the celebrations began...leaving no time for a kick off. The Bullets began their celebrations while Tracy booked another seat on the plane for the silverware that was heading back to Springs!!

Andy Vernon Coach

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The 12th grade Bullets travelled to Nelson for their first overseas tournament, hot on the heels following their tournament win at Fencibles. With 3 boys unable to travel and another picking a fight with the wrong stairs it was going to challenge the strength of the squad. With this in mind, our manager, Tracy, decided the boys needed somewhere special to recover in between games and duly booked a caravan - will they ever go back to a gazebo!! On a sticky pitch, day 1 started with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Christchurch’s Cashmere Technical courtesy of a superb finish from Cam. Game 2 v Nelson Suburbs brought 2 more goals for Cam including a beauty of a free kick. The day’s final group game brought another clean sheet for Joe Wallis and his awesome defence, with Miles grabbing the decisive goal for a 1-0 win.

disappointed at the lack of salmon on the menu, he soon put it behind him. In the semi final the Bullets were pitted against Waterside Karori from Wellington, who had finished the first day unbeaten. Ten minutes in and Miles rocketed a strike into the top corner - what a start! Shortly after half time, Waterside equalised but the Bullets replied almost instant with Cam chipping the GK after a mazy run.

The boys continued to control the game but with a third goal not coming the game was on a knife edge until the whistle brought cheers from the caffeine/fuelled parents! With the final to come later in the day, Andy sent the boys to their rooms to relax (while some stayed in the caravan)!

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Volunteers of 5th–17th Grades are eligible.

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Last year we formed the Evergreens Club to support people in our Football Community who needed a little help in some way.

We need some money in the bank if we are going to support others, so the Evergreens have been working to raise funds.

So far, activities have included: • The Evergreens Over 40’s tournament in September (and again this year) • Two Quiz nights a number of raffles and fundraisers around the club.

Support of Dayna Manak and Jess Verdon Two members of our Women’s Premier Team, Jess and Dayna were selected for the NZ Universities Futsal Team, and with a tight timeframe, asked if we could give a little bit of support, which the Evergreens did, for their travel to Brazil.

This year our support so far has gone to: Support of Ayub and Masud Sayid. Brothers Ayub and Nasud had spent a few years watching junior players from the sidelines and wanting to be able to play for the club, so with the assistance of one of our Junior parents the Evergreens helped arrange their placement in teams, and provided a package of fees and a Lotto WSAFC playing kit.

And, our next project is quite exciting. We want to provide the base funding for a Junior team from the club to go to an overseas tournament, possibly the Kanga Cup in Australia, to give young players a team event to aspire to.

Support of Myer Bevan. After winning the NZ leg of the ‘Nike most wanted’ event, Myer was selected along with 11 other boys to join the Nike Academy in England. Myer has grown up as a WSAFC junior player, and while the opportunity is there to maybe get a professional contract, we wanted to provide some support as a tangible way of showing the club supports his hard work.

Tracy Cunnington Steve Lowe Andy Vernon Ben Pain Geoff Brogan Thanks to our major sponsors: Fuji Xerox, McDonald’s, Bayleys, PBT and Jeremy Sutton

We need your support, through joining or renewing your membership.

Pop online and do that now, while you are reading this, just go to the club website (wsafc.org.nz) and go to the EVERGREENS tab.

It is simple to join, and be part of helping others in our football community.

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CAR PARK Drive slowly and carefully

WSAFC SPONSORS Phone Paul Thomas

Fuji Xerox delivers market-leading document services and print solutions.

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Stop and allow people to use the crossing.

Walk on the path, NOT down the middle of the road.

DDI: 09 356 4381 Mobile: 027 499 5909 Email: paul.thomas@nzl.fujixerox.com

Proud supporters of Western Springs AFC

Complimenting McDonald’s local sponsorship of clubs like Western Springs AFC, a new national sponsorship has been agreed with New Zealand Football.

Building on the Small Whites and McDonald’s Skills Zone programmes, McDonald’s Junior Football cements McDonald’s position as a key supporter of junior football in New Zealand. McDonald’s is working with New Zealand Football to increase the number of young players registered with clubs around the country, and also providing additional resources to football development officers. 15,000 footballs will also be handed out to Kiwi kids through the season.

Since planting roots in Wellington in 1972, PBT, then known as Peter Baker Transport, has grown from a one man, one truck operation to the country’s leading provider of Courier, Transport, Bulk and Logistics services.

At PBT, we operate as an extension of your business and before we do anything we take the time to understand your unique business requirements. We use these requirements to tailor and develop smart solutions that will not only work for you but will provide your business with an economic and quality service.

As part of our commitment to WSAFC, all new business bought on through a WSAFC affiliation will result in a percentage of that sale being donated back to the club.

Give us a call today – 09 250 0449 www.pbt.co.nz

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Jeremy Sutton NZ Family Law Bayleys have continued to be a major sponsor of WSAFC so please make sure you support them if you are considering selling Bayleys are pleased to be able to offer all WSAFC members an opportunity to support their local club by way of a $1,500 donation for every property which is listed exclusively and sold by Bayleys Real Estate Ltd. If you’re thinking that this might be the time to sell, let’s make a time to discuss the possibilities.

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Please see his website for free information or call Jeremy on 09 309 4647

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WSAFC FAMILY SPONSORS Deloitte Private works with individuals, families and privately owned businesses to complete accounting & tax compliance work cost effectively using cloud based technology. Whatever your ambition for your business – boosting performance, expansion, solving operational issues or selling – we also have the specialists, strategies and connections to make it happen.

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Jervois dental provides you with personal care. We specialise in managing your anxiety, with high tech sedation (if needed). Ceramic crowns, can be done in a single visit using CEREC cad cam.

Justin Lopes and Back To Your Feet Physiotherapy are proud to be the physiotherapists of choice for WSAFC. We provide physiotherapy services to both WSAFC Senior Mens and Womens teams, New Zealand Football. the New Zealand Roller Derby Team, the New Zealand Ice Fernz, Auckland City FC, Pirate City Rollers and Auckland Roller Derby League.

Justin has a 10 year history working in football at national and international level with all age groups. We play the game, we know the game and we know how to get you back playing.

Our passion for prevention, rehabilitation and performance is what drives us to make us the premier football physiotherapy clinic in the country... all on your doorstep!

Our clinic is based upstairs in the WSAFC pavilion and we are here to provide ACC covered treatments for no charge to all WSAFC members, we offer discounted rates for their families, and the public only has to pay $20.00 for an ACC consultation.

Graham Shaw is the only dentist, so you know who you will be seeing.

See our website for more details: www.jervoisdental.co.nz 139 Jervois Road Herne Bay. Phone: 09 3602475 Email: admin@jervoisdental.co.nz

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We are open all day Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings.

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NOTICEBOARD It’s Olympics time!

You can’t help but feel a sense of pride watching the Olympics, and especially for the New Zealanders competing in Rio. For me, it doesn’t matter what sport or who is competing, I love it. I hope you all have followed our Football Ferns, they have again given all of us a reason to celebrate success, on this the greatest of world stages. Disappointed undoubtedly at missing out on the quarterfinals, the Football Ferns have proven why New Zealand is a growing force in women’s football.

At home our football season is drawing to a close, and I wanted to give a special mention and thanks to all those coaches who have been out there in

the wind and the rain over the last month. Our club survives on volunteers and over the last month, you’ve proven how lucky we are to have you. It doesn’t matter if you’re the coach of the 6th Grade Cougars or the 17th Grade Black Swans, respect to all our coaches, you are doing such a fantastic job in developing our future Olympians.

Now keep an eye out for information on summer football and for those aspiring for greatness, get yourself involved in the Coerver football skills programmes that run at Springs.

Phil

Junior Chairman

Men’s and Women’s First Team Draw MEN’S

WOMEN’S

Sat 20 August WSAFC v Bay Olympic, Seddon Fields – 5.30pm kick off Wed 24 August WSAFC v Eastern Suburbs, Seddon Fields – 7.30pm kick off Sat 27 August WSAFC v Melville Utd, Seddon Fields – 5.30pm kick off

Fri 12 August WSAFC v Forrest Hill Milford, Seddon Fields – 7.45pm kick off Fri 19 August WSAFC v Glenfield Rovers, Seddon Fields – 7.45pm kick off

SENIOR CLUB PRIZEGIVING Saturday 10 September Start Time: 6.30pm Awards Commence at 7.00pm (sharp) Dinner provided

JUNIOR AND YOUTH PRIZEGIVING 5th – 8th Grades at Western Springs College Sunday 11 September 9am – 5th Grade 10am – 6th Grade 11am – 7th Grade 12pm – 8th Grade 9th / 10th Grades at

PARKING REMINDER To ensure safe access for emergency vehicles it is important all restricted parking areas remain clear.

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Tuesday 13 September 6.00pm onwards

11th Grade up at Auckland Girls Grammar Thursday 15 September 7pm onwards

7-A-SIDE SUMMER FOOTBALL There will be junior and youth summer 7-a-side football in term 4.

Details will be released soon.

Adult Summer Football Monday – Thursday 7-a-side mixed and men’s league.

See page 7 for more details.

END OF SEASON DATES When will your season end?

It’s the sad part of the season when we only have a few games left.

All Inhouse leagues will finish as per below.

For AFF teams, please check the website for any postponed fixtures and rescheduled games.

8th Grade – last games Friday 26 Aug 5th–7th Grade – last games Saturday 27 Aug 9th/10th Inhouse – last games Sunday 28 Aug All AFF teams, please check your team details on the AFF or WSAFC website.

With competitions reaching their business end, here’s a report on how our senior teams are fairing: 19th Grade Div 2 Sat Competition Western Springs 19/2 are in 2nd place, 3pts off 1st with a game in hand.

Mens Open Grades: There are four teams still in the hunt for their respective titles in the mens open grades.

Diamond Geezers are 1 point off the top of the Championship grade with three games left to go, Olys finished the regular season top of Division 1 and now have entered their playoffs, Stingers are 1 point off the lead, the Black Swans lead Division 5 with two games to go, and the Dirty Houdinis still have a mathematical chance of grabbing top spot in Division 9 with three games remaining.

In the Northern KO Cup, the Diamond Geezers are the only remaining Springs team after coming from behind to beat the Black Swans by 2-1 in Round 3.

Men’s Over’s Grades: There are four teams with a chance to win their respective grades. Go Feet are 1 point

off top, with a game in hand, and 4 games remaining in Over 30’s Division 1, Over 40’s Division 1 Royals are 5 points off top with 4 games remaining, The Chevaliers and The Mercenaries both have a chance at claiming top spot in Over 40’s Division 3 Go Feet were knocked out in the preliminary final of the Over 30’s KO Cup meaning there’s no Springs team left in that cup. Geri’s are tracking well in Pool A of the Over 35 KO Cup as are KaPow in Pool B and the Doctors in Pool C. In the Over 40’s KO Cup, we have three teams in the quarter finals: Hoops, Kosmos and Chevaliers. Still a chance for an all Springs final.

Womens Grades: The Division 2 Hot Springs finished second in the regular season with no losses and now are into playoffs.

NRFL Womens Premier Reserve only 1 point off the top position.

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WSAFC EVENTS CALENDAR AUGUST 2016 Mon 15

Tues 16

Wed 17

Thurs 18

Fri 19

Women’s First Team v Glenfield Rovers, Seddon Fields 7.45pm Kick Off

Mon 22

Tues 23

Wed 24

Thurs 25

Men’s First Team v Eastern Suburbs Seddon Fields 7.30pm Kick Off Mon 29

Tues 30

Wed 31

Sat 20

Men’s First Team v Bay Olympic Seddon Fields 5.30pm Kick Off

Fri 26

Sat 27

Sun 28

End of Season 8th Grade

End of Season 5th – 7th Grades

End of Season 9th/10th Grades Inhouse League

Men’s First Team v Melville Utd Seddon Fields 5.30pm Kick Off Thurs 1 Sept

Sun 21

Fri 2

Sat 3

Sun 4

Fri 8

Sat 9

Sun 10

SEPTEMBER 2016 Mon 5

Tues 6

Wed 7

Thurs 8

Senior Prizegiving 7pm

Mon 11

5th – 8th Grade Prizegiving at Western Springs College

Tues 12

Wed 13

9th/10th Grade Prizegiving at Western Springs College

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Fri 15

11th Grade up Prizegiving at Auckland Girls Grammar

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COACHES DUTY OF CARE Please remember that as the coach you are responsible for all players in your care.

This includes their safety and wellbeing during the session and ensuring each child is collected at the end of the session.

If for some reason a parent is late to collect their child it is your responsibility to wait with the player or arrange for the player to wait with another parent.

If it is raining heavily there is always the shelter of the balcony.

If there is lightening then training will be cancelled.

Heavy rain is not usually a reason to cancel as it is a winter sport.

Care of our goals We are very lucky to have netted goals that are available to use all year round 7 days a week.

As coaches we need you to play your role in making sure all players take care of our equipment and this includes respect for the goals.

Please discourage any swinging on the nets (includes lying on the back of the nets)as this destroys the nets.

The club would like to continue to provide year-round use of these goals however if the nets keep having to be repaired through misuse or abuse they may no longer be available for informal use.

Safety with shooting There have been a number of quite serious injuries as a result of innocent parents/children being struck by a ball in the head because they were walking or standing behind a goal where players were firing shots at the goal.

Please remind all players to check behind the goals before they shoot.

This applies most importantly to the main entrance gate between the dugouts on field 1.

For this gate it is recommended that there is no shooting at any goal at this location.

Finish on time Friendly reminder too that your games must finish on time. “The team before us ran over” is not a reason for you to go over time.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Geoff Brogan

WORLD UNIVERSITY FUTSAL CHAMPIONSHIPS, BRAZIL, JULY 2016 WS Snr Womens team members Jess Verdon and Dayna Manak were featured as recipients of Evergreens club support., in recent newsletter, selected for NZ Univ Futsal Team.

“It was an amazing trip and getting to play against some of the best futsal players in the world was a priceless experience. Being a part of something so big worldwide and also helping futsal grow in New Zealand was awesome. Coming 8th, we believe we could have done better overall, but were unlucky 8 August 2016 www.wsafc.org.nz

numerous times with things not quite going our way. Seeing Brazil play with their fancy footwork, touch and accuracy was amazing, and gave us all standards for the level we want to reach. Overall, exploring Brazil was unreal and the competition is something we will always remember fondly!

We thank the Evergreens Club and committee so much for your help in getting us there!”

TEAM PROFILE

Team Name Background

Team Rituals and Traditions

The Fatboys – so named during a moment of inspiration on the Heaphy track by a couple of founding team members back in 1997. Started out as kind of ironic, but not so much these days. It took a few years for the authorities to call us by our name but now it sits loud and proud in the AFA scheduling.

We have a number of team rituals and traditions that have developed over the years, such as:

Competition you are currently playing in Over 35s div one, but only because we haven’t got around to moving to the over 40s yet. We’ve finished second in a couple of open grade divisions over the years but no major silverware (plenty of time yet though!). Perhaps our highest honour… when officiating the boat races at our team xmas bash one year Bernie, the legendary Auckland referee, said we had the best team spirit he had ever come across.

Of course, Bernie being Bernie, he was probably confusing us with some other team, but hey given the state of our trophy cabinet we’ll take it!

When were you founded and your team origins 1997 was our first season, a bunch of ex uni hostel mates and other hanger oners. 20 years later and we’re still going strong (sort of). We started out at the University club, moved after three seasons to Three Kings, where we were until 2012, and now we are in our 4th season at Springs.

Biggest Rivals We’ve had a few over the years, stretching right back to the bone breaking Te Atatu team in the late 90s, the Mt Albert Ponsonby team during our halcyon days in AFA division 1 and more recently probably the Steamboats, who we always liked to beat (but didn’t very often, even though we finished higher than them in the league). More recently our two main rivals are old age and injury – probably our most challenging opponents to date. They seem to get the better of us most weeks.

Providing a bottle of port on your birthday for a pre-game toast. Players have been known to replace the port with, more stimulating substances like Absinthe. This has ended in some interesting results both physical and performance based.

An annual awards ceremony, with the most shunned award being ‘The Shandy Galloway’. Originally named ‘The Shandy’ for team members displaying shandy type behaviour on or off the field, which was renamed ‘The Shandy Galloway’ after a particular team member made this award their own for a number of years. Each years winner is required to wear the ‘Shandy’ shirt for the summer football season.

Magic Moments Our Annual Xmas parties which in the early days, tended to get a little out of hand as each years organisers tried to better the previous years event. Noteworthy incidents have included Bernie (the infamous referee) being invited to dish out penalties for non-compliance with party rules. We are sure he issued himself penalties throughout the day as he required a taxi later in the afternoon. The need to call for an ambulance just to check on the health of a couple of team members. The loss of teeth related to the giant blow up boxing and jousting events. These events have become more sedate and family orientated in recent years. However they have not lost some of the traditions, such as the annual boat race etc.

Annual team and family summer camping trips to Pauanui pre Xmas and Tawharanui pre-Season.

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JEREMY SUTTON’S BEST ACTION AUGUST BEST ACTIONSHOT SHOTININ APRIL

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Join our facebook group.

Western springs action shots

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Upload action pics to the Facebook page and include team name, player name & #jsactionshots

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Jeremy Sutton & his team will chose their fave pic.

That team will win a trip to Uptown Bounce.

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B U LLE TS N I T E G R A T N O

NT E M A N R U O T N E LS O N

The 12th grade Bullets travelled to Nelson for their first overseas tournament, hot on the heels following their tournament win at Fencibles. With 3 boys unable to travel and another picking a fight with the wrong stairs it was going to challenge the strength of the squad. With this in mind, our manager, Tracy, decided the boys needed somewhere special to recover in between games and duly booked a caravan - will they ever go back to a gazebo!! On a sticky pitch, day 1 started with a hard fought 1-0 victory over Christchurch’s Cashmere Technical courtesy of a superb finish from Cam. Game 2 v Nelson Suburbs brought 2 more goals for Cam including a beauty of a free kick. The day’s final group game brought another clean sheet for Joe Wallis and his awesome defence, with Miles grabbing the decisive goal for a 1-0 win.

Recovery included a trip to a local eatery and some more team bonding before a good night’s sleep. The boys were up early waiting in their heated marquee tent for their dedicated parents to make breakfast and share a few jokes. Although Mattie Cunnington was most

disappointed at the lack of salmon on the menu, he soon put it behind him. In the semi final the Bullets were pitted against Waterside Karori from Wellington, who had finished the first day unbeaten. Ten minutes in and Miles rocketed a strike into the top corner - what a start! Shortly after half time, Waterside equalised but the Bullets replied almost instant with Cam chipping the GK after a mazy run.

The boys continued to control the game but with a third goal not coming the game was on a knife edge until the whistle brought cheers from the caffeine/fuelled parents! With the final to come later in the day, Andy sent the boys to their rooms to relax (while some stayed in the caravan)!

The final brought a re-match against Cashmere Technical who had triumphed over Eastern Suburbs. It was a close first half with chances at a premium. What energy did the boys have left in their tanks? The Bullets started the half as they finished the game - camped in the opposition half. But through some great blocks and goalkeeping the scores remained level heading into the final minutes. Another cross was cleared...shot blocked...then GOAL!!!!

Flynn had glanced a cross into the corner of the net and the celebrations began...leaving no time for a kick off. The Bullets began their celebrations while Tracy booked another seat on the plane for the silverware that was heading back to Springs!!

Andy Vernon Coach

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Last year we formed the Evergreens Club to support people in our Football Community who needed a little help in some way.

We need some money in the bank if we are going to support others, so the Evergreens have been working to raise funds.

So far, activities have included: • The Evergreens Over 40’s tournament in September (and again this year) • Two Quiz nights a number of raffles and fundraisers around the club.

Support of Dayna Manak and Jess Verdon Two members of our Women’s Premier Team, Jess and Dayna were selected for the NZ Universities Futsal Team, and with a tight timeframe, asked if we could give a little bit of support, which the Evergreens did, for their travel to Brazil.

This year our support so far has gone to: Support of Ayub and Masud Sayid. Brothers Ayub and Nasud had spent a few years watching junior players from the sidelines and wanting to be able to play for the club, so with the assistance of one of our Junior parents the Evergreens helped arrange their placement in teams, and provided a package of fees and a Lotto WSAFC playing kit.

And, our next project is quite exciting. We want to provide the base funding for a Junior team from the club to go to an overseas tournament, possibly the Kanga Cup in Australia, to give young players a team event to aspire to.

Support of Myer Bevan. After winning the NZ leg of the ‘Nike most wanted’ event, Myer was selected along with 11 other boys to join the Nike Academy in England. Myer has grown up as a WSAFC junior player, and while the opportunity is there to maybe get a professional contract, we wanted to provide some support as a tangible way of showing the club supports his hard work.

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We need your support, through joining or renewing your membership.

Pop online and do that now, while you are reading this, just go to the club website (wsafc.org.nz) and go to the EVERGREENS tab.

It is simple to join, and be part of helping others in our football community.

CAR PARK Drive slowly and carefully

Stop and allow people to use the crossing.

Walk on the path, NOT down the middle of the road.

Drive safe • Kids safe

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WSAFC SPONSORS Phone Paul Thomas

Fuji Xerox delivers market-leading document services and print solutions.

www.fujixerox.co.nz Complimenting McDonald’s local sponsorship of clubs like Western Springs AFC, a new national sponsorship has been agreed with New Zealand Football.

Building on the Small Whites and McDonald’s Skills Zone programmes, McDonald’s Junior Football cements McDonald’s position as a key supporter of junior football in New Zealand. McDonald’s is working with New Zealand Football to increase the number of young players registered with clubs around the country, and also providing additional resources to football development officers. 15,000 footballs will also be handed out to Kiwi kids through the season.

National Business Development Manager, Production Systems

DDI: 09 356 4381 Mobile: 027 499 5909 Email: paul.thomas@nzl.fujixerox.com

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At PBT, we operate as an extension of your business and before we do anything we take the time to understand your unique business requirements. We use these requirements to tailor and develop smart solutions that will not only work for you but will provide your business with an economic and quality service.

As part of our commitment to WSAFC, all new business bought on through a WSAFC affiliation will result in a percentage of that sale being donated back to the club.

Give us a call today – 09 250 0449 www.pbt.co.nz

Jeremy Sutton NZ Family Law Bayleys have continued to be a major sponsor of WSAFC so please make sure you support them if you are considering selling Bayleys are pleased to be able to offer all WSAFC members an opportunity to support their local club by way of a $1,500 donation for every property which is listed exclusively and sold by Bayleys Real Estate Ltd. If you’re thinking that this might be the time to sell, let’s make a time to discuss the possibilities.

Call Bernadette Morrison on 021 345 520 16 August 2016 www.wsafc.org.nz

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Know your legal rights and options Jeremy is a specialist family lawyer with over 20 years experience in family law.

Please see his website for free information or call Jeremy on 09 309 4647

WSAFC FAMILY SPONSORS Deloitte Private works with individuals, families and privately owned businesses to complete accounting & tax compliance work cost effectively using cloud based technology. Whatever your ambition for your business – boosting performance, expansion, solving operational issues or selling – we also have the specialists, strategies and connections to make it happen.

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Jervois dental provides you with personal care. We specialise in managing your anxiety, with high tech sedation (if needed). Ceramic crowns, can be done in a single visit using CEREC cad cam.

Graham Shaw is the only dentist, so you know who you will be seeing.

See our website for more details: www.jervoisdental.co.nz 139 Jervois Road Herne Bay. Phone: 09 3602475 Email: admin@jervoisdental.co.nz

Lotto is a high quality international sportswear brand, that combines Italian fashion flair with performance technologies to help athletes play and look their best. In New Zealand, Lotto is football. We sponsor and supply clubs and tournaments nationwide because we love the game.

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Pop in for all your paint or panelbeating jobs or call them on 378 6090

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Justin Lopes and Back To Your Feet Physiotherapy are proud to be the physiotherapists of choice for WSAFC. We provide physiotherapy services to both WSAFC Senior Mens and Womens teams, New Zealand Football. the New Zealand Roller Derby Team, the New Zealand Ice Fernz, Auckland City FC, Pirate City Rollers and Auckland Roller Derby League.

Justin has a 10 year history working in football at national and international level with all age groups. We play the game, we know the game and we know how to get you back playing.

Our passion for prevention, rehabilitation and performance is what drives us to make us the premier football physiotherapy clinic in the country... all on your doorstep!

Our clinic is based upstairs in the WSAFC pavilion and we are here to provide ACC covered treatments for no charge to all WSAFC members, we offer discounted rates for their families, and the public only has to pay $20.00 for an ACC consultation.

We are open all day Monday to Friday and Saturday mornings.

Please text Justin for an appointment on 021 673 732

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2016 COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2016 Executive Committee Grant Russell – grant@harmonyhomes.co.nz Executive Chairman Zoran Jerkovic – zoran.jerkovic@bayleys.co.nz Treasurer - 027 577 3715 Joanne Powell – jopowellnz@gmail.com Registrar & Junior Controller 5th-8th grade Peter Andrew, Mark Evans, Michael Hope, Steve Lowe, Paul Rutland, Barry Noyer, Phil Dunn

2016 Senior Committee Warwick Hooper – warwick.hooper@lionco.com Senior Chairman – 027 445 3538 Mark Evans – mark.evans@aucklandcouncil.govt.nz Mario Campbell – info@greylynnglass.co.nz 0275 744 644 Zoran Jerkovic – zoran.jerkovic@bayleys.co.nz 027 577 3715 Barry Noyer – badbaz44@hotmail.com 021 615 881 Douglas Robinson – robinsond@poal.co.nz Paul Blanchard – paul.blanchard@transdiesel.co.nz Tony Jones – tony@artbureau.co.nz Howard John – howard @mindfood.com

2016 Junior/Youth Committee Phil Dunn – phillip@annecy.co.nz Junior/Youth Chairman – 021 807 640 Michael Hope , Jason Laing, Kate Beddoe, Paul Thomas, Mike Cunnington, Ralph Walker, Gary Hughes

Football Development Officer Geoff Brogan – FDO@wsafc.org.nz 021 400 480

Communications & Sponsorship Coordinator Tracy Cunnington – comms@wsafc.org.nz

Club Manager Paul Rutland clubmanager@wsafc.org.nz 027 294 7984 www.wsafc.org.nz August 2016 19

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