Western Springs Football Club Magazine Sept 2018

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END OF THE SEASON

OCTOBER FROM THE JUNIOR COMMITTEE

FROM THE SENIOR COMM ITTEE

with we can look forward to more time With another season now complete also to let the injuries recover. We can families and importantly take time l season for WSAFC. look back on another successfu ever year l successfu most their Our Men’s First Team completed than a horror late into the season and other challenging for the league title the would have progressed deep into few minutes verses Birkenhead Chatham Cup. season but the to start turbulent a Our Woman’s First Team overcame season. The the to finish positive more a managed to turn it around with l season next year. signs are good for a more successfu respective also had lots of teams win their Beyond the Premier teams, we with ns. Our senior ranks remain strong leagues and/or cup competitio division. Long may it last. senior most WSAFC well represented in with programs nt developme of our talent The club also showed the benefit for playing and/or honours national a number of club members making professional teams abroad. the with facilities on improving our The club has continued working new scoreboard and on-going introduction of new box net goals, rooms. improvements to the changing O40’s tournament thanks to the The club also enjoyed another successful teams. fine weather and comradery across organisers efforts along with some who club members and supporters I would also like to thank all those efforts to support the club. Without the provided their time and resources a club. of these individuals we don’t have a safe and we wish you and your families On behalf of the senior committee enjoyable summer break.

What a season! It seems a bit crazy that the season for most, is all over, though not as mad as it is only three months until Christmas. At the club we have just wrapped up two weeks of prize-giving ceremonies, getting through 170 junior and youth teams over six sessions. To those that helped make it happen, you know who you are, a hat-tip of respect to you.

Last week at the Youth Awards at Auckland Girls Grammar the ultimate award of Western Springs AFC 2018 Youth Player of the Year was awarded to Emma Pijnenburg and Bradley Wilson. An outstanding achievement and we salute you, you have worked incredibly hard and we are proud to acknowledge that effort and to have you at Springs.

If you are looking to develop your skills over the off-season, keep an eye out for news of our holiday and academy programmes. There are opportunities for all to join Emma and Brad on their pathway or to make yourself the best footballer you can be.

Lastly, I am wishing those players, coaches and teams every success at the following end of season tournaments. You have had great seasons, finish in style!

9th Grade ‘Nationals’ at Three Kings United (Keith Hay Park) from Sep

13 -Grade at WSAFC (Seddon Fields) from Sep 29 to Oct 1 10th-Grade ‘Nationals’ at Norwest United (Huapai Domain) from Oct 5 th

SC HO OL HOLI DAY

E PROGRAMM2018 Tuesday 2 October – Thursday 4 October 9.00am – 1.00pm daily $145 (inc. GST) for the 3 days

29 to Oct 1 to Oct 7

I do hope you had a marvellous season and on behalf of the junior committee, we look forward to welcoming you back in 2019.

See you all at the club or on the turf soon.

Phil Dunn

Junior Chairman

Cheers

Warwick How to Register

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• Simply log into MY COMET using the username and password sent to you from New Zealand Football. https://mycomet-oceania.analyticom.de/en_NZ/login • Go to Register (left hand side) • Search for Western Springs AFC under Club/Federation • A list of current registration products will show up. Click the + button October School Holiday Programme 2018 and proceed to payment.

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12th GRADE

SUMMER FOOTY WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

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THE PUBLIC

SENIORS START from 8th OCT

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ACC & Private provider • Education • Prevention • Treatment • Rehabilitation

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7-A-SIDE

FOR JUNIORS, YOUTH

MIXED, MENS & O-35’S SEDDON FIELDS

OVERUSE/OVERLOAD INJURIES WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

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SPORTS PHYSIO

Hey team,

Contact Justin on 021 673 732

www.backtoyourfeet.health.nz

ClinicFeet is located upstairs at Western Springs Pavilion,going Seddon through Fields, 108 Meola Rd It’s Silas from Back To Your Physio younger players growth with this month’s physio segment of the spurts. All of these injuries occur due newsletter. I have been with Justin and to overload, where the performance the crew at Western Springs for what’s requirement on the body outweighs its close to a full season of football now and normal capacity.

I would like to write about non-contact These injuries occur most during injuries that I have observed over the tournaments, where players are not years of working as a physio. used to the intensity and minutes over The most common non-contact injuries a short number of days compared to we treat for footballers would range from their usual training amount. This relates muscle strains of the hamstring, calf to the acute:chronic workload ratio, and quads to the tendinopathies of the where acute workload is the amount of achilles and patella tendons and not to football done over a week compared to mention back of the heel pain, Sever’s the chronic workload which is a weekly disease which commonly affects the average over a 4 week period.

JAVA

Since the beginning of the season, the Java team has been attending weekly HPU Skill Centre sessions (run by Andy Vernon) to help improve and further develop their abilities, with the hope of qualifying for the 2018 Weir Rose Bowl.

The WRB Qualifying Tournament recently took place at McLennan Park. In a round robin format, the girls played an epic 5x 50min games, across 2 days, against Ellerslie, Buckland’s Beach (who had combined with Fencibles), Papakura (who had combined with Manurewa, Beachlands Maraetai, Drury United and Papatoetoe),

Three Kings United and Eastern Suburbs AFC. The team performed well, and showed great energy and determination in what was a very close competition.

Finishing 4th overall, secured their spot and will give the girls the opportunity to represent both Western Springs AFC and Auckland Football Federation at this years WRB. A fantastic result, following a great weekend of football!

Ange Southgate

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WHITE

FIORENTINA

WESTERN SPRINGS GALLERY

VIPERS - winners of the14th Grade Conference Division.

Well done Patrick and the boys!

AFF Over 35 Knockout Final: Western Springs v Lynn Avon Photo: David Joseph / www.phototek.nz

This year across many of our Junior grades including 10th Grade we have taken a different approach with our Development Teams. Rather that creating an A and B team we created two balanced teams.

These two 10th Grade teams then train together twice a week in our HPU sessions, but play as White and Green in the AFF competition. Both these teams were entered into the recent Fencilbes tournament to compete against the best 10th Grade teams from across Auckland.

As a testament to the depth we have at the club at this grade both teams Green and White made the semi finals against teams from Eastern Suburbs and Onehunga.

Team White won their semi final against Onehunga whilst Green lost theirs to

Eastern Suburbs. Team White then won a thrilling final against Suburbs in a penalty shootout to be crowned Champions! To have both our teams in the semi final and to win the tournament was a fantastic result for the club.

WHAT A WAY TO FINISH THE SEASON! The sun was shining and team Fiorentina had their final run around last Saturday at the Western Springs 11th Grade Tournament. They fiercely fought some of their traditional season rivals and a few new ones to end up unbeaten in the finals... a tight fought game with the ball swinging from end to end they drew 0–0 at the end of normal time. An exciting five minutes each way up next, golden goal... still no score first half of extra time.

I’m pretty sure the parents were more stressed than the girls.

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One minute from the end, before penalties, our girls graciously allowed the visitors to score a goal. Always thinking of others and willing to share, Fiorentina came a worthy second place.

As one of team parents said: “Fantastic for us to have the girls and parents part of our lives. A real “pick me up” to see their smiling faces at football each time.”

Can’t wait for summer footie...

David Simons

U19 Champions. What a season, what a great bunch of boys and coaching duo Craig Platt and Mario Campbell.

Best dressed supporter www.wsafc.org.nz September 2018 13

FRONT COVER DESIGN Mini Reis Cover photos: Ange Southgate Anna Walker

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CONTRIBUTORS

GREEN CORNER SPRINGS’ SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE

OUR AWESOME NEW CLUB COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING SYSTEMS ARE PROVING TO BE A BIG HIT! We’ve managed to divert 4,320 litres of recyclable waste (mainly plastic bottles and glass) and 5,040 litres of organic waste away from landfill in just our first season. That’s the equivalent of the two elephants, Burma and Anjalee, over the road at the Zoo. Amazing work everyone!

The new sustainability system is helping to reduce our environmental footprint as well as keeping the club looking clean and tidy - no more overflowing rubbish bins on busy weekends at Springs.

The recyclable waste we collect gets another life and is turned into other products, while all the organic waste is commercially composted and used to help grow new plants and trees.

Please keep reminding your players and supporters to sort their waste into the right bins. They’re easy to find all around the artificial turf, outside the changing rooms, on the balcony and inside the clubrooms.

Remember, all food and beverage packaging sold at the club café is 100% compostable, including the coffee cups and lids. Because they are made of organic materials, the coffee cups cannot be recycled. So please make sure you “hit the target” and get them in the right bins (the green ones) after your morning fix.

The next villain on our zero waste ‘hit list’ is the plastic tape used by many footballers.

More about that in the next issue…

In the meantime, thanks for your support. We want to be not only the best club in New Zealand, but the greenest too!

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Jane Welsh at JaneMareeWelsh@gmail.com

Ange Southgate Justin Lopes Ralph Walker David Simons

Thanks to our major sponsors: Fuji Xerox, McDonald’s, Bayleys, PBT, and Giltrap Nissan

“TOGETHER LET’S SORT IT OUT”

DID YOU KNOW? The 8 most common types of pollution found in the oceans are: PLASTIC BOTTLES, PLASTIC BAGS, CIGARETTES, FOOD WRAPPERS, PLASTIC UTENSILS, STRAWS, CANS e.g. SOFT DRINKS, STYROFOAM CUPS

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Stop and allow people to use the crossing.

Stop and allow people to use the crossing.

Please be considerate Please and be considerate and Walk on the path, Walk on the path, only youpark havehere a if you have a NOT down the NOT down the only park here if middle of the road. middle of the road. mobility parking mobility permit.parking permit.

THE OCTOBER PRIZEGIVING SPECIAL MAGAZINES WILL BE DISTRIBUTED IN MID-OCTOBER

All others will be All towed others will be towed at owners expense. at owners expense.

Drive safe •Drive Kids safe 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.

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 18 September 2018 www.wsafc.org.nz

Magazine coordinator and layout Mini Reis © 2018

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National Business Development Manager, Production Systems

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

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.

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.

Darren White +64 9 3030778 dwhite@deloitte.co.nz www.deloitteprivate.co.nz

www.lottosports.co.nz info@scoresportswear.co.nz 09 828 7430

Proud supporters of Western Springs AFC 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.

minimaxdesignstudio@gmail.com

West Lynn Painters & Panelbeaters is a local family business run by father and son, Barry and Drago Jujnovich. Using the most up-to-date services available, your car will look like new.

www.harmonyhomes.co.nz

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

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

mini Graphic design: logos, magazine layout, book covers and promotional material.

Giltrap Nissan has a star studded line up in its vehicles which will suit all members of the family.

You can check out all the latest models on our website

www.giltrapnissan.co.nz.

Call Renate Smit on 09 522 9925 or 027 627 1333 or email rsmit@giltrapnissan.co.nz for a competitive quote and join the team.

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END OF THE SEASON FR OM TH E SE NI OR CO M M ITTE E

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Cheers

Warwick

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FRO M THE JUN IOR COM MITTEE What a season! It seems a bit crazy that the season for most, is all over, though not as mad as it is only three months until Christmas. At the club we have just wrapped up two weeks of prize-giving ceremonies, getting through 170 junior and youth teams over six sessions. To those that helped make it happen, you know who you are, a hat-tip of respect to you.

Last week at the Youth Awards at Auckland Girls Grammar the ultimate award of Western Springs AFC 2018 Youth Player of the Year was awarded to Emma Pijnenburg and Bradley Wilson. An outstanding achievement and we salute you, you have worked incredibly hard and we are proud to acknowledge that effort and to have you at Springs.

If you are looking to develop your skills over the off-season, keep an eye out for news of our holiday and academy programmes. There are opportunitie s for all to join Emma and Brad on their pathway or to make yourself the best footba ller you can be.

Lastly, I am wishing those players, coaches and teams every success at the following end of season tournaments. You have had great seasons, finish in

style!

9th Grade ‘Nationals’ at Three Kings United (Keith Hay Park) from Sep

29 to Oct 1

10th-Grade ‘Nationals’ at Norwest United (Huapai Domain) from Oct 5

to Oct 7

13 -Grade at WSAFC (Seddon Fields) from Sep 29 to Oct 1 th

I do hope you had a marvellous season and on behalf of the junior comm ittee, we look forward to welcoming you back in 2019.

See you all at the club or on the turf soon.

Phil Dunn

Junior Chairman

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OCTOBER

L O H SC O HOLI DAY

E PROGRAMM2018 Tuesday 2 October – Thursday 4 October 9.00am – 1.00pm daily $145 (inc. GST) for the 3 days

How to Register • Simply log into MY COMET using the username and password sent to you from New Zealand Football. https://mycomet-oceania.analyticom.de/en_NZ/login • Go to Register (left hand side) • Search for Western Springs AFC under Club/Federation • A list of current registration products will show up. Click the + button October School Holiday Programme 2018 and proceed to payment.

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SUMMER FOOTY WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

SENIORS START from 8th OCT JUNIORS & YOUTH START from 15th & 18th OCT

7-A-SIDE

FOR JUNIORS, YOUTH

MIXED, MENS & O-35’S SEDDON FIELDS

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OPEN TO

THE PUBLIC

SPORTS PHYSIO ACC & Private provider • Education • Prevention • Treatment • Rehabilitation

OVERUSE/OVERLOAD INJURIES WESTERN SPRINGS AFC

PROUD TO BE PHYSIOTHERAPIST OF CHOICE FOR

Hey team,

Contact Justin on 021 673 732

www.backtoyourfeet.health.nz

ClinicFeet is located upstairs at Western Springs Pavilion,going Seddon through Fields, 108 Meola Rd It’s Silas from Back To Your Physio younger players growth with this month’s physio segment of the spurts. All of these injuries occur due newsletter. I have been with Justin and to overload, where the performance the crew at Western Springs for what’s requirement on the body outweighs its close to a full season of football now and normal capacity.

I would like to write about non-contact These injuries occur most during injuries that I have observed over the tournaments, where players are not years of working as a physio. used to the intensity and minutes over The most common non-contact injuries a short number of days compared to we treat for footballers would range from their usual training amount. This relates muscle strains of the hamstring, calf to the acute:chronic workload ratio, and quads to the tendinopathies of the where acute workload is the amount of achilles and patella tendons and not to football done over a week compared to mention back of the heel pain, Sever’s the chronic workload which is a weekly disease which commonly affects the average over a 4 week period.

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An Australian study has found that a ratio of >2.11 had the greatest injury risk at 16.7% in elite rugby league players. The same study also found that exposure to a high chronic workload could decrease injury risk, which means that players that were consistently training enough were at lower risk of injuries during weeks where more game time was expected.

This can also explain why players returning from injury are at higher risk of re-injury if not appropriately and gradually eased back into football. Inseason, players are at higher risk of being injured if they aren’t training often enough or if there is a period of time where cup and league games are being played close together, these are periods where there is an acute spike in load.

Plan ahead if possible and gradually increase training intensity, frequency or duration in the lead up. Go for an extra run or two or have strengthening sessions on alternate days. How we can help at Back To Your Feet Physiotherapy

is by assessing your biomechanics during running or change of direction type movements, strength and balance testing, and tailoring your training load to you and helping you back to play after injury In conclusion, train hard but train smart, training intensity should match game intensity. Aim to increase your training load gradually to avoid having acute spikes in load whether it may be playing in multiple games a week or rushing back to play a game. Football is a team sport, the more available healthy players are for selection, the more it helps the success of the squad during the season.

Stay on your feet

Silas

Ref: Hulin BT, Gabbett TJ, Lawson DW, et al The acute:chronic workload ratio predicts injury: high chronic workload may decrease injury risk in elite rugby league players Br J Sports Med doi: 10.1136/bjsports-2015-094817

You can book online at: http://nzappts.gensolve.com/back_to_your_feet_physio or text me for an appointment.

Justin: 021 673 732

Katie: 021 023 45503

Like us on Facebook: Back To your Feet Physio

Silas: 021 053 3639

Follow us on Twitter@back2yourfeet for updates on the team and other BTYF activities.

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12th GRADE

JAVA

Since the beginning of the season, the Java team has been attending weekly HPU Skill Centre sessions (run by Andy Vernon) to help improve and further develop their abilities, with the hope of qualifying for the 2018 Weir Rose Bowl.

The WRB Qualifying Tournament recently took place at McLennan Park. In a round robin format, the girls played an epic 5x 50min games, across 2 days, against Ellerslie, Buckland’s Beach (who had combined with Fencibles), Papakura (who had combined with Manurewa, Beachlands Maraetai, Drury United and Papatoetoe),

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Three Kings United and Eastern Suburbs AFC. The team performed well, and showed great energy and determination in what was a very close competition.

Finishing 4th overall, secured their spot and will give the girls the opportunity to represent both Western Springs AFC and Auckland Football Federation at this years WRB. A fantastic result, following a great weekend of football!

Ange Southgate

10th GRADE

WHITE

This year across many of our Junior grades including 10th Grade we have taken a different approach with our Development Teams. Rather that creating an A and B team we created two balanced teams.

These two 10th Grade teams then train together twice a week in our HPU sessions, but play as White and Green in the AFF competition. Both these teams were entered into the recent Fencilbes tournament to compete against the best 10th Grade teams from across Auckland.

As a testament to the depth we have at the club at this grade both teams Green and White made the semi finals against teams from Eastern Suburbs and Onehunga.

Team White won their semi final against Onehunga whilst Green lost theirs to

Eastern Suburbs. Team White then won a thrilling final against Suburbs in a penalty shootout to be crowned Champions! To have both our teams in the semi final and to win the tournament was a fantastic result for the club.

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11th GRADE

FIORENTINA

WHAT A WAY TO FINISH THE SEASON! The sun was shining and team Fiorentina had their final run around last Saturday at the Western Springs 11th Grade Tournament. They fiercely fought some of their traditional season rivals and a few new ones to end up unbeaten in the finals... a tight fought game with the ball swinging from end to end they drew 0–0 at the end of normal time. An exciting five minutes each way up next, golden goal... still no score first half of extra time.

I’m pretty sure the parents were more stressed than the girls.

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One minute from the end, before penalties, our girls graciously allowed the visitors to score a goal. Always thinking of others and willing to share, Fiorentina came a worthy second place.

As one of team parents said: “Fantastic for us to have the girls and parents part of our lives. A real “pick me up” to see their smiling faces at football each time.”

Can’t wait for summer footie...

David Simons

WESTERN SPRINGS GALLERY

VIPERS - winners of the14th Grade Conference Division.

Well done Patrick and the boys!

AFF Over 35 Knockout Final: Western Springs v Lynn Avon Photo: David Joseph / www.phototek.nz

U19 Champions. What a season, what a great bunch of boys and coaching duo Craig Platt and Mario Campbell.

Best dressed supporter www.wsafc.org.nz September 2018 13

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GREEN CORNER SPRINGS’ SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE

OUR AWESOME NEW CLUB COMPOSTING AND RECYCLING SYSTEMS ARE PROVING TO BE A BIG HIT! We’ve managed to divert 4,320 litres of recyclable waste (mainly plastic bottles and glass) and 5,040 litres of organic waste away from landfill in just our first season. That’s the equivalent of the two elephants, Burma and Anjalee, over the road at the Zoo. Amazing work everyone!

The new sustainability system is helping to reduce our environmental footprint as well as keeping the club looking clean and tidy - no more overflowing rubbish bins on busy weekends at Springs.

The recyclable waste we collect gets another life and is turned into other products, while all the organic waste is commercially composted and used to help grow new plants and trees.

Please keep reminding your players and supporters to sort their waste into the right bins. They’re easy to find all around the artificial turf, outside the changing rooms, on the balcony and inside the clubrooms.

Remember, all food and beverage packaging sold at the club café is 100% compostable, including the coffee cups and lids. Because they are made of organic materials, the coffee cups cannot be recycled. So please make sure you “hit the target” and get them in the right bins (the green ones) after your morning fix.

The next villain on our zero waste ‘hit list’ is the plastic tape used by many footballers.

More about that in the next issue…

In the meantime, thanks for your support. We want to be not only the best club in New Zealand, but the greenest too!

If you have any questions or feedback, please contact Jane Welsh at JaneMareeWelsh@gmail.com

“TOGETHER LET’S SORT IT OUT”

DID YOU KNOW? The 8 most common types of pollution found in the oceans are: PLASTIC BOTTLES, PLASTIC BAGS, CIGARETTES, FOOD WRAPPERS, PLASTIC UTENSILS, STRAWS, CANS e.g. SOFT DRINKS, STYROFOAM CUPS www.wsafc.org.nz September 2018 15

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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Please be considerate and only park here if you have a mobility parking permit.

All others will be towed at owners expense. www.wsafc.org.nz September 2018 17

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.

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 18 September 2018 www.wsafc.org.nz

National Business Development Manager, Production Systems

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

Proud supporters of Western Springs AFC 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

Giltrap Nissan has a star studded line up in its vehicles which will suit all members of the family.

You can check out all the latest models on our website

www.giltrapnissan.co.nz.

Call Renate Smit on 09 522 9925 or 027 627 1333 or email rsmit@giltrapnissan.co.nz for a competitive quote and join the team.

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.

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.

Darren White +64 9 3030778 dwhite@deloitte.co.nz www.deloitteprivate.co.nz

www.lottosports.co.nz info@scoresportswear.co.nz 09 828 7430 West Lynn Painters & Panelbeaters is a local family business run by father and son, Barry and Drago Jujnovich. Using the most up-to-date services available, your car will look like new.

www.harmonyhomes.co.nz

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

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Back To Your Feet Physio are proud WSAFC Physiotherapists.

We also look after New Zealand Football, Aotearoa Roller Derby, NZ Ice Fernz, Pirate City Rollers, Auckland Roller Derby League, and the West End Lawn Tennis Club.

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!

NO SURCHARGE for ACC consultations for WSAFC Members.

Discounted rates for family of WSAFC Members.

We sell tape, creams, exercise equipment and other consumables.

We are based in the WSAFC Club rooms at Seddon Fields.

Open Mon to Fri and Sat mornings, Sun by appointment To book an appointment online please go to www.backtoyourfeet.co.nz or text Justin on 021673732

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2018 COMMITTEE MEMBERS 2018 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, Steve Lowe, Paul Rutland, Barry Noyer, Phil Dunn, Mike Cunnington, Warwick Hooper

2018 Senior Committee Warwick Hooper – warwick.hooper@lionco.com Senior Chairman – 027 445 3538 Mario Campbell – info@greylynnglass.co.nz 0275 744 644 Barry Noyer – badbaz44@hotmail.com 021 615 881 Douglas Robinson – robinsond@poal.co.nz Paul Blanchard – paulb@pbt.co.nz Tony Jones – tony@artbureau.co.nz Howard John – howardwjohn@gmail.com Paul Rutland clubmanager@wsafc.org.nz 027 294 7984

2018 Junior/Youth Committee Phil Dunn – phillip@annecy.co.nz Junior/Youth Chairman – 021 807 640 Kate Beddoe, Paul Thomas, Mike Cunnington, Ralph Walker, Gary Hughes, Michael Pleciak, Dave Cranefield, Spencer Turner, Racheal Monks, Tracy Cunnington

Football Development Manager Andy Vernon – fdm@wsafc.org.nz 0204 048 2472

Football Development Officer Matt Upton – fdo@wsafc.org.nz

Club Manager Paul Rutland clubmanager@wsafc.org.nz 027 294 7984 www.wsafc.org.nz September 2018 21

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