Cambridge Football Club's Junior Directory for 2015

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A handbook for junior players and parents

Cambridge Football Club

John Kerkhof Park, Vogel St, Cambridge

www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

John Kerkhof Park Vogel St Cambridge

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Club’s website: www.cambridgesoccer.co.nzWaiBOP Football: www.waibopfootball.co.nzNZ Football: www.nzfootball.co.nz

Key contactsYour fi rst points of contactCheck club website: www.cambridgesoccer.co.nzGeneral club matters: [email protected] matters: [email protected]

President and chair

Peter MartensMobile: 027 2943044

Vice chair

Steve ThomasMobile: 021 746863E: [email protected]

Secretary

Josh EasbyMobile: 021 0558854E: josh@hurricane–press.co.nz

Junior club co–captain

Catherine ClarkE: [email protected]

Junior club co–captain

Ingrid CookE: [email protected]

Treasurer (acting)

Craig ClarkMobile: 027 9153273E: [email protected]

Men’s club captain

Lee TurpittMobile: 027 2320100E: [email protected]

Women’s club captain

Fern FeaverMobile: 021 1323829E: [email protected]

Grounds

Harry BomansMobile: 027 4985075E: [email protected]

Facilities & Events

Tania ZeurenMobile: 027 2723830E: [email protected]

Bar manager

Fairlie MortonMobile: 021 2043412

Purchasing manager

Chrissy GoodinMobile: 021 307294E: [email protected]

Policy & planning

Pauline LewisMobile: 027 2747578E: [email protected]

Volunteer co–ordinator

Michaela McQuartersMobile: 021 621904E: [email protected]

Immediate past chairman

Greg ZeurenMobile: 027 5030629E: [email protected]

Senior gear

Jim ThomassenMobile: 027 6811264E: [email protected]

Treasurer (incoming)

Paul BlackstockMobile: 021 1282091E: [email protected]

Building project manager

Geoff WheelerMobile: 027 4952777E: Geoff @jetcreative.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.

2015 committee members

Useful websites

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we have had by implementing the NZ Football Junior Framework over the last four years and the benefi ts 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.

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 eff ectively

and effi ciently.Communication to all members is

paramount.We are really pleased with the results

Welcome to the 2015 football season at Cambridge Football Club.

Junior Kickers practise their ball skills with coach Russell Foster.

Welcome to another season


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 fi rst 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 set-up 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.

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.

Football for a new generation

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.

Giving kids a great start in football

Become a

referee


How to registerRegistration is by online registration

only.

As well as saving you lots of time, it is also more effi cient for the volunteers who run the club.

Here’s how to register online:Go to our club’s offi cial 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, $55.00Junior 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 Kicker2010: 5th Grade Junior Kicker2009: 6th Grade2008: 7th Grade2007: 8th Grade2006: 9th Grade2005: 10th Grade2004: 11th Grade2003: Open Grade2002: Open Grade

* 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.

Junior Kickers

Junior Kickers start from the age of 4 (born in 20011 or before). Their season starts the fi rst 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 fi rst term.

4th and 5th Grade Junior Kickers

Game day is fi lled with variation, with lots of short activities and exposure to the diff erent 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.

What to expect


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storestore ... boots, shorts, socks and

heaps more cool football

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Playing kit

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.

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.

What our players need to wear


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 Grade1pm - 2pm — 8th Grade2pm - 3pm — Open GradeThese trials are for players wishing to

trial for the top two teams only.Sunday 15th March - All Grades

12pm - 1pm — Girls Only Mini Festival1pm - 2pm — 8th Grade2pm - 3pm — 9th Grade3pm - 4pm — 10th Grade4pm - 5pm — 11th Grade5pm - 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.

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 benefi t 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 fi nal.

Grading

How players are chosen for teams

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.

Girls–only leagues


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 fi ll out your child's online registration form.

Junior Kickers

We require the following assistance to run our Junior Kickers programme:

The club maintains a website to

help members keep informed about

vital information such as the season

fi xtures, 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.

Ways you can help the children

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.

Profi ts 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 [email protected].

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 fi nd out more, please contact us either by: Email [email protected] Catherine on 021 950263.

How we stay in touch with members

Support our shop

You can contact Catherine at [email protected].

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.

Our club gratefully acknowledges the support of Trillian Trust whose donation last season helped purchase new sets of goals and nets.

Stay in touchwww.cambridgesoccer.co.nz


Our club’s most successful yearThe club was named WaiBOP Football’s

Club of the Year for 2014, chosen from the region’s 115 affi liated clubs.

The honour refl ected the work by Cambridge’s army of volunteers to not only provide football for its own members but also to stage regional and national events for the sport.

These include hosting WaiBOP–run coaching courses and game days for youngsters, as well as being the home ground for ASB Premiership side WaiBOP United.

Cambridge is one of six bases for national league football (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).

Cambridge was named the 2014 Waipa District Sports Club of the Year and was a fi nalist in the Waikato Sports Club of the Year.

Its chairman, Greg Zeuren, was named Administrator of the Year for both Waipa District and for the Waikato, for his leadership of the club’s committee.

The club was also awarded the Supreme

Award for the Waipa District’s Trustpower Community Awards, becoming only the second sports club to take the trophy which recognises services to the local community.

Our club is a fi nalist in the national Trustpower Community Awards to be judged in Wellington in late March.

Cambridge also won two WaiBOP Football Best Practice awards.

Success has not just come off the pitch.

Our senior men’s fi rst team won the Federation Challenge Shield last year and goes into 2015 as the holder. The team were runners–up in the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Federation Division 1.

Our women’s fi rst team won the Waikato Women’s Cup, beating the previously unbeaten Claudelands Rovers 2–1 in the fi nal.

Our Under 15 boys’ youth team won the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Nike Cup tournament, a feat repeated this year. The side also won the WaiBOP Federation U–15 Youth League.

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.


Our club’s plans and achievements

“But then it occurred to us that the best people to perform that tradition would be those who will get the most from what we’re doing — the children of Cambridge,” club chairman Peter Martens said.

That’s why the club invited some of its younger players to join the team of builders preparing the site at John Kerkhof Park where the club’s new $200,000 building project will take shape ahead of the 2015 winter season.

“The fundraising for the new facilities has taken many years but they will provide changing rooms and showers for many generations to come and we want our youngsters to feel part of the project,” Martens said.

The club will get six more changing rooms, enabling it to cope with the rapid growth of the club which has seen the number of senior teams double in fi ve years, and total membership rise to more than 650 men, women and children.

Meanwhile, the club also plans to off er naming rights to the six changing rooms to sponsors.

“Rather than just number them one to six, we thought it would be more fun to name each after a person or business that’s got a strong connection with the club,” Martens said.

Anyone who wants to know more about this or other sponsorship opportunities can contact club secretary Josh Easby by emailing [email protected].

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 fi rst shovel

of dirt.


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. Diff erent players in the same age group

will often be at diff erent development

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.

The principles of football’s Junior Framework are:

Junior football framework


stages. The Junior Framework encourages a fl exible 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

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 off er 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.

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

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 Offi cer Alec Wilson by emailing [email protected].


Our supporters

Thanks to the Queen Vic Chippy, Victoria St, Cambridge, for supporting our Junior

Players of the Day.

Thanks to Domino’s, 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.

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 [email protected].


Apr 25 Saturday ANZAC Day — no gamesMay 2 Saturday Start of Term 1 gamesMay 9 Saturday Term 1 gamesMay 16 Saturday Term 1 gamesMay 23 Saturday Term 1 gamesMay 30 Saturday Queen’s Birthday Weekend — Term 1 gamesJune 6 Saturday FIFA U–20 World Cup – no club games to enable players to attend tournamentJune 13 Saturday Term 1 gamesJune 20 Saturday FIFA U–20 World Cup Final in Auckland No club games.June 27 Saturday Term 1 gamesJuly 4 Saturday Term 1 gamesJuly 25 Saturday Start of Term 2 gamesAug 1 Saturday Term 2 gamesAug 8 Saturday Term 2 gamesAug 15 Saturday Term 2 gamesAug 22 Saturday Term 2 gamesAug 29 Saturday Term 2 gamesEarly September Team Photographs (date to be confi rmed) Sep 5 Saturday Term 2 gamesSep 20 Sunday 5–a–side for 7th grades, Jansen ParkEarly October Cambridge Junior Football Prizegiving

Date Day Event

Junior Kickers Calendar

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Cambridge FC Annual Quiz Night

Our club’s biggest annual fundraising func on is our annual Quiz Night, a ended by supporters of our Senior and Junior teams.It’s planned for August so if you want to a end, or if your business wants to donate prizes in return for promo onal opportunites, contact [email protected].

www.fi fa.com/u20worldcup

May — June


Mar 8 Sunday Registrations close for 8th to Open gradesMar 8 Sunday 8th, 10th and Open Grade Trials (trials for top two teams only)Mar 15 Sunday 8th — Open Grade Trials (all players)Mar 15 Sunday Girls–only Mini Festival (12pm–1pm)Apr 25 Saturday ANZAC Day — no gamesMay 2 Saturday Grading Game 1May 9 Saturday Grading Game 2May 16 Saturday Grading Game 3May 23 Saturday Grading Game 4May 30 Saturday Queen’s Birthday Weekend — Preliminary Game 1 (except 11th and Open grade Premier Division*)June 6 Saturday FIFA U–20 World Cup – no club games to enable players to attend tournamentJune 13 Saturday Preliminary Game 2June 20 Saturday FIFA U–20 World Cup Final in Auckland No club games.June 27 Saturday Preliminary Game 3July 4 Saturday Preliminary Game 4/fi rst round of knockout games in afternoonJuly 25 Saturday Preliminary Game 5Aug 1 Saturday Championship Game 1Aug 8 Saturday Championship Game 2Aug 15 Saturday Championship Game 3Aug 22 Saturday Championship Game 4Aug 29 Saturday Championship Game 5Early September Team Photographs (date to be confi rmed) Sep 5 Saturday Championship Game 6Sep 12 Saturday Knockout fi nals at Glenview ParkSep 19 Saturday 5–a–side for 8th, 9th, 10th grades, Jansen ParkSep 20 Sunday 5–a–side for 7th, 11th, Open grades, Jansen ParkSep 26 Saturday Prizegiving — Gateway Christian CentreEarly October Cambridge Junior Football Prizegiving* Note: Teams in the 11th and Open Grade Premier Division play a 10–week home and away competition.

Date Day Event

8th to Open Grade CalendarDate

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Cambridge Football Club's Junior Directory for 2015