RED: Matchday Magazine of Cambridge Football Club (April 30, 2016)

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NZ Programme of the Year 2011

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THIS WEEKEND could see a significant milestone in the way we think about football.

Leicester City travel to Manchester United’s Old Trafford ground, needing a win to clinch the English Premier League title.

Requiring three points from their last three games means the Foxes could even afford to lose at Manchester and they’d still remain favourites for the title.

Favourites? This was a team that started the season as 5,000–1 outsiders in a competition many believed had become the exclusive domain for only a few clubs, all boosted

Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, says we can learn from Leicester City ...

‘... football would be no fun if we didn’t have upsets and surprise results ... ’

by owners prepared to invest hundreds of millions of pounds.

The significance of Leicester winning the EPL is that it provides proof that dreams are possible in football, no matter how crazy they may seem at first.

Leicester’s star players have been a midfielder plucked from the French second division and a striker who worked his way up football’s pyramind from non–league obscurity.

Just about everyone was willing to write off Leicester’s chances before the season began, especially as the club narrowly escaped relegation the year before and had suffered from off–the–pitch scandals over the summer.

Football would be no fun if we didn’t have upsets and surprise results.

Next weekend, Cambridge host Auckland University in the Chatham Cup.

A win would take our club into the last 64 of New Zealand’s oldest football competition.

Who would give us a chance of reaching the final stages of the cup?

Anything can happen on a football field.Ask the fans at Leicester.

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Under coach Andrew Taylor, the team have overcome Huntly Thistle (6–0), Otorohangha (10–1) and Claudelands Rovers (3–0).

Cambridge head the competition on goal difference from Melville United’s development team, who also have 100% record.

The Cambridge effort so far is encouraging because the team is the youngest to represent the club in years, while it rebuilds after the retirement of a number of first team regulars.

Goalkeeper Jen Hull, who has missed only one game in four seasons, has taken over the captaincy, while the club has recruited well from Cambridge High School.

On Sunday, the side plays Mangokino (a).

Women off to top start

CAMBRIDGE’S women’s team have started their season in top form, winning their three opening fixtures to go top of the Waikato Women’s League.

CAMBRIDGE’S new-look women’s team are full of smiles before their latest win, a 3-0 victory over traditional rivals Claudelands Rovers. Photo: Josh Easby.

LEADING goalscorer Astrid Howarth puts the Rovers defence under pressure at John Kerkhof Park.

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Ricki Herbert works with some of the youngsters at John Kerkhof Park.

FORMER All Whites and Wellington Phoenix coach Ricki Herbert headed up a training camp for talented youngsters at Cambridge’s John Kerkhof Park during the school holidays.

Herbert flew back to New Zealand from the Maldives, where he is the national coach, to oversee a five–day residential national training camp staged by the Ricki Herbert Football Academy.

About 40 boys and girls aged 11-17 attended the camp, using nearby St Peter’s School for their accommodation and evening meal, while having breakfast and lunch at our senior clubrooms.

Players travelled from as far north as Whangarei and as far south as Invercargill to attend the camp. Participants included five members of the Cambridge Tornadoes junior team, and women’s first team players Astrid Howarth and Kaylee Oosthuysen.

Bay teams off to good start

Cambridge kids go into camp with Ricki Herbert

BAY OF PLENTY clubs have got off to a flying start in this year’s Federation competitions.

After four rounds of the WaiBOP Premiership, Ngongotaha and Rotorua United sit at the top of the table, both with 100% records.

And in the WaiBOP Championship, a resurgent Taupo tops the table with three wins from as many games.

In the WaiBOP Women’s Premier League — a new Federation competition this year — Otumoetai and Rotorua United have quickly shown they are capable of winning the title this year.

For once, the strength of the Bay doesn’t lie within Tauranga where Tauranga City United and Old Blues struggle in both the WaiBOP competitions.

Worse, Tauranga–based AFC Fury have been forced to withdraw from the Northern League after the club was unable to field a team in the reserves competition for three consecutive weeks, and a number of first team players quit the club after the death of backer Dave Cook.

Cambridge eyes will be tracking Ngongotaha who pushed our club to within a point of last year’s Premiership title.

In 2015, Cambridge finished its programme first, forcing Ngongotaha to play catch–up with its games in hand.

This time round, Cambridge has already got a game in hand on Ngongotaha after last weekend’s postponement of the WaiBOP Premiership fixture with Old Blues.

Both Ngongotaha and Cambridge remain in the Chatham Cup.



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First cup hurdle crossed CAMBRIDGE have overcome the first

hurdle in pursuit of football’s oldest club competition, the Chatham Cup. Drawn away to Auckland’s Colo Boys FC,

Cambridge secured an 8-0 win in the cup’s preliminary round on ANZAC Day.The goals came from leading scorer Callum

MacLeod (2), Jordan Silvester (2), Tom Woutersen (2), Danny Styles and Adam Brady.MacLeod opened the scoring in the 15th

minute while Silvester and Woutersen added their efforts to take Cambridge into a 3-0 half-time lead at Greenhithe War Memorial Park.A four-goal burst in a 10-minute period

made sure of the win, enabling coach Mike Woodlock to introduce youngsters Theo Petropolous and Quest Tipping off the bench for their first team debuts.The cup victory earns Cambridge a home

Papamoa 4-3 Waikato Unicol AFC (ht: 2-2)PAP: Leo Pardini 2, Tommy Crane, Luke Barlow.UNI: ?

Melville United 3-0 Matamata Swifts (ht: 1-0)MEL: Terry Blunt, Ernest Pidoke, Arvi Raju.MAT: none.

Katikati FC Ambria 1-3 Ngongotaha (ht: 0-1)KAT: Dane Stollery.NGO: Mitch Miller 2, Josh O’Sullivan.

Rotorua United 7-1 Tauranga City United (ht: 5-0)ROT: Ash Gower-Rudman 2, Josh Cave 3, Nathan Tina, OG.TGA: Kieran Kite.

Tauranga Boys’ College 1-1 Otumoetai (ht: 1-0)TBC: Jordan Roberts.OTU: Juan Pedro Rosende.

LAST WEEK’S PREMIERSHIP RESULTS

NEW FATHER Kieran Hills had plenty to celebrate in April and explained it well in a post on the Cambridge FC Facebook page: “Brand new Cambridge FC supporter. She was so stoked with our 3 nil win yesterday that she only got 2 hours sleep. What a trooper. Introducing Ayla Grace Hill.”

Welcome to our club, Ayla!

draw in the first round proper of the cup along with 127 other survivors after the preliminary round. Cambridge will host Auckland University, who beat Northern Wairo 6-2 in the preliminary round, on the weekend of May 14-15.The Chatham Cup is contested by teams

from throughout New Zealand, and has been held annually in all but five of the past 93 years.

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Fraser Nicholls (goalkeeper)Joined Cambridge in 2013 after five years between the posts for Otorohanga, including two seasons of Federation 1. Four appearances for the Waikato All Stars .

Rex Fowler (goalkeeper)A promising young goalkeeper who joined Cambridge from Hukanui-Rototuna in 2015.

Nathan Claridge (defender or midfield)Made his Northern League debut at 16. Won the club’s Young Player of the Year Award in 2011 when he captained the club’s U19s at the national youth championships.

Adrian Clark (defender)Experienced and reads the game well, played for top Wellington clubs Lower Hutt and Stop Out before joining Cambridge.

Kieran Hill (defender)A first team regular at Ngaruawahia United until his transfer to John Kerkhof Park last year, he brings considerable Northern League experience to Cambridge.

Patrick Woodlock (midfield/captain)In his second spell at Cambridge, with Northern League experience here and with Wanderers and Ngaruawahia Utd. Waikato FC Youth player and Waikato age group rep. Has won Cambridge’s Player of Year award four times.

Danny Styles (midfield)A hard–working midfielder, Styles joined Cambridge in 2013 and was a first–team regular in 2014. In 2015, work commitments limited his appearances but the club hopes to see more of him on the pitch this season.

Jason Szabo (forward or midfield)Experienced attacking midfielder who hails from the UK. Gets amongst the goals and was 2013 top scorer and ‘Player of the Year’ for our Waikato A team, and runner–up for the Premiership team’s 2015 Golden Boot.

Tom Woutersen (forward)Learned his football with Cambridge, helping win the U–19 Satellite Youth Tournament in Napier, before spending three seasons with Palmerston North Marist. Returned to Cambridge for 2013.

2015 champions: Back (from left) Kim Brierley, Ben Latham, Brett Clark, Gerard Hay, Tom Woutersen, Rex Fowler, Robbie Greenhalgh, Fraser Nicholls, Jason Szabo, Mike Woodlock, Sam Garmonsway, Jordan Silvester, Kieran Hill, Chrissy Goodin. Front: Henry Stephen, Adrian Clark, Adam Brady, Patrick Woodlock, Shaun Kipara, Nathan Claridge. Foreground: Glen Carmichael. Photo: Louis Roberts.

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Won the team’s Golden Boot in 2013 and again in 2015 with 14 goals in the WaiBOP Premiership.

Adam Brady (forward)Joined the club as a new arrival from the United Kingdom in 2015, where he played for Melbourne Inn in the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League. Was a regular goalscorer for the WaiBOP Championship side and scored a memorable goal in the end–of–season promotion play–off against Waitemata.

Sam Garmonsway (defender or winger)Former Cambridge High School player who joined the club in 2014 after playing for Universities AFC while studying at Canterbury University.

Dan Podjursky (forward)A speedy forward with good ball control, Podjursky made his first team debut as a 17–year–old in the Northern League, and played a season for Hawkes Bay in the national youth league.

Josh Dagnall (winger)Made his first team debut as a schoolboy, helping the side win promotion from the ‘old’ Federation 2 League to what is now the WaiBOP Premiership. Returned to the pitch last season after leaving Cambridge for a stint in the army.

Callum MacLeod (forward)The leading goalscorer for the 2015 Cambridge U–17 team, MacLeod also won the Golden Boot for leading all scoring in the WaiBOP U–17 Federation League. Promising youngster who marked his senior club debut with a goal in the opening game of the 2016 WaiBOP Championship.

Jack Taylor (forward)In his second spell at Cambridge, having returned to the club for the 2016 season. In 2014, he was the club’s top goalscorer in the ‘old’ Federation 1, and he led the forward line to help the side win promotion from Federation 2 the year before.

Jordan Sylvester (defender or winger)Joined Cambridge for the 2014 season from Universities AFC, Christchurch.

Jason Chewins (defender or midfield)Rejoineds Cambridge for 2015 after a spell with Northern League club Melville United, having won their Player of the Year title in 2011 and played national league football for Waikato FC. Before emigrating, Chewins set an all–time club record with 489 appearances for professional club Aldershot Town.

Richard Armstrong (defender)Joined Cambridge for the start of the 2014 season from Ngaruawahia United where he was a regular in the Northern League Reserves Division. Assistant coach for our Championship side.

Andrew Taylor (utility)First joined Cambridge in 2011 to play Northern League and returned after a spell at Matamata to play at the club where he also coaches the women’s first team. Versatile and able to play in most positions.

Brett Clark (co–coach)Veteran player with the club and former first team player who has taken the reins in 2015, leading a newly–formed coaching group.

Mike Woodlock (co– coach)Coached Cambridge between 2008 and 2010 in Northern League Division 2 and brings vast experience to the coaching team.

Kim Brierley (goalkeeper coach)Runs the Just4Keepers goalkeeping academy, coaches WaiBOP Federation goalkeepers and has been the WaiBOP women’s ASB League goalkeeper coach for the past two seasons.

Chrissy Goodin (team manager)The first woman to manage a Cambridge men’s first team, Goodin is an established member of the women’s first team and has served on the club’s committee in various roles.



Apr 2 Waikato Unicol a L 1–2Apr 9 Taupo h L 0–4Apr 16 West Hamilton h L 0–5Apr 23 Tauranga Old Blues a W 4–2Apr 30 Whakatane Town h 12.30pm

May 7 Tokoroa a 2.45pm

May 14 Te Awamutu h 12.30pm

May 21 Hamilton Wanderers a 2.45pm

May 28 Otumoetai h 12.30pm

Jun 4 Ngongotaha a 12.30pm

Jun 11 Matamata Swifts h 12.30pm

Jun 18 Taupo a 2.45pm

Jun 25 Waikato Unicol h 12.30pm

Jul 2 West Hamilton a 2.45pm-

Jul 9 Tauranga Old Blues h 12.30pm

Jul 16 Whakatane Town a 2.45pm

Jul 23 Tokoroa h 12.30pm

Jul 30 Te Awamutu a 2.45pm

Aug 6 Hamilton Wanderers h 12.30pm

Aug 13 Otumoetai a 12.30pm

Aug 20 Ngongotaha h 12.30pm

Aug 27 Matamata Swifts a 12.30pm

Team P W D L F A PtsTaupo 3 3 0 0 9 2 9West Hamilton 4 2 2 0 10 3 8Hamilton Wanderers 4 2 1 1 12 5 7Waikato Unicol 4 2 1 1 8 7 7Te Awamutu 3 2 0 1 9 4 6Ngongotaha 3 1 2 0 4 3 5Tokoroa 4 1 2 1 6 9 5Matamata Swifts 4 1 1 2 4 7 4 Otumoetai 4 1 0 3 5 9 3WHAKATANE TOWN 3 1 0 2 4 9 3CAMBRIDGE 4 1 0 3 5 13 3Old Blues 4 0 1 3 5 10 1

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GOLDEN BOOT

Ewan Bussey 2Quest Tipping 2Callum MacLeod 1

WEEKEND FIXTURESCambridge v Whakatane TownOtumoetai v Hamilton WanderersNgongotaha v Te AwamutuMatamata Swifts v TokoroaWaikato Unicol v Old BluesTaupo v West Hamilton

CHAMPIONSHIP

Old Blues 2-4 Cambridge (ht: 1-2)OBL: ?, CAM: Ewan Bussey 2, Quest Tipping 2.Hamilton Wanderers 1-2 Taupo AFC (ht: )WAN: Flynn Connolly.TAU: Joseph O’Donoghue 2.Whakatane Town 1-2 Matamata Swifts (ht: 0-1)WHA: Scott Mitchell.MAT: Reuben Wigelsworth, Finn Challis.Tokoroa AFC 1-1 Ngongotaha Champ (ht: 0-1)TOK: ?NGO: Daniel Collier-Baker.Te Awamutu 3-0 Otumoetai (ht: 2-0)TAW: Joel Roil 3.West Hamilton 2-2 Waikato Unicol (ht: 1-0)WHM: Jarred Tooley, Adam Rose.UNI: Lachlan Robertson, Robbie Hammond.

LAST WEEK’S RESULTS

‘First win of season for Cambridge ...’

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Colo Boys FC 0 (0) Cambridge 8 (4)April 25, 2016Greenhithe War Memorial Park, Auckland

ScorersCambridge: Callum MacLeod (15th min, 54th

min), Tom Woutersen (32nd min, 83rd min), Adam Brady (47th min), Jordan Silvester (20th min, 42nd min), Danny Styles (52nd min).

‘Visitors Melville have fine record at regional and national level ...’


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Melville UnitedFounded: 1972

Ground: Gower Park

Last season: 3rd

Formed as Melville District Schoolboys AFC, founders Bob Owens and Tony Tatler sought to combine the strengths of all the schools in the Melville area and originally operated from a base at Te Anau Park.

In 1981 the club moved to Gower Park. Melville steadily worked their way up the football ladder, winning the northern league third division in 1991, the first division in 1993, and the northern premier league in 1995. In 1996 national league side Waikato United amalgamated with Melville to form Melville United, and it was under this name that the new entity contested the summer national league in 1996-97 and 1997-98.

Melville reached the final of the Chatham Cup in 2003, losing 3-1 to Uni-Mt Wellington. The club’s first team currently competes in Northern League Premier Division.

Chatham Cup Preliminary Round


Apr 2 Waikato Unicol a L 1–2Apr 9 Tauranga City Utd h W14-0Apr 16 Papamoa h W 3-0Apr 25 Colo Boys (Chatham Cup) a W 8-0Apr 30 Melville United h 2.45pm-

May 7 Katikati a 2.45pm

May 14 Auck. Uni (Chatham Cup) h 2.30pm-

May 21 Rotorua United a 2.45pm

May 28 Otumoetai h 2.45pm-

Jun 4 Ngongotaha a 2.45pm-

Jun 11 Matamata Swifts h 2.45pm

Jun 18 Tauranga City Utd a 2.45pm

Jun 25 Waikato Unicol h 2.45pm-

Jul 2 Papamoa a 2.45pm-

Jul 9 Melville United h 2.45pm

Jul 16 Katikati a 2.45pm

Jul 23 Tauranga Boys Coll. h 2.45pm-

Jul 30 Rotorua United a 2.45pm

Aug 6 Otumoetai h 2.45pm

Aug 13 Otumoetai a 2.45pm

Aug 20 Ngongotaha h 2.45pm

Aug 27 Matamata Swifts a 2.45pm

Sep 3 Tauranga Old Blues a 2.45pm

Sep 10 Tauranga Boys Coll. h 2.45pm

Team P W D L F A PtsNgongotaha 4 4 0 0 19 4 12Rotorua United 4 4 0 0 13 3 12Waikato Unicol 4 2 1 1 10 7 7Matamata Swifts 4 2 1 1 9 8 7Otumoetai 4 2 1 1 6 5 7CAMBRIDGE 3 2 0 1 18 2 6MELVILLE UNITED 4 2 0 2 8 8 6 Tauranga Boys College 4 1 1 2 8 6 4Katikati 4 1 0 3 3 7 3Papamoa 4 1 0 3 6 15 3Old Blues 3 0 0 3 4 12 0Tauranga City United 4 0 0 4 2 29 0

SCHEDULE

GOLDEN BOOT

Callum MacLeod 6 (2)Tom Woutersen 5 (2)Jordan Silvester 3 (2)Adam Brady 2 (1) Jason Szabo 2Patrick Woodlock 2Daniel Podjursky 1Danny Styles 1 (1)Jack Taylor 1* Goals in brackets scored in Chatham Cup

WEEKEND FIXTURES

Matamata Swifts v KatikatiTauranga City United v PapamoaWaikato Unicol v Old BluesNgongotaha v Tauranga Boys CollegeOtumoetail v Rotorua United

PREMIERSHIP‘Rotorua sides remain unbeaten ...’

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GK Rex Fowler2 Tom Woutersen3 Nathan Claridge4 Patrick Woodlock (c)5 Kieran Hill6 Jordan Silvester7 Shaun Kipara8 Jason Szabo9 Jack Taylor10 Adam Brady11 Josh Dagnall12 Adrian Clark13 Danny Moore14 Sam Garmonsway15 Daniel Podjursky16 Callum MacLeod17 Danny Styles18 Andrew TaylorGK Fraser NichollsGK Paul McCannCoach: Brett ClarkCoach: Michael WoodlockGoalkeeper coach: Kim BrierleyTeam manager: Chrissy Goodin

GK Keegan Hansen5 Ben Wheatly3 Tom Goodwin17 Avi Raju4 Thomas Mouncher23 Terry Blunt12 Dennis Essenden14 Earnest Pidoke15 Luke Goodwin19 Mahmoad Alfarraji12 Matt Shaw7 Dylan Blair2 Hussaini Ahmed9 Marc Glenister18 Alex Walters11 Mahmoad AzzuzCoach: Neil MouncherTeam manager: Greg Hansen

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In its early days, the teams played in light blue after the colours used by Cambridge University, England. 1951: The club held its first formal

meeting on March 20, 1951, appointing Viv Butler as its first president, and R.S.Entwistle as its patron.

Butler’s support of English club Arsenal led to a change of club colours and from the mid-1950s, Cambridge teams have played in red and white strips. 1957: The club played its home games

on the Town Square until 1957 when a two-room wooden shed was built on the Leamington Domain for £134.19. 1964: On December 1, 1964, the

Cambridge Borough Council agreed to provide the club with land on the town belt in Vogel Street and plans were drawn up for the clubrooms to be built. 1967: The club moved into the Vogel St

grounds, where it has been based since. The grounds were renamed John Kerkhof Park after Dutch immigrant John Kerkhof who, with members of his family and other supporters, built the clubrooms and changing facilities.

The grounds are now owned by the Waipa District Council but leased to the club on a long-term basis. 1972: The club applied for its senior

men’s team to join the Northern League competition. 1974: Extensions to the clubrooms

and playing fields became necessary and were built in 1974, with new junior grounds established beside the Polo Club grounds further north on Vogel St. 1978: The club elected its first women

committee member. 1983: Junior teams (11,12 and 13 year

olds) entered the Waikato competitions for

the first time in 1983. 1984: The club achieved its first

significant success at senior level, winning the Northern League’s 4th Division in 1984. 1993: The club reached new heights

in 1993, winning the Northern League 2nd

division. 1995: The club built a concrete car

park that’s still in use today. The car park is where the club sometimes erects temporary grandstands for major fixtures. 2005: The Waipa District Council

approved the transfer of the Polo Grounds to the football club for use by its junior players, while the polo club moved to new grounds in Lamb St, Leamington. 2007: The old polo clubhouse was

knocked down to make way for a new junior building. The Cambridge junior teams celebrated their new home by winning all five 8th-Open grade WJSA knockout trophies, a first for both Cambridge and the WJSA. 2008: The club’s main senior clubrooms

survived a tornado in late 2008 but suffered damage to walls, roof and windows, while shattered glass was sprayed over the nearby number one pitch. Other sports clubs and community groups came to help the club and helped it rebuild. 2010: The club launched a five–year

plan for its membership which had now grown to more than 600 players, with men’s, women’s and junior teams. 2011: After many seasons in the

Northern League the club was relegated from the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 in 2011 after finishing 12th and losing the challenger series playoff vs Manukau City AFC.

The club won the New Zealand Match Programme of the Year Award for 2011. 2012: The club elected to drop two

OUR CLUB’S HISTORY

From humble beginnings ... CAMBRIDGE Football Club has been serving its community since its formation in 1948 when football enthusiasts began organising games for two junior teams.


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divisions into the Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division Two to rebuild under coach Karl Dagnall and won promotion in 2012 to Waikato Bay of Plenty Football Federation Division One.

In 2012, Cambridge FC announced that John Kerkhof Park would also become the home base for Cambridge Baseball Club. 2013: Cambridge FC and the

neighbouring Cambridge Harriers and Athletics Club began a partnership, enabling the football club to play some games at the adjacent athletics track while it developed John Kerkhof Park.

In 2013, the club won the Soccer Shop Waikato Plate and hosted premium events such as the Soccer Shop Waikato Cup Final, the Waikato v Bay of Plenty All Stars game, and the WaiBOP Women's All Stars v WaiBOP National League side.

In late 2013, the club was appointed as the home ground for five ASB Premiership matches for new franchise WaiBOP United.

This meant Cambridge became one of six bases for national league football in New Zealand (the others are Auckland, Napier, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin).

The appointment led to the club becoming an all-year operation, with investment in better facilities including upgraded playing surfaces, new changing rooms (scheduled for mid–2014) and a new irrigation system. 2014: The club's first team finished

runners–up in the 2014 WaiBOP Federation Division 1, while the U-15 team won the Federation Youth League. Our women won the Waikato Women's Cup.

The Cambidge Lacrosse Club moved its playing base to John Kerkhof Park in 2014.

In 2014, the club won a series of high profile awards for its work in football and in the wider community.

WaiBOP Football named the club its 2014 Club of the Year for its successful efforts to host ASP Premiership fixtures and other premium matches.

Cambridge also won two WaiBOP Best Practice awards in 2014 (for building partnerships with sponsors, and for the participation of women at our club).

The club was named Waipa District’s 2014 Supreme winner for the Truspower Community Awards, becoming only the second sports club to take this award. This

Senior clubrooms at John Kerkhof Park : Home since 1967 with major extensions added to the original building in 1974 and 2015.

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also led to the club’s nomination for the national Trustpower Community Awards to be held in Wellington in March 2015.

Cambridge completed its hat-trick of major awards in 2014, being named Waipa District’s Sports Club of the Year. We were finalists in the Waikato Sports Club of the Year while chairman Greg Zeuren was named Sports Administrator of the Year for both Waipa and the Waikato in 2014. 2015: As the club entered its 68th season,

it did so as an all–year operation, providing winter football for 600+ players, spring/early summer 5-a-side football for social players and acting as a base for national league summer football.

It continued to make history — on February 6, 2015, it staged the first game of beach football by women played to FIFA rules and pitch standards in New Zealand, at the Karapiro Sandcourts.

In March 2015, construction began of the club’s $200,000 extension to its changing rooms, providing six more sets of showers/changing rooms for local and visiting players.

On 25 May 2015, the club staged its first ever international match when Fiji and Hungary came to Cambridge for an U–20

international as preparation for the FIFA U–20 World Cup tournament.

In July 2015, our club was awarded the Quality Club Mark by New Zealand Football, becoming only the fourth club in our region to achieve the 1 Star status, and becoming one of fewer than 30 clubs throughout the contry to earn the QCM.

Our playersProbably the club's best known past player

is New Zealand international striker Chris Wood who joined English Championship club Leeds United for $4.6 million from Leicester City in July 2015.

Wood made his senior debut at Cambridge as a 14–year–old, having previously played for our juniors.

Another former New Zealand international is Maria Anderton, who played for the Football Ferns in 1987, and captained the Cambridge women’s A team for 12 seasons until her retirement as a player in 2014. Life MembersElected life members: Vic Butler, W.J.Sugden,

Bert van Doorne, Eric Sugden, John Kerkhof, Alan Busst, Harry Bekkers, Hans Rakely, Rod Larnach, Kerry Dauphin, Bill Brown, Robert Bradley, Peter Martens.



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CLUB NEWS

Programme cuts injury risk CAMBRIDGE FC are getting behind a warm–up programme that has been proven to reduce the risk of injuries by 30%.

It’s the FIFA 11+ Complete Warm-Up Programme for youth and senior players and Senior Men’s Club Captain Lee Turpett and U–13 youth coach Steve Thomas recently attended a NZ Football–WaiBOP Football workshop to learn how it works.

The programme has direct performance benefits for footballers — making fitter, faster and more agile players as well as reducing the risk of all injuries by 30%.

It is designed to be delivered by coaches, is easy to learn and implement into existing training sessions and completion of the course results in FIFA 11+ certification in as

little as two hours.The All Whites and Football Ferns have

been using FIFA 11+ for some time and all the ASB Premiership teams undertook to use it last summer season.

WaiBOP Football plans to encourage all 106 affiliated clubs and schools to adopt the programme, and is running workshops to team club representatives how to use it.

So what is FIFA 11+?“The programme takes 15–20 minutes

to do and is designed to replace a standard warm–up,” explains NZ Football’s doctor, Mark Fulcher.

“If it is done twice a week, it reduces the risk of injury by 30% and the risk of severe injury by 50%. These are things like an ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) injury in the knee.”



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