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KEY CONTACTS

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: 022 4535432E: [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

Keep in touch Club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

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Mailing address:PO Box 214Cambridge 3450

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Editor: Josh EasbyClub photographer: Louis Roberts.Copyright: None of the contents of this publication should be reproduced without prior permission.Inquiries: [email protected]

NZ Programme of the Year 2011

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OUR CLUB has become well–known for

the achievements of its volunteers — the

people who pitch in to keep us running

(and growing) all year.

The extent to which we rely on the goodwill of our volunteers is diffi cult to see. So much of their work is hidden from view. It happens without most of our members being aware until for some reason it doesn’t get done.

A recent example has been the linemarking of senior and junior pitches which has escalated into a task that now takes an estimated 22 hours a week.

But how many hours of volunteer labour

Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, looks at the role of our volunteers ...

do you think it takes to operate our club?Our club is currently in the fi nal stages of

seeking accreditation for the fi rst level of NZ Football’s Quality Club Mark scheme. As part of the assessment, we were required to provide an estimate of the total hours contributed by volunteers — everyone from coaches and team managers to those who work behind the scenes.

The estimated total was more than 29,000 hours a year, split between the 100+ people who regularly give up their time for no monetary reward. That’s the equivalent of having 14 full-time employees.

As a club, we try to regularly thank our volunteers and recognise the work they do.

We also ask the 500+ members who do not currently volunteer to consider what contribution they could make, whether it’s a few hours here and there or undertaking some regular work that makes use of their skills.

The success of our club depends on fi nding a steady stream of new volunteers to help or replace those who are already doing their bit.

It’s never too late to put up your hand to help.

‘Our success depends on finding new volunteers to help or replace those already doing their bit ...’


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Rearguard

action plays

big part in

title chase

WHILE SUPPORTERS have been enjoying this season’s free–scoring by our WaiBOP

Premiership team, don’t overlook the role played by the meanest defence in the

competition.

CLUB NEWS

Scoreboard operator Elliot Beeney was kept busy by our fi rst team against Tauranga City United.

After 13 rounds of competition, the Cambridge rearguard has conceded a miserly seven goals.

In fact, at the halfway stage of the winter season, Cambridge teams held the best defensive records in the WaiBOP Premiership, Championship and Waikao A divisions, indicating that solid defence is a hallmark of the club’s top level teams.

While the defenders have been doing their job, Cambridge notched their biggest win in many years with an 8-0 victory over Tauranga City United at John Kerkhof Park.

The result had long-time supporters struggling to recall when the club last registered such an emphatic win at the top level of regional football for the Waikato and Bay of Plenty.

But this team has been threatening all season to cut loose and they crushed United with a fi rst-half display that saw six goals and a series of near-misses.

Goals from striker Shaun Kipara, Robbie Greenhalgh (2), Tom Woutersen (3) and Glen

Carmichael saw Cambridge stay top of the table.

The defence was solid against Tauranga with Adrian Clark and Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Matthew Wheeler always in control.

Last Saturday, Cambridge travelled to Tauranga’s Wharepai Domain to take on Old Blues, the only side to beat the Reds this season. Old Blues

took the Federation Challenge Shield from Cambridge in April, a loss that triggered the club’s long unbeaten streak since.

Glen Carmichael opened the scoring with a 28th minute penalty after Ben Latham was dragged down. In the 58th minute, Henry Stephen also scored from the spot after Tom Woutersen was fouled in the box.

But the goal of the game came in the 81st minute when substitute Elton Leri, a May signing from Hastings Hibernian, smashed home a shot from outside the box.

For the second week in succession, the Carters Cambridge Player of the Day was Matthew Wheeler after the side’s fi fth clean sheet in its last eight games.

6RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FCPhoto: Louis Roberts (Offi cial Cambridge FC photographer)

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Wood signs for Leeds

Wood (24) has had an illustrious professional career since making his senior debut with Cambridge Football Club as a 14–year–old.

He joined Cambridge FC as an 11–year–old after moving to the town with his family from Auckland. His sister Chelsey also took up football as a youngster and has since represented New Zealand.

Wood scored in his fi rst senior game for Cambridge and has not looked back since, making 31 appearances for New Zealand and scoring 10 international goals. Last November, he became the youngest–ever captain of the All Whites.

Wood’s latest transfer will see him join English Championship club Leeds United

CLUB NEWS

for an undisclosed fee but widely reported by British media to be £2 million (NZ$4.6m). The fee could rise by a further £1 million depending on whether Woods and Leeds meet other conditions of the sale.

The transfer fee will be paid to Wood’s previous employer, English Premiership club Leicester City, who signed him also for £2 million in January 2013 when he transferred from West Bromwich Albion.

West Bromwich were Wood’s fi rst professional club when he left New Zealand in 2009 in search of a professional career.

For Leeds, the Woods deal is the club’s biggest transfer fee paid in 13 years as the former English champions try to win promotion to the Premier League.

Former Cambridge football Chris Wood has been signed by English Championship

club Leeds United for a reported fee of more than $4.6 million.

Chris Wood (extreme left, middle row) with the 2002 Cambridge Open Grade Hawkes.


Programme cuts injury risk

A FIFA 11+ Complete Warm-Up

Programme for youth and senior players

will be run by New Zealand Football in

Hamilton on Wednesday July 22.

The programme has direct performance benefi ts for footballers — making fi tter, 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+ certifi cation in as little as two hours.

Senior men’s club captain Lee Turpitt will attend the programme, and the club hopes to have at least two more participants

The course is capped at 50 participants, and will be held at Hamilton Wanderers’ clubrooms at Porritt Stadium.

More details: www.waibopfootball.co.nz.


CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

THIS YEAR’S end of season senior

prizegiving will be held at the Cambridge

Town Hall on Friday October 16.

The success of last year’s function, at the same venue, was marked by a larger–than–usual attendance, encouraged by the switch to Friday night.

AUGUST 1 is D-Day for two of our club’s

“more social” teams.

Five years ago, the rivalry between the club’s Waikato D1 and D2 teams was legendary and arguments have raged since as to which team had bragging rights.

To settle the matter, players from the D1 and D2 sides from fi ve seasons ago will face off in a “friendly” at John Kerkhof Park on Saturday August 1.

It will be held at Cambridge East School. Proceeds from the fundraiser will be used to help maintain and improve the junior pitches.

Remember to put the date in your diary and start putting together your quiz team of six members.

If you can help provide prizes for us to use in raffl es and auctons, please get in touch with event organiser Jim Thomassen on 027 6811264 (mob) or email him at [email protected].

Quiz NightCAMBRIDGE FC’s annual

Quiz Night is set for Saturday

July 25.


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Fraser Nicholls (goalkeeper)Joined Cambridge in 2013 after fi ve 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 has joined Cambridge from Hukanui-Rototuna.

Nathan Claridge (defender or midfi eld)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.

Matt Wheeler (defender)A member of WaiBOP United’s youth team in the ASB Youth League for the past two summers, Wheeler rejoins Cambridge in 2015 after a spell with northern league club Ngaruawahia United.

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

Henry Stephen (defender)Talented left–sided wide player with pace and an excellent cross, Stephen joins the Cambridge club for the 2015 season.

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

Patrick Woodlock (midfi eld/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 .

Jason Szabo (forward or midfi eld)Experienced attacking midfi elder who has emigrated from the UK. Gets amongst the goals and was 2013 top scorer and ‘Player of the Year’ for our Waikato A team.

Josh Clark (defender or midfi eld)Made his Northern League debut at 15 and expected to return to Cambridge in mid–2015

Cambridge 2015: Back (from left) Bernardo Belladares, Sam Garmonsway, Rex Fowler, Kyle Wisnewski, Matt Wheeler, Tom Woutersen, Jason Szabo, Glen Carmichael, Fraser Nicholls. Front: Richard Armstrong, Henry Stephen, Adrian Clark, Jason Chewins, Nathan Claridge, Patrick Woodlock.

2015 squad


after playing for Murray State College, in Oklahoma, United States.

Ben Latham (defender or midfi eld)Played Northern League for Ngaruawahia United, joining them in 2011 as a 20–year–old before transferring to Cambridge in 2015. Played ASB Premiership with WaiBOP United in 2013–14 season.

Jason Chewins (defender or midfi eld)Rejoins 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.

Glen Carmichael (defender or midfi eld)Joined Cambridge for the 2013 season after playing for Matamata Swifts in Northern League Divisions 1 and 2. Selected for last season’s Waikato All Stars team.

Robbie Greenhalgh (midfi eld/player coach)Signed for Cambridge in 2013 after an illustrious career as skipper of Northern League winners Bay Olympic, and a member of the Waikato FC national league squad. Previously at Central United and a former NZ U–17 international. Voted the Supporters’ Player of the Year for WaiBOP United after the 2014–15 ASB Premiership season.

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. Won the team’s Golden Boot in 2013.

Adam Brady (forward)Joins the club as a new arrival from the United Kingdom, where he played for Melbourne Inn in the Plymouth and West Devon Combination Football League.

Kyle Wisnewski (winger)This 17-year-old member of the WaiBOP futsal team has transferred to Cambridge from Melville United for the 2015 season.

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.

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.

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

Elton Leri (forward)Joined Cambridge in May 2015 from Hastings Hibernian, Hawke’s Bay.

Gavin Clark (forward)Signed from Waikato Unicol after fi nishing fourth on the 2014 Federation 1 goalscorers table with the highest tally of any Waikato–based player.

Shaun Kipara (forward)Joined Cambridge from Northern League outfi t AFC Fury in May 2015. A former WaiBOP United youth player and featured in last season’s WaiBOP All Stars match.

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

Mike Woodlock (assistant coach)Coached Cambridge between 2008 and 2010 in Northern League Division 2 and brings vast experience to the 2015 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 fi rst woman to manage a Cambridge men’s fi rst team, Goodin is an established member of the women’s fi rst team and serves on the club’s executive committee.


Mar 28 Matamata Swifts a D 0–0Apr 4 Tauranga Old Blues a D 2–2Apr 11 West Hamilton h W 4–0Apr 18 Ngongotaha a W 4–1 May 2 Whakatane Town a W 2–1May 9 ByeMay 16 Claudelands Rovers a W 1–0May 23 Tokoroa h D 1–1May 30 Te Awamutu h W 2–1Jun 13 Te Puke United a L 0–2Jun 27 Matamata Swifts h W 4–0Jul 4 Tauranga Old Blues h W 3–0Jul 11 West Hamilton a L 1–2Jul 18 Ngongotaha h 12.30pm

Jul 25 Kawerau Sports a 2.45pm

Aug 1 Whakatane Town h 12.30pm

Aug 8 ByeAug 15 Claudelands Rovers h 12.30pm

Aug 22 Tokoroa a 2.45pm

Aug 29 Te Awamutu a 2.45pm

Sep 5 Te Puke United h 12.30pm

Sep 12 Kawerau Sports h 12.30pm

Team P W D L F A Pts

Claudelands Rovers 13 10 0 3 42 24 30CAMBRIDGE 12 7 3 2 24 9 24

West Hamilton 10 7 1 2 27 14 22Te Puke United 10 6 2 2 29 20 20 Kawerau Sports 9 6 1 2 45 15 19 Tokoroa 13 5 4 4 31 19 19Matamata Swifts 11 3 5 3 17 21 14Te Awamutu 13 3 2 8 15 36 11 NGONGOTAHA 11 2 1 8 18 39 7

Tauranga Old Blues 13 2 1 10 16 39 7Whakatane Town 12 1 1 10 13 37 4

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Adam Brady 6 Bernardo Belladares 3Sam Garmonsway 2Alex Ball 1James Cakebread 1Gavin Clark 1Josh Dagnall 1Lee Framp 1Ed Kettle 1Mauro Periera 1Jordan Silvester 1Henry Stephen 1 Danny Styles 1

WEEKEND FIXTURES

Cambridge v NgongotahaClaudelands Rovers v Whakatane TownTe Puke United v West HamiltonTokoroa v Kawerau TownMatamata Swifts v Tauranga Old BluesTe Awamutu — bye

CHAMPIONSHIP

‘Reds keep best defensive record ...’

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We gratefully acknowledge the support of these companies for helping install our irrigation system.

TODAY’S VISITORS

Ngongotaha

Founded: 1966

Ground: Stembridge Road

Last season: 4th

Today’s visitors are Ngongotaha AFC, a

club that plays under the nickname of The

Villagers.

Formed in 1966, the Bay of Plenty club has developed into strong club catering for seniors and juniors.

In 2011, the Ngongotaha fi rst team won the WaiBop Federation 2 championship, earning promotion to the Federation 1 League.

In their Federation 1 debut season, the side fi nished a creditable sixth and then in 2013 they challenged the league leaders, fi nishing fourth and one league point ahead of Cambridge.

In 2014, Ngongotaha fi nished fourth on the table.

Cambridge welcomes Ngongotaha and their supporters to John Kerkhof Park.

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LAST GAME

Tauranga Old Blues 0 (0)

Cambridge 3 (1)July 11, 2015. Wharepai Domain, Tauranga.

ScorersCambridge: Glen Carmichael (pen, 28), Henry Stephen (pen, 58), Elton Leri (81).

Carters Cambridge Player of the DayMatty Wheeler

‘Cambridge go into the match with the

tightest defence in the competition ... ’


Mar 28 Matamata Swifts a W 4–0Apr 4 Tauranga City Utd a W 4–2Apr 11 Tauranga Old Blues h L 0–1Apr 18 Ngongotaha a W 2–1May 2 Melville United a W 4–1May 9 Tauranga Boys Coll. h W 2–0May 16 Rotorua United a W 2–0May 23 Katikati h W 2–0May 30 Papamoa h W 4–1Jun 13 Otumoetai a D 0–0Jun 27 Matamata Swifts h W 3–1Jul 4 Tauranga City Utd h W 8–0Jul 11 Tauranga Old Blues a W 3–1Jul 18 Ngongotaha h 2.45pmJul 25 Waikato Unicol a 2.45pmAug 1 Melville United h 2.45pmAug 8 Tauranga Boys Coll. a 2.45pmAug 15 Rotorua United h 2.45pmAug 22 Katikati a 2.45pmAug 29 Papamoa a 2.45pmSep 5 Otumoetai h 2.45pmSep 12 Waikato Unicol h 2.45pm

Team P W D L F A Pts

CAMBRIDGE 13 11 1 1 38 7 34

NGONGOTAHA 11 8 2 1 29 11 26

Melville United 12 7 3 2 23 11 24Papamoa 14 5 5 4 23 20 20Tauranga Old Blues 13 6 1 6 20 26 19 Waikato Unicol 9 5 2 2 21 15 17 Rotorua United 12 5 1 6 18 17 16 Katikati 13 5 1 7 25 32 16 Otumoetai 12 3 4 5 13 14 13Matamata Swifts 12 3 4 5 15 20 13 Tauranga City United 14 2 3 9 16 39 9 Tauranga Boys’ College 15 1 1 13 17 46 4

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Glen Carmichael 8 Tom Woutersen 8 Robbie Greenhalgh 6 Jason Szabo 6 Ben Latham 2 Jason Chewins 1Kieran Hill 1Shaun Kipara 1Elton Leri 1Henry Stephen 1Matt Wheeler 1Patrick Woodlock 1Own goal 1

WEEKEND FIXTURES

Otumoetai v Matamata SwiftsMelville United v PapamoaKatikati v Tauranga Old BluesTauranga Boys College v Waikato UnicolRotorua United v Ngongotaha

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GK Fraser Nicholls2 Tom Woutersen3 Nathan Claridge4 Sam Garmonsway5 Glen Carmichael6 Kyle Wisnewski7 Adam Brady8 Jason Szabo9 Henry Stephen10 Shaun Kipara11 Kieran Hill12 Adrian Clark13 Jordan Silvester14 Patrick Woodlock (c)15 Ben Latham16 Matthew Wheeler17 Robbie Greenhalgh Jason ChewinsGK Rex FowlerCoach: Brett ClarkCoach: Robbie GreenhalghGoalkeeper coach: Kim BrierleyAssistant coach: Michael WoodlockTeam manager: Chrissy Goodin

Axel BalahoConnor Hinz Daniel Haua David Abram Haua Dominic Smith Eamon O’Donoghue Harlem Thorne Simiona Jacob Davis James Towers Joseph Rea Josh Haua Joshua Mcdougall Josh O’SullivanLuke Barker Mitchell Miller Phillip Clark Sven Mattiesson Van EwertCoach: Shane Davis

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Our club’s most successful year

The club was named WaiBOP Football’s Club of the Year for 2014, chosen from the region’s 106 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 (pictured) 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 was

a fi nalist at the national Trustpower Community Awards held in Wellington in late March.

Cambridge also won two WaiBOP Football Best Practice awards.

Success in 2014 also came on the pitch. Our senior men’s fi rst team won the Federation

Challenge Shield last year and went 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 swept a number of prestigious awards in 2014 — a period

called the club’s “golden season” by the Cambridge Edition.

CELEBRATING OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

‘ ... a golden season for the Cambridge

Football Club’ — Cambridge Edition


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

meeting on March 20, 1951, appointing Viv Butler as its fi rst 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 fi elds 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 fi rst women

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

olds) entered the Waikato competitions for

the fi rst time in 1983.1984: The club achieved its fi rst

signifi cant 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 fi xtures.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 fi ve 8th-Open grade WJSA knockout trophies, a fi rst for both Cambridge and the WJSA.2008: The club’s main senior clubrooms

survived a tornado in late 2008 but suff ered 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 fi ve–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 fi nishing 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 fi ve 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 fi rst team fi nished

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 profi le 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 eff orts to host ASP Premiership fi xtures 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 fi nalists 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 fi rst 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 fi rst 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.Our players

Probably the club's best known past player is New Zealand international striker Chris Wood who joined English Championship club Leicester City in January 2012 from West Bromwich Albion.

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 Members

Elected 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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Changing rooms nearly readyOUR LONG–AWAITED extensions to the changing rooms at John Kerkhof Park are

almost ready.

Three weekends of working bees have seen concrete pads laid around the outside of the $200,000 building, while new drains have been laid and interior walls and showers painted.

Builder Ben Latham and plumber Steve Barrot have been working for several months on the extensions that will lead to six new changing rooms and the addition of storage space for equipment.

Project manager Geoff Wheeler has been co–ordinating volunteer work on the site, while Brett Halliday and his digger have laid new drains and a soak pit, helping resolve a long–standing drainage issue in the corner of the car park.

The new changing rooms have resulted from fi ve years of fundraising and they present an opportunity for sponsors looking for ways to promote their businesses.

The club is off ering naming rights to each of the six changing rooms, providing sponsors with exposure to thousands of players each year.

The naming rights are available for periods of three to six years.

Anyone interested in taking up this opportunity can contact Geoff Wheeler (geoff @jetcreative.co.nz) or club secretary Josh Easby ([email protected]).

The club will host an offi cial opening of the new building after it is completed.

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