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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: 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

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

3RED: The matchday magazine of Cambridge FC

OFFICIAL MATCHDAY MAGAZINE

OF CAMBRIDGE FOOTBALL CLUB

Cambridge FC

John Kerkhof ParkVogel StCambridge 3434

Mailing address:PO Box 214Cambridge 3450

WWW.CAMBRIDGESOCCER.CO.NZ

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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LAST WEEK, our committee wrote to

all 700 of our senior and junior members

to brief them on an issue that needs

addressing in the coming months.

The rapid growth of our club (we currently fi eld more than 50 senior, youth and junior teams) means we face a signifi cant increase in the amount of work and cost involved in linemarking our pitches.

Painting the white lines onto a pitch may not seem a large task to those who have not done it, but a full-sized pitch requires about 700 metres of marking.

To mark all our junior and senior pitches

Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, explains a pressing issue for the club ...

currently takes about 22 hours of labour each week. Traditionally, we have done this work through a mix of volunteers and suppliers who have agreed to charge less-than-commercial rates for the work.

In the past, we have paid about $10,000 a year for the paint and for some of the labour, and we have been fortunate to raise some of that money through grants.

This year, we have been unable to fi nd suffi cient volunteers from within the club — despite repeated appeals for help — and we now face three options as a committee:

1. Make one last appeal for volunteers — people from within the club who are willing to give up some time to help do the work on a rostered basis. We are keen to fi nd volunteers from the ranks of our junior and senior sections. If we can fi nd enough volunteers willing to give up a few hours each, we can develop some rosters (the work is usually late week and in daylight hours).

2. Reduce our costs by using more

permanent ways of marking — one option is for us to use a growth inhibitor on lines to stunt grass growth, thus reducing the number of times we need to mark pitches. While this reduces cost, it can cause long-term damage

‘we now face three options as a committee ... and we’re seeking feedback from our members ...’

continued on page 4


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to pitches and we risk incurring the future costs of repairing them. Our committee is reluctant to consider this option.

3. Increasing annual subs to meet our

increased costs — to pay commercial rates for the paint and cost of labour will cost our club more than $20,000 a year. This means fi nding about an extra $10,000 a year to make up for the volunteer labour we cannot fi nd. The most obvious means of raising this money is to signifi cantly raise subs from our 700 junior, youth and senior players next year.

The committee is trying to fi nd short–term solutions this year to fi nd ways to mark the pitches without damaging them but we will face the prospect of raising subs next year unless we fi nd realistic alternatives.

We wanted to give our members plenty of time to consider this issue and we welcome feedback.


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

almost ready.

CLUB NEWS

Concrete laid ... not long to go now before we can use the new changing rooms!

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 29.

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.


Sponsors help club

recognise volunteers HARD-WORKING Cambridge club

volunteers went to FIFA U–20 World

Cup games thanks to two generous

companies.

Cambridge FC sponsor Jet Creative donated 50 tickets for the New Zealand v Portugal game at Waikato Stadium to members of the club’s Volunteer Army — the team of people who give their time regularly for the benefi t of the club and its members.

Members of the Volunteer Army were off ered pairs of tickets on a fi rst served basis, for the sudden death game between the Junior All Whites and tournament hot shots Portugal.

U–20 World Cup sponsor Rothbury Insurance Brokers also donated two pairs of tickets for use by club volunteers at the cup quarter fi nal at Waikato Stadium.

These tickets went into a draw and were won by volunteers Alistair McQuarters (senior) and Simon Foy (junior). They and their guests got seats in the stands for the big match.

Alistair was a regular volunteer at the WaiBOP United matches staged at John Kerkhof Park over the summer, while Simon’s work with our juniors includes coaching the Hatrix team.

The club is delighted that its enthusiastic volunteers are getting the chance to enjoy watching top matches, and we’re grateful to Jet Creative and Rothbury Insurance Brokers for making this possible.

HARD–WORKING CLUB MEMBERS GO TO FIFA U–20 WORLD CUP

Meanwhile, our volunteers will continue to be recognised throughout the year.

One method of recognition has been to allocate raffl e tickets to volunteers for their work at specifi c events, such as working bees, and these will be used for occasional

draws, plus an end-of-season draw at Senior Prizegiving (planned for the Cambridge Town Hall on Friday October 16).

If you wish to become a member of our

Volunteer Army, please ask a committee member or contact the team leader, Michaela McQuarters, at [email protected] or mobile 021621904.

Chrissy Goodin’s work as a Cambridge club

volunteer has featured in a NZ Football

promotion to support National Volunteers Week.

Check out the interview with Chrissy

at NZF’s website — http://www.nzfootball.co.nz/volunteer-profi le-

chrissy-goodin/.Chrissy serves on our committee, is

team manager for the WaiBOP Premiership

team and plays for our women’s fi rst team.

Interview with Chrissy


Racing Board helps with paint

THE COSTS OF linemarking our pitches

has been made easier with the help of the

New Zealand Racing Board.

The NZRB has made a grant to the club of $5,200 so we can buy 600 litres of high–quality linemarking paint for use on our senior and junior pitches.

The paint is expected to see the club through this year and its quality will help reduce the amount of linemarking required.

The grant comes from the proceeds of gaming machines at Cambridge’s TAB in Duke St.

The NZRB is committed to returning funds from gaming to the local community and our club is grateful for its support.

While the grant has helped this year’s costs of linemarking, the growth of the club has created a dilemma in how we pay for the ongoing costs of linemarking.

For more information, see the story on page 3 of this publication.


CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

FORMER Cambridge FC fi rst team

coach Mark Ball is off ering club members

a simple way to help the club through his

new role as a real estate agent.

Mark, who referees and is a board member for WaiBOP Football, has become an agent for Lugtons.

He says he’s keen to help football players and supporters sell or buy houses, and is willing to donate a fi nder’s fee to the member’s club after any successful transaction.

The club will receive $300 following any successful listing of a property or $200 if any member refers a buyer of a property.

You can email Mark at [email protected] or ring him on 021 2867115.

CLUB members are invited to attend

another Q and A Forum at our senior

clubrooms at 7pm on Monday June 29.

It’s a chance to ask questions of your committee, or make suggestions about the club.

Specifi cally, committee members are keen to hear your ideas and visions for how you see our club in 5–10 years.

The committee is developing a new long–term strategic plan for the club and is keen to hear from all sections of our membership — junior, youth and senior.


For latest club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz


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.

Gavin Clark (forward)Signed from Waikato Unicol after fi nishing fourth on the Federation 1 goalscorers table last season 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 12.30pm

Jul 4 Tauranga Old Blues h 12.30pm

Jul 11 West Hamilton a 2.45pm

Jul 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 10 8 0 2 32 18 24CAMBRIDGE 9 5 3 1 16 7 18

Kawerau Sports 7 5 1 1 36 12 16Te Puke United 7 5 1 1 21 123 16 West Hamilton 7 5 0 2 20 10 15Tokoroa 10 3 3 4 25 15 12MATAMATA SWIFTS 8 2 4 2 12 13 10

Te Awamutu 10 3 1 6 12 30 10 Ngongotaha 9 2 1 6 16 32 7Whakatane Town 9 1 1 7 12 32 4Tauranga Old Blues 10 1 1 8 11 31 4

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Adam Brady 4 Bernardo Belladares 2Henry Arthur 1Alex Ball 1James Cakebread 1Gavin Clark 1Josh Dagnall 1Lee Framp 1Sam Garmonsway 1Ed Kettle 1Mauro Periera 1Danny Styles 1

WEEKEND FIXTURES

This weekend’s Championship games:

Cambridge v Matamata SwiftsClaudelands Rovers v West HamiltonKawerau Town v Whakatane TownTe Awamutu v Te PukeNgongotaha — bye

CHAMPIONSHIP

‘Derby day in the championship ...’

Off –fi eld apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.


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

TODAY’S VISITORS

Matamata Swifts

Founded: 1930

Ground: Matamata Domain

Last season: 10th

Matamata Swifts AFC formed in 1930 and

like many clubs from rural New Zealand

have enjoyed the highs and lows of

competition.

After 16 continuous seasons in the lower divisions of the Northern Regional League, Matamata were relegated to the Waikato competition at the start of 1999.

The club then battled to rebuild its top–tier team, fi nally winning the Waikato/Bay of Plenty Federation 1 League title in 2009. That enabled the club to re-enter the Northern League where it played mainly in the second division, but with a brief spell in the fi rst division during the 2010 ‘restructure’ season.

The Swifts opted to drop from the Northern League in 2013 as part of a long–term plan to rebuild while playing in the WaiBOP Federation League.

TODAY’S PLAYER OF THE DAY SPONSOR

LAST GAME

Otumoetai 0 (0)

Cambridge 0 (0)June 13, 2015. Fergusson Park, Otumoetai

Carters Cambridge Player of the DayAdrian Clark

‘We welcome our traditional rivals

Matamata to John Kerkhof Park ...’

LAST SEASON

Matamata Swifts 1 Cambridge 1September 6, 2014. Matamata Domain

Cambridge 5 Matamata Swifts 3September 13, 2014. John Kerkhof Park


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 2.45pmJul 4 Tauranga City Utd h 2.45pmJul 11 Tauranga Old Blues a 2.45pmJul 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 10 8 1 1 24 6 25

Melville United 9 5 3 1 17 9 18Ngongotaha 8 5 2 1 19 9 17Papamoa 11 4 4 3 20 18 16Tauranga Old Blues 10 5 0 5 15 19 15 MATAMATA SWIFTS 9 3 4 2 13 13 13 Katikati 10 4 1 5 16 23 13 Rotorua United 9 4 0 5 16 14 12Waikato Unicol 6 3 2 1 14 10 11Otumoetai 9 2 2 5 12 14 8Tauranga City United 11 2 2 7 15 27 8 Tauranga Boys’ College 12 1 1 10 14 33 4

SCHEDULEGOLDEN BOOT

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Glen Carmichael 5 Tom Woutersen 5Jason Szabo 4Robbie Greenhalgh 3Ben Latham 2 Jason Chewins 1Kieran Hill 1Matt Wheeler 1Patrick Woodlock 1Own goal 1

WEEKEND FIXTURES

This weekend’s Premiership games:

Cambridge v Matamata SwiftsPapamoa v OtumoetaiTauranga City United v KatikatiTauranga Boys College v NgongotahaWaikato Unicol v Melville UnitedTauranga Old Blues v Rotorua United

PREMIERSHIP

‘Cambridge lead competition ... ’

Off –fi eld apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.


GK Fraser Nicholls2 Tom Woutersen3 Nathan Claridge4 Sam Garmonsway5 Glen Carmichael6 Kyle Wisnewski7 Adam Brady8 Jason Szabo9 Henry Stephen10 Jason Chewins11 Kieran Hill12 Adrian Clark13 Jordan Silvester14 Patrick Woodlock (c)15 Ben Latham16 Matthew Wheeler17 Robbie Greenhalgh Shaun KiparaGK Rex FowlerCoach: Brett ClarkCoach: Robbie GreenhalghGoalkeeper coach: Kim BrierleyAssistant coach: Michael WoodlockTeam manager: Chrissy Goodin

1 Jordan Wise2 Gary Dobson3 Sam Masterton4 Jamie Baxter5 Michael Dawson6 Chris Powell7 Brad West8 Scott Parsonage9 Murray McKenzie10 Andrew Clothier11 Luis John12 Joe Tompsett13 Lawrence Clothier14 Logan Allen15 Will Judson16 Ronan Costello17 Hugh Budge18 Shaun Richardson19 Dwayne Signal20 Jason Allen21 Callum BarrRGK Matt AberhartCoach: Chris PowellAssistant coach: Thomas Campbell

Cambridge

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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.


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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