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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

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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 notched another important

milestone in its history this week when it

staged the fi rst international match ever

held in Cambridge.

The Hungarian and Fijian teams travelled from their New Plymouth and Auckland bases for a warm–up game ahead of the FIFA U–20 World Cup tournament which kicks off on Saturday.

Our club had only three days to stage the game and torrential rain last weekend put the fi xture in doubt. On Monday, the club decided part of the John Kerkhof Park pitch was too wet to safely play so we asked

Josh Easby, the secretary of Cambridge Football Club, wonders if we saw a future superstar ...

Cambridge High School if we could transfer the match there, but still use our clubrooms for aftermatch showers and meals.

A few hours of frantic work later, the teams lined up for national anthems and Cambridge’s fi rst international began.

Despite the icy conditions and rain, Hungary were outstanding, winning 7–0 and showing spectators why it’s important to check out the next generation of football stars.

Past U–20 tournaments have helped launch superstars like Argentinians Diego Maradona, Lionel Messi and Sergio Aguero, France’s Thierry Henry and Paul Pogba, Brazil’s Ronaldinho, Holland’s Arjen Robben, Spain’s Andres Iniesta, Chile’s Alexis Sanchez, and Columbia’s James Rodriguez.

Who knows, we may have seen a future star among the teams in Cambridge on Monday.

Our thanks go to all the volunteers who helped but especially the following:

Grounds manager Harry Bomans prepared the pitch with help from Des Beeney and CHS grounds staff . Geoff Wheeler was a trojan in the kitchen, catering for both teams, while Jim Thomassen and Steve Thomas prepared our clubrooms and looked after our visitors.

‘the teams lined up for national anthems and Cambridge’s first international began ...’


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Kim BrierleyIt will be held at Cambridge East School.

The date has been moved from Saturday June 13 to avoid clashes with other events in Cambridge.

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 has been re–scheduled

for Saturday July 29.


Three teams retain cup dream

The D1 team won a dramatic penalty shoot–out to go through against Hamilton North Debacles, thanks to every player netting from the spot.

Cambridge C and Cambridge B2 both exited from the cup but the B1 side await their delayed clash with West Hamilton C and Cambridge A still have to travel to Waikato Unicol C.

The 16 winners from this round play in the third round draw on June 27, followed by quarter fi nals on July 11 and semi-fi nals on August 1.

The cup and plate fi nals will be staged on Saturday August 22.

CAMBRIDGE’S D1 team is through to the last 16 of the Print House Waikato Cup while

other club teams will have to wait for re–arranged fi xtures in the wake of a weekend

disrupted by torrential rain .

Two years ago, Cambridge reached the fi nal of both competitions with our Division A team losing to Wanderers while our Division C side won the plate 3–2 against Waihi.

The wet weather wreaked havoc on the WaiBOP competitions with Cambridge’s women’s and youth teams all having games postponed on Sunday.

PRINT HOUSE WAIKATO CUP

Members of the victorious D1 side after their penalty shoot-out success. Photo: Steve Thomas.

CAMBRIDGE have a golden

opportunity to climb the Waikato A table

this weekend when they host second–

placed Morrinsville at John Kerkhof Park.

A win will push Cambridge from fi fth to within reach of the table ‘s leading pack.


Big names

visit club

The coach of the Fiji U–20 team was Frank Farina, who played 67 times for Australia and was the Socceroos national coach for eight years, followed by spells managing Brisbane Roar and Sydney City.

Farina’s Hungarian counterpart was German Bernd Storck who played 147 games for Borussia Dortmund and 24 times for Vfl Bochum in the German Bunesliga.

Star of the Hungarian U–20 side was midfi elder Zsolt Kolmar who is already a full international and plays for German club RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga 2.

WHILE most of our international visitors

on Monday have yet to become household

names, several have already made their

mark on international football.

INTERNATIONAL FOOTBALL COMES TO CAMBRIDGE

Fiji (blue) line up with Hungary for the national anthems. Photo: Louis Roberts.

Women’s fi rst teamers Marie O’Neill and Chrissy Goodin brave the cold with Dave O’Donnell.

Hungarian players enjoy our club’s post-match hospitality. Photo: Jim Thomassen.

Hungary go 3–0 up on their way to an easy 7–0 victory. Photo: Steve Thomas.


Lions help our youngstersCAMBRIDGE’S Trash ‘n Treasure market

days are paying dividends for our junior

players.

The Cambridge Lions, who run the markets, have donated $3,000 of their market takings to our club so we can buy 80 new playing shirts for junior members.

The Lions, who are neighbours to John Kerkhof Park in Vogel St, fundraise all year so they can help community groups such as our club.

Advising our club of the grant, Peter Knox, who chairs the Lions’ grants committee, said his club wanted to encourage youngsters to take up sport and become part of a club.

The Lions donation has been made at a time when the club is fundraising to progressively

replace all junior strips.“The donation has come at just the right

time and we’re really grateful to the Lions for recognising the value of what we’re doing to help children learn a sport,” club secretary Josh Easby said.


CLUB NEWS / www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

CAMBRIDGE hopes of regaining the

WaiBOP Challenge Shield may depend on

the result of this weekend’s match between

Rotorua United and Matamata Swifts.

After holding the shield for two summers, Cambridge surrendered the trophy when losing to Tauranga Old Blues in April.

Old Blues lost the shield last week to Rotorua who now defend it against Matamata Swifts.

While Cambridge have already visited both those teams, we may well get the chance to take back the shield if it changes hands again.

The fi xture list makes that more likely if Matamata Swifts win this weekend — so keep an eye out for the result and hope for a Matamata victory!

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 12.30pm

Jun 13 Te Puke United a 2.45pm

Jun 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 8 6 0 2 25 15 18CAMBRIDGE 7 4 3 0 14 5 15

West Hamilton 7 4 1 2 18 10 13Kawerau Sports 6 3 1 2 24 12 11Tokoroa 8 3 2 3 24 13 11Te Puke United 5 3 1 1 17 12 10 TE AWAMUTU 8 3 1 4 12 21 10

Matamata Swifts 6 2 3 1 10 9 9 Ngongotaha 7 1 1 5 12 26 4Whakatane Town 7 1 1 5 11 26 4Tauranga Old Blues 9 1 1 7 10 28 4

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Adam Brady 3 Bernardo Belladares 2Alex 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 Te AwamutuClaudelands Rovers v Matamata SwiftsWhakatane Town v West HamiltonTokoroa v Te PukeKawerau Sports v NgongotahaTauranga Old Blues — bye

CHAMPIONSHIP

‘Cambridge only unbeaten team ...’

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

Papamoa

Founded: 1995

Ground: Gordon Spragg Park

Last season: Promoted

Papamoa won promotion last season

when fi nishing third in the former

Federation 2 competition (now WaiBOP

Championship).

The club is one of the fastest growing in the Bay of Plenty with about 500 senior and junior players.

The club’s best known former player is All White defender Tommy Smith who played junior football at Papamoa and is now a professional with Ipswich Town in England.

The club’s patron is another ex-All White, striker Wynton Rufer who was named the Oceania Player of the Century.

Papamoa come to Cambridge sitting second in the WaiBOP Premiership, meaning this weekend’s clash is a top–of–the–table aff air. We welcome the Papamoa players and supporters.

TODAY’S PLAYER OF THE DAY SPONSOR

LAST WEEK

Cambridge 2 (0)

Katikati 0 (0)May 23, 2015. John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge

ScorersCambridge: Glen Carmichael (58th min), Robbie Greenhalgh (73rd min).

Carters Cambridge Player of the DayKieran Hill

‘Papamoa come to Cambridge sitting second

on the WaiBOP Premiership table ...’


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 2.45pmJun 13 Otumoetai a 2.45pmJun 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 8 7 0 1 20 5 21

PAPAMOA 9 4 3 2 18 13 15

Melville United 7 4 2 1 14 8 14Ngongotaha 6 4 1 1 14 7 13Matamata Swifts 7 3 3 1 12 10 12 Tauranga Old Blues 7 4 0 3 13 13 12 Waikato Unicol 5 3 1 1 13 9 10Katikati 8 3 0 5 13 21 9Otumoetai 7 2 1 4 11 12 7Rotorua United 7 2 0 5 9 13 6Tauranga City United 8 1 1 6 8 20 4 Tauranga Boys’ Coll 9 1 0 8 12 26 3

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

WEEKEND FIXTURES

This weekend’s Premiership games:

Cambridge v PapamoaRotorua United v Matamata Swifts*Melville Utd v Tauranga Old BluesKatikati v OtumoetaiTauranga Boys College v Tauranga City UtdWaikato Unicol v Ngongotaha* WaiBOP Shield Challenge match

PREMIERSHIP

‘A top–of–the–table clash ... ’

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

GK Ben Pamment2 Liam Hunt4 Matthew Hammerich6 Scott Murray7 Luke Barlow8 Ben van der Salm9 Daniel Hight10 Brenton Higgs11 Callum Gillbanks16 Vince Callister17 Rikki Ringrose18 Mehdi El Barakat19 Thomas Crane20 Scott Higgins

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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