RED: Matchday Magazine of Cambridge Football Club (July 18, 2015)

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Top of the table clash in WaiBOP Premiership

Cambridge v Ngongotaha John Kerkhof Park, Cambridge

KEY CONTACTS 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 President and chair Peter Martens

Vice chair Steve Thomas

Secretary Josh Easby

Mobile: 027 2943044

Mobile: 021 746863 E: masterpiece@xtra.co.nz

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

Junior club co–captain Catherine Clark

Junior club co–captain Ingrid Cook

Senior gear Jim Thomassen

E: cfcjuniors@gmail.com

E: davegrid@xtra.co.nz

Mobile: 022 4535432 E: thomassen@xtra.co.nz

Men’s club captain Lee Turpitt

Women’s club captain Fern Feaver

Mobile: 027 2320100 E: lee.turpitt@gmail.com

Mobile: 021 1323829 E: paris@xtra.co.nz

Grounds Harry Bomans Mobile: 027 4985075

Facilities & Events Tania Zeuren Mobile: 027 2723830

Bar manager Fairlie Morton Mobile: 021 2043412

E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz

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Purchasing manager Chrissy Goodin Mobile: 021 307294 E: chrissy.goodin@gmail.com

Policy & planning Pauline Lewis

Volunteer co–ordinator Michaela McQuarters

Mobile: 027 2747578 E: paulinelewis173@gmail.com

Mobile: 021 621904 E: fareya123@gmail.com

Treasurer (acting) Craig Clark

Treasurer (incoming) Paul Blackstock

Mobile: 027 9153273 E: c.d.clark@xtra.co.nz

Mobile: 021 1282091 E: paul@herbertmorton.co.nz

Keep in touch

E: bomans@xtra.co.nz

Immediate past chairman Greg Zeuren Mobile: 027 5030629 E: zeuren@xtra.co.nz

Building project manager Geoff Wheeler Mobile: 027 4952777 E: Geoff@jetcreative.co.nz

Club news, go to www.cambridgesoccer.co.nz

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

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

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Editor: Josh Easby Club photographer: Louis Roberts.

Copyright: None of the contents of this publication should be reproduced without prior permission.

Inquiries: cambridgesoccer@gmail.com Cambridge FC John Kerkhof Park Vogel St Cambridge 3434

do you think it takes to operate our club?

Our club is currently in the final stages of seeking accreditation for the first 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 finding 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.

Mailing address: PO Box 214 Cambridge 3450 W WW.CAMBRIDGESOCCER.CO.NZ

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CLUB NEWS

Rearguard action plays big part in title chase

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

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.

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 first-half display that saw six goals and a series of near-misses.

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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 fifth clean sheet in its last eight games.

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CLUB NEWS

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

Wood signs for Leeds  Former Cambridge football Chris Wood has been signed by English Championship club Leeds United for a reported fee of more than $4.6 million.

Wood (24) has had an illustrious for an undisclosed fee but widely reported professional career since making his senior by British media to be £2 million (NZ$4.6m). debut with Cambridge Football Club as a The fee could rise by a further £1 million 14–year–old. depending on whether Woods and Leeds He joined Cambridge FC as an 11–year–old meet other conditions of the sale. after moving to the town with his family The transfer fee will be paid to Wood’s from Auckland. His sister Chelsey also took previous employer, English Premiership club up football as a youngster and has since Leicester City, who signed him also for £2 represented New Zealand. million in January 2013 when he transferred Wood scored in his first senior game for from West Bromwich Albion.

Cambridge and has not looked back since, West Bromwich were Wood’s first making 31 appearances for New Zealand professional club when he left New Zealand and scoring 10 international goals. Last in 2009 in search of a professional career.

November, he became the youngest–ever For Leeds, the Woods deal is the club’s captain of the All Whites. biggest transfer fee paid in 13 years as Wood’s latest transfer will see him join the former English champions try to win English Championship club Leeds United promotion to the Premier League.

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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 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

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training sessions and completion of the course results in FIFA 11+ certification 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.

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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 five seasons ago will face off in a “friendly” at John Kerkhof Park on Saturday August 1.

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Quiz Night CAMBRIDGE FC’s annual Quiz Night is set for Saturday July 25.

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 raffles and auctons, please get in touch with event organiser Jim Thomassen on 027 6811264 (mob) or email him at thomassen@ xtra.co.nz.

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2015 squad

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.  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 has joined Cambridge from Hukanui-Rototuna.  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.  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.

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 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 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 .  Jason Szabo (forward or midfield) Experienced attacking midfielder 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 midfield) Made his Northern League debut at 15 and expected to return to Cambridge in mid–2015

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after playing for Murray State College, in Oklahoma, United States.  Ben Latham (defender or midfield) 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 midfield) 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 midfield) 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 (midfield/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.

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 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 finishing 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 outfit 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 first 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 first woman to manage a Cambridge men’s first team, Goodin is an established member of the women’s first team and serves on the club’s executive committee.

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‘Reds keep best defensive record ...’

CHAMPIONSHIP Team Claudelands Rovers CAMBRIDGE West Hamilton Te Puke United Kawerau Sports Tokoroa Matamata Swifts Te Awamutu NGONGOTAHA Tauranga Old Blues Whakatane Town ane Tow

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

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WEEKEND FIXTURES Cambridge v Ngongotaha Claudelands Rovers v Whakatane Town Te Puke United v West Hamilton Tokoroa v Kawerau Town Matamata Swifts v Tauranga Old Blues Te Awamutu — bye Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.

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‘Cambridge go into the match with the tightest defence in the competition ... ’ LAST GAME

Tauranga Old Blues 0 (0) Cambridge 3 (1) July 11, 2015. Wharepai Domain, Tauranga.

TODAY’S VISITORS

Ngongotaha Founded: 1966 Ground: Stembridge Road

Scorers

Last season: 4th

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

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 first team won the WaiBop Federation 2 championship, earning promotion to the Federation 1 League.

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

In 2014, Ngongotaha finished fourth on the table.

Cambridge welcomes Ngongotaha and their supporters to John Kerkhof Park.

Carters Cambridge Player of the Day Matty Wheeler

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

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‘It’s a top–of–the–table clash ... ’

PREMIERSHIP Team CAMBRIDGE NGONGOTAHA Melville United Papamoa Tauranga Old Blues Waikato Unicol Rotorua United Katikati Otumoetai Matamata Swifts Tauranga City United Tauranga Boys’ College g Boys

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WEEKEND FIXTURES Otumoetai v Matamata Swifts Melville United v Papamoa Katikati v Tauranga Old Blues Tauranga Boys College v Waikato Unicol Rotorua United v Ngongotaha Off–field apparel for our Premiership and Championship squads is sponsored by Jet Creative.

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

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Matamata Swifts Tauranga City Utd Tauranga Old Blues Ngongotaha Melville United Tauranga Boys Coll.

Rotorua United Katikati Papamoa Otumoetai Matamata Swifts Tauranga City Utd Tauranga Old Blues Ngongotaha Waikato Unicol Melville United Tauranga Boys Coll.

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F Fraser Nicholls Tom Woutersen Nathan Claridge Sam Garmonsway Glen Carmichael Kyle Wisnewski Adam Brady Jason Szabo Henry Stephen Shaun Kipara Kieran Hill Adrian Clark Jordan Silvester Patrick Woodlock (c) Ben Latham Matthew Wheeler Robbie Greenhalgh Jason Chewins GK Rex Fowler Coach: Brett Clark Coach: Robbie Greenhalgh Goalkeeper coach: Kim Brierley Assistant coach: Michael Woodlock Team manager: Chrissy Goodin

Axel Balaho Connor 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’Sullivan Luke Barker Mitchell Miller Phillip Clark Sven Mattiesson Van Ewert Coach: Shane Davis TODAY’S OFFICIALS

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CELEBRATING OUR ACHIEVEMENTS

‘ ... a golden season for the Cambridge Football Club’ — Cambridge Edition

Our club’s most successful year CAMBRIDGE Football Club swept a number of prestigious awards in 2014 — a period called the club’s “golden season” by the Cambridge Edition.

The club was named WaiBOP Football’s Club of the Year for 2014, chosen from the region’s 106 affiliated clubs.

The honour reflected 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 finalist 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

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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 finalist 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 first 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 first team won the Waikato Women’s Cup, beating the previously unbeaten Claudelands Rovers 2–1 in the final.

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.

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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.

In its early days, the teams played in light the first time in 1983. blue after the colours used by Cambridge  1984: The club achieved its first University, England. significant success at senior level, winning  1951: The club held its first formal the Northern League’s 4th Division in 1984. meeting on March 20, 1951, appointing Viv  1993: The club reached new heights Butler as its first president, and R.S.Entwistle in 1993, winning the Northern League 2nd as its patron. division.

Butler’s support of English club Arsenal led  1995: The club built a concrete car to a change of club colours and from the mid- park that’s still in use today. The car park is 1950s, Cambridge teams have played in red where the club sometimes erects temporary and white strips. grandstands for major fixtures.  1957: The club played its home games  2005: The Waipa District Council on the Town Square until 1957 when a approved the transfer of the Polo Grounds to two-room wooden shed was built on the the football club for use by its junior players, Leamington Domain for £134.19. while the polo club moved to new grounds in  1964: On December 1, 1964, the Lamb St, Leamington.

Cambridge Borough Council agreed to  2007: The old polo clubhouse was provide the club with land on the town belt knocked down to make way for a new in Vogel Street and plans were drawn up for junior building. The Cambridge junior teams the clubrooms to be built. celebrated their new home by winning all five  1967: The club moved into the Vogel St 8th-Open grade WJSA knockout trophies, a grounds, where it has been based since. The first for both Cambridge and the WJSA. grounds were renamed John Kerkhof Park  2008: The club’s main senior clubrooms after Dutch immigrant John Kerkhof who, with survived a tornado in late 2008 but suffered members of his family and other supporters, damage to walls, roof and windows, while built the clubrooms and changing facilities. shattered glass was sprayed over the nearby The grounds are now owned by the Waipa number one pitch. Other sports clubs and District Council but leased to the club on a community groups came to help the club long-term basis. and helped it rebuild.  1972: The club applied for its senior  2010: The club launched a five–year men’s team to join the Northern League plan for its membership which had now competition. grown to more than 600 players, with men’s,  1974: Extensions to the clubrooms women’s and junior teams. and playing fields became necessary and  2011: After many seasons in the were built in 1974, with new junior grounds Northern League the club was relegated from established beside the Polo Club grounds the Lotto Sport Italia NRFL Division 2 in 2011 further north on Vogel St. after finishing 12th and losing the challenger  1978: The club elected its first women series playoff vs Manukau City AFC. committee member.

The club won the New Zealand Match  1983: Junior teams (11,12 and 13 year Programme of the Year Award for 2011. olds) entered the Waikato competitions for  2012: The club elected to drop two

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

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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

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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.  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 ready OUR 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 five years of fundraising and they present an opportunity for sponsors looking for ways to promote their businesses.

The club is offering 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 (cambridgesoccer@gmail.com).

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

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