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Central Football (New Zealand)
Central Football is one of seven federations of New Zealand Football, representing regions of Taranaki, Whanganui, Manawatū District, Manawatū, Hawke's Bay Region, Hawke's Bay and Gisborne District, Gisborne. History While New Zealand Football is the governing body, unlike other sports in New Zealand, the funding model for football means each seven regional federations look after football in their area themselves, only following New Zealand Football's plan as they see fit. For the local federations, the clubs fund the federation with the rest of the money coming from Sport New Zealand funding and about three per cent from New Zealand Football. The region has also provided a women's representative team for the New Zealand Women's National League from its inaugural season in 2002 onwards. Board Members As of 2022. *Jamie Hall (Chairperson) *Gary Mackenzie (Deputy Chair) *Kerry Donovan *Rod Pelosi *Garret Blair *Rori Moore *John Sigurdsson *Rachel Ingram Competiti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Park Island, Napier
Park Island is the largest sports complex in Napier, New Zealand, Napier, New Zealand. It hosts clubs and facilities for association football (soccer), cricket, hockey, netball and rugby union. It includes Bluewater Stadium, a multi-purpose stadium that has a capacity of 5,000 people and opened in 1985. The stadium is used mostly for soccer matches and is the home stadium of Napier City Rovers FC, Napier City Rovers and Hawke's Bay United FC, Hawke's Bay United. It also served as a training venue for teams in the 2011 Rugby World Cup. External links Park Island Napier City Council 1985 establishments in New Zealand Association football venues in New Zealand Buildings and structures in Napier, New Zealand Sport in Napier, New Zealand Multi-purpose stadiums in New Zealand Sports venues in the Hawke's Bay Region {{NewZealand-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Red Sox Manawatu
Red Sox Manawatu is an Association football and netball club in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The club caters for men's, women's and youth football teams and women's netball teams. Riverside RedSox is affiliated to Red Sox Manawatu and caters for junior boys and girls football. History The Red Sox Manawatu history is a complicated one. The club having been formed by the gradual merger and name-changes of a multitude of teams from the Palmerston North area. The oldest of these clubs was Saint Andrew's, which was founded in the 1920s. St Andrew's joined forces with Palmerston City (formed in 1938 as Palmerston North Thistle) in 1971, continuing as Palmerston City until 1974, when the club changed its name to Manawatu United. This club became Manawatu AFC in 1992 upon its merger with Rose City – a club which had itself been formed via a merge. Manawatu AFC combined with Riverside Red Sox (a team formed from the 1998 merger of Riverside and Red Sox) in 2004. Rose City had ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Auckland Football Federation
The Auckland Football Federation was an association football organization, responsible for the local growth and development of the game in Auckland, New Zealand. In 2020 it was merged with Auckland Football Federation into the Northern Region Football. Staff * Bob Patterson — Chief Executive Officer * Steven Upfold — Chief Operations Manager * Nic Downes — Football Development Officer * Carol Waller — Accounts Manager * Gordon Watson — Communications Manager * Ben Bates — Football Development Officer * Ben Hill — Competitions Administrator * Paul Smith — Referee Development Officer * Marvin Eakins — Futsal Development Officer * Gemma Lewis — Girls' and Women's Football Development Officer Member clubs *Bay Olympic * Beachlands Maraetai *Bucklands Beach *Central United *Clendon AFC *Clevedon FC *Drury United *Eastern Suburbs *Fencibles United *High School Old Boys * Lynn-Avon United *Mangere United *Manukau City *Manurewa * Metro FC * Mt Albert Ponsonby ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Association Football In New Zealand
Association football, also known as football or soccer, is a popular recreation sport in New Zealand. The sport is administered in New Zealand by the governing body New Zealand Football (NZF). It is the third-most popular men's team sport after rugby union and cricket. Among New Zealand adults in 2000, it was the 12th most participated in sport, at seven percent. Among boys ages 5–17, it was the most participated in sport, with a 17 percent participation rate; among girls, it ranks fifth in popularity at six percent, behind swimming, netball, horse riding, and tennis. Administration Seven regional federations participate in the administration and promotion of the sport in New Zealand: *Federation One ( Northern Football Federation) - Northland, Northern and Western Auckland *Federation Two ( Auckland Football Federation) - Central, Eastern and Western Auckland *Federation Three ( Waikato-Bay of Plenty Football) - Waikato, Bay of Plenty and King Country *Federation Four ( Ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Waitara Soccer Club
Waitara Soccer Club is an association football club from North Taranaki, New Zealand. Its home ground and clubrooms are at Manukorihi Park in the town of Waitara adjacent to the Waitara River. In its first year the Waitara club won the Julian Cup and with it the 1905 Taranaki Championship. In September 1905 the champion Waitara side played a match against Corinthians, the touring Auckland champions, at the Camp Reserve, Waitara. Waitara has competed for the Chatham Cup, with their best performance coming in the 1965 tournament, when they reached the fifth round. The 1965 cup run included wins against Spotswood College, Taranaki champions Moturoa, Whanganui champions Wanganui United, before being defeated by Hawke's Bay champions Napier Rovers. Waitara last competed for the Chatham Cup in 2008 and were knocked out at Manukorihi Park in the second round of the competition by Napier City Rovers Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stratford AFC
Stratford AFC is an association football club from New Zealand. Its home ground and clubrooms are at Swansea Park in the town of Stratford, Central Taranaki. Stratford AFC was established in April 1908 and joined the Taranaki Association Football Union in that year. The club won the Taranaki Championship (Julian Cup) four times before 1965. The 1934 season for the Stratford club is notable by winning both the Taranaki Championship and Duff Rose Bowl while remaining undefeated in both competitions. The 1958 Chatham Cup saw the club win the Taranaki final of the competition qualifiers and reach the North Island The North Island, also officially named Te Ika-a-Māui, is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the larger but much less populous South Island by the Cook Strait. The island's area is , making it the world's 14th-largest ... quarter-final against Kiwi United. In 1967 the club joined the Central Districts League and competed in the first divi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New Plymouth Rangers
New Plymouth Rangers is an amateur association football club based in New Plymouth, New Zealand. They were founded as New Plymouth Old Boys in 1940, and have had a complex naming history. The team play at Merrilands Domain. The club has men's and women's senior and social teams, as well as over a dozen junior teams. History New Plymouth Old Boys was founded in 1940 and was based at Western Park, New Plymouth. New Plymouth United was founded in 1965 and based at Lynmouth Park. New Plymouth Old Boys entered the Central League for its first time in 1971. In 1973 New Plymouth United merged on trial with Moturoa for a single season as Moturoa United, playing in the Western League and the Central League Division Two. United left the arrangement in early 1974. In early 1974 New Plymouth Old Boys joined with Central City to become New Plymouth City with the arrangement lasting for two seasons. In mid 1975 Taranaki United was formed as a local composite side to play in the Centra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moturoa AFC
Moturoa AFC is one of New Zealand's oldest association football clubs. Based in New Plymouth, the club traces its establishment back to the Watersiders Association Football Club. Moturoa AFC has rich history with the club having success in many regional and national competitions. Its clubrooms and home ground are at Onuku Taipari Domain, Ngāmotu Road, Spotswood, New Plymouth, Spotswood. Early history Originally the Moturoa Football Club was a short-lived rugby club, started by the Breakwater Sports Committee in the kiosk at Ngāmotu Beach in early 1914, before amalgamating with the Star club. Moturoa FC's home ground was the prison reserve field adjacent to Otaka Street in Moturoa. The club retained one junior team for a short period after the amalgamation that played in the Moturoa club's colour white, with the addition of a star emblem on the shirt chest. From 1915 to 1921 there was no official Taranaki Association Football Championship due to the war. The New Plymouth c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hāwera FC
Hāwera FC are a New Zealand association football club based in Hāwera, in the South Taranaki region of the North Island. Its home ground is Turuturu Park. The Hāwera Association Football Club was founded in April 1906. Hāwera won the original Taranaki Championship and Julian Cup five times, in 1908, 1922, 1923, in 1931 shared the title with Albion AFC and 1937. Hāwera entered the Chatham Cup for the first time in 1950 and were knocked out in the first ever Taranaki preliminary final. In 1951 Hāwera were knocked out in the Taranaki preliminary rounds by Overseas Football Club (New Plymouth). Hawera didn't enter the cup again until 1989. In 1990 the club reached the third round of the competition for the first time, its best result to date. Its last appearance in the Chatham Cup was in 2009. The club first joined the Central League The or is one of the two professional baseball leagues that constitute Nippon Professional Baseball in Japan. The winner of the leag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eltham AFC
Eltham AFC are a New Zealand association football club based in Eltham, New Zealand, Eltham, in the Taranaki Region of the North Island. Its home ground is Taumata Park. Eltham AFC has competed for the Chatham Cup twice, in 1978 Chatham Cup, 1978 and 1979 Chatham Cup, 1979, and was knocked out in the first round on both occasions. Honours Duff Rose Bowl (Taranaki's premier knock-out trophy): 2009, 2018 Central Football (New Zealand), Central Football Federation Cup: 2018 History An earlier association football club at Eltham was formed in a meeting at the Eltham Fire Brigade station in April 1906, with 20 members registered and Mr. W. H. Hutchinson appointed secretary. Eltham along with Kaponga Soccer Club, Kaponga and Hāwera FC, Hāwera were affiliated to the Taranaki Association Football Union in May 1906. The club won its first and only Taranaki Championship in 1906, beating New Plymouth in the final held at Inglewood, New Zealand, Inglewood. The Taumata Park gran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Whanganui Athletic
Whanganui Athletic FC are an association football team based in the New Zealand North Island city of Whanganui. They are traditionally the strongest team from the city, and played in the top flight of New Zealand football in both league and cup competitions. The team was founded in 1929 as Wanganui East Athletic, but briefly changed their name to Wanganui FC between 1974 and 1976 before reverting to their original name before dropping the East to just become Wanganui Athletic, changing to Whanganui Athletic when their home city was officially re-named. National competition Athletic played in the 1993 New Zealand Superclub League, 1993, 1994 New Zealand Superclub League, 1994, and 1995 New Zealand Superclub League, 1995 regional superclub championships, reaching the national league stage in 1993, where they finished seventh. Athletic reached the last 16 stage of New Zealand's premier knockout cup competition, the Chatham Cup in 1970 Chatham Cup, 1970, and went one stage further ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Napier City Rovers FC
Napier City Rovers is a football team based in Napier, New Zealand, competing in the Central Premier League. Club history The team was founded in 1973 via a merger of Napier Rovers and Napier City. Napier City Rovers have won New Zealand's premier knockout football competition (the Chatham Cup) five times, in 1985, 1993, 2000, 2002, and 2019 won the old New Zealand National Soccer League in 1989, 1993, 1998, and 2000. They represented New Zealand at the Oceania Club Championship in 2001, finishing third. The Hawke's Bay region, of which Napier is a part, were represented by Napier City Soccer in the first year of New Zealand's new Football Championship in the summer of 2004, the only region that was not represented by an amalgamated franchise. That changed the following year with the change of name also to Hawke's Bay United. As with all teams making up the new franchises, they continue to compete in local winter football leagues, and also in the Chatham Cup. Current squad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
