Dunedin Technical (known locally as Tech) is a semi-professional

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club in

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. They compete in the ODT FootballSouth Premier League and were the 2018 ODT FootballSouth Premier League champions.

Club history

The club was founded as King Edward Technical College Old Boys in 1920, and changed their name to Dunedin Technical in 1980. They and are based at Culling Park, in the suburb of Saint Kilda. The club has regularly reached the later stages of the

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(New Zealand's premier knockout football competition), and have reached the final on four occasions, in each of which they have met a team from Auckland. Their sole win was in

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, when they beat Waitakere City FC 4–0. They were losing finalists in

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(under their former name),

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, and

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. Their respective women's team have won the Kingsgate Women's Premier League for the 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 seasons, also reaching the quarter-finals of the National Women's Knockout Cup on two occasions, semi finals in 2017, and winning the Kate Sheppard Cup (previously known as Knockout Cup) against Forrest Hill Milford in 2018. Dunedin Technical's best season in the

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was in 2000, when they finished third. The previous year they had reached the final of the national league competition, which at that time was run as separate North and South Island leagues, followed by a final between the winners of these two leagues. Prior to the creation of a national league in 1970, King Edward Technical College Old Boys were Otago regional champions in 1934, 1955, 1957, and 1963.List of New Zealand club champions
/ref> President Andrew Douglas Vice President Tony Roach Treasurer Pete Mccall Secretary Cathryn Elsworth Club Captain & Sponsor Liaison Matthew Bray Maintenance Matthew Bray Male Football Liaison Michael Neaverson Junior Coordinator Tony Boomer Events coordinator Tony Roach Grants: Gavin Wheeler General: Joe Cole Graeme Smaill Karen Johnston Justin Flaws Aaron Burgess David Hayman

Notable players

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* Sam Jasper * Neil Jones * Graham Marshall * Emily Morison *

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* Blair Scoullar

References

External links

Club home page

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