Kikiwa, Kasey & Aidan from Saints Shooters
8th Grade Saints Shooters had an amazing game today. Excited Shooters supporters watched some impressive passing with nearly everyone scoring or attempting too!! It was the attention to defence work and the team talking to each other that made the game special. Taylor Simpson got player of the day for Awesome Defence Work.
Congratulations to the team on your 9-4 win against Allandale Rangers.
Congratulations to Shae Brady who recently attended the National Talent Centre (NTC) in Auckland.
Shae was selected to attend the NTC after being nominated by Mike Ward to attend The Talent on Location Day in Auckland . The Talent on Location Day is a trial of nominated footballers from the Northern Football Federation, Auckland Football Federation and WaiBOP Football Federation for a place in the NTC. Shae made it through this trial to be selected to attend the NTC, she is the first Saints player to be selected to attend the NTC.
The NTC was a weeklong training camp held in Auckland during the April school holidays. The players attending have been identified as the best in their age and the NTC gives them the opportunity to play and train alongside the best players, with the best coaches at the best facilities with the goal of representing their country at an U17 World Cup.
Well done Shae!
Congratulations to the Saints Players who were nominated to trial for Reps and FTC. You obviously show the skills that make you worthy of consideration for representing the EBOP at the highest level. This in itself is a great achievement. Unfortunately the trial process means disappointment to some and sometimes it is simply that there are too many worthy players for the number of spots available.
Congratulations to the following players who have been selected to represent the EBOP from our club – Daniel Beck, Aidan Bensemann, Finn Alison, Liam Marshall, Sam Cox-Alison, Sunny Davies, Mitchell White, Johann Stoove, Dylan Chelley, Phoenix Bell, Jack Cederman-Hill, Quest Tipping, Tane Purcell, Matt Sinkinson, Kelly Downes, Lexie Brady, Ruby Boyd and Shae Brady.
To view the list of selected rep & FTC players please click on this link – http://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/index.php?id=538
Training will commence this week, FTC will start tomorrow night and Reps will start this upcoming Sunday 13th May. Selected Players will need to enrol using the above link.
Tuesday, 4.30pm – 6pm at Rex Morpeth Park: U12 FTC Boys and U12/U13 FTC Girls.
Sunday, 9.30am – 10.30am at Rex Morpeth Park: U8 Boys, U9 Girls and U11 Girls.
Sunday, 10.30am – 11.45am at Rex Morpeth Park: U9 Boys, U10 Boys and U11 Boys.
We hope everyone enjoyed the fantastic start to our football season for 2012. You couldn’t have planned better weather and by the looks of it our kids all seems to be having a great time. Today was all about fun. Below are some of the photos taken. As previously mentioned we’d welcome any photos during the season so we can share them with the rest of the club.
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18 teams are registered to play the junior framework for 6th grade in Whakatane (Warren Park, 9.00am-10.00am Saturdays). 7th & 8th grade will play round robins and there may possibly be a couple of mini-tournaments at the end of season.
For 9th and 11th grade there will be premier and first division leagues. There are 7 teams playing 13th grade and these will play as one group. Leagues finish early September.
To view the leagues please click on the link on this page titled league draws.
To view the weekly draw click on FIXTURES. If you just want your team’s draw for the whole season, then onced you’ve clicked on FIXTURE, on the first draw click on your team’s name and then on the row of options highlighted towards the top of the page in white reversed out of blue click on SEASON FIXTURE.
To have a summary of the whole season for all teams, click on REPORTS and under that you will find the top option called FIXTURE FOR THE ENTIRE COMPETITION.
A special thank you to Peter Stoove, Jason Cederman-Hill and Michael White for helping mark our football fields today. Field markings need to be done each year, and any assistance with this is always appreciated. Our 8th and 9th grade teams will be playing on the field outside the back of the school grounds this year. The 11th and 13th grade field will remain shared as per last year, and the 7th grade field has been slightly repositioned, but in essence is in the same location as last year also.
Teams for 2012 have been finalised. This year we are fielding 10 teams – three 6th grade, two 7th grade, one 8th grade, one 9th grade, two 11th grade and one 13th grade.
All players should have received an email by now from their coach. Thank you to those who have put up their hands to take on this important role. Most teams could also benefit from a second coach that can either share the role or work in a back-up capacity. If you are willing to take on such a role please also contact me.
Best of luck for a fantastic season.
Congratulations to Matthew Butler who won the Commitment to Excellence Trophy for 2011. This award is presented to a year 8 saints player who has demonstrated excellence in his or her football skills and a dedication to Saints soccer club. A special thank you to Declan Jones, last year’s recepient, who returned from Tauranga to present the trophy.
A special thank you to this year’s sponsors of our club. The Lions Foundation genereously provided us funds to help us cover the cost of uniforms and gear. Thank you also to the committee and coaches and team managers for your time and commitment.
Please remember those businesses who have helped us in the past and support them when possible – Stewart Motors, ID Screenprinting & Visique.
Matthew Butler 2011 Commitment to Excellence winner with 2010 awardee Declan Jones.
