Welcome to the second newsletter of the Eastbourne Football Club for 2015.
The season has kicked-off for all our Senior and Junior teams except for First Kicks which will
kick-off on Saturday 2nd May.
Our teams look fantastic in the Clubs brand new strip and I’m sure you will have noticed our
brand new front-of-jersey sponsor too - Mitre 10 MEGA Petone who signed on as a sponsor the
Club for the next 3 years. We are extremely grateful to Mitre 10 MEGA Petone and our other
sponsors Maxim Financial Wealth, Chris Swift Builders, winesale.co.nz, Brew’d, printing.com,
Harcourts and Blue Carrot Catering for their support of the Club and encourage you to use their
services/products wherever possible.
Thank you also to all those that have volunteered to be a coach or manager this season. Without
your support we simply could not operate. Please look to support them in any way you can.
Finally good luck to all players. We hope you have an enjoyable season.
Sola Freeman
Chair
On-Field
Junior Football
The Junior football started for a number of
teams with a pre-season Football Festival
tournament run by the parents and
supporters of the Eastbourne 11th Grade.
The two day tournament held at Williams
Park and Wellesley College coincided with
the Eastbourne Markets and was by all
accounts a fantastic success. The Club
received a lot of positive feedback from
participating teams commenting on how
well the tournament was run and the scenic
location so well done to all those involved.
All teams from Fun Football up officially kicked off the Junior season last weekend. Thankfully
the forecast bad weather held off and all games were able to go ahead as scheduled.
A reminder, First Kicks will start on Saturday May 2 at Williams Park in front of the Days Bay
Pavilion.
Senior Football
Senior football is already 3 weeks into the season and both the Senior and Masters teams having
had positive starts. The Seniors’ playing in Capital 5 are currently unbeaten after 3 games with
2 wins and 1 draw and are sitting in 3rd place only 2 points off the top of the table.
The Masters playing in Masters 3 started with 2 draws but lost last weekend to current leaders
Porirua City AFC and are currently sitting 7th place.
Football Development Sessions – Term 2
Due to the overwhelmingly positive response from the pre-season sessions run by James Prosser
the Club's Football Development Manager, the Club is pleased to announce that it will be
subsidising Development Sessions in Term 2 for all Eastbourne Football Club junior members.
The Club is really fortunate to have a coach of James' calibre on board for the season. Prior to
taking on this role James was the Player Development Manager at the Ole Football Academy in
Porirua and has played the game at a Professional Level.
The cost of these hour long, weekly sessions is $80 for the term, but if you are a member of the
Eastbourne Football Club they will cost $60, with $20 subsidised by the Club. These sessions are
open to non-Eastbourne Football Club members as well, but at the full cost. These sessions will
focus on individual technique and skill and are in addition to the weekly team training sessions.
These sessions will run on Monday and Friday afternoons from 4pm until 5pm and 5.15pm until
6.15pm and will either be at Williams or Bishop Park. Please let James know at
[email protected] whether you would like your child to participate in these
sessions, which grade your child is in and whether a Monday or Friday works better for you. Can
you please also cc [email protected] in your response. James will place the
kids in suitable groups based on the response and will communicate with you regarding this
initiative going forward.
We wish to commence with these sessions in the week commencing 4 May so if you are able to
respond by this Friday, 24 April it will be greatly appreciated.
ANZAC Day
This ANZAC Day marks 100 years since the start of the Gallipoli campaign. There will be no
Junior games on ANZAC Day, with all games instead scheduled for Monday 27th April. We
therefore encourage as many junior players and parents to commemorate ANZAC Day by
attending the local ANZAC Day ceremony in the Eastbourne Village.
The Eastbourne Football Club will present a wreath at the ceremony and it would be great if we
could get as many Club members as possible to join the parade from Ballinger Gardens to the
memorial wearing their full strip. If it is cold your child can wear a white or similar thermal or
warm top under their orange top. White shorts and their orange shorts with sneakers too please.
Please assemble at Ballinger Gardens from 9.30am onwards. We will be organised by the Parade
Marshall, then along with other Eastbourne groups we will ‘march in time’ to arrive at the
Memorial Gates for the Service at 10.00am.
FIFA Under-20 World Cup
The FIFA Under-20 World Cup is just around the corner and Wellington Regional Stadium is set
to host three double-headers during group match play, another double-header of Round of 16
play-offs and then centre-stage on ‘Super Sunday’ 14 June, when it hosts one of the four quarterfinals. The key dates for your diary is as follows:
Saturday 30 May:
Tuesday 2 June:
Friday 5 June:
Wednesday 10 June:
Sunday 14 June:
Argentina v Panama and Ghana v Austria
Argentina v Ghana and Austria v Panama
Austria v Argentina and Myanmar v NEW ZEALAND
Round of 16
Quarter Final
Kia, a sponsor the FIFA Under-20 World Cup is on the search for 52 Mascot Mates to take the
field with Wooliam, the official mascot of the tournament. Kia wants to see players between
the ages of 8 and 12 get the thrill of a lifetime... Running out on the pitch and spending up to
15 minutes during half time helping Wooliam stir up the crowd.
If your child would like to win the chance to accompany Wooliam head to www.kia.co.nz/fifau20
for all the details.