Oratia United AFC

Oratia United has pleasure in offering opportunities to potential sponsors for the 2012 season. With the club looking to move forward as it is, we feel that any potential sponsors will receive some very good exposure. Ideally we would like to bring onboard a family of sponsors now who can benefit from the growth of the club in to the future.

We already have several companies signed up but ideally are looking for another 5 or 6. All of these would be featured in our weekly match day programmes; would have a feature on the club website and a link to their own website; they would receive a ‘thank you’ message at all events (including weekly junior prize-giving) and we are manufacturing a large board that will be prominently displayed in the clubrooms featuring the logos of all sponsors. The cost of this package is extremely reasonable. 

This is an excellent opportunity for local businesses who may have links to the club to advertise their company and play a massive part in helping us achieve the goals that we have set for the coming season. 

If you would like to discuss further please contact Deborah Gosshawk our 1^st Team Manager

021 106 0648 or deborahgosshawk@yahoo.co.nz

Team Trials

Players must have registered prior to all trials.
Exceptions are those who are transferring from other clubs - their details will be taken on trial day.

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Junior Registrations 

For all juniors 5^th to 17^th Grades registrations can be completed online from 1^st February 2012 at www.oratiaunited.co.nz. At the club we will available for registrations in February on:

• Thursday 9^th       5:00pm to 8:00pm,
• Saturday 11^th    12:00pm to 5:00pm,
• Sunday 12^th        2:00pm to 5:00pm

Melbourne’s East Bentleigh U17 Football team have arrived in Auckland for a 3 match tour against 3 West Auckland Clubs over the coming week.

They are staying at Mt Albert Grammar Boarding facilities during the week and then head down to Rotorua next weekend to sample some cultural activities and excitement.

On Monday the 12^th December they will play Oratia United U17 1^st Metro team on the Artificial Turf with a 3pm kick off followed by a BBQ for the teams and management at the club.

As a reserves team we are not often given an official referee for our games.  Which means our coaches have to ref the games.  This often leads to biased referring as well as no one to coach us during the game.

So this season, we are hiring and paying for referees for each game to ensure player safety, preventing injury and promoting fair play.

If you are able to help us raise funds we need, come to the movies and have a great night.

Click to see details of this great night out!

In 2010 Oratia United employed our Director of Football Steve Cain, with the focus on Junior and Youth Development. Under his direction we have seen the introduction of our Player Pathways and Club Strategy for 2010 onwards. Within the Player Pathways we saw the implementation of the High Performance Academy and the Development Academy. These academies were very successful and will continue in 2011, and will also focus on Females in Football with the introduction of a girl's only academy.

At Oratia United we have seen some exciting changes over the 2010 season, with the club appointing our new Director of Football, Steve Cain.  Under his direction we have implemented a new pathways programme, selection and trial process, along with our High Performance Academy and Development Academy.

For the 2011 season our focus will be on increasing the numbers of girls's teams at our club, in doing this we will offer.