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Commencement of Season for 5th to 10th Grade “Inhouse Teams”

FRIDAY NIGHT FOOTBALL HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE 17TH OF MAY

ALL IN-HOUSE GRADES 5 THROUGH TO 10TH HAVE BEEN CANCELLED FOR THIS WEEKEND.

The In-House League’s will start on Fri 17 May and Sat 18 May for all other Grades up to 10th Grade. 5th and 6th grade will kickoff at 8am on Saturday, 7th grade will kickoff at 9am all at Seddon Fields.
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Fields are Closed

Seddon Fields are closed for all training except Men's and Women's first and reserve teams. They will remain closed until the new artifical pitches are open. This is to ensure that they are in the best condition to host some weekend games in the interim.
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Grassroots Coerver Term 2 on Monday Nights

Grassroots Coerver Term 2 on Monday Nights

Session times are as follows...

Session 1 3:45pm - 4:45pm (7th - 10th Grade)

Session 2 4:50 - 5:50pm (11th - 14th Grade)

$100 per child for 8x Sessions commencing 13 May 2013

Contact Geoff to register

geoff@diverge.co.nz
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Coaches' Course - Sunday June 9th 2pm-5pm

This year Western Springs will be holding three in-house coaching courses in addition to the courses available from AFF.

The third of these is on Coaching a System of Play. It is intended to augment the AFF education.

This course is ideal for coaches of A/B teams from 11-17th Grade.
Sun June 9th 2pm-5pm Seddon Fields
Please email geoff@diverge.co.nz to register

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May Newsletter

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April Newsletter

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Club Based Referee's Course

The AFF will run a Club Based Referee's Course at Seddon Clubrooms.
It will be held Tuesday 30 April (Night One) and Tuesday 7 May (Night Two). Time will be 7pm - 9pm both nights. Registrations to be directed to geoff@diverge.co.nz.

Every youth team should have a CBR so come on, it's time to get qualified.
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Coerver TERM 2 School Holidays is now full

THIS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME IS NOW FULL

MON 22 April - FRI 26 April 2013
Hours 9:00am - 3:00pm
$120 per player for the week or
$30 per day

Group One 8-10yrs Group Two 11-15yrs
Venue: Seddon Fields

THIS HOLIDAY PROGRAMME IS NOW FULL
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March Newsletter

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AFF Coaches' Session

Owain Prosser, Grassroots Development Manager of New Zealand Football will be hosting a 2 hour workshop and will be looking at "Dealing with Difference: Tactics & Strategies to challenge all abilities".

We are delighted to announced that Western Springs AFC will be hosting the event at Seddon Fields, Western Springs. The workshop will run from 10am to 12pm on Sat Mar 9.
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Club Announces New Director of Football

Western Springs AFC Executive committee is excited to announce the appointment of Mr Neil Emblen to the position of Director of Football for the 2013 season.
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December Newsletter

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FUTSAL (pronounced 'foot' - 'cell')

Brazil's 5 v 5 indoor football since 1930
... the fun, fast, skill game for footballers




Why play Futsal?
* It's how Brazilians develop skills & learn how to play in small spaces
* Develops quick, versatile & exciting players
* Football teams - improves skills, teamwork & confidence on the ball
* Skills + League sessions

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October Newsletter

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September Newsletter

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August Newsletter

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Straight to the Poolroom

WSAFC 14 Metro Calcio arrived back in Auckland with a bit of extra baggage, after a fantastic tournament in Nelson, which saw them undefeated, conceding 1 goal after 6 games and taking out the final in a penalty shoot out. FORZA CALCIO!!
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July Newsletter

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Know your FDO

We interviewed our new Football Development Officer Geoff Brogan so you can know a little bit about him. Click more to see the whole story.
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AFF and Council Procedures for Cancellations

Click here to see the procedures that Council and AFF go through in deciding field closures

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Kaye opens our new clubroom's extension

Auckland Central MP Nikki Kaye officially opened the new extension to the Western Springs AFC clubrooms on Wednesday evening.

The club marked the occasion with an official function and a floodlit match between the club’s 13th grade boys and 17th grade girls’ teams.

The new extension includes four additional changing rooms underneath the upstairs section of the clubrooms which houses new meeting room facilities and an addition to the current balcony overlooking the Seddon Fields main pitch.

Western Springs AFC club manager Paul Rutland described the process the club took to get the project completed.

“We initially went down the path of investigating the addition of four changing rooms,” Rutland said.

“The then local board member and Auckland City councillor Greg Moyle (who was also present on Wednesday evening) mentioned the Facilities Partnership Plan and what we’ve ended up with is a follow through on that.

“It’s fantastic to have these new additions to our clubrooms finished as we continue growing the community use of our facility. All the club members are stoked,” Rutland said.

Waitemata local board chair Shale Chambers was also present at the function and referred to being able to take first steps on the next project on the radar at Seddon Fields, the installation of an artificial turf playing surface.

Photos by Auckand Football

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8 League Winners!

This is another follow-up to the teams from the "In with a chance" article.  Click on more to read all about it.

The O35s Div 4 Galaticos were one of the first teams to wrap up their league.  Last night's big 3-0 win for the O35s Div 3 King's Arms KOSMOS wrapped up league title #8. 

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Tips for running at a defender

Here's a youtube video featuring Leo Messi that's shows you how to run at a defender with pace. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtPmuyF_6l0&feature=related

Sometimes it's the simple football that's most effective if it's done at the right time and at the right pace.

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Tips for Fullbacks

To hear a few tips for full-backs from Bayern's Philipp Lahm click the following link:

http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/stars/starskills/video/videoid=806826.html?autoplay=true

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Tips for Holding Midfielders

Ever wonder what makes a good holding midfielder.  Click on the link below and find out what makes Tottenham's Sandro good.

http://www.uefa.com/trainingground/stars/starskills/video/videoid=1614049.html?autoplay=true

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Fun games for younger teams

Tottenham Hotspurs

The club has recently added some “Fun Games” suitable for younger teams to the coaches’ section of the web site.

Click here to view them ...

 

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Notice Board

Most games were postponed on the weekend but the Men's first team beat Warkworth away 0-1 in extra time in the Chatham Cup.  The Women's first team went down 1-5 to Glenfield Rovers.

Upcoming NRFL games are:

The Men's first team are away to Mangere Saturday May 18th at 2.45 pm @ Centre Park
The Women's first team are away to Three Kings on Sunday May 19th at 1pm at Keith Hay Park

Upcoming youth games to watch Sat May 4:

10th Grade Div 1 Girls Chelsea play Bucklands Beach Seddon 4 at 9am
10th Grade Prem Boys Firebolts play Onehunga Sports on Seddon 3 at 10am 
13th Grade D1 Girls Avatars play Eastern Suburbs on Seddon 3 at 11am

Upcoming youth games to watch Sun May 5:

15th Grade Metro Boys Calcio play North Force on Seddon 3 at 1pm
16th Grade Metro Boys play Oratia on Seddon 4 at 1pm

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