Forrest Hill Milford United AFC
Annual Report 2016
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2016
This year must go down as one of the most successful in the Club’s history. There has been considerable success both
on and off the field.
This past year the Board has been in year 2 of a 3 year approach. Year 1 was about understanding how the Club operated.
Year 2 was about stabilising the Club and Year 3 will be about transforming. All with a view to make Forrest Hill Milford
United the best football club in New Zealand.
The Board set goals at the start of the year to maintain the gains made in the previous year. That meant holding our
position in the Men’s NRFL Premier League. That meant holding on to our players in our Women’s NRFL Premier team
after the Coach left for another Club. That meant accepting that this season would be a development season for our
Women’s Premier Team. That meant maintaining our Junior playing numbers and our Senior playing numbers.
The Board also wanted to enhance both its governance and administration. At a minimum it also wanted to maintain
its financial position despite having increased costs associated with a Men’s NRFL Premier team and a Women’s NRFL
Premier team.
Any sporting organisation like ours still has a heavy reliance on the contribution of volunteers. Best practice for sporting
clubs has evolved to Board governance with paid administration. However, there is still a role for volunteers and
without them the Club would not function. Our volunteers are made up of Board members, coaches, team managers,
grade convenors, physios. Across our Club this accounts for well over 100 people. On the behalf of the Club I’d like to
acknowledge your contribution and thank you for your generous donation of time and effort.
HIGHLIGHTS
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Women’s Knockout Cup winners
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Women’s Premier Team NRFL League performance
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Chatham Cup finalist
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Men’s Premier Team NRFL League performance
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Women’s Reserves team League and Cup double
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Development, application and launch of Skill Centre Open programmes
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Development and launch of summer programmes
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Engagement of new coaches for Premier teams
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Engagement of Junior coaches
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Delivery of Coaching Strategy
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1st Aid courses delivered
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Coaching qualifications obtained
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Coach Surveys introduced
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Relationship building with NFF and NZF
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Financial result
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Trust funding successes
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Auckland Council relationships
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Relationship with Local Board politicians
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Enhanced administration
•
New Match Programmes produced
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New website developed and launched
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Match day management
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Club Quality Mark awarded
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Tournaments delivered
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Fundraising delivered
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New sponsors engaged
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New supplier arrangements negotiated
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NZ representatives
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Finalist in the Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards Club of the Year category
FOOTBALL
Clearly a highlight was our Women’s Premier Team winning the Women’s Knockout Cup. We did not enter the game as
favourites but thanks to a stunning goal from Tessa Berger and the team holding their nerve in the penalty shootout we
pulled off a fantastic win. First year coach Ryan Faithfull and the team can be justifiably proud of what they achieved
this season.
The Men’s Premier team also had a first year coach with Andy Boyens taking over from David Mulligan. It was key to the
Club that this team maintained its position in the top league and after a slow start the team came home with a wet sail
to finish in a very creditable 7th position in a very competitive league. The team also had a very good Chatham Cup run
reaching the quarter finals before being knocked out by eventual champions Birkenhead.
The quarter final saw for the first time in the Club’s history the Women’s Premier Team and the Men’s Premier Team
playing on the same field on the same day. It was a great occasion and maybe a pointer for the future staging of games.
The Women’s Reserves team with a new coach in Ben Bate had a stellar season completing a League and Cup double.
This really underlies the strength of Women’s football in our Club.
The Men’s Reserves faded slightly towards the end of the season to finish in 9th position.
Our Senior Men’s teams and Senior Women’s teams competed in their Saturday and Sunday competitions enjoying
some amount of success.
Our Junior football remains the envy of most Clubs. We have created a strong pipeline of players for the future and our
investment in football development will reap rewards.
We have 829 registered junior players compared with 725 in 2015.
SKILL CENTRES
During the season NZF introduced Skill Centres that are to be delivered by Clubs as opposed to Federations. The Club
put a lot of planning into our strategy for our programmes and how we would deliver those programmes.
Following our application the Club was chosen as one of the first five Clubs in New Zealand to become an accredited
provider of Skill Centre Open programmes. It was pleasing to receive the following feedback from NFF “was really
impressed with your FHM booklet which is very professional looking with great information”.
A comprehensive marketing plan was put together to promote these programmes with professional collateral
produced as well as significant signage put up across various prominent sites on the North Shore. We now have 130
players taking part in our programmes.
As part of the programme we had our coaches achieve their coaching qualifications as well as organising in-house 1st
aid course and subsequent qualifications for 20 of our coaches and members.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2016
SUMMER PROGRAMMES
In conjunction with the SKC programmes, other programmes were put together including the Player Development
Programme and the launching of our own Academy.
We also have 24 Junior teams taking part in our summer football competition.
We easily have the most comprehensive programmes out of any Club within NFF and these have been developed
against the backdrop of a very sound strategy.
GOVERNING BODIES
In the past year the Club has had a very deliberate strategy to positively engage with both NFF and NZF. This has proved
to be very successful with our Club being seen by both NFF and NZF as one of the best in New Zealand. This will be
increasingly important as NZF deliver changes to the way football is delivered in New Zealand.
FINANCIAL
The Club has achieved an outstanding financial result. This has been a very clear focus of the Club’s administration.
A Trust funding strategy was put together and this has proved very successful resulting in an increase of $40,000 in
grants compared to the previous financial year.
The Club wishes to acknowledge the support of the following:
The Lion Foundation, Trillian Trust, North & South Trust, Pub Charity, Pelorus Trust, NZ Racing Board, NZ Community
Trust, Infinity Foundation, Four Winds Foundation, Constellation Communities Trust, Blue Sky, Grassroots, Akarana,
Blue Waters, Foundation North, NZ Post, Devonport/Takapuna Local Board.
AUCKLAND COUNCIL
In the past year the Club has had a very deliberate strategy to positively engage with both the Auckland Council staff
and the Local Board politicians. A Board portfolio was set up to focus on these relationships. Whilst it is a slow burn at
times, we have developed sound relationships with both the staff and the politicians. In time this will bear fruit.
ADMINISTRATION
During the year the Club enhanced its administration. Whilst these roles are paid roles the value of the remuneration
when compared to the hours put in mean there is still a huge volunteer element with the roles. I’d like to acknowledge
the huge contribution these people have made and thank them for those efforts.
Processes improvement has been a focus and this has resulted in the Club running a much tighter ship. Match day
management was also considerably enhanced.
The appointment of a Club General Manager has brought a more focussed strategic approach to what we do. Strategies
and policies have been prepared and then ratified by the Board. The Club now engages a large number of contractors
mainly in the coaching arena. With the increasing requirements emanating from legislation it is critical that these people
are managed appropriately. This is a key component of the Club General Manager role.
The appointment has allowed us to deliver match day programmes that are easily the best in the NRFL. A new website
was developed from scratch and once again is one of the best football club websites in New Zealand. This is a key part
of positioning our brand and has been a deliberate strategy.
Newsletters have also been produced delivering a consistent branding across all our artefacts.
To help clubs perform at their peak, New Zealand Football has created the Quality Club Mark. This is a national
partnership with the seven federations as well as 17 Regional Sports Trusts. It aims to promote continuous improvement
in the way football is delivered and support clubs as they adopt standards of best practice. Quality Club Mark assesses
a number of factors on and off the field, to provide a clear view of the standards achieved. During the year the Club was
awarded the Quality Club Mark. This confirms that the Club has processes and policies in place that are deemed to be
of a level that warrants recognition.
BOARD
During the year several changes occurred with the composition of the Board. In June Graeme Ward relocated to
Houston, Texas and resigned from the Board. Jeff Knight was seconded onto the Board to replace Graeme and take
accountability for the Junior football portfolio.
Kate Luxton was also seconded onto the Board to head up the Women’s football portfolio.
In September, Andrew Diver resigned as Chairman to focus on the role of Club General Manager.
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2016
COACHING
During the year the Board signed off on the Club’s coaching strategy. The Board sees coaching as a key strategic
differentiator and is also preparing itself for the changes from NZF around how football will be delivered. The Club
believes it is ahead of the curve in this respect in terms of how it recruits, manages, educates and rewards its cadre of
professional coaches. This will continue to be a focus.
This season the Club has introduced surveys to obtain feedback on the coaching services it delivers. This has provided
valuable input into the review processes of coaches. This has started with paid coaches and will be expanded to cover
volunteer coaches in due course.
TOURNAMENTS
The Club continued to deliver tournaments and attend selected tournaments throughout the year. Delivering
tournaments requires a large volunteer component and I’d like to thank all those who have assisted this year. I’d like to
specially recognise the contribution of Paul Conroy who has been our chief organiser for many years. It was nice to be
able to recognise Paul’s efforts at this year’s prizegiving.
During the year the Club entered an 11th Grade team in the Gold Coast Tournament. It is the Club’s intention that we
identify international tournaments and support the attendance at these events. We would like these to be a regular
cycle and work is going into identifying which events we will support. Attendance is self-funded so does require a lot of
organising and fundraising.
FUNDRAISING
During the past year fundraising was completed to support our Women’s Premier team to travel to their Knockout Cup
semi-final in Christchurch. The team took the initiative to set up a Give-a-little fundraising page. This proved to be very
successful and was well supported especially from members.
The Gold Coast team also completed a large number of fundraising initiatives. We also have the Barcelona team,
whose entry into the prestigious Dallas Cup tournament in Texas has been accepted, continuing to fundraise for that
trip next April.
In view of the number of concurrent fundraising activities the Board has ratified a fundraising policy.
SPONSORS
During the year the Club engaged a number of sponsors. The Women’s Premier team has ecostore as a shirt sponsor.
Huckleberry also supported the Women’s Premier team as did Helen Shaw at Harcourts Cooper & Co. The Men’s
Premier team has Fix as their shirt sponsor. The Women’s Reserves have Hygiene Systems as their sponsor. Individual
teams across both the senior and junior sections of the Club also engaged their own shirt sponsors.
Huckleberry and ecostore also supported our first kicks programmes allowing us to buy new bibs for those grades.
The Soccer Shop, our on field apparel supplier, came on board this season as a sleeve sponsor for our top teams. NZ
Uniforms, our off field apparel supplier are also a key sponsor.
During the year we also picked up a significant sponsorship contribution from Spark Business North Shore.
Photowonder have supported us by way of team photos for our website and Paul Kettel from Paul Kettel
Photography supplies us game day photography that appears on our website.
Roland Jeffery Physiotherapy have provided us physio services and I’d like to thank Luke Burgess and Emily Lo for
their contributions as our Premier Teams’ physios.
A very key sponsor for us is Benefitz. Their contribution is huge and allows us to carry out our branding, marketing and
communication activity that is the envy of other clubs.
SUPPLIERS
During the year the Club engaged the services of The Soccer Shop for on field apparel following a comprehensive
sourcing project. The existing contract with NZ Uniforms was renegotiated following their loss of the Nike brand.
NZ REPRESENTATIVES
During the year we had a number of players make New Zealand representative squads.
NZ Women’s Olympic Team
Catherine Bott
NZ U17 Women
Malia Steinmetz
Sam Tawharu
Saskia Vosper
CHAIRMAN’S REPORT 2016
NZ U20 Women
Tayla Christensen Malia Steinmetz Emily Couchman Isabella Coombes
Emma Rolston
FISU World University Championship
Hannah Carlsen
Men’s All Whites
Former Club Juniors – Monty Patterson, Sam Brotherton
HONOURS
It’s always nice when you are recognised by outsiders for your achievements so it’s very pleasing to see the Club being
a finalist in the Massey University Harbour Sport Excellence Awards Club of the Year category.
The Women’s Premier Team were also a finalist in the Regional Team of the Year category.
SUMMARY
Over the past year the Club has come a long way and achieved a huge amount both on and off the field. We have a
strong Board in place, top notch administration and the strategies and plans in place to continue our journey towards
being the best football club in New Zealand.
It is vital that the journey to success continues and the progress made is enhanced in a way that makes us proud to
be Members of Forrest Hill Milford United AFC and our opposition clubs to see us as a leading example of how a club
“works together as one” rather than fractured. In my role of club Chair I see this as my greatest responsibility to bring all
of our club together and I am driven and determined to see this happen.
“ONE CLUB MANY TEAMS “
Dave Crombie
Club Chairman
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
WOMEN’S PREMIER TEAM
2016 was a transition season for our Premier Women’s team. After losing our Coach Mauro Donoso and several players
to cross town rivals Eastern Suburbs, this year was going to be a rebuilding year particularly after the successes of
the previous two years. There was a real focus on developing our younger players and an immediate return was the
Reserves, for first time in Clubs history, winning the League and Cup double. This makes them unquestionably the top
Reserve team in Auckland and arguably New Zealand.
This development extended to the Premier women with four 14 year olds having a taste of Premier League football.
With the continued development of these young players there is a very bright future ahead for the Club such is the
depth of talent.
Our Premier Women’s team finished 5th in the league which was a most satisfactory result considering the
significant absences from team during the year on National duty. This meant the full squad was only able to have
one full training a week.
The highlight for the season was obviously being crowned National Women’s Knockout champions for the first time in
Club’s history. This is the most prestigious trophy in Women’s football in New Zealand in a match that was televised live
on Sky. However, it was the pathway to the Cup final that was, in reality, more meritorious. The team’s most significant
result was in the quarter final where, with a seriously weakened squad, they won 3-2, inflicting on League Champions,
Three Kings’ their only defeat of the season. The significance of this result cannot be overstated as Three Kings had
been totally dominant all season. This was followed by what can only be described as a drubbing away against South
Island champions, Cashmere Technical with Forrest Hill coming out victors 6 nil. Then to cap these two wins with
victory in Cup final against arch rivals, Glenfield, was the icing on the cake. It has also been a significant year in terms of
National representatives:
CJ Bott: Made Ferns Olympic squad at Rio
Under 17 World cup Jordan:
Saskia Vosper
Malia Steinmetz
Sam Tawharu
Under 20 World Cup Papua New Guinea:
Emily Couchman
Emma Rolston
Issy Coombes
Tayla Christensen
Malia Steinmetz
Looking forward the successes of 2016 both on an individual and team level will be hard to match in the new season.
With Ryan Faithful committed to Auckland City to mid May, successful Reserve’s Coach Ben Bate will take the reins.
Indications are that most if not all of last year’s squad will be returning. There will be some absences, though, with some
players potentially taking up overseas scholarships or playing contracts.
It is likely the Club will attract players and combined with several Reserve players pushing for first team spots, there will
be some interesting selection decisions to be made next season.
From a female perspective the Club has never been stronger, but the Club is not resting
on its laurels and has some exciting things planned for the next few years and is part of the
Club’s goal to be the No 1 football Club in New Zealand.
Brian Haycock
Manager Women’s Premier and Reserve Teams
WOMEN’S FOOTBALL
WOMEN’S RESERVE TEAM
HOW THINGS STARTED
The trial process for the U17’s took place after the initial trials for the Reserves and Premiers. This didn’t allow me to fully
assess the ability of the younger players relative to the older Reserves group. As it turned out there were several players
in the 17’s group that were more than capable of being selected in the Reserves.
Our initial plan was to keep the 17’s and Reserves apart for as long as possible to allow the 17’s group to settle (there
were a number of new players to the Club) before exposing them to senior football. The 17’s League was, unfortunately,
substandard and with school football starting player numbers were difficult to sustain. After several blow outs with
the players gaining very little from the games, the decision was made to pull the 17’s from the League and amalgamate
them into the Reserves. The decision was made to consult the playing group regards this decision and the process of
removing them from the League stretched on for another month as we attempted to fulfil fixtures with the group (all of
which were defaulted by the opposition).
The 17’s coming into the group added a great deal to the trainings and the overall playing ability of the match day squad
with many of the younger girls being technically and physically ready for that level of football.
NEW PLAYERS ARRIVING
This season the following players made their Club debuts - Jasmine Walden, Yasmin Harvey, Arabella Maynard, Aneka
Mittendorff, Aoife King, Talisha Green and Stcai O’Brien.
WHO PLAYED WELL
Developing our players is a key target for us and it was pleasing to see the following players really develop throughout the
season - Jess McKimm, Casey Klyn, Mikayla Johnson, Aneka Mittendorff, Arabella Maynard, Jasmine Walden, Hannah
Reddy and Aoife King.
Introducing the younger players to senior football was a huge success and proved invaluable to their development
INTRODUCTION OF YOUNG TALENT
The merging of the 17’s with the Reserves allowed G17 girls the opportunity to mix with the senior players. The younger
girls have gone through the FTC and NTC process and are very advanced technically. This coupled with athleticism
means they stand out amongst the crowd. We were fortunate to introduce younger players such as Greer Macintosh
and Rene Wasi as well. This was made easier as Liam Quann from the Footy Chix was both my assistant and Footy Chix
coach and had them playing the same system as the Reserves and Premier teams so the girls could easily settle into
the squad.
HIGHLIGHTS
The highlight of the season was beating Western Springs away to win the League with a late goal. We had very little of
the ball but defended extremely well for long periods and countered for the winning goal something we had worked on
in training during that week.
LOWLIGHTS
The number of injuries that occurred over the season was far more than I had encountered previously at any other
club at any other level. I was proactive in managing load (where possible) and provided opportunities for players to miss
training when needed if they felt jaded.
LESSONS LEARNT
A big learning from the season is that we need 16 players for the Premier team and 18 players for Reserve Teams plus
16-18 players for the 17’s, due to the likelihood that during the season more players will be required than less.
Good goalkeepers are gold dust and we must do all that is possible to both recruit and further develop our goalkeepers.
MEN’S FOOTBALL
MEN’S PREMIER TEAM
Forrest Hill Men’s Premier Team competed in the 2016 Northern Region Football League Premier Division. This
represented the first time since 2011 that the men’s team has competed at the highest level of football in the region
since 2011.
Staff:
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach
Team Manager
Team Physio
Andrew Boyens
Adam Dickinson
Matthew Sides
Luke Burgess
Season Statistics:
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2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
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Andy Boyens
Andy Boyens
Alex Howard
Alex Howard
David Brown
David Brown
Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
Benji Roberts
Benji Roberts
Adam Dickinson
Adam
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Ryan Morrow
Ryan Morrow
Sean Crombie
Sean Crombie
Mitch Watts
Mitch Watts
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Pre-Season
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facilities and also enter the NFF pre-season tournament to secure games.
we secure facilities and also enter the NFF pre-season tournament to secure games.
League Season
LEAGUE SEASON
We had a slow start to the season losing our first three games and only being on 10
We had a slow start to the season losing our first three games and only being on 10 points after 12 games of the season
points after 12 games of the season sitting in 12th place on the table. The arrival of
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The League season highlights were our big 8-2 win away against Melville United and a big 5-1 win away against our local
rivals Glenfield Rovers
CHATHAM CUP
The team had a successful run in the 2016 Chatham Cup. We entered the competition in round 2 and won 3 games
vs Franklin United, Mount Albert Ponsonby and Bay Olympic to get through to the quarterfinal stage. We drew a home
game against Birkenhead United in the quarterfinal and lost the game 3-0 to end our cup run. Birkenhead were the
eventual 2016 Chatham Cup winners.
MEN’S FOOTBALL
MEN’S RESERVES
Forrest Hill Men’s Reserve Team competed in the 2016 Northern Region Football League Premier Reserve Division.
Staff:
Head Coach:
Assistant Coach
Team Manager
Team Physio
Adam Dickinson
Andrew Boyens
Thomas Holland
Luke Burgess
SEASON
Team STATISTICS: Team
2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
P
W
D
L
GF GA
24 10 1 13 49
Individual:
66
GD
POINTS
-17
31
P
W
D
L
GF GA
24 10 1 13 49
66
GD
POINTS
-17
31
Individual:
Player of the year:
Matt Wood
Players Player of the year: Brodie Poole
Golden Boot winner:
Brodie Poole
Individual
U17
Player of the Year:
Matt Wood
Player of the year:
Matt Wood
League
Season
Players Player
of the year:
Brodie Poole
Golden Boot winner:
Brodie Poole
The reserve team had a positive start to the season and after 14 games were sitting
U17
Player
of
the
Year:
Wood
third in the table. The teamMatt
then
lost 7 of the last ten games to finish 9th in the table.
The reserve team gave a number of young players the opportunity to play senior football
LEAGUE
SEASON
and was
the platform for seven reserve players receive their debut for the first team
The Reserve
team had
a positive start to the season and after 14 games were sitting third in the table. The team then
during
the 2016
season.
lost 7 of the last ten games to finish 9th in the table. The Reserve team gave a number of young players the opportunity
to play senior football and was the platform for seven Reserve players making their debut for the first team during the
2016 season.
Forrest
Hill Men’s U17 Team -2016
Forrest Hill Men’s U17 Team competed in the 2016 Northern Region Football League
Premier Reserve Division.
FORREST HILL MEN’S U17 TEAM -2016
Staff:
Forrest Hill Men’s U17 Team competed in the 2016 Northern Region Football League Premier Reserve Division.
Head
Jamie Milne
Staff: Coach:
Assistant
Coach
Israel
Whitley
Head Coach:
Jamie
Milne
Assistant Coach
Israel Whitley
Season Statistics:
Team STATISTICS: Team
SEASON
2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
P
16
W D L
GF
GA
GD
POINTS
6
45
29
23
23
5 5
Individual:
Individual:
Player
ofthe
the
year:
LucaBurney
Burney
Player of
year:
Luca
Players
Player
of
the
year:
Luca
Burney
Players Player of the year:
Luca Burney
Golden Boot winner:
Matthew Conroy
Golden Boot winner:
Matthew Conroy
LEAGUE SEASON
The U17’s had a positive 2016 season. With alignment from the first team down to the U17’s the team played an attractive
attacking style of football which is evident in the number of goals the team scored throughout the season. There were
10 players from the U17’s team who also played for the Reserve team with 3 players making their debut for the Men’s
Premier team during the 2016 season.
MEN’S FOOTBALL
FORREST HILL MEN’S U19 TEAM -2016
Forrest Hill Men’s U17 Team competed in the 2016 U19’s Napier City Rovers Tournament in Napier over Labour weekend.
Staff:
Head Coach:
Team Manager:
Adam Dickinson
Thomas Holland
Team
Tournament Statistics Team
2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
P
W
D
L
GF GA
24 10 1 13 49
66
GD
POINTS
-17
31
Individual:
Player of the year:
Matt Wood
TOURNAMENT
Players Player of the year: Brodie Poole
After gaining promotion from the Satellite division in 2015, the FHM U19’s team competed in the Main Draw in 2016. The
Golden Boot winner:
Brodie Poole
teamPlayer
comprised
of players
clubs
U17’s, Reserve and First teams. The team got through to the quarterfinal
U17
of the
Year: from the
Matt
Wood
round of the tournament losing 2-1 to Bay Olympic to be knocked out of the tournament.
League Season
The reserve team had a positive start to the season and after 14 games were sitting
OVERALL
third in the table. The team then lost 7 of the last ten games to finish 9th in the table.
The reserve
2016 season
was gave
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for the top
men’s
teams. the
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come out
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Some keyplayers
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seven reserve
receive their debut for the first team
during the 2016 season.
•
The importance of facility availability during the pre-season is vital.
•
It is important to enter the NFF pre-season tournament in addition to organising other fixtures.
Forrest Hill Men’s U17 Team -2016
•The recruitment of players from summer league teams should focus on teams that do not have OFC Champions
involvement
ensure competed
they can play in
in league
fixturesNorthern
from the start
of the season.
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Hill Men’s
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Reserve
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•The
reserve team
should have an independent coach that is not a player for the first team to enable that coach
Staff:
to be present throughout the whole reserve game.
•Securing a turf training facility for both training nights during the months of June to September is important to
Head Coach:
Jamie Milne
minimise the effect of field closures on training.
Assistant Coach
Israel Whitley
Season Statistics:
Team
2016 LEAGUE CAMPAIGN
P
16
W D L
GF
GA
GD
POINTS
6
45
29
23
23
5 5
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
The 2016 season saw a further increase in junior numbers between the age of 5 and 17 in both genders. The total
increase in numbers between the end of season 2015 and the end of season 2016 is + 104 children.
Juniors (5-17 years old) numbers in 2016 = 829 - Juniors (5-17 years old) numbers in 2015 = 725
We have had a considerable increase in both female and male participation between the age band 13-17 by +20%
(female) and + 40% (male) in comparison to the previous season. Due to our more structured programmes and better
strategy around club awareness in our area and coaching development we were able to deliver more football to more
children.
There has been a very noticeable increase in demand for paid coaches particularly from grade 11 to grade 13. This
shows that parents’ and players’ expectations have increased. The awareness around the benefit of independent
coaches running trainings and game days has reached a point now where the Club needs to increase the number of
professional coaches in order to meet the demand.
On the female side of the Club only a few teams had independent coaches however the feedback from most parents
is that professional coaching and pathways are now required in order to increase players’ abilities and participation.
Most parents also agree that professional coaching is needed to help establish a deeper Club culture where coaches
representing the Club are accountable for player’s development. This relieves parents from the pressure of voluntarily
offering their time and knowledge to our female teams in particular.
The number of players involved in NFF programmes has increased further by 20% and now most of our top teams
(both male and female) have at least 70%-80% of players involved in NFF (SKC-FTC) programmes through 2016.
SKILLS CENTRE PROGRAMME
In 2016 the club has worked tirelessly with NFF and NZF to obtain the SKC National Licence to run Skills Centre training
programmes on behalf of our Federation. To obtain such licence the Club General Manager and FDM have spent a
huge amount of hours in researching and planning a strategy that could help the Club to get the approval from NZF. It
took us 5 months to complete the application activities including qualifying 7 of the Club’s coaches to the NZF Junior
Level 3 licence (compulsory in order to run SKC). The Club has the largest number of qualified coaches per club in the
NFF region. The Club was granted the NZF SKC licence along with only 4 other clubs in the country.
JUNIOR FOOTBALL
We were the first club to start the SKC programme in term 4 this year and playing numbers have increased steadily
since day one. Positive feedback from parents and players has come through each day and we are currently
delivering to all players that wish to be involved with several coming from other clubs. We currently have 6 coaches
delivering SKC between Monday’s and Wednesday’s sessions each week. The coaches follow the NZF Skill Centres
training programme.
This has provided a great opportunity for the FDM to help coaches improve their delivery and knowledge of the coaching
process therefore a great environment for the coaches to practice what they learnt through the coaching courses.
PLAYER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME AND FHM ACADEMY
The Club has also started another 2 programmes in parallel with SKC for the boys. One is the Player Development
Programme (PDP) for potential players to be involved in 2017 - 13 Metro team and Conference team. The other is
the FHM Academy which is invitation only and includes the most developed players in the Club. At this stage we
are working with grade 9-10 (combined) and grades 11-12 (combined) for Term 4 and Term 1. There are only 10 to
14 players per age bands all being selected based on specific criteria. This programme will replace the NFF/FTC
programme from 2017 and will consist of 32 sessions over the course of the year on top of the professional coaching
pathway offered to our most developed teams.
The Club is aiming to extend the Academy to our best female footballers in 2017 in order to establish a strong
development pathway for girls that wish to continue develop into elite football players.
FIRST KICKS
First Kick programme also known as “ WOF “at FHM has long history of success with players now starting to progress
into first team ( Blair Whitlock, Matt Wood, Matt Conroy ).
The programme has been refined year after year and in 2016 has further grown in numbers and quality. The Club has
30 teams across 3 age groups. The challenge of running an effective development programme is represented by
the resources that the programme needs in order to be successful. The programme requires a lot of coaching staff
and time behind the scenes in order to be effective and last year we had to appoint a First Kicks coordinator which
improved the consistency of the programme and its delivery to our young members.
There is scope to make further improvements around how the programme is run and how many people need to be
involved in the delivery of the programme.
The general feedback has been great.
TEAMS IN NFF/AFF LEAGUES
This year the Club has seen several teams, boys
and girls, participating in the Metro Leagues (1317 years old) with many teams finishing in the
top 4 spots in each League. In our Junior grades
(9-12 years old) we had a very successful year
across the board.
In all divisions our 2 top teams in each age group
in Division 1 (professional coaching programme)
finished with at least 1 team in the top 3 spots.
The Grade 11 development pilot project worked well once again following on from the previous year and the top 2
teams won a few tournaments and finished first and fourth in Division1. We also had our Grade 11 development team
promoted into Division 1. The Club was the only club in our Federation with 3 teams in the top division of any grade.
The 12th Grade top teams won both grading rounds with one group finishing top and the other one developed
considerably after being promoted into Division 1. All our Grade 13 teams playing in NFF competitions finished in the
top 3 of their grades with 2 teams been promoted in higher divisions after grading.
TOURNAMENTS
The Club ran 4 successful tournaments this year across grade 9th -10th -11th for boys and combined 10th -11th grade
for girls. All of them were a success in terms of attendance and organization.
Grades 11 Juventus (boys) also went to the Gold Coast tournament and experienced a different level of football
overseas playing against several Australian academies. We also have another group preparing for an overseas
tournament next year in Dallas (US). 13th Metro Barcelona team started training last month and fundraising 6 months
ago in order to support this campaign. We are aiming to start travelling with our girls teams in the next year or 2 and
establish a tournament calendar for teams to go each year.
The Club has secured a cadre of highly qualified and experienced coaches across all age groups and is looking to add
more qualified coaches in 2017 to support the pro coaching programme especially for female footballers.
We are also creating pathways for coaches and our FDM has been selected by NZF with only 8 other candidates in
Auckland to be involved with the NZF Coaching Instructor course. This will enable our existing pool of coaches and any
new coaches to access further coaching workshops and qualifications.
SENIOR TEAM’S TABLES
MEN’S NRFL PREMIER
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Central Utd
24 16 4
4
64 31 33 52
2
Birkenhead Utd
24 14 5
5
63 43 20 47
3
Eastern Suburbs
24 11 7
6
44 25 19 40
4
Glenfield Ro vers AFC
24 10 10 4
53 38 15 40
5
Three Kings Utd
24 12 4
8
52 51 1
40
6
Onehunga Sports
24 11 6
7
45 45 0
39
7
Forrest Hill Milford
24 9
7
8
53 45 8
34
8
East Coast Bays
24 10 3
11 48 59 -11 33
9
Bay Olympic
24 7
4
13 35 49 -14 25
10 Hamilton Wanderers 24 5
8
11 37 42 -5 23
11 Western Springs AFC 24 5
7
12 39 53 -14 22
12 Melville United AFC 24 6
3
15 36 69 -33 21
13 Tauranga City Utd 24 3
6
15 29 48 -19 15
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Melville United AFC 24 16 4
4
71 35 36 52
2
Hamilton Wanderers
24 15 3
6
73 39 34 48
3
Onehunga Sports 24 14 4
6
60 42 18 46
4
Western Springs AFC 24 14 1
9
57 47 10 43
5
East Coast Bays 24 12 4
8
60 47 13 40
6
Eastern Suburbs 24 12 3
9
50 32 18 39
7
Three Kings Utd 24 11 4
9
58 42 16 37
8
Birkenhead Utd 24 12 1
11 71 58 13 37
9
Forrest Hill Milford 24 10 1
13 49 66 -17 31
10 Central Utd 24 10 0
14 61 71 -10 30
11 Glenfield Rovers AFC 24 8
3
13 33 66 -33 27
12 Tauranga City Utd 24 4
2
18 32 74 -42 14
13 Bay Olympic 24 1
4
19 27 83 -56 7
MEN’S RESERVES
DIVISION 1
TEAM P W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Albany Africans M1 18 15 1
2
72 25
47 46
2
Birkenhead Unclean Ltd M1 18 15 0
3
79 31 48 45
3
Takapuna Boca Seniors M1 18 11 0
7
59 46 13 33
4
Albany Wanderers M1 18 9
4
5
45 34 11 31
5
East Coast Bays Sheehan M1 18 8
5
5
42 30 12 29
6
Birkenhead Catimba M1 18 7
2
9
40 47 -7 23
7
North Shore Seagulls M1 18 7
1
10 40 46 -6 22
8
ast Coast Bays Napoli M1 18 5
1
12 34 66 -32 16
9
Forrest Hill Tornadoes M1 18 4
3
11 33 51 -18 15
10 Oratia United M1 18 0
1
17 16 84 -68 1
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Glenfield Re-United M2 18 11 4
3
47 22 25 37
2
Albany Red M2 18 10 4
4
32 25 7
34
3
East Coast Bays Syab M2 18 9
4
5
43 28 15 31
4
North Shore Rangers M2 18 8
4
6
54 44 10 28
5
Oratia Forrest M2 18 8
1
9
36 53 -17 25
6
Glenfield Muppets M2 18 8
0
10 39 38 1
24
7
Albany Humble M2 18 6
4
8
35 32 3
22
8
Ranui Swanson New M2 18 7
1
10 42 59 -17 22
9
Albany Athletic M2 18 6
1
11 39 46 -7 19
10 Forrest Hill Shorians M2 18 4
3
11 24 44 -20 15
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Birkenhead Cake M3 18 13 4
1
56 30 26 43
2
East Coast Bays Thomas M3 18 11 3
4
40 25 15 36
3
Forrest Hill Warriors M3 18 10 3
5
51 34 17 33
4
Waitakere Torque Digital M3 18 10 2
6
54 29 25 32
5
North Shore Spanners M3 18 9
4
5
36 30 6
31
6
Takapuna Gunners M3 18 9
2
7
51 36 15 29
7
Hibiscus Coast Raptors M3 18 8
2
8
45 36 9
26
8
Air Force M3 18 3
1
14 18 52 -34 10
9
Glenfield Sub-Division M3 18 1
5
12 18 51 -33 8
10 Forrest Hill Ribero M3 18 2
2
14 31 77 -46 8
DIVISION 2
DIVISION 3
SENIOR TEAM’S TABLES
DIVISION 4
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Albany Brewers M4 18 14 1
3
50 20 30 43
2
Forrest Hill Muff M4 18 12 3
3
72 41 31 39
3
Albany Champs M4 18 12 3
3
62 32 30 39
4
Navy M4 18 10 3
5
51 27 24 33
5
North Shore Raw M4 18 6
4
8
39 42 -3 22
6
Birkenhead Muzza M4 18 6
3
9
42 60 -18 21
7
East Coast Bays Optimus M4 18 5
3
10 31 50 -19 18
8
Takapuna Bombers M4 18 5
1
12 34 59 -25 16
9
Puhoi Wolfpack M4 18 3
4
11 32 56 -24 13
10 Hibiscus Coast Thirst M4 18 3
3
12 26 52 -26 12
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Albany Colombians M5 18 16 2
0
77 13 64 50
2
Glenfield Youthz M5 18 10 2
6
58 38 20 32
3
North Shore 95’s M5 18 8
5
5
36 46 -10 29
4
Waitemata Kingfishers M5 18 8
4
6
31 35 -4 28
5
Greenhithe Hardheads M5 18 8
3
7
46 43 3
27
6
Glenfield Prefinished M5 18 7
5
6
49 39 10 26
7
Forrest Hill Third Eleven M5 18 8
1
9
39 39 0
25
8
West Auckland New M5 18 5
1
12 34 63 -29 16
9
Waitemata Titans M5 18 3
4
11 29 41 -12 13
10 Waitakere Aarque Group M5 18 2
3
13 26 68 -42 9
DIVISION 5
DIVISION 6/7 GRADING
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Waitemata Westies M6 7
5
2
0
29 8
21 17
2
Albany Watsons Heroes M6 7
5
2
0
23 5
18 17
3
Albany North End M6 7
5
0
2
24 11 13 15
4
Glenfield Revolution M6 7
4
0
3
22 17 5
12
5
West Auckland Wookies M7 7
3
1
3
16 15 1
10
6
Air Force M7 7
2
1
4
19 17 2
7
7
Hibiscus Coast Newbies M7 7
1
0
6
15 22 -7 3
8
Forrest Hill Avengers M7 7
0
0
7
3
56 -53 0
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1 West Auckland M7 10 9
0
1
38 10 28 27
2
Waitemata M7 10 6
0
4
25 21 4
18
3
Air Force M7 10 5
2
3
29 18 11 17
4
Forrest Hill Avengers M7 10 4
1
5
18 21 -3 13
5
Oratia Bushmen M7 10 2
1
7
11 30 -19 7
6
Hibiscus Coast Newbies M7 10 2
0
8
8 2
9
-21 6
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Birkenhead Cavheads O35/2 17 12 2
3
58 30 28 38
2
Norwest Utd O35/2 17 10 3
4
46 31 15 33
3
Warkworth O35/2 17 10 2
5
54 32 22 32
4
West Auckland Old Gnus O35/2 17 7
3
7
34 37 -3 24
5
Waitemata Van de Sluis O35/2 17 7
2
8
37 40 -3 23
6
Te Atatu Footy Fishers O35/2 17 5
3
9
29 45 -16 18
7
Forrest Hill Zephyr O35/2 17 4
2
11 29 49 -20 14
8
Hibiscus Invaders O35/2 17 2
5
10 22 45 -23 11
TEAM P
W
D
L
FOR AGST GD PTS
1
Glenfield Mutineers O35/5 18 15 1
2
83 23 60 46
2
Glenfield War Machine O35/5 18 13 1
4
54 20 34 40
3
West Auckland Old Farts O35/5 18 10 5
3
42 28 14 35
4
North Shore Hobbs O35/5 18 8
6
4
30 21 9
30
5
Ranui Reformed O35/5 18 6
3
9
35 37 -2 21
6
Hibiscus Nemesis O35/5 18 6
3
9
41 62 -21 21
7
Greenhithe Rebels O35/5 18 5
3
10 40 71 -31 18
8
Forrest Hill Titans O35/5 18 4
4
10 27 43 -16 16
9
Glenfield Internationals O35/5 18 4
2
12 28 50 -22 14
10 Glenfield Cobwebs O35/5 18 2
6
10 27 52 -25 12
DIVISION 7 CHAMPIONSHIP
OVER 35S DIVISION 2
OVER 35S DIVISION 5
SENIOR TEAM’S TABLES
OVER 45S DIVISION 1
TEAM 1
Takapuna Cavaliers O45/1 2
Forrest Hill Bucan O45/1 3
Albany Originals O45/1 4
East Coast Bays Foreign O45/1 5
East Coast Bays Mum’s O45/1 6
Glen Eden Black O45/1 P
15 15 15 15 15 15 W
10 7
6
4
4
1
D
4
5
3
6
4
4
L
1
3
6
5
7
10 FOR 53 43 32 33 34 13 AGST 19 23 33 35 41 57 GD 34 20 -1 -2 -7 -44 PTS
34
26
21
18
16
7
WOMEN’S NRFL PREMIER
TEAM 1
Three Kings Utd 2
Eastern Suburbs 3
Western Springs AFC 4
Glenfield Rovers 5
Forrest Hill Milford AFC 6
Norwest Utd 7
Papatoetoe AFC 8
Claudelands Rovers 9
Hamilton Wanderers 10 Lynn Avon P
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 W
18 14 12 11 10 7
4
3
3
0
D
0
0
2
1
1
2
2
4
1
1
L
0
4
4
6
7
9
11 11 13 17 FOR 109 75 61 72 57 38 23 27 29 5
AGST 14 26 14 36 31 58 67 60 93 97 GD 95 49 47 36 26 -20 -44 -33 -64 -92 PTS
54
42
38
34
31
23
14
13
10
1
P
16 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 W
14 12 10 10 6
6
5
2
0
D
1
1
4
1
2
1
1
1
0
L
1
3
2
5
8
8
9
13 16 FOR 75 62 49 44 33 41 20 20 7
AGST 11 20 15 37 41 41 50 55 81 GD 64 42 34 7
-8 0
-30 -35 -74 PTS
43
37
34
31
20
19
16
7
0
P
18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 18 W
17 13 12 10 10 6
6
5
3
1
D
1
1
2
2
1
3
1
2
1
0
L
0
4
4
6
7
9
11 11 14 17 FOR 75 59 55 39 35 43 25 19 14 19 AGST 11 20 26 39 31 40 36 49 59 72 GD 64 39 29 0
4
3
-11 -30 -45 -53 PTS
52
40
38
32
31
21
19
17
10
3
WOMEN’S NRFL PREMIER RESERVES
TEAM 1
Forrest Hill Milford AFC 2
Eastern Suburbs 3
Western Springs AFC 4
Glenfield Rovers 5
Norwest Utd 6
Three Kings Utd 7
Claudelands Rovers 8
Papatoetoe AFC 9
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Forrest Hill Milford Active W2 3
Takapuna AUT Titans W2 4
Ranui Swanson Social W2 5
Hibiscus Coast AA’s W2 6
Takapuna Social W2 7
Warkworth W2 8
Glenfield Chaos W2 9
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