Friday 5-a-side football for all the family
Te Awamutu AFC wants the stadium on Armstrong Ave to be a place for all the family on Fridays this summer. As we move into summer, Te Awamutu Football is proud to announce the 29th year of 5-a-side social and competitive games coming to Fridays. This year an addition is a space for 6 to 16-year-olds to play from 5.30pm-6.30pm.
This summer social event is set to grow with the popularity of the sport in New Zealand and the growth in Te Awamutu and surrounding towns.
Waikato Cakes have stepped in for their 27th year of sponsorship.
This year Brandit.kiwi from Jacobs Street (opposite Fresh Choice), will take the lead sponsoring senior teams in the competitive competition.
Te Awamutu AFC have worked on a range of products with Brandit.kiwi and are stoked to have them on board for 5-a-side.
Te Awamutu AFC’s Sean “Stringy” Stringfellow says Chris Morgan and his team in Te Awamutu — most recently Lisa, but Bree and Tara before — have been outstanding supporters of football.
When Dave from Whippet Games was spoken to about the role he could play in bringing junior 5-a-side to Te Awamutu he was blown away with the work the club had done in the community this year and is excited about what junior football could look like. He is also keen to explore his own ideas with Whippet Games and the Cornhole game being huge in some countries.
Dave says it’s televised and it’s fun so there could be opportunities going forward for both codes.
Ken Miezenbeek without doubt is the heart and soul of the 5-a-side event and has been talking about handing it over for years and this year he is.
He is looking forward to getting away to the beach and enjoying some family time but he will still be at the stadium most weeks.
“When you met Ken, you won’t forget it. He is so passionate about the sport and providing a platform for families and friends in Te Awamutu for all that can make it,” says Stringy.
From October 1, 5-a-side enrolment will be available through the website. The cost is $200 per team. Rules apply.
Competitive teams will be required to wear matching shirts this year. They can purchase these through the club at cost or hire.
Te Awamutu football has had a fantastic year and the club has been making an effort to put people at the forefront of what it is doing.
The Team Townsend Tall Poppy Real Estate senior men’s team put their best foot forward in the WaiBOP Premiership league while SOAR Physio and Bone and Body Blueprint helped keep the troops in the best condition.
Plus, the club wouldn’t have been able to provide some of the equipment without Summit Scaffolding.
The Edmonds Judd Women backed by CACI Clinic have been an amazing group of local women coming into the space of Football Te Awamutu.
The J&J Construction & Fencing boys were in the Waikato Division 4 and the Storyteller Over 35s were able