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Papamoa Football Club became an Incorporated Society in 1997. The clubs primary focus is to foster, encourage, control and promote football activities within the Papamoa region.
The club has grown strongly over the past twelve years, along with the population of Papamoa, and today 2009 has 310 members made up of 50+ senior players and 288 juniors. The Junior season kicks off at the end of April, With the Senior season kicking off at the end of March/beginning of April. Papamoa Football Club will have approximately 20 junior teams competing weekly around the greater Tauranga region and 3 Senior teams competing in the Bay Division 2.
With the committee and parents of the players, the Papamoa Soccer Club has some level of connection with over 1,000 people, most of whom live in the Papamoa district.
Papamoa Football Club is one of the fastest growing in New Zealand, and the largest code by number of members situated at the Papamoa Sports & Recreation Centre.
The club has a professional committee made up of people with backgrounds in business and people management, financial advisory and small business ownership with a common goal of promoting the club at all levels.
The Club has a standard policy of supporting coaches at recognised training courses to be accredited with recognised training qualifications and this has proven to be a success when it comes to the performance of the players the club turns out.
Our club patron is Wynton Rufer who is well known in NZ soccer circles and is better known around the world than say Jonah Lomu and the like. He is the only New Zealander to win a European medal, and in 1999 was voted the Oceania player of the century. His list of credentials goes on, not to mention that he sits on FIFA's players committee alongside players such as Pele and Bobby Charlton. |