Welcome!

Welcome to the latest newsletter keeping you in touch with the news from within the Christchurch Football Club.

With the Senior season now at an end, we focus on our Juniors and higher honours for some of our members.

Our Senior Girls play in their final this Saturday 11:15am on field 1 at CFC, they have worked incredibly hard to reach this milestone and can't wait to see what they achieve! (photo cred: Cross-Polynate Ltd)

It was fantastic to watch former players Will Jordan, Quin Strange and Louie Chapman take the field for Tasman Mako vs Southland Stags game on Friday. Thanks to Jeni Talei for the amazing pictures.

And then to watch current players Jamie Carr, Zach Landon-Lane and Angus Liddle playing in the Cantabrians vs Canterbury U19 game.

Read on for more details…

Prizegiving

All tickets are now sold for Prizegiving, and we can't wait to see you there for a night of fun and celebration.

Get your glad rags on and we'll see you there!

Congratulations

Congratulations to Angus Liddle for being named in the Canterbury U19s squad.

Was great watching you play on Saturday, you represented the club so well, and we are all very proud of your achievement as it's an incredibly hard squad to make.

Also to Nina Poletti for making the Hawkes Bay Tui Squad.

SAD NEWS

It is with deep sadness and a heavy heart that I inform you of the death of our club member, Axeman, and friend, Dave Quested who passed away on Monday.

Dave, we understand was diagnosed with cancer only recently and passed away peacefully on Monday night surrounded by his family. Dave, a former New Zealand International Cricket test umpire, CFC Player, was always interested in the club, our teams, and attended several Axemen functions.

We pass on our sincere condolences to Dave’s family.

Craig Calder

Chairman

MEMBERSHIP CARD REMINDER

A gentle reminder!

You can still use your CFC Membership at all the Oxford Group locations including The Bog, Fat Eddies, Bealey, The Goodhome Ferrymead, KONG and the Original Sin.

Every time you eat or drink at one of these establishments your team or the club get 10%.

Also, you get to skip the queue with priority access. 

WE NEED YOU TO SUPPORT OUR SPONSOR SO THEY CAN SUPPORT YOU AND CFC.

Junior Rugby

Back into rugby for the second part of the season, and it's so exciting to have our Senior Girls playing in the final this Saturday, make sure you come down to support them and watch some superstars in the making!

You'll find them on field 1, 11:15am at CFC.

Was great to see so many of our Year 3 and 4 Tackle teams partaking in the tackle clinic run at 4pm on Wednesday, this will happen again over the next 3 weeks before the end of the season ensuring these kids that move into tackle gain confidence throughout the season.

With the end of the season coming up, please remember that our main sponsor Oxford Group has many options for team meals, these include The Bealey and The Good Home, all you need to do is contact Simon Zhong on events@oxfordgroup.co.nz to book your team in.

Book this Venue

If you are a business that is looking for a central conference venue or meeting space with full catering and motel units, Christchurch Football Club is the perfect place! Members discount available.

Please contact: Jen Muller 021 0222 7810

Article added: Thursday 08 August 2024