Waimak United Football CLUB

Happy Fathers day to all our WUFC Dads, Step Dads, Granddads, and father figures and mentors to our kids.

You make up such a significant part of our club, showing up, volunteering to coach, kicking a ball around more times than you can count to foster the love of the sport and role model how to show up for your team 💙 thank you, you are so appreciated! We hope it's a relaxing Sunday for you all! 🥰

🏆 Teams Prize Giving 🏆
When: Sunday 20th September
Where: Kaiapoi Club up stairs
Time: TBC - times will be emailed out to coach's and put on FB.

Team photos will be handed out to coach's/ Managers on the day.

Have questions? Please email [email protected]

🚨 REFEREES NEEDED 🚨

We’re also still on the lookout for referees for the upcoming South Island Tournament, taking place 1-3 October 👊🏻⚽️

If you’re interested in getting involved please email [email protected]

Mainland football are hosting a Female Only Futsal Referee Level 1 Course, open to all new and existing referees, including those who have completed the Football Referee Level 1 course.

Whether you’re starting your refereeing journey or expanding your skillset into futsal, this course is a great opportunity to build confidence and capability on the court.

👉 Register here: https://nzflearn.co.nz/blog/events/femal-futsal-l1/

Harness the momentum!⚽ 🏃‍♀️🏃
AdviceKiwi TWILIGHT TERM 4 REGISTRATIONS ARE OPEN!

The Football Season may be coming to an end but the opportunities to play have not!

🌟We know loads of our In-House Players have been asking how to keep your player playing - Twilight Football, our Award Winning Football 6 week League for North Canterbury Primary Schools (and homeschoolers!) 🏅 register via your school, see our website for more information (link in comments) 🤩

⭐340 INCREDIBLE WAIMAK KIDS
🤝51 UNITED IN-HOUSE TEAMS
⚽20 WEEKS OF WINTER FOOTBALL (minus a few rainy days!)
🫶DOZENS of dedicated Volunteer Coaches & Team Managers
🙌HUNDREDS of Supporters and Whānau showing up for our players
🌭a gazillion sausage sizzles, coffees and ice creams consumed..

🥅all wrapped up last Saturday 29th August 2026 with
🏅THREE In-House Prizegiving sessions!

✅What an amazing season we had together; everyone took to the new WOF 2.0 changes like ducks to water. Countless goals scored, skills learnt, friendships made and memories full of pride & joy that we hope will stay with our youngest Waimak United FC players for a lifetime.

🍭Special thanks to our Coaches & Team Managers for all of your extra efforts this season. Thank you to our volunteers who helped with the BBQ (a special thank you to Steffi for showing up everuy week to support our staff team at the shed!)
THANK YOU to MoMac for supporting us with our Player & Coach Certificates & to Josiah Jennings from Enva Financial for donating lollipops for all of our players!

❤️‍🔥Thank you for choosing Waimak United FC; we can't wait to welcome you back again next season for In-House 2027; and for our 2026 u9s - you will absolutely smash it with your first year in the big leagues next year!

- The Waimak United FC Team

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🚨 REFEREES NEEDED! 🚨

A reminder that we’re still on the lookout for referees for our upcoming U9’s Festival on 26th & 27th September! 👊🏻⚽️

If you’re interested in getting involved please email [email protected]

👏 ACADEMY GRADUATES

A huge congratulations to four of our Academy graduates who featured for our First Team in Saturday’s final league game of the season against league champions Nomads United!

🔴 Luca Dale & RJ Moana — making their senior debuts for the club.

⚫ Jasper Rosewarne & Logan Dale — making their first starts for the First Team.

A special mention also goes to fellow Academy graduate Sam Gent, who scored his first senior hat-trick to help secure a thrilling 4–3 win over Nomads! ⚽️⚽️⚽️

A massive day for Christchurch football this Saturday! ⚽️🏆

Both of New Zealand’s major Cup Finals are being played right here in Christchurch at One NZ Stadium, with two local sides representing our region on the national stage.

🏆 Kate Sheppard Cup Final
Eastern Suburbs 🆚 Cashmere Technical
⏰ 1:00pm

🏆 Chatham Cup Final
Fencibles United 🆚 Cashmere Technical
⏰ 4:00pm

Entry is FREE, so it would be great to see the Canterbury football community get behind both games and pack out the stadium.

Best of luck to everyone involved!

Update‼️ Our U9s Festival is now moved to our usual venue of Kendall Park. Team registrations are still open and spots are filling up fast‼️ Registration link is in our bio.