Taupo Junior Football

09/10/2026

FIVE ASIDE LATE REGISTRATIONS

With the committee being a little side tracked today with McCartney we’ve extended the 5 aside registrations until Monday morning!!!! Just in case you had missed out 😉

09/10/2026

📱😂 We think we’ve had more phones handed in than Noel Leeming has in stock today!

Another phone has made its way to Lost & Found!

If this looks like the one you’ve misplaced, please pop into the Control Tower to claim it!

⚽️📱

09/10/2026

📣 NEW PLYMOUTH RANGERS – GRADE 12 ⚽️

Could you please send a team representative to the Control Tower to collect your information pack?

Thanks team! 👍⚽️

06/10/2026

DON’T FORGET — FOOTBALL FRENZY REGISTRATIONS CLOSE THIS FRIDAY!

Grab your mates, come up with a cracking team name and get yourselves entered for our 5-week Junior 5-A-Side Summer Comp!

📅 Monday afternoons from 19 October
⏰ Approx. 3:30pm & 4:30pm rounds
👧👦 Ages 6–15 years, grouped as closely as possible by age
⚽ 5 players on the field + rolling subs
💰 $50 per team for all 5 weeks
🙌 Fun, friendly & self-refereed

🚨 LIMITED TEAM SPACES AVAILABLE
Registrations MUST close Friday 9 October — and if we hit capacity before then, we’ll close them early!

Register your team here 👉
https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/531873

Five weeks. Five-a-side. Fast, fun football. ⚽🔥

Get your team in before you miss out!

20/09/2026

⚽ FOOTBALL FRENZY IS HERE! ⚽

We’re kicking off a 5-week Junior 5-A-Side Summer Comp - short, sharp, social and all about getting the kids out there playing!

This is a fun, friendly and self-refereed competition. We’ll set up the fields, supply the balls and provide the rules - then the teams take it from there!

📅 Monday afternoons: 19 October, 2 November, 9 November, 16 November & 23 November

⏰ Two rounds planned - approximately 3:30pm & 4:30pm

⚽ 5 players on the field - team size is up to you, just make sure you can field 5!

🙋 Rolling subs

👕 Wear what you like

🥾 Football boots & shin pads compulsory

🟨 Smaller 5-a-side fields

🙌 Good sportsmanship and fun is the name of the game

💰 $50 per team for the full 5 weeks

👧👦 Teams will be grouped as closely as possible by age: 6-8 years, 9-11, 12-15

🚨 LIMITED TEAM SPACES AVAILABLE

Register here 👉
https://www.sporty.co.nz/viewform/531873

All teams MUST be registered by Friday 9 October 2026. Once we hit capacity, registrations will close — so grab your mates, come up with a cracking team name and get yourselves entered!

Five weeks. Five-a-side. Fast, fun football. ⚽🔥

Short and sharp before those Taupō summer afternoons get too hot!

Taupo AFC (est.1956) is based in Crown Park, Taupo, New Zealand. We pride ourselves on being a welcoming to all.

08/09/2026

GRADE 15 McCARTNEY TOURNAMENT TRIALS

We’re getting ready for the 2026 McCartney Tournament and will be holding trials to select players for our Grade 15 Taupō team.

📅 Tuesday
⏰ 4:30pm – 5:30pm
📍 Crown Park

If your player is keen to be considered for the Grade 15 McCartney team, we’d love to see them there!

📱 To register your interest, please call or text Dev - 022 511 7581.

Please spread the word and tag any football families who may be interested. ⚽💚

02/09/2026

If you are born in 2014 and looking to play competitive football for Taupo AFC representing in and out of town at tournaments - pop along

28/08/2026

⚽️🌧️ FOOTBALL CANCELLED — PRIZEGIVING IS STILL ON! 🏆

Fortunately or unfortunately -depending on which side of the bed you woke up on this morning 😂 -Saturday football is CANCELLED today.

The forecast is looking pretty wet for the day, and with our mini-tournament format meaning the kids would be outside and exposed to the rain for longer than a normal Saturday, we’ve made the call to cancel the football.

We don’t want cold, wet kids hanging around for hours and potentially picking up a few extra winter bugs! 🌧️🥶

BUT… PRIZEGIVING IS ABSOLUTELY STILL ON! 🏆🏅🎉

We can’t finish the season without celebrating our awesome players, coaches and teams!

Prizegiving will be held at the clubrooms as planned, starting with:

🏆 Grade 8 — 9:00am
Grade 10 - 10:00am
Grade 9 -11:00am
Grade 11 - midday
Open Grade - 1pm

Then we’ll continue through the grades as per the prizegiving timetable.

And come hungry! We’ve got plenty of food providers set up right by the clubrooms — hot food, coffee, A Taste of Fiji and hotdogs— so please support them and grab yourself something yummy while you’re there! ☕️🌭🍦

So leave the boots at home, bring the kids along and come celebrate the end of another fantastic season with us! 💚⚽️

See you at the clubrooms!

27/08/2026

🏆 LAST GAMES + PRIZEGIVING THIS WEEKEND!

Can you believe it? This weekend’s games are the LAST games of our 2026 Saturday football season! It honestly feels like the season has flown by! ⚽️

And… I think we may have jinxed ourselves! 😂 After raving in our last newsletter about how AMAZING the weather has been all season, we’ve now got rain on the forecast for tomorrow! 🌧️

We’ll keep an eye on conditions and will post an update by 7:30am tomorrow if the weather is too wet for football.

👉 IMPORTANT: If games do need to be cancelled due to the weather, PRIZEGIVING WILL STILL GO AHEAD at the clubrooms as planned, following the scheduled prizegiving times.

And come hungry! 😋 We’ve got some wonderful food trucks joining us with Fiji’s Finest, hotdogs, coffee and ice cream on offer throughout the morning! 🌭☕️🍦

So bring along some good vibes and an appetite, and let’s finish the season on a high! 🙌

Fingers crossed the weather gods give us one last Saturday of football! 🤞⚽️☀️

See you all on the fields or the Taupo AFC clubrooms (115 Taharepa Road) or both…

26/08/2026

Good luck to our under 13 Girls Federation team who have their last game this weekend!!!

A note from our Under 13 Federation Girls Coach:

I have had the privilege of coaching the Taupō AFC Girls Federation U13 team this season, competing against teams from across the Bay of Plenty. It has been incredibly rewarding to watch the players develop both individually and as a team. Their growth, confidence, and understanding of the game have been evident in the way they play on the field. Coaching this group has been made even more enjoyable by such a fantastic team of girls and the unwavering support of their parents from the sidelines. A huge thank you to Ray How and Sean Barbour for leading the Tuesday Federation training sessions, and to Gareth Gray for refereeing all our home games throughout the season. Early next year, we will be seeking players for the Taupō AFC U13 and U15 girls' teams. I encourage any girls interested in playing football to come along and get involved. Finally, thank you to Yvette Westerman and Taupō Junior Football for your support and encouragement throughout the year. It is greatly appreciated. Sarah Lord (Coach).