Papamoa Football Club - 8 August Newsletter 2025

Provisional Dates for our Youth, Junior & Senior Prize Givings 

Please note we are drawing to the close of our 2025 season. It's been a great season as a whole for Papamoa and as a club, for the most part we now move to planning to support the wind down of the winter football season and prepare for the Whole of Football change to our Junior and Youth programmes.The more we do and complete now the more free time we have later in the year and hopefully this year will see a couple of months hibernation to rest and recuperate. Our players are the heart and soul of the club and we appreciate you all representing Papamoa Football Club each week. 

Please take note of the below provisional dates for our Youth and Junior Prize Givings. 

Youth - Saturday 23 August at the Papamoa Football Club Clubrooms. 14th/15th Grade and Baywide Youth are still to be confirmed. 

We will liaise directly with the coach/managers with details to distribute to teams. 

Junior - Sunday 14 September at the Papamoa Football Club Clubrooms. Times circa 9am to midday. 

We will liaise directly with the coach/managers with details to distribute to teams. 

Senior - Provisional for late September. We will send out communications at a later date.

WOF (Whole of Football 2.0) 2026 

What is NZF Whole of Football 2.0?

New Zealand Football has unveiled its updated Whole of Football plan, evolving the way football and futsal are delivered to the more than 176,000 players who take part in New Zealand’s largest team participation sport. 

WaiBOP Football is supporting our clubs and schools to roll out these changes in 2026.

Football as we know it will be changing across a number of frameworks. This includes field sizes, goal sizes, player numbers and introduction of GKs at a younger age. A significant amount of work will now need to occur. 

Key differences are field sizes and team numbers to give children more touches and involvement, adding up to an enhanced experience to develop a life long love of football. This accelerates skill development, and better prepares participants for the transition to 11 vs 11 football, which is now happening a year later at the U14 age group.

Below is the full link regarding the Whole of Football 2.0 

https://www.waibopfootball.co.nz/whole-of-football-2

Below is the overview link article for the Whole of Football 2.0

https://www.nzfootball.co.nz/community/whole-of-football-2.0/overview