Papamoa FC will again be hosting our popular junior tournaments in 2025. These tournaments provide the opportunity for a wide variety of teams from across New Zealand to participate and play new teams.
King's Birthday Tournament - 1st June 2025
Our King's Birthday Tournament will be taking place on the 1st June 2025 at Gordon Spratt Reserve, the home of Papamoa Football Club.
The Kings Birthday Tournament division breakdown are as follows:
Boys Division - 10th Grade
Boys Division - 12th Grade
Girls Division - 9th/10th Grade
Girls Division - 13th/14th Grade
$325.00 per team.
The tournament will be completed on the 1st June 2025 with prize giving taking place after the finals have taken place for each division.
Matariki Tournament - 21st June 2025
Our Matariki Birthday Tournament will be taking place on the 21st June 2025 at Gordon Spratt Reserve, the home of Papamoa Football Club.
The Matariki Weekend Tournament division breakdown are as follows:
Boys Division - 9th Grade
Boys Division - 11th Grade
Girls Division - 11th/12th Grade
$325.00 per team
The tournament will be completed on the 21st June 2025 with prize giving taking place after the finals have taken place for each division.
Registration
Places are allocated on a first come, first served basis.
REGISTRATIONS ARE NOW OPEN!
More information:
Each age band will have a team limit for registrations. 24 teams for boys division and 12 teams for the girls division. According to the team registrations per division, we are hoping to confirm a minimum of 5 group games before we move to the knockout stage of the tournament. A reminder that this will depend on the team entries per division.
Games will be 20 minutes with 2 halves of 10 minutes with no halftime, teams are to change sides and the next half is is to start straight away.
A more in detail list of rules and regulations will be sent to the coaches listed on the registration details filled by teams along with a tournament pack regarding a map of the location and any further information linked to the King's Birthday Tournament 2025 & Matariki Tounaments 2025.
Withdrawal policy:
Teams who withdraw more than 4 weeks out will receive a full refund less a $25 admin fee.
Teams who withdraw 3 weeks out will receive a refund less a $100 admin fee.
Teams who withdraw 2 weeks out will receive a refund less a $200 admin fee.
Teams with withdraw 1 week out will receive no refund.
Only full team payment will qualify your teams entry into the league.
We thank you all in advance and look forward to another successful tournament season.
Girls' grades
WaiBOP have signalled their intention for some girls' grades to move to single year spacings, as opposed to the current two-year gaps, for the 2024 season.
We have kept our tournaments at the same two year gaps as previous years. We will see how the 2024 winter season goes and reevaluate in 2025.
Changes in our 2024 tournaments
The growth in our tournaments has meant that we have needed to restructure how we run our tournaments. Rather than running boys' and girls' tournaments on separate dates (with one large and one smaller tournament), this year will see girls and boys competing on the same day, with a split in the grades across two dates.
The 2024 tournaments featured boys 8th, 10th, and 12th grades and girls U10 and U14 grades.
Our other 2024 tournament featured boys 9th and 11th grades and girls U8 and U12 grades.
We have split the grades across the two dates to level out the number of teams that will be participating and so that we can allocate field space efficiently.
Frequently asked questions
Why did you move one of the tournaments to a long weekend?
We chose King’s Birthday weekend because it puts some space between our two tournaments, it means many parents won’t have to work the day after the tournament, it is closer to the start of the season so the fields will be less worn, and the weather in Tauranga is typically better in June than it is in July.
Does this mean boys and girls will be playing each other?
No, the boys’ and girls’ grades will still run separately, they will just be taking place on the same day.
Can mixed teams still compete in the boys’ grades?
Yes.
I have two children, and now I have to come on two separate days. Didn’t you think about that?
We did consider this, but please remember that there are also people who have a son and a daughter who play and would have had to come to both tournaments if we did separate boys’ and girls’ tournaments.
Why don’t you just have both tournaments one day after the other?
With so many teams playing, the fields are heavily worn after a tournament day. This would mean that the teams playing on the second day would have to play on substandard pitches, which is not a good experience for the players. This issue is exacerbated if there is poor weather.
