Manakau Hui Mai to start league season away vs Paekakariki

Manakau Hui Mai open their Division One season with a game against defending champions Paekakariki at 2:30 at Pohutakawa Park (Paraparaumu) on Saturday 21st April.

Players should assemble at the Manakau Pub by 1:15 or arrive at Pohutakawa Park by 1:45

Link to online map for Pohutakawa Park

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The Thirsty 3rds have received a bye for the opening weekend, and will start their league season on April 28th.

Sat 14th April - Preseason football at Otaki Domain

Some pre-season football matches against Otaki have been organised for this Saturday.


It looks like we might have just one week to go before the season starts - although nothing has been confirmed yet by Capital football or posted on their website - so who knows? But best to be prepared.

Friendly games have been arranged on Saturday at the Otaki Domain - and kickoffs are @ 12:30 for Thirsty 3rds and @ 2:30 for Hui Mai.

So get down to the Otaki Domain (map link) at least 30 minutes before kickoff if you are playing.

Manakau Domain Floodlights one step closer

The earthworks for the floodlights at Manakau Domain are underway, with cables laid, and concrete boxing being constructed to take the footings for the floodlight steels.

There has been a steady stream of contractors and volunteer workers to the Manakau domain this week as the local football club prepare the foundations for the new training facility.

Nick Cudby, Ben McHugo and Jamie Lamplough have been front and centre doing the hard work with support from several other volunteers - who made themselves scare when the camera came out ;-)

Top work guys.

Orange bibs win Manakau United mini-football tournament on Saturday

The first ever Manakau United FC mini football competition took place on Saturday afternoon, in typical summer weather at the Manakau School.


Seventeen players turned out to try and win the cup, and after the ground crew had mowed the edges and set out the cones the pitch was ready for the four teams to do battle.

A reverse age grading system was used, something that MIGHT need a bit of fine tuning in future as it was noticeable that the younger age of the two "bib" wearing sides definitely seemed to hold sway as the tournament went on.

The first stage was an hours football of group play - which saw six games played with various levels of enthusiasm - with the two sides wearing those lucky training "bibs" qualifying for the cup final by a clear margin.

The "plate" final saw the Black shirts outlast the tiring Green and Whites ... and scoop the prize for 3rd place - a nice cool magnum bottle of Stella Artois !

Third place is good - when the prize is a cool beer!

The Green and Whites after a tough day on the pitch

Meanwhile the Cup Final was 14 minutes of cut-n-thrust 4-a-side football - before the Manakau mini football competition was won by the Orange Bibs of Kimbal, Almo, Simon and Clive who beat the Green Bibs 4-2 in a hard fought final.

The victorious Orange Bibs  crouched below holding the prestigious trophy - and the Green bibs looking on standing above. 

Sat 17th March Five-a-side tournament at Manakau School.

WE don't have a match lined up this week - so instead we're running a five-a-side tournament at the Manakau School between 2pm and 4pm.

All players should get around 60 minutes football - and the weather looks like making it a pretty good day out too - so bring some ice for those post match beers - and possibly some sun tan lotion too.

If you want to take part - get down to the Manakau School by 2pm - we will draw out the teams and make a schedule - and get started by 2:30pm.

Bring your boots and playing strip - including your green and white team shirt - as well as a BLACK T-SHIRT to use as a change strip for some games.

2012 First Pre-season Football vs Waikanae on March 10th

It's March, and the nights are getting colder, which is good news because it means that the footie season is approaching - and Manakau United Football Club have our first round of pre-season games this Saturday, 10th March.

We will be sending two teams down to Jim Cooke Park in Waikanae on Saturday to face off against the Waikanae Geezers and the Waikanae Strollers.

After a quick tally after Wednesday night's training, we think that we can field two sides this Saturday - as long as everyone who has said that they are in actually turns up to play.

So we are meeting at the Manakau pub at 1:30pm to travel down - or see you at Jim Cooke Park at 2pm.

Kickoff should be at 2:30pm (ish).

2012 Pre-season kickabouts have begun

The 2012 Manakau FC training regime has begun.

But we are doing it slowly, starting with a gentle kickabout at the Manakau School  at 4pm on Sunday afternoons for 60-90 minutes.

Based on the general state of those that attended the first one last Sunday I can categorically state the Christmas was obviously good to the players with lots of cold ham cuts and Christmas pudding. Yes Kimbal, Jamie, and Chris - I'm talking about YOU !!

Now it's time to work those extra pounds off by chasing the football around.

So dig out those old boots - and be at the next kickabout :
 Manakau School - 4pm - Sunday 22nd January 2012.