CFC have been awarded three of the top CRFU Metropolitan Trophies for the 2011 Season.

The Evans Shield
Total aggregate of points for Open Grade and Junior Competitive Grade (U11-U18)

The Wilsons 45 South Cup
Total aggregate of Open Grade team points, divided by number of teams

The Redpath Shield
Total aggregate points for Junior Competitive Grade teams 
(U11-U18) 

CLICK HERE FOR JUNIOR REGISTRATION DATES:

SENIORS:-
Pre season training kicks off Tuesday January 17th and Thursday January 19th at 6pm, 250 Westminster Street, and every Tuesday and Thursday thereafter.

Pre season matches booked in are:

Sunday 18th March v Southbridge AWAY Time TBC
Senior and Colts Squads

Sunday 25th March v University @ HOME Time TBC
Division One and Two Squads
Colts Squads

Friday 30th March - Sunday 1st April
DIV ONE CAMP Hanmer Springs
Colts v Burnside: TIME/LOCATION TBC

Thursday 5th April v Burnside @ HOME
Division 2  6.00pm
Division 1 7.30pm

Christchurch Football Club have been awarded a Funding Grant of $5000
from WESTPAC towards Ground Maintenance for Earthquake recovery purposes.

 
Toby Giles, Club Captain receiving the cheque from Gina Dellabarca, SI Manager Westpac.

 

 

Richie McCaw’s Contract Announcement, May 25^th 2011

 

An ever loyal club man, Richie asked the Club that he be able to hold his Media Release in the clubrooms to announce his signing with NZRU for the next four years.

A humble and honest lad, pulling on the Black jersey is the end all and be all for him.

In attendance at the conference for Christchurch Football Club was Club President Gerald Wilson, Club Captain Toby Giles, Mike and Lorna O'Donovan and official club photographer Tanyia Legge.

 

Here is a great article written by Tony Smith, The Press:

The setting for New Zealand sport's second big re-signing coup said as much about Richie McCaw's rugby values as his ball-sneak ability at the breakdown.

Where would one expect the captain of one of the world's most successful sporting teams to make such a momentous announcement?

Parliament Buildings for the ubiquitous prime ministerial photo opportunity? A swank golfing resort? The red-carpeted lobby of some five-star hotel (though there aren't many of those left in Christchurch)?

Nope. Richie McCaw – who hails from a family farm in the Hakataramea Valley but a proud Cantabrian now – opted instead for his local footy club.

The 30-year-old confirmed the greatest open secret in the rugby world – that he wants to remain a Crusader and an All Black for four more years, boys – in the Christchurch Football Club's Westminster St clubrooms in modest Mairehau.

McCaw stood, casually but confidently, behind a bar-leaner, hands jammed in his jeans pockets. Above him, test jerseys donated by Christchurch and All Blacks flanker forerunners (Jock Hobbs and Mike Brewer) adorned the memorabilia-festooned clubrooms walls, along with the giant, Golden Oldies-style shorts of a late club stalwart.

Despite 10 years as an All Black, McCaw looked so much at home you could almost picture him behind the bar, pouring himself a post-press conference pint. He even interrupted his earnest answers to questions about his contract to lament Christchurch's loss of the "Crying Towel" trophy to Linwood.

Inquisition over, McCaw needed no second bidding to join a game of touch with a clutch of Christchurch club juniors before a posse of photographers.

 

But why isn't Richard Hugh McCaw, at the very apogee of his career, cashing in on his fame by trousering a stratospheric salary from some cashed-up French Top 14 or English premiership club?

Racing Club Paris, Perpignan and Bath were among the sharks circling Dan Carter till he, too, chose to sling his hook with the All Blacks till 2015.

But McCaw's never been tempted by the same bait because he's always made it plain: "It doesn't really interest me. If I feel like I still want to play, I'd rather play here."

It's already evident, judging by the grins on the faces of his tyro touch team-mates, that McCaw's call to commit to the Crusaders and All Blacks, will raise spirits here after Canterbury's catastrophic seismic shifts. While the earthquake's impact never came into McCaw's thinking, he quipped: "It wouldn't have been a good signal if I decided to up and leave because of that, would it?

"I enjoy living here. There's been some tough times, but we'll get there. Things will get better here and if [me staying] is a positive thing for others to see, that's cool, too."

He's a real home boy, anyway.

Some All Blacks flee their fishbowl existence in New Zealand to seek anonymity in Europe or the United States after each annual northern hemisphere tour.

Not McCaw.

"To be honest, in the past I haven't done that, because usually when you get time off, you've been away for up to six weeks on a tour, you just want to get home."

The keen glider pilot's "escape" is go to Omarama each summer and soar through southern skies. The winds are most favourable at that time of year and "people leave you alone pretty much down there so you can do your own thing. [I'm] not one who goes and escapes anyway."

Red n Black Directory

The CFC Rugby Committee has committed to a new venture this year to develop a directory promoting the businesses and activities of all club members, parents and in general anyone with a connection to the club. The directory is intended to be set out in a similar fashion to a yellow pages (A5 size - handbook) and detail the business contact details of everyone involved in the club, e.g. accountants, builders, mechanics, plumbers, hairdressers etc etc. It is hoped this will promote the idea of using businesses with which you have or are able to develop a relationship through CFC.

 

It will be free for everyone to have a general listing in the directory. However we would like to ask those people who are interested in having slightly larger adverts (full page, half page etc) to advise us accordingly and we will contact you to discuss the cost of having such an advert. Selling such advertising space will allow the costs of printing to be met and allow the committee to simply provide a copy of the directory to all members and the wider CFC community for a gold coin donation. We would hope that this will become an annual directory and can simply be updated from year to year. This is a great opportunity for all CFC members and families to promote their businesses for free or very little and hopefully generate some much needed business at the moment.

 

In order to get everyone's details who are interested in being involved we have attached the listing document to be completed.  This can either be faxed into the Club : 3851938 or emailed to either of these emails addresses:
redandblackdirectory@gmail.com    info@christchurchpark.co.nz

The deadline for responses will be 20th May 2011. So please get on board and support this worthy venture.

 

Regards

CFC Rugby Committee

Red n Black listing document

 

This unique sport and conference facility can provide your sports team or group an outstanding training and accommodation venue.

This is home of the historic Christchurch Football Club (founded in 1863).