Future All White in the making

We interviewed William Gillingham, 14yrs, Center Back player who went on a football trip with his team to the UK and got to visit Wembly! 

Full name: William Finbar Gillingham

Age:

14

When did you first start playing football?

Age 3 – 4 for Mel Soccer in the UK.

Who do you currently play for?

Wynton Rufers Soccer School of Excellence. Onehunga Football Club

How long have you been playing for them?

6 Years

What is your position on the team?

Centre Back

What is one thing that you enjoy while playing football?
Scoring Goals and winning games.

Is it hard to juggle school and practice and games?

Yes as sometimes they are on the same day.

What makes a great football player?

Someone with the desire to succeed

What did you do in the UK?

We played many Premier League Academies such as Fulham FC and West Ham United. We also  visited Old Trafford, Emirates Arena, and the Highlight; Wembley!

What was your favourite part about your trip?

Playing and beating West Ham 1-0

Who is your favourite soccer player?

John Terry

What is the next step for you?

The next step for me would have to be to make the under 17 All Whites squad.

We wish William all the best for a successful 2013, William is already off to Australia to compete in the Nike Cup!

Player Profile - Lucas G - 3 1/2yrs

We have the adorable 'Super Hero Lucas' as our Player Profile from Mt Eden...

Name: Lucas Gibbons

Age: 3 1/2yrs

Venues: Mt Eden

How long have you been coming to Little Kickers? 2 years

Favourite Little Kickers game?  Scoring goals!

What do you like best about Little Kickers? Playing with the other kids and having a lot of fun

What do you want to be when you grow up?  Super Hero – like Super Man!

Favourite healthy food? Sushi

Who is your favourite coach? Andrew!

What do you love? My Mummy and Daddy and my little sister Pippa

Dad's Perspective on Little Kickers:  It’s great to see Lucas learning skills and coordination in the drills. He really loves it and likes playing with the other kids in his class.

Thank you Lucas (& Dad) for answering our questions, I hope he does grow up to be a Super Hero of some sort!

Phoenix & Little Kickers Competition Winners

Thank you for all the entries to our Phoenix Competition

The winners have been randomly drawn by Kidspot ...

Congratulation to:

First Name	Last Name	Winners	Suburb
Louise	Irvine	1st Prize	Waiatarua
Hagop	Iskenderian	2nd Prize	Unsworth Heights Albany
Aran	Brown	3rd Prize	Te Atatu Peninsula
Kym	Maynard	Runner Up	Waiuku
Debbie	Blundell-Lord	Runner Up	Beach Haven
Julianne	Krebs	Runner Up	Pakuranga
Gemma	Bergin	Runner Up	Royal Oak

The prizes will be with you by Friday, sent to your specified address as per entry. Enjoy the game and see you at Little Kickers soon!!!

Prizes

1^st Prize

1 x Family Pass (4 tickets) to watch the Phoenix v. Perth 02^nd Feb at Eden Park

1 x Signed Phoenix Mini Ball

2 x Phoenix kids packs

1 x 6 week Little Kickers course (valued at $85, valid until Dec 2013)

1 x Size 3 Little Kickers Ball

2^nd Prize

1 x Family Pass (4 tickets) to watch the Phoenix v. Perth 02^nd Feb at Eden Park

1 x Signed Phoenix Mini Ball

2 x Phoenix kids packs

1 x Size 3 Little Kickers Ball

3^rd Prize

1 x Family Pass (4 tickets) to watch the Phoenix v. Perth 02^nd Feb at Eden Park

1 x Signed Phoenix Mini Ball

1 x Phoenix kids pack

1 x Size 3 Little Kickers Ball

4 x Runner-up Prizes:

Each receive a Phoenix Kids Pack & Little Kickers Voucher 

Player Profile - Zac - 3yrs

Player Profile - Zac- 3yrs 

For our final player profile of the year, we have Zach from our North Shore franchise, an aspiring fireman and doting big brother =)

Name:  Zachary Hyde

Age: 3

Venues of Little Kickers attended: Mairangi Bay & Takapuna

How long have you been coming to Little Kickers? 1 1/2 years 

What is your favourite little Kickers game? Running races

What do you like best about little kickers? Playing games and my super fast team

What do you want to be when you grow up? Fireman

What’s your favourite healthy food? Bananas. I eat one before every soccer time

Who's your favourite coach? Coach George

What do you love? My baby sister coz then Santa will bring me presents

Parent says: Love it, keeps him active and is developing a love for all sports.

Player Profile - Dejaun - 5yrs 

Introducing our player profile this month!

A future sprinter in the making, please welcome Dejaun from one of our Auckland Central East franchise!

Name:  Dejaun Naidoo

Age: 5 

Venues of Little Kickers attended: Meadowbank, Glendowie

How long have you been coming to Little Kickers? 14 months 

What is your favourite little Kickers game? The jet plane game and learning new tricks

What do you like best about little kickers? Playing a game of soccer at the end in a team

What do you want to be when you grow up? A sprinter like Usain Bolt!

What’s your favourite healthy food? Apples, strawberries and cucumbers

Who is your favourite coach? Coach Raphael

What do you love? Listening to music, dancing and soccer.

Parent says: 

Little Kickers is a great way to develop ball skills in children in an enjoyable way. Children go through drills and learn how to control the ball without even knowing it as they having so much fun. Our son has grown from skill to skill and it is great to now see him developing a team player spirit as well! Dejaun looks forward to his soccer game every week and so do we!

Lenny's Top Secret Garden Game

Hello Little Kickers! 

Lenny dropped by again and look what he left behind! Another top secret Garden Game for you to try at home. 

Get your kicking boots on and give it a go!

Garden Games

Looking for ideas for your children to practice their football skills at home? Have a look at the games below and have fun teaching them to your kids.

A great way to spend a lovely Sunday afternoon and to keep fit =)

Car garage

Corner of a corner of the garden. This is the car garage. Get your child/children dribbling around the garden. When you blow the whistle, the children have to quickly dribble their football into the car garage. To make it more interesting, you can time how quickly they get their ball into the car garage or you can try to get their balls from your child.

Race mummy/daddy

This is a very simple race game, all you have to do is race your child/children. 

Make sure your child/children dribbles the ball in and out of the cones and keeps the ball nice and close. 

Hope you have a ball trying out these games!