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Silver Jubilee Year 1993

Sincere congratulations to the Ngaruawahia United and special skills, but also to those background workers
Association Football Club on the attainment of their Silver who provided refreshment, scones, sandwiches and moral
Jubilee Year. support to keep the spirits up and the fires burning.
We can now pause and reflect, I feel, on what must on a more personal note, my sincere thanks to you
surely be regarded as a somewhat remarkable and all for your most valued support through those early years
successful career thus far. as we stove for maturity. Our aim, even in those days, was
From those early days when our first players took to reach the top divisions; ambitious indeed, nonetheless it
tentative steps in the lower Waikato divisions, our Club has still remains our ultimate goal. I feel sure that with the
blossomed in such a manner as to be the admiration of marvellous spirit generated within our club and its
many clubs that are well established and of a higher status members that goal could eventually be within the realms of
in our footballing fraternity. reality.
In this regard we owe due gratitude not only to our Once again, congratulations and best wishes to you
resident committee, club members, supporters, coaches, all. Enjoy the festivities of this occasion.
managers and players, but also all those who have gone It is with some sense of humility that I confess to
before. being proud of your successes and to being your Founder
Our facilities in the form of playing and training and Patron.
grounds, our changing rooms and club rooms are of credit “Go Forward Green Machine”
not only to those who volunteered their labour, know-how J. Templeton

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