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ACCOLADES

Matthew Williams Aaron Kingi (1994-1998)
1982-1999, 2003-2007, 2012-2018 • New Zealand Under-20s.
• Started with Ngaruawahia at 4 years old.
• Waikato Representative from Under 11s to Senior grades. Michael Groom (1985, 1993)
• New Zealand Schoolboys. • New Zealand All Whites
• NZ Under 20 National Team v Australia.
• Palm Beach Minor Premiers. John McDermid (1982-1987, 1990, 1993)
• Palm Beach Under 19s Premiership Champions Open • Semi-professional football player in Scotland.
Grade.
• U-16s Queensland State Representative. Darren Melville (1994)
• 1998 Chatham Cup Semi-finalist with Ngaruawahia. • Semi-professional football player from England.
• 3rd Division Champions Team Captain.
• Team member Ngaruawahia’s promotion to Premier Nelson Grandona (1980-1984)
League. • South American professional football player.
• Ngaruawahia all-time leading goal-scorer. Alex Carr (2010)
• Captain Melville United National League.
• Melville Premier League Champions team member. • New Zealand Schoolboys.

• Northern League All-Stars selection. Graeme Fleming (1983-1984)
• Captain of inaugural trophy win against Australian • Semi-professional player from Scotland.
selection.
• Waikato FC National league Team Captain. Stanley Waita (2006-2008)
• Auckland City National Champions team member. • Professional Solomon Islands player.
• Oceana Champions with Auckland City.
• FIFA Club World Cup (5th) with Auckland City. Brian Hayes (1997-1998)
• Guest player with Navua (Fiji) Battle of Giants • Semi-professional player from England.
Champions.
Gary Kingi (1994-1998)
Hayden Johns (2005-2008, 2013, 2015) • New Zealand Under 20s
• Awarded a full soccer scholarship to Columbia
University in New York City 2007. Sam Margetts (2009-2010)
• Played in the Oceana Football League in 2013 for
Danyon Drake (2010-2014) Tupapa Maraerenga FC.
• National League goalkeeper with WaiBoP United.
• Goalkeeper Auckland City in the FIFA Club World Cup Craig Murphy (1995-1996)
in Japan (2015). • Semi-professional player from England.

John Irving (2013) Reid Drake (2011-2014)
• Ex-semi professional with Everton FC. • Auckland City Youth squad.
• Captain of Everton FC Reserves. • New Zealand Schoolboys.
• Voted Everton Reserves Team Player of the Year for two
successive years. Daniel Toulson (2004-2008, 2014)
• Included in the Everton Senior Squad and listed among • NZ Under 19s on a tour of Europe in 2006.
the team substitutes in the UEFA Cup match at AZ • Team Captain of Kenyon College in Ohio in 2011.
Alkmaar.
• Represented England Under-16s as a 14 year old. Jason Cargo (1977-1984, 2012)
• Played for Bala Town in the Welsh Premier League. • Represented NZ in the World Seniors Tennis Teams
• Played for Auckland City in the semi-final of the World event in Turkey, March 2013.
Club Cup in Morocco.
Peter Vela (1972-74)
Federico Marquez (2013-2014) • Knighted in 2014 for his services to the thoroughbred
• Lead striker for WaiBoP United in the ASB Premiership. horse industry.
• Played for the Canterbury Dragons in the National
League. Alan Cotter (1977)
• Won medals in 1979 as cox for the NZ Eights in the
Steve Morrison (2012-2014) World Rowing Championships.
• Everton FC academy. • Coached the men’s coxed four winning silver at the 1988
• England Under-16s representative. Seoul Olympics.
• Everton Reserves.
• Bala Town team member in the Welsh Premier League.
• Canterbury Dragons player in the National League.
• Part-time coach for Ngaruawahia and WaiBoP.

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