CTFC Academy Trials 2025 Season
After the success of the Team Selection sessions in 2024, we have decided to continue with running our 14th, 15th and 17th grade Academy Team Selection sessions in Term 4.
Traditionally, we have held a one-off “Team Selection” day where players gather to showcase their ability in the hopes of securing a place in our academy teams. While this approach has served us well in the past, we believe it's time to embrace a more comprehensive and holistic method that will not only benefit the players but also contribute to the overall growth of our club.
This year, we will be having a 3-week selection process consisting of 6 sessions for 14th, 15th and 17th Grade players to attend and be seen by the coaching staff here at the club. Only players interested in being in the Cashmere Tech Academy teams should attend and if players want to play in our Development Teams (Division 1) and in the grades below that we will run a Team Selection Day like we have done in previous years in February 2025.
**13th Grade Academy team selections will be held In January 2025**
**14th and 16th Grade Girls Academy team selections will be held In January 2025**
**CPL & CCL trials are in Febuary 2025**
All players must register. All current 2024 Academy players MUST also register.
All the Team Selection days will be at Garrick Park. Players are to sign in each session on arrival.
The dates for the 2025 Academy Team Selection are as follows:
14th Grade Academy (2011 born players)
Tuesday 29th October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wednesday 30th October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Tuesday 5th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wednesday 6th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Tuesday 12th November – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Wednesday 13th November – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Registration form for 14th Grade Academy (2011 born) here
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15th Grade Academy (2010 born players)
Wednesday 30th October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Thursday 31 st October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wednesday 6th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Thursday 7th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Wednesday 13th November – 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Thursday 14th November – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Registration form for 15th Grade Academy (2010 born) here
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17th Grade Academy (2008 & 2009 born players)
Tuesday 29th October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Thursday 31st October – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Tuesday 5th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Thursday 7th November – 4:15pm to 5:30pm
Tuesday 12th November – 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Thursday 14th November – 5:15pm to 6:15pm
Registration form for 17th Grade Academy (2008 & 2009 born) here.
We intend to have the teams announced alongside the coaching staff for the 2025 season by Friday 22nd November. We will endeavour to start the Academy season at the beginning of February 2025 and details will be sent out early next year.
Any questions, please email our Director of Football, Garbhan at garbhanc@ctfc.nz
CTFC 2024 INFORMATION
CTFC Girls U14 Academy & U16 Academy 2024
In 2022 Cashmere Technical FC launched their very first Girls Talent Development Programme. As the girls and women’s game grows in New Zealand, Cashmere Technical acknowledges its role to support and develop emerging female players with an aspirational pathway.
After the Women’s World Cup came to our shores in 2023 and the Wellington Phoenix starting the first female New Zealand professional team, the time is now to continue to grow and develop an already great female programme within our football club.
After the sucess of the U14s Academy team, we have decided to run a U14 and U16 Academy team from 2023.
How are we going to grow Girls and Women's Football?
We will run a Talent Development Programme similar to our already successful TDP programme in the boys' space. Our new Girls programme will run for 30 weeks of the year and will introduce the tactical side of the game alongside technical and physical components. It will also introduce the players to Strength and Conditioning (S&C), Injury Prevention, Video Analysis and more. The team will be led by a C-License coach with two sessions a week at our fantastic facilities at Garrick Park and Whittington Av plus a game in the Mainland Football competition.
Our Girls U14 Academy programme will be for players born in 2010 & 2011.
Our Girls U16 Academy programme will be for players born in 2008 & 2009.
By running this Programme and linking it back to our Academy and its values, we will create better players and more importantly better people. It is from these values that we will learn, grow and develop while also giving back to our football club and community.
Click the links on the top right of this page for more detailed information on our Girls Academy for 2024.
CTFC Boys Academy Teams 2024
Our CTFC Academy Teams (U13-U15) operate over 40 weeks of the year and have a detailed training program throughout the year, sports science support from ARA, Qualified coaching staff and train and play on our great facilities at Garrick Park. Our U17 Academy team will operate over 37 weeks of the year which include the Boys Youth National League with opportunites to continue training in Term 4 Youth Development League training squad and Western Springs Tournament squad.
Click the link on the top right of this page for more detailed information on our Academy.
We also run our CTFC Academy Development programme for all players who want to improve. We have over 150 players attending our CTFC Development Academy every week. We will have assessment games in the first week of the Academy Development so that we can tier players in to the appropriate groups and have the best players playing with and against the best players on a regular basis.
