Kāpiti Coast United, Waikanae, Paekākāriki, Ōtaki, and Manakau football clubs have all joined forces to launch a new club, Te Kotahitanga.
The historic rivals are teaming up to give players on the coast every opportunity to play top level football, without the need to head down and play for a Wellington team.
Te Kotahitanga technical director Scott Easthope joined Adam Cooper to explain how the collaboration began.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
But we're talking local football now, and I think a
really cool story has come out of the carpety and
hot offender with football areas in the past year or
so where five clubs Company, Coast United, Why Can I
Pi kokandiki Ou, Tucky and Monaco have all joined forces
to launch a single club taking part in the Wellington
based competitions. It's all about keeping hold of players and
(00:22):
making sure that there are opportunities for players of all
ages and abilities to keep playing rather than for example,
having to come down south to Wellington. So Taa Ko
Tahitanga has been formed. They are all set up and
patapata Umu with all the five clubs that I mentioned
joining forces. Scott east Hope is the technical director at
(00:42):
Tea Kotahitanga. He's with us now morning to hear Scott
and can you firstly tell us how kind of this
all came to be?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, sure, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yeah. Basically, five founding members of got around a table
that Monaco United or Tucky Sports Club, Why Can I AFC,
Company Coast United and Paco Kaiki They got around a
table and started looking towards the future around the development
(01:15):
of football on the coast, what was missing, what they
wanted to try and help with and encourage, and this
concept of an entity where all five of those clubs
could could combine under became a reality.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, and I'm sure traditional rivals.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
What was sort of it like in those early stages
of everyone sort of coming together in the same room
and looking to collaborate.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yeah, under reced there was there was definitely some challenges,
particularly early on. It's no secret that those clubs love
a weekend battle against each other and still are regularly
doing that right now. But they get to the point
where all of the and all of their membership missing
(02:03):
a couple of things along the way, or they were
sort of hoping for some opportunities that still currently exist,
and they got to the point where unless they combine,
unless they combined forces and resources, then that will never change.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, So that's what it was about, right, It's just
you know, retaining players ultimately.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Yeah, retention of players, but also really just through fixing
a hole in the pathway for our membership, for our
players where if you're identified as talented on the coast
from it as a young footballer, you know at one
of those clubs, there probably isn't going to be enough.
It's probably not going to be sustainable to have a
whole team of them regularly playing in Capital Football's top
(02:48):
tier competitions.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But together.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
They can have, you know, enough for plenty of teams
and sustainability aspect of having those teams consistently to enter
Capitol Football's top tier competitions.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, and tell us about the different grades and age
groups you've got at the club.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
So currently in the U section we have under thirteen grade,
which has four teams all the way from the top
flight of the CDL which is the top division in
Wellington down to combined teams for your social aspect. And
then we have that four thirteens and fifteens and under
seventeens as well, and then we have a fourteens girls
(03:32):
girls only team who are doing really really well in
the girls competition as well. And then we have men's
and women's and both the men's and women's have a
Capitol Premiere top side, and then a reserve team that
sit underneath those teams.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Well, and how's it going first season in.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, Well, this is effectively season two. Last year was
sort of that intro, taking an idea and giving it
a headout, I guess. And the woman the woman's first
team went really really well and in Capital premierere and
(04:12):
got an opportunity as a result for promotion to Women
Central League, but unfortunately lost the playoffs and so find
themselves back in Capital Premiere. And the men they won
Capital one last year, I know, they came second, sorry,
and gained promotion through to Capital Premiere this year. So
(04:34):
hence we've got two Capital Premier sides.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, and for our listeners down here a Wellington, can
you give us a bit of an insight into a
sort of you know, just the threat that you know
you have if something like this hasn't been set up,
just the risk of players coming down to the city
to play their football.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Has that been quite a thing in the coast.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, there's a long history of that. There's a long
history of some really fantastic talent from the coast playing,
you know, for they're having long playing careers with plenty
of other clubs down in Wellington particularly and going on
with and upwards from there. But I think that that
is something that all the people from the coast, and
(05:12):
no matter what club they're from.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
One of our five founding clubs.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
They all will have had experiences and many experiences of
talented players departing to get what they need down to
the Wellington clubs.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, so when you.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Had five clubs, how did you go about deciding things
like the playing strip, the home grounds and even that's
the team name.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, great question. In year one we were very much
just get underway and we'll streamline it.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So we're very.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Adaptable, I would say would be a nice way to
put it. But we were playing between multiple grounds for
our clubs at Jim Cook Park and why can I
Wicker Park in Pumu and training amongst multiple grounds up
on the coast from Entucky down to Pata Padoma. Playing
kits we're borrowing from those five founding clubs from casey
(06:06):
U and Wait and I particularly are providing a lot
of the kits for our teams at the moment. But
we're now at the point where we're working really closely
with the council have been very very supportive and have
gifted us amazing garb amazing GAB to make sort of
our home, our home ground and our home base. And
(06:27):
we've since signed a kit supply I deal with Paladin
where we've got our own home kits and away kits
on the order. We've got our brand new name this year,
Quteitung AIRC. We've got a logo, some colors and some
branding and we're away for you.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
What's going to be important so to make sure that
the club stays sustainable and good health going forward.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I think can continue to effort across our five clubs
and their membership to keep them really seeing the benefits
of Tiqulitay Tongue EFC and for the benefits of having
this entity and the benefits for their players their memberships
coming through their clubs, having that opportunity that Tequlitay Tongue
(07:16):
EFC provides, but still being able to have their own
identity that can battle each other on the weekend. Just
keeping those relationships, those the history of those clubs alive
will be crucial moving forward to keeping the buy in
from those clubs and our membership as a result, but
also just the continued effort to build our own sustainability
(07:39):
from facilities, from kits and uniforms and coaches and officials, referees, administrators,
all of that sort of stuff. We need to keep
building our own capacity, our own capability.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I mean, did you ever think that this could happen?
I mean there's obviously these five clubs there with all
their own proud histories and themselves. Did you think that
this could ever be a possibility looking back a few years, No.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Short answer, I never thought it was going to be
something that could be done between those five clubs. I
never thought they'd get in a room and actually sit
down together and try and hash things out, you know,
looking at the long long term rivalry between clubs like
kasey U and why can I Conceptually, I'm sure they
(08:26):
thought maybe it was always that these sorts of things
would be a good idea, but actually finding the time
to sit down and getting the right people in the
room and prioritizing it I didn't personally didn't think would happen.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Great, And do you think, you know, this could be
an example going forward for you know, other clubs and
maybe smaller areas and parts of the country, Like, you know,
it was something you'd recommend to people to at least
have a discussion about if they're looking at you know,
sustainability and player attention.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Yeah, one hundred percent. I think so. I think we're
building a right now, we're in the middle of actually
building something that could be a bit of a blueprint,
a bit of an example for certain parts around the country.
And I know that there's been things that are similar
that are already happening. There's there's an example down in
christ Church that's that we're sort of keeping close tabs on.
(09:18):
And then there's there's the Monaco collaboration happening up there
with Monaco United, which we've been in close contact with
them around how they're doing it, and none of them
are quite the same, but the concept and some of
the concepts are very very similar.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Yeah, fantastic And what's on the agenda this weekend.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Tough games ahead, Lots of football on the agenda this
weekend for SICKLEFB. I think we've got our GJ. Gardner
Homes youth teams coming out on Sunday the thirteen, fifteen, seventeens.
They are playing the Onslow North Wellington CDL group, so
(09:59):
that'll be a big day for our youth academy teams.
Our men's team are playing at home in a huge
game against Tony TONYFC, where if they manage to get
up there then they will get they will jump Tony
on the table, which will be pretty crucial because they're
(10:20):
currently in that awkward spot of flirting with the bottom.
So the big game there for our men's premiere side,
and then our men's reserve team are also at home
playing the curtain raiser to that game against Spokes Valley
and then on Sunday away are our women's first team
(10:42):
at David Barrington Park against Mirramy Rangers.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Wonderful, well, an action packed weekend.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Scott, has been great to chat and hearing about your
story and how things have evolved out there with the
club Tech Tunga. So thanks for the insight, mate, and
congratulations to you and everyone that's made this work. So yeah,
it's been awesome to chat.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Thank you so much for your time. Really appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
You two. Scott Cheers Scott east Hope there.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
He's the technical director at the newly formed tech called
Tahitanga Club on the Carpety Coast, doing great things with
local football and ultimately just about having footballing opportunities for
those players of all ages and abilities in the catchment area.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Brilliant stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
For more from News Talk st B, listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iarradio
But we're talking local football now, and I think a
really cool story has come out of the carpety and
hot offender with football areas in the past year or
so where five clubs Company, Coast United, Why Can I
Pi kokandiki Ou, Tucky and Monaco have all joined forces
to launch a single club taking part in the Wellington
based competitions. It's all about keeping hold of players and
(00:22):
making sure that there are opportunities for players of all
ages and abilities to keep playing rather than for example,
having to come down south to Wellington. So Taa Ko
Tahitanga has been formed. They are all set up and
patapata Umu with all the five clubs that I mentioned
joining forces. Scott east Hope is the technical director at
(00:42):
Tea Kotahitanga. He's with us now morning to hear Scott
and can you firstly tell us how kind of this
all came to be?
Speaker 2 (00:49):
Yeah, sure, thanks for having me.
Speaker 3 (00:52):
Yeah. Basically, five founding members of got around a table
that Monaco United or Tucky Sports Club, Why Can I AFC,
Company Coast United and Paco Kaiki They got around a
table and started looking towards the future around the development
(01:15):
of football on the coast, what was missing, what they
wanted to try and help with and encourage, and this
concept of an entity where all five of those clubs
could could combine under became a reality.
Speaker 4 (01:33):
Yeah, and I'm sure traditional rivals.
Speaker 1 (01:36):
What was sort of it like in those early stages
of everyone sort of coming together in the same room
and looking to collaborate.
Speaker 3 (01:42):
Yeah, under reced there was there was definitely some challenges,
particularly early on. It's no secret that those clubs love
a weekend battle against each other and still are regularly
doing that right now. But they get to the point
where all of the and all of their membership missing
(02:03):
a couple of things along the way, or they were
sort of hoping for some opportunities that still currently exist,
and they got to the point where unless they combine,
unless they combined forces and resources, then that will never change.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Yeah, So that's what it was about, right, It's just
you know, retaining players ultimately.
Speaker 3 (02:24):
Yeah, retention of players, but also really just through fixing
a hole in the pathway for our membership, for our
players where if you're identified as talented on the coast
from it as a young footballer, you know at one
of those clubs, there probably isn't going to be enough.
It's probably not going to be sustainable to have a
whole team of them regularly playing in Capital Football's top
(02:48):
tier competitions.
Speaker 2 (02:51):
But together.
Speaker 3 (02:53):
They can have, you know, enough for plenty of teams
and sustainability aspect of having those teams consistently to enter
Capitol Football's top tier competitions.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Yeah, and tell us about the different grades and age
groups you've got at the club.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
So currently in the U section we have under thirteen grade,
which has four teams all the way from the top
flight of the CDL which is the top division in
Wellington down to combined teams for your social aspect. And
then we have that four thirteens and fifteens and under
seventeens as well, and then we have a fourteens girls
(03:32):
girls only team who are doing really really well in
the girls competition as well. And then we have men's
and women's and both the men's and women's have a
Capitol Premiere top side, and then a reserve team that
sit underneath those teams.
Speaker 4 (03:48):
Well, and how's it going first season in.
Speaker 3 (03:52):
Yeah, Well, this is effectively season two. Last year was
sort of that intro, taking an idea and giving it
a headout, I guess. And the woman the woman's first
team went really really well and in Capital premierere and
(04:12):
got an opportunity as a result for promotion to Women
Central League, but unfortunately lost the playoffs and so find
themselves back in Capital Premiere. And the men they won
Capital one last year, I know, they came second, sorry,
and gained promotion through to Capital Premiere this year. So
(04:34):
hence we've got two Capital Premier sides.
Speaker 1 (04:37):
Yeah, and for our listeners down here a Wellington, can
you give us a bit of an insight into a
sort of you know, just the threat that you know
you have if something like this hasn't been set up,
just the risk of players coming down to the city
to play their football.
Speaker 4 (04:47):
Has that been quite a thing in the coast.
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah, there's a long history of that. There's a long
history of some really fantastic talent from the coast playing,
you know, for they're having long playing careers with plenty
of other clubs down in Wellington particularly and going on
with and upwards from there. But I think that that
is something that all the people from the coast, and
(05:12):
no matter what club they're from.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
One of our five founding clubs.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
They all will have had experiences and many experiences of
talented players departing to get what they need down to
the Wellington clubs.
Speaker 4 (05:25):
Yeah, so when you.
Speaker 1 (05:26):
Had five clubs, how did you go about deciding things
like the playing strip, the home grounds and even that's
the team name.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Yeah, great question. In year one we were very much
just get underway and we'll streamline it.
Speaker 2 (05:40):
So we're very.
Speaker 3 (05:42):
Adaptable, I would say would be a nice way to
put it. But we were playing between multiple grounds for
our clubs at Jim Cook Park and why can I
Wicker Park in Pumu and training amongst multiple grounds up
on the coast from Entucky down to Pata Padoma. Playing
kits we're borrowing from those five founding clubs from casey
(06:06):
U and Wait and I particularly are providing a lot
of the kits for our teams at the moment. But
we're now at the point where we're working really closely
with the council have been very very supportive and have
gifted us amazing garb amazing GAB to make sort of
our home, our home ground and our home base. And
(06:27):
we've since signed a kit supply I deal with Paladin
where we've got our own home kits and away kits
on the order. We've got our brand new name this year,
Quteitung AIRC. We've got a logo, some colors and some
branding and we're away for you.
Speaker 1 (06:45):
What's going to be important so to make sure that
the club stays sustainable and good health going forward.
Speaker 3 (06:52):
I think can continue to effort across our five clubs
and their membership to keep them really seeing the benefits
of Tiqulitay Tongue EFC and for the benefits of having
this entity and the benefits for their players their memberships
coming through their clubs, having that opportunity that Tequlitay Tongue
(07:16):
EFC provides, but still being able to have their own
identity that can battle each other on the weekend. Just
keeping those relationships, those the history of those clubs alive
will be crucial moving forward to keeping the buy in
from those clubs and our membership as a result, but
also just the continued effort to build our own sustainability
(07:39):
from facilities, from kits and uniforms and coaches and officials, referees, administrators,
all of that sort of stuff. We need to keep
building our own capacity, our own capability.
Speaker 4 (07:53):
Yeah exactly.
Speaker 1 (07:54):
I mean, did you ever think that this could happen?
I mean there's obviously these five clubs there with all
their own proud histories and themselves. Did you think that
this could ever be a possibility looking back a few years, No.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Short answer, I never thought it was going to be
something that could be done between those five clubs. I
never thought they'd get in a room and actually sit
down together and try and hash things out, you know,
looking at the long long term rivalry between clubs like
kasey U and why can I Conceptually, I'm sure they
(08:26):
thought maybe it was always that these sorts of things
would be a good idea, but actually finding the time
to sit down and getting the right people in the
room and prioritizing it I didn't personally didn't think would happen.
Speaker 4 (08:38):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (08:38):
Great, And do you think, you know, this could be
an example going forward for you know, other clubs and
maybe smaller areas and parts of the country, Like, you know,
it was something you'd recommend to people to at least
have a discussion about if they're looking at you know,
sustainability and player attention.
Speaker 2 (08:54):
Yeah, one hundred percent. I think so. I think we're
building a right now, we're in the middle of actually
building something that could be a bit of a blueprint,
a bit of an example for certain parts around the country.
And I know that there's been things that are similar
that are already happening. There's there's an example down in
christ Church that's that we're sort of keeping close tabs on.
(09:18):
And then there's there's the Monaco collaboration happening up there
with Monaco United, which we've been in close contact with
them around how they're doing it, and none of them
are quite the same, but the concept and some of
the concepts are very very similar.
Speaker 4 (09:35):
Yeah, fantastic And what's on the agenda this weekend.
Speaker 2 (09:38):
Tough games ahead, Lots of football on the agenda this
weekend for SICKLEFB. I think we've got our GJ. Gardner
Homes youth teams coming out on Sunday the thirteen, fifteen, seventeens.
They are playing the Onslow North Wellington CDL group, so
(09:59):
that'll be a big day for our youth academy teams.
Our men's team are playing at home in a huge
game against Tony TONYFC, where if they manage to get
up there then they will get they will jump Tony
on the table, which will be pretty crucial because they're
(10:20):
currently in that awkward spot of flirting with the bottom.
So the big game there for our men's premiere side,
and then our men's reserve team are also at home
playing the curtain raiser to that game against Spokes Valley
and then on Sunday away are our women's first team
(10:42):
at David Barrington Park against Mirramy Rangers.
Speaker 4 (10:46):
Wonderful, well, an action packed weekend.
Speaker 1 (10:47):
Scott, has been great to chat and hearing about your
story and how things have evolved out there with the
club Tech Tunga. So thanks for the insight, mate, and
congratulations to you and everyone that's made this work. So yeah,
it's been awesome to chat.
Speaker 2 (11:00):
Thank you so much for your time. Really appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (11:03):
You two. Scott Cheers Scott east Hope there.
Speaker 1 (11:05):
He's the technical director at the newly formed tech called
Tahitanga Club on the Carpety Coast, doing great things with
local football and ultimately just about having footballing opportunities for
those players of all ages and abilities in the catchment area.
Speaker 4 (11:19):
Brilliant stuff.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
For more from News Talk st B, listen live on
air or online and keep our shows with you wherever
you go with our podcasts on iarradio
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