Posts Tagged ‘2010’
Bom Dia!
We’ve arrived in Rio. It was a long and tough journey but everyone’s been incredibly patient and after a bit of sleep we’re in much better spirits. After a tiresome mix-up with accommodation at 2 in the morning we had a roof over our heads at the lovely Ace Hostel- Thanks Vanya! We’ll move to [...]
Rio Bound…
After three great days at OFC‘s Charles J. Dempsey Academy the squad have now left Auckland for Brazil and the 2010 Homeless World Cup. There was excitement and anticipation at the prospect of the week and the tournament ahead. There were a few nerves and more than a little trepidation, a dart out to the barbers [...]
The Crowd Goes Wild Report
Hayley Holt from the Crowd Goes Wild came and interviewed some of the guys at the OFC training camp in the build up to the trip to Rio. Hayley was very popular with players… in fact they were queuing up to speak to her. The report was on the show Thursday evening, click on the [...]
More from Camp…
It’s been an awesome couple of days for the team at the OFC Headquarters – full of good fun, good training, good home-cooked kai and heaps of good people to talk to. Although the training games and exercises have been hard out, there’s also been plenty of opportunity for everyone just to get to know [...]
Training Camp underway
From Christchurch, Dunedin and Wellington, players and support staff descended into Auckland this afternoon en masse to begin an intensive 3-day training and team-building camp at the Charles J. Dempsey Academy, Mt. Smart Stadium. The group were given a warm welcome by the Auckland contingent and Oceania Football Confederation General Secretary, Tai Nicholas. The excellent [...]
Feel the love
On Friday members of the NZ selection based in Wellington were given a touching farewell by staff and friends at Downtown Community Ministry who hosted a barbecue to celebrate the occasion. Later in the day there was a huge gathering at the Stillwaters Community for a shared meal and words of encouragement. There’s a real [...]
Rio Homeless World Cup Promo Video
Here’s the promo video for the Homeless World Cup in Rio from 19th to the 26th of this month. It’s getting very exciting now as kick off gets closer & closer. The video uses street art and animation and features four global ambassadors, ex-players, now living extraordinary lives on their journey away from homelessness. 64 [...]
Football not only goal on Brazil trip
The latest piece of press in the run up to the New Zealand Team’s trip to Rio for the 2010 Homeless World Cup. The tournament runs from the 19th to the 26th of September. This article is from last Thursday’s Otago Dailty Times. Unfortunately Tim’s Brazilian matrimonial dream may well be scuppered by that no [...]
New Zealand Homeless World Cup Team on the Road to Rio
Street Football Aotearoa is delighted to announce that a team will represent Aotearoa/New Zealand at the Homeless World Cup in Rio de Janeiro in September. It is not known how many people are homeless in Aotearoa/New Zealand, but Street Football Aotearoa does know that its football projects help many homeless and marginalised people to participate [...]
World Cup heroes help get homeless team on its way
Awesome news. New Zealand Football has been instrumental in helping Street Football Aotearoa raise funds to take a Kiwi team to this year’s Homeless World Cup. Amanda Fisher writes in the Dominion Post about the help we’ve received as All White Andy Barron meets Fabian and the rest of the Wellington players. Click on the [...]
