Club Personalities

Jim Puketapu
Ken Sargent
Carol Waller

My family and I have been engaged in TKU junior soccer for the last 5 years. Of my three children, two of them, Reuben now 10 (nearly 11) and Martine (8) have so much enjoyed the comraderie of other junior players and benefited from the teaching and skills of their coaches, that it was about time I gave something back to the club. Early in the season I initially agreed to the role of Junior Girls Coordinator. The journey alongside Selwyn Bradley (Junior Girls Head Coach) in setting up the new “girls format” has been fantastic. The junior girls coaching structure and parent support has set up a platform for an excellent year ahead. While I will now focus on junior soccer in general, I will still follow with keen interest the girl’s teams.

Outside of soccer, I am a keen family man (married to Barbara, and my eldest daughter is Moana) and an active sportsman. Road cycling and mountain biking occupy many early mornings, and my weekends are generally family based around friends and out of town adventures (although now soccer has started, the times away will be limited). Of course in between all this, I work full time as a Property Consultant for the Property Group Limited based in Auckland.

My simple goal this year is for all junior teams to enjoy their soccer experience with TKU. The junior committee and the networks associated with the committee will endeavour to make this happen and we all look forward to an exciting season ahead.

Ken Sargent
Played his junior football with the Cornwall Club (now Onehunga Sports ) going on to be the first player to play over 100 Northern League games for that club and being selected for the Auckland Under 19 teams aborted tour of Australia, before going overseas.
Following his return, after going to the 1966 World Cup he joined Mt Roskill and played senior football from 1967 to 1975 before injuries forced his retirement from competition football. During this period he also coached junior teams.
He became involved in administration with Mt Roskill in 1968. At various times filling the rolls of Secretary, Treasurer and 1st team manager until the Club amalgamated with Eden in 1997 to form the Three Kings United Soccer Club.
Since then he has been the Senior Club Manager and the Chairman of the clubs Properties Committee .In 1999 he assisted the Auckland City Council in the staging of the Sister Cities Soccer Tournament at Keith Hay Park. This tournament involved teams from Japan and China along with the Premier and Development squads from Three Kings.
He has also served on the Auckland Football Association Control Board for 11 years,
The Northern Provincial Council for 10 years and the Auckland Senior Management Committee for 16 years, 10 of these as Chairman.
He has been either Manager or assistant manager for the Auckland team both in New Zealand and when they have visited New Caledonia, Fiji, China and Japan.
He also acted as liaison officer for the national teams from the Soviet Union, Indonesia, Malaysia, Fiji and New Caledonia along with The Everton Club side when they were in New Zealand.