About the Club

TKU Background
Three Kings United was created in 1997 as the result of the amalgamation of the Eden Association Football Club and the Mt Roskill Association Football Club. Eden had been in existence since 1947 and Mt Roskill since 1954. Whilst both clubs had teams at all levels, it was felt that combining the strength of Eden’s large Junior and Youth base of players and Mt Roskill’s successful senior programme and better club and ground facilities, we would create a club second to none in New Zealand. The results to-date have exceeded expectations, the club has become very popular and sees our membership increasing every year.

Three Kings United now runs through the year, providing summer and winter competition and tournaments to over 2000 registered players. The membership covers men, women, boys and girls, split across over 100 junior teams, over 70 youth teams and over 20 senior teams. Today TKU is the largest football club within New Zealand and possibly the largest sporting club in the country. It is our continued goal to provide football to any person wishing to be involved.

As well as being impressive in terms of Quantity, Three Kings United is also the very best club in terms of Quality. We estimate that in 2006, Three Kings youth teams comprised 14% of total youth teams from all clubs registered to the Auckland Football Federation. However, as the following statistics show, our various successes are disproportionate to our numbers – we achieve far more than we should given our size. Well done to everyone at the club who has contributed to this success over the years.

Related documents

Three Kings United Player Pathways Boys

Three Kings United Player Pathways Girls

What TKU Represents

• Fair play
• Sportsmanship
• Enjoyment
• Opportunity
• Great value for money
• Professional attitude
• Friendship
• Community leadership
• Soccer for everyone (all ages)

2006 Three Kings United Academy

2006 was the second year of the Three Kings United Academy. 200 players enrolled on the winter Academy from March-September and 250 enrolled for the Summer Academy from October-December. This makes the Academy the biggest club-run professional junior coaching programme in New Zealand.
A total of 22 goalkeepers aged from 8 to 17 attended the Goalkeeping sessions through the year, making the Academy one of the biggest providers of Goalkeeper coaching in Auckland. The Three Kings Academy provided the Auckland Football Federation with goalkeepers for U-12 Boys, U-14 Girls and U-16 Girls representative teams.

2006 Three Kings United Achievements Junior and Youth Sections

In 2006, our Junior Girls won every single tournament they entered.

6th Grade
Junior Girls Winners TKU Inter-club Tournament
Junior Boys Winners TKU Inter-club Tournament

7th Grade
Junior Girls Winners TKU Inter-club Tournament

8th Grade
Junior Girls Winners TKU Inter-club Tournament

9th Grade
Junior Girls Winners TKU Inter-club Tournament
Junior Girls Winners National Tournament

Small Whites Player of the Year – Martine Puketapu (Junior Girls 9th Grade)

Left: Martine Puketapu receives the Small Whites Player of the Year Award from Ricki Herbert.
Right: The victorious 6th Grade Boys Rep team celebrate after winning the TKU tournament.

2006 Championship Winning Youth Teams (from top federation divisions)

There were 14 different boys and girls age groups in 2006, ranging from 10th Grade to 17th Grade. Three Kings won the top division in 7 of these – more than any other club.

10th Grade Girls Division 1 Championship Winners 2006
11th Grade Girls Division 1 Championship Winners 2006
12th Grade Girls Division 1 Championship Winners 2006
15th Grade Girls Division 1 Championship Winners 2006

10th Grade Boys Premier Championship Winners 2006
12th Grade Boys Premier Championship Winners 2006
17th Grade Boys Metro Championship Winners 2006

2006 TKU Players selected to Auckland Football Federation Centre of Excellences

A total of 46 TKU players were selected for age-group federation Centre of Excellences. This means that roughly 20% of all players selected to CoE were TKU players, a higher proportion than for any other club in the federation. At Weir Rose Bowl (u12) and National ID (u13-u16) Tournaments in 2006, nearly one in every four players representing Auckland were from Three Kings United.

Under-12 Boys Federation Centre of Excellence
Harrison Nash, Matthew Metzger, Matthew Bowden, Jackson Lester, Sam Davis, Sam Horn, Harley Tahau, Steven Carmichael

Under-12 Girls Federation Centre of Excellence
Natalie Booth, Holly Boswell, Anna Fraser, Gemma Keay, Tyla Nathan-Wong, Laura Hunter, Georgina Hayr

Under-13 Boys Federation Centre of Excellence
Simon Arms, Nick Hindson, Tom Waalkens, Callum Kiddell

Under-14 Girls Federation Centre of Excellence
Laura Shaw, Stephanie Eaton, Anna Taylor, Antoinette Jowitt, Chrissy Liversidge, Natasha Smith

Under-15 Boys Federation Centre of Excellence
Rene Aafjes, Salmon Ali, Brayden Aspen, Aaron Bawdekar, Dale Bennetto, Ian Black, Nicholas Branch, Jonathon Jackson, Richard Jones, Ethan Karena, Rory Kelly, Pomare Te Anau-Kumar

Under-16 Girls Federation Centre of Excellence
Chelsea Cossar, Evelyn Clark, Annalie Longo, Katy Baker, Betsy Hassett, Merissa Smith, Roseanne Cox, Jamie Osbourne

Far left: Nick Hindson was one of four boys from our 13th Metro team of 2006 who was selected for the Auckland Football Federation Centre of Excellence for under-13 boys Near left: Despite being a year under-age, Sam Horn was selected for the Auckland Football Federation Weir Rose Bowl squad. Sam played in goal for the 11th Premier boys team in 2006.

TKU Coaches selected to Federation Centre of Excellences 2006

Mark Carter (U12 and U14 Girls), Jeff Mitchell (U12 and U14 Girls), Paul Greenwood (U12 Girls), Terry Mutimer (U12 Boys)

2006 Three Kings United Achievements Senior Section

Northern Premier Women’s League Champions 2006

2006 TKU Players selected to Auckland Football Federation and International Teams

In 2006, Three Kings United provided more players to girl’s and women’s international teams than any other club in the country.
In 2006 and 2007, New Zealand qualified for four World Cups: U17 Mens, U20 Womens, U20 Mens and Senior Womens. Only five other countries – USA, Argentina, Brazil, Nigeria and South Korea - achieved this remarkable feat. Thirteen TKU players played in the World Cup qualifying teams that helped to achieve this.

National Women’s League, Auckland Football Federation
Emma Kete, Petria Rennie, Sarah Gibbs, Jenny Bindon, Maia Jackman, Rebecca Sowden, Zoe Thompson, Kristy Hill

Under-17 or Under-20 New Zealand Girls
Emma Kete, Petria Rennie, Annalie Longo, Betsy Hassett, Merissa Smith, Abbey Erceg, Hannah Rishworth, Hannah Bromley, Maggie Lankshear, Aroon Clansey

New Zealand Womens
Emma Kete, Petria Rennie, Jenny Bindon, Maia Jackman, Zoe Thompson, Annalie Longo, Merissa Smith, Abbey Erceg

Senior Section Past Honours
• Top Senior Men’s team
Northern Premier League 3rd place 1999
Northern Division One League 1st place 1998
Sister Cities Tournament winner 1999
• Top Senior Women’s team
Auckland Sports Team winner 1999
SWANZ Cup winners 1997 / 98 / 99
Bluebird Northern Premier winners 1998 / 99
Auckland Knockout Cup winner 1998
Champion of Champions Competition winner 1997 / 98