Football: Kamo club the epitome of success

Kamo Football Club's main sides dominated opposition in the top grades, winning six competitions while going unbeaten. PHOTO/TANIA WHYTE

Kamo proved their dominance over the football season with their top sides raking in all the major trophies on offer and remaining unbeaten all season.

The Premier Men took out both the Northland Premier Division and the Stafford Choat knockout cup. They were coached by Owen Liiv, with captain Dominic Fromont and top goal scorer Keegan Baddeley (37 goals) leading the way.

The men's Reserves won the Northland 1st Division and created history as the first Northland football team to win the Federation One Reserve Cup Plate.

Coach/player Sam Walker had a huge season, scoring 54 goals, while Gavin Allen led from the front.

The women's side were just as successful as their male counterparts, winning the Northland Premier Division and the Northland Knockout Cup.

This continued their dominance of the women's game as they won the league for the past eight seasons, highlighting their ability to continuously churn out quality players.

The leadership of coach Hans Schimmel and Cassandra Wood was vital to their winning ways.

Trudy Sandle, a goal scorer in Northland FC's promotion-clinching win over Rotorua United, led the way with 43 goals.

Walker said it was hard to understate how well Kamo had done this season.

"This was a massive achievement for the club to win three leagues is a fantastic effort but for all three to win the leagues without losing a game is almost unheard off," he said.

"This was by far the most successful year Kamo has had as a club."

"Individually we have had successful teams in the past but as a whole for three senior teams to achieve what they have this season is excellent, the challenge now is to build on this success going forward as the other clubs will want to put a stop to our success. "

Walker said his reserve team had a fantastic year, which supplemented the efforts of the two premier sides.

"The men's reserve team had a great year last year winning the league and the Stafford choat and to repeat the success this year is exceptional the NFF Fed One Reserve cup win was truly special as they were seen as huge underdogs," he said.

"The men's premier team after a couple of lean years came back with a bang this year and took out the double."

"The club has invested over the last few years with junior co-ordinators in place and we believe this is finally showing prominence in the results on the pitch."