Melville United invite all returning and intending female players to attend 2018 pre-season training, which will start at 6pm on Thursday 1st February. All trainings will be held at Gower Park, at the Sandleigh Rd end, and continue on subsequent Thursdays until the conclusion of Melville twilight 6-a-side (which is scheduled to end on Feb […]
Melville United will be running a full time senior training programme for the 2018 Northern League season. The schedule will consist of two mornings and three evening sessions per week and will make Melville one of only a handful of organisations in New Zealand to offer a full-time training programme. The senior squad will train […]
Wytse Bouma has been elected as Melville’s new president/chairman, replacing Bruce Holloway, who has served for the past few years. The appointment of Wytse Bouma (pronounced as “Pizza with a v” and “Bow-ma as in bowel”), has been hailed as a real coup for the club. Bouma, a 49-year-old BNZ bank manager, will bring more […]
Melville United will convene a Special General Meeting of the club at Gower Park on Monday December 18, 7pm, in advance of a management committee meeting the same night. The SGM has been called in the wake of Monday’s post-AGM strategic planning meeting, where, in setting new 5-year objectives, the club’s flat administrative structure was […]
Melville are tweaking the organisational structure of their top men’s teams for 2018, with an added emphasis on contesting the WaiBop Premiership (Federation League). Under the new structure Melville’s division one northern league team will be fed by two teams: A reserve team which will primarily be youth-focused (U-19), and a rejuvenated WaiBop Premiership team […]
John Walker, the founding chairman of Melville United’s parent club Waikato United, has died (November 18), aged 90, after spending several years in residential care. FULL OBITUARY HERE Melville United offers it condolences to John’s family ahead of a private service. Walker was a key figure in Hamilton AFC in the 1970s and was elected […]
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