Men's
2010 Pre-season Training
Senior Men's (Div 1 and Reserves) Preseason Training
The club is calling a meeting of all players interested in competing for the men's first team or reserve men's teams Sunday 24th January 2010, 1pm at Linfield Sports (56 Kearney's Rd). This meeting will outline the structure of the preseason, key dates and expectations as well as the direction the coaching staff and club are wanting to head towards. Attendance is expected.
Official pre season training will commence Tuesday 26th January 6.30pm start at Eric Adam Park. Training days will be Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday mornings (10-11am).
Senior Men's preseason tournament commences 2 March. The reserve men's tournament commences 6th March.
The Div 1 competition starts 3rd April, with the PDL competition starting 10th April.
For enquiries, please contact Paul Hughes at paulh@edwardgibbon.co.nz or 0275226221
2010 Season start dates:
- Men's Division 1: 3 April 2010
- Other senior grades: 10 April 2010
Men's 1st Team Coach
20 December 2009
The club is proud to announce Paul Hughes as the new Division 1 Men's Head Coach for 2010. Paul, a long time servant of Rangers AFC will work with the assistance of Gareth Turnbull and Korouch Monsef whilst he finishes his formal qualifications. The club is pleased to be in a situation where we are able to appoint such a high calibre coach from within the club. This is a statement that the club is committed to providing internal pathways for its coaches network and senior players to take up appointments within the club. Preseason training dates will be published early next week.
Men's First Team: CSFC 4 Waimak 0
2009 Sunday League CHAMPIONS
Coastal Spirit A beat Coastal Spirit B 3-1 to give the As the Sunday League title (2nd consecutive season as Coastal Spirit) with a round still to play.
Men's First Team: Division 1 CHAMPIONS & CUP WINNERS
Reports on the days the League Title and League Cups were won: read the League Championship Report | Read the League Cup Final report.
Men's 4 and Men's 5 each win double
Coastal Spirit have completed a 2009 double-double in Divisions 4 and 5, with the teams each respectively winning both their League titles and League Cups.
Bolam Cup SF: Coastal Spirit 2 Glenbyre 1
Barry McTague reports on reaching the Bolam Cup Final, "Today we faced our closest rival in the league, Glenbyre, for the right to play in the Bolam Cup Final in a few weeks. As predicted, this was a tough, hard fought game...." Read the rest of the match report.
Men's Division 1 Cup:
Coastal Spirit beat Waimakariri 7-0, drew 1-1 with Avon, and beat Parklands 8-0 in Group A of the League Cup. Coastal Spirit beat Cashmere 1-0 in the Final on Sunday 2 August 2009 at 2pm at Bexley.
Fixtures and Results for League Cup
English Cup:
Coastal Spirit won 2-0 at Avon United in Round 1 of the 2009 English Cup - the Canterbury knock-out for men's first teams. Two first-half goals to Jason Stapley saw CSFC through to the Quarter-Finals - where Coastal Spirit were leading 3-0 after half an hour against MPL side Ferrymead Bays, but eventually lost 3-5 after extra time.
Full draw for English Cup Round QF | CSFC in the English Cup
Chatham Cup:
Coastal Spirit beat Christchurch Boys' High School 4-0 in Round 1 of the Chatham Cup - the national knock-out for men's teams. Spirit lost to top MPL team Woolston Technical 1-3 in Round 2, Monday 1 June 2009 at Bexley. New Brighton reached the Cup Final in 1969 and Rangers were Finalists in 1993.
Full draw for Chatham Cup Round 2. | CSFC in the Chatham Cup
Pre-Season Tournaments:
2010: Rangers Pre-Season Tournament (Men's first teams)
9 February 2010 - 7 March 2010
2010: Men's Development Pre-Season Tournament
6 March 2010 - 28 March 2010, Bexley
2009: Coastal Spirit won Group A and ahead of Halswell (2-2), Ferrymead Bays (1-1) and Burnside (2-1). In the Semi-Finals on Tuesday 10 March 2009, Coastal Spirit lost 2-3 to Christchurch United and an even more youthful than usual Spirit team lost the 3rd place playoff to Ferrymead bays 1-4. The Final was won by Woolston Technical who beat Christchurch United 3-1.
Full placings and results for the Coastal Spirit Pre-Season Tournament.
The Men's Development Tournament was won by Woolston Technical with Coastal Spirit finishing 4th.
Full Results: Development.
2009 Coaching Criteria
In line with Coastal Spirit's philosophy to be the leaders, we have designed a coaches' development pathway that will ensure that all of our coaches are firstly striving towards a greater goal, but are also suitably qualified to be coaching the teams that they are responsible for.
Download the criteria: 
2009 Coaching Criteria [90kB PDF].
Coaching Resources
Coastal Spirit FC offers our coaches a wide range of coaching resources. Reach our on-line coaching resources through the following link:
Coastal Spirit FC Coaching
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