The Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United FC

The moment has come, our opener is here! 🇳🇿

Watch live on Sky Sport NZ 🌿

On behalf of the entire team at The Thirsty Whale Hawkes Bay United … CONGRATULATIONS Havelock North Wanderers AFC on your promotion to the Central League!

We’d like to extend a special congrats to the Gaffer Chris Greatholder! You did it mate! Enjoy!

The Thirsty Whale Restaurant and Bar has hit the headlines after being named in the New Zealand Top 10 Everyday Eats by Trip advisor!

Make sure you head over to Ahuriri and experience the top notch food and fantastic service for yourself!

https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/thirsty-whale-selected-in-new-zealands-top-10-everyday-eats/3WNGTLUBSTHHUMWMBFCQYNNOAE/

Thirsty Whale selected in New Zealand's top 10 everyday eats - NZ Herald "If it wasn't for our great team we certainly wouldn't be there."

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Read all about this The Thirsty Whale is ranked in the top 10 restaurants in NZ for everyday eats we have something to shout about Hawke's Bay Today Hawke's Bay Tourism Hawke's Bay Wine Country Tourism Association Ahuriri Napier City https://i.stuff.co.nz/travel/experiences/food-and-wine-holidays/300363535/two-auckland-restaurants-named-among-best-in-the-world-on-tripadvisor-list

Head down to The Thirsty Whale Restaurant and Bar tonight to catch the All Blacks on the big screen 🇳🇿 🇫🇯

If you haven’t got Sky Sports at home then the best place to watch the All Blacks take on Fiji Rugby tonight at 7pm is the Thirsty BIG SCREEN will be down for the rugby Ahuriri Napier City

We are incredibly proud of you Paula Hansen and feel grateful to have had you steering our Waka at The Thirsty Whale Hawke’s Bay United for so long!

Good luck in your new role, we know you will do a fantastic job!

GM of Women’s World Cup Legacy & Inclusion and GM People, Finance & Transformation appointed New Zealand Football is pleased to announce two senior appointments in newly created General Manager roles. Paula...

FORSYTH BARR HAWKE'S BAY SPORTS AWARDS II Congratulations to Paula Hansen for winning the Sportsground Administrator of the Year Award!

Congratulations to the Chair of our Board, Paula Hansen who has just been awarded the Administrator of the Year at the Hawkes Bay Sports Award.

We look forward to watching the next step in your journey Paula! You mean so much to the region but we know we need to let you spread your wings to achieve all you are capable of!

Taradale Association Football Club
Central Football - Hawke's Bay

We are thrilled that our current Chair Paula Hansen has been named as a finalist at the Sports Hawkes Bay Forsyth Barr 2021 Sports Awards for Sportsground.co.nz Administrator of the Year.

Paula has been on the Board of HBU since 2013 and Chair for the past six years. During this time she has been hugely instrumental in ensuring that the club maintained its place as a National League entity, despite the many challenges along the way. The cost of participating in this competition was not insignificant and most, if not all, of the other clubs involved had paid staff to help manage things like player recruitment, travel arrangements, sponsorship and funding procurement, and match day management. HBU relied heavily on a small volunteer base, extremely well led by Paula, to manage all of these aspects of the operation. Paula spent countless hours in a fully voluntary capacity ensuring that the club continued to prosper. Her drive, passion and dedication to the club is unparalleled and it would not be exaggerating to suggest that the club, and with it the pathway to the top domestic level of football for our local men players, would have ceased to exist some time ago without her massive contribution. Alongside her role as HBU Chair, Paula was voted as the Chair of the National League Club's Committee which represented the Chairs of all ten National League entities in the ISPS Handa Men's Premiership. This group were a voting member of New Zealand Football and Paula has become a hugely respected leader amongst this group and is recognised as an influential figure in the game by NZ Football and the seven Federations across the country. Paula's contribution now, and her undoubted future as a leader in the game, was recognised in late 2019 when she was invited as the sole New Zealander to attend a Women's Leadership Forum at FIFA headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. In addition to her role as HBU Chair, Paula is also on the Board of Central Football and has been so for the past five years. Again, this is a voluntary role and involves considerable time away from family to meet meeting and associated Board related commitments. Paula has been a strong advocate around the Central Football Board table for increased opportunities for women in sport, not just football, and has played a huge part in the Diversity work that the organisation has undertaken over the past 18 months or so. Added to all of this, Paula continues to be a Committee Member of her local club, Taradale Association Football Club, is a Life Member of this club and continues to play for the clubs social ladies side each Sunday.

We are incredibly proud of you Paula and win or lose we want to acknowledge and celebrate your phenomenal contribution to our club!

Girls Girls Girls

If you are aged 4 or 5 years old come and join a team with like minded girls.Play some football ,make some new friends and have lots of fun.

Contact Trish 0272132135

Port Hill still need a few more kids to fill their teams!

The junior teams have all been put together and hopefully you have all been contacted about your team.
We still have some spaces available.
Grade 6 girls (2015 birthday) 2 spaces
Grade 8 girls (2013) 1 space
Grade 5 boys (2016) 4 spaces
Grade 7 boys (2014) 3 spaces
Grade 10 boys (2011) 3 spaces
Grade 10 Girls (2011) 1 space
Contact Christine Smith, [email protected] to register.

Can you help Rangers out?

Our Junior Teams need Coaches!!!! Can you help??

We have four Junior Teams that desperately need Coaches for the Season. Games are on a Saturday morning and as Coach you pick the training day/time. Senior players get a $65 fee refund if they don't have a child playing.

If you can help out the Club and our Junior Rangers it would be greatly appreciated!!

Please message the page or text Dee on 027 390 9229 for more info 👍

We had some candid photos taken at The Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United's last home game thanks to Tim Motu and Kate Maxwell

Thanks once again to all those that contributed to this club on and off the field over the years, some wonderful memories!

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Interested in joining our coaching Whānau in 2021?

Get in touch with your local club to see how you can get involved or check out our Coach Education courses for 2021👇
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"Gotta feel for Hawke’s Bay United, this was their last hurrah and after the final whistle there was a funeral atmosphere amongst their fans and players alike. There’s so much to be proud of from what they achieved over the last decade and a half though – remember there was a time there when HBU were regular playoff candidates. Even just this season, to come back from such a horrid start to be as competitive as they were was no mean feat. More on that in their season debrief down the line. Kaeden Atkins had an excellent game (even if he was out of position for the winner). Bill Robertson led by example as he has all season. Already mentioned Jorge Akers, while Karan Mandair is never not impressive. It’s the end of an era for the franchise but none of these players are about to fade away any time soon."

As always, thanks to The Niche Cache for their coverage of the ISPS Handa Premiership, by far the most comprehensive you would find!

https://theniche-cache.com/football/2021/3/10/the-premmy-files-mens-premiership-week-14-pt-2

The Premmy Files – Men’s Premiership Week 14, Pt. 2 — The Niche Cache Took a little while to get here but we got here in the end. The final game of the regular season. The final game ever in the existence of Hawke’s Bay United. Up against Eastern Suburbs who knew that they had no choice but to win if they wanted to extend their own season into the semi-finals.

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/hawkes-bay-today/news/the-final-debrief-hawkes-bay-united-bow-out-with-defeat/62XKWO6KU2PYSJSMAJU3PDAJ4U/

The final debrief: Hawke's Bay United bow out with defeat - NZ Herald The club provided a platform for players to go on to bigger and better things.

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The visitors have scored again to take the lead over The Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United here at Bluewater Stadium with 20 to go

Jackson Woods has been subbed off for the last time and we must say he has been all class representing The Thirsty Whale
Hawke's Bay United this season. It's been our pleasure having you Jackson and we wish you all the very best in the future!



📸 Steph Gunther

#4 for Eastern Suburbs AFC scores the equaliser

The Thirsty Whale HBU line up for todays match up

Today is the day The Thirsty Whale Hawke’s Bay United will sign off on a 16 year legacy in the Bay!

Head down to Bluewater Stadium for the match kicking off at 4.15pm vs Eastern Suburbs AFC

Seniors/Students/Children FREE!!!
Adults $10

Let’s make it a great afternoon!

Our game on Wednesday against Eastern Suburbs AFC will mark the final time The Thirsty Whale Hawke's Bay United will take the field in the New Zealand Football ISPS Handa Men's Premiership!

We look forward to celebrating with you all on the sideline! Make sure to get along for one last time to cheer on

We still have the commemorative programmes for sale so get there early to secure yours!

Gates open at 3.15pm for a 4.15pm Kick-off!

Under 14: FREE!!
Senior Citizens/Students: FREE!!
Adults: $10.00