Roslyn-Wakari AFC

Roslyn Masters 2008

Terry Boylan is senior coach

check out the
Roslyn Club site
2006 Premier Lg. fixtures

Roslyn Wakari's history can be tracked back to 1888 when the Wakari Football
Association first played in the local Dunedin league. This was only 44 years
after the foundation of Dunedin. The Wakari AFC consisted of 14 members with
11 or 12 playing members. The first committee included Sir Robert Stout
(Premier of NZ 1884 - 1897) as its President. The club obtained a farmers
paddock and a ditch was dug as the perimeter for the pitch, outside the
ditch the ball was out. In 1890 the Wakari AFC changed its name to Roslyn
AFC. In 1895 the Roslyn AFC split into two clubs with the second becoming
Wakari AFC. The next ten years saw friendly rivalry between the two clubs as
they competed for the "Otago Banner". In 1904 the two clubs amalgamated to
become Roslyn Wakari AFC. The club went into recess from 1914 until 1929
when they re-entered the Otago Football Association competition.

The home ground for the club is Ellis Park in Kaikorai Valley. Ellis Park
was developed on an old tip site. In 1949 clubrooms were developed in the
old stables which housed the horses which pulled the rubbish carts that
filled in the grounds. Some of the wood used in modifying the old stables
came from the demolition of an open-air swimming pool at the end of the top
training ground in the Kaikorai stream. The horses head was adopted as the
clubs logo in recognition of this fact. These clubrooms were burnt down as a
fire brigade exercise when the club built the present clubrooms / gym /
changing rooms facilities in 1971. The facilities include a gym for indoor
soccer and training, kitchen, bar, a lounge with a pot belly to keep
everybody warm in the middle of winter.

Premier League
Coach, Terry Boylan
Assistant, Mark Glover

Division Two
Coach, Richard Roberts
Assistant Coach, Peter Verwey
Manager, Jane McAuslan

Division Three
Coach (A), Scott ‘Diesel’ Baines
Coach (B), Barry Ohlsen
Manager (B), Garry McConville

Division Four
Coach (A), Jason Hand
Coach (B), John Corson

Division Five
Coach (A), Mike Shotter
Manager (A), Chris Cole
Manager (B), Phil Lyndon

Womens Teams
Coach (A), Shaun Brand
Ass Coach (A), Hugh Madden
Coach (B), Darren Healey
Coach (C), Graham ‘Wogga’ McPhee

Masters Teams
Manager (Originals), Bruce Grant
Manager (Moas), Norm McRobbie

Junior Contact: Terry Parle – ph 471 2121
or Peter Verwey  – ph 454 4976.

Roslyn Wakari AFC Office Bearers

Patron: Mr William Hamilton

President: Grant Mercer - 027 281 5120
Vice President: Chris Cole – 488 0171
Secretary: Peter Verwey - 454 4976
Treasurer: Alex Lo – 488 3193
Club Captain: Hugh Madden – 479 2919
Committee : Gary McConnville, Kushla Glover, Kylie Rooney,
Brendon Pride, Steve ‘Mini’ Munroe, Graham ‘Squibby’ Foster

Ellis Park - the Home of Football...