New Brighton

1

• New Brighton
• Rangers

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Proposal

• Merge 2 existing clubs, Rangers Association
  Football Club and New Brighton Association
  Football Club to create one new club

3
Reasons for merger

• Create attractive viable option for football
  in eastern suburbs region
• Combine one club with strong asset base with
  another with strong balance sheet
• Rationalize club size to be more competitive
• Lessen burden on club volunteers and
  organizers
• Follow greater New Zealand Football strategic
  plan to reduce and strengthen local football
  clubs
• Appeal to council and enable a new 10 year
  plan to capitalize on the additional ground
  available for future
• development
• To guarantee future survival of both clubs

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Facts

• Playing numbers in both clubs have a
  declining trend
• Demographics have changed more rugby/league
  orientated residents
• Volunteer numbers are near crisis point
• New Brighton sits about 10th Rangers sits
  about 13th with regard to player numbers if
  merged new club
  
  
  
• would sit about 3rd
• Club profiles viewed by the public and
  potential sponsors tend to relate to the senior
  men's profile New
• Brighton do not have premier league status
  Rangers finished in last position in 2007
• Players are now more mobile therefore do not
  necessarily play for local club will play for
  the best
• New Brighton and Rangers are no longer in an
  area with large football numbers to sustain 2
  clubs

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Advantages

• Stronger club
• Greater financial stability
• Improved funding sources and opportunities
• Simplified management and administration
• Stronger management committee
• Greater support from local government
• Potential growth in localized area
• Greater sponsorship potential
• More attractive to players
• Opportunity to create a new Brand

6
Perceived Disadvantages

• Loss of local identity
• Historic reaction to change
• Potential domination of one club or the other
• These although important, must not hinder progress

7
Individual Assets

• New Brighton
• Across the board participation juniors, men's,
  womens, Sunday league
• Indoor training facility
• Guaranteed rental income
• Large playing facilities Bexley
• Minimal Liabilities
• Good potential to increase playing facilities
• Rangers
• Mainland Premier position
• Good participation juniors, men's, womens
• Strong balance sheet ability to convert asset
  to cash
• Flexibility to enable shift
• Strong local trust relationship through Linfield
  Sport
• Large Playing facilities Cuthbert's Green

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How it would work

• Forming the new club
• Governance
• Linfield Cultural Recreational Sports Club
  (Linfield Sport)
• Football Development
• Playing and Training
• Clubrooms
• Name

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Forming New Club

• Both clubs would eventually cease to exist
• Existing contracts cancelled
• New identity formed and registered with Mainland
  and New Zealand Football
• New administration formed and coaches appointed
• Separate trusts formed to house individual assets
  for a trial period (Bexley facilities, sale of
  Eric Adam Park)
• Bexley, Cuthbert's Green, and Linfield facilities
  used by new club
• Results of investment made by Rangers trust go
  into running new club
• Club to operate under Linfield Cultural
  Recreational Sport Club Inc umbrella and Linfield
  Sport to employ development manager costs
  incurred covered by grants through operating club.

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Governance

• A board of 6 8 people elected to administer new
  club
• Major operational areas managed by sub committees
  lead by the board and assisted if necessary by
  Linfield Sport staff
• An independent chairman would need to be
  appointed during the first few years of merger
• Day to day running of the club done by Linfield
  Sport

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Linfield Cultural Recreational Sports Club

• Administration base for individual sports clubs
  and community groups.
• Specialize in administrative duties, financial
  management and planning
• - administration support (order placing,
  receiving goods, account preparation, subs
  invoicing, banking reconciliation, financial
  audits, meeting space)
• - football support (provide development manager,
  resources for development manager, administration
  support, office space)
• Currently service about 3000 members from 7
  various clubs. Our clubrooms offer a fantastic
  social environment for club functions
• These services are funded by application to trust
  prepared by Linfield Sport on behalf of
• football and claimed as required

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Football Development

• Both clubs have upwardly skewed player base
  strong social emphasis
• Develop strong junior and youth programs
• Develop quality coaching programs which align
  with Mainland and NZ Football programs
• Provide the best playing, training and after
  match facilities
• Attract premier men and women throughout
  Canterbury and the upper south island
• New super club theme will move the club into
  the new modern era
• Attract 15 19 year old boys and girls
• The eastern side of town will have a strong
  football presence
• New club
• Canterbury United Academy
• Other local clubs e.g. Burwood, Parklands

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Playing and Training

• Bexley and Cuthbert's Green will be used for
  training and playing
• Increase lighting levels at both facilities to
  assist training
• Linfield Sport will have 2 high quality football
  grounds - by 2010 they will be available to play
  on
• Both fields will be lit to appropriate operating
  standard to play on

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Clubrooms

• The current Bexley clubrooms will remain as a
  clubroom for use after training and on Sundays
  for the Sunday league and women's leagues.
• On Saturday game days the modern Linfield Sport
  clubrooms will be used for all after match
  functions
• All junior teams of the week will be held at the
  Linfield Sports clubrooms

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Name

• A complete new identity is the best way to
  combine the two traditional clubs
• A new logo will have to be developed one that
  assists with providing a new more modern image.
  Many options have been suggested such as New
  Brighton Rangers, Pegasus, Eastern Suburbs,
  Eastern Bays
• Ultimately the decision is up to the new members.

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Goals of new club

• To be up and running for the 2008 season
• To consistently be one of the top 3 clubs in
  Christchurch in terms of playing numbers, teams
  and results
• Both men's and women's 1st teams to play in
  highest leagues available
• Men's 1st team to be placed in the top 4 of
  Mainland Premier League (MPL) in its inaugural
  season and 1st by 2010. Also to reach open round
  of Chatham Cup.
• Women's 1st team to be placed first in the 2008
  Women's Premier League (WPL). Also to reach open
  round of Uncle Tobys
• All other competitive and non competitive teams
  to be placed mid table or higher from 2008 and
  beyond
• Sunday league team to be placed 1st in 2008