Ole U16 Club tournament

Zwolle must be pretty impressed with Ole to keep coming back

When did they come before?

You know what I mean. They were happy with Thomas, then again with Harry Edge, and now they're 'back'

Aha. I didn't realise that's what you meant. It would seem to be an endorsement of Declan's players for sure. Or it might have been part of the deal with Ryan Thomas. Or Ole might have offered them a free trip. Who knows. Good for the kids though.

Olé Football Academy is hosting an under 16's tournament called the Olé Premier Cup which will bring some of the best players and clubs in New Zealand to Wellington from October 10th to October 13th of 2014. 

As an added incentive to the players, we will have two professional scouts in attendance. Both have been key in launching Ryan Thomas professional career in Europe. Ashley Kotzkin with Forward Zone Management and Gerard Nijkamp, the Technical Director at PEC Zwolle (www.forwardzone.com and www.peczwolle.nl). Gerard will also give a presentation that will enable coaches to get inside look at how he has guided this small Dutch club from the second division to Dutch Cup Champions, and Europa League qualification for 2014.

The Olé Premier Cup is uniquely designed for the players to perform in an elite environment, and not in the traditional NZ tournament format of multiple matches per day with shortened halves:

•Maximum of eight teams

•All teams guaranteed four matches:

- One match a day

- 40 min halves w/ 10 min halftime and 30 min warm-up period

- All matches played at Olé on brand new artificial turf

•Age group u16 – players born 1998, 1999, or 2000

***The tournament entry fee is $750.00 NZD per team and does not include accommodations or meals.*** 

If your team or club is seriously interested in entering the Olé Premier Cup, please contact Ryan Lewis directly:

ryan@ole.co.nz

Misleading, that turf is at least a year old now ;)

Seriously though, sounds bloody good. Very different to the Taupo AFC tournament and the Upper Hutt U19 tournament which are both the same weekend.