Reta Fitzpatrick Cup

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Reta Fitzpatrick Cup
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Organising body Mainland Football
Founded1974;50 years ago (1974)
Region Canterbury
Number of teams9 teams (2024)
Domestic cup(s) Kate Sheppard Cup
Current champions Cashmere Technical
(3rd title)
Most successful club(s) Coastal Spirit and
Nomads United
(10 titles each)
Website Mainland Football

The Reta Fitzpatrick Cup, is an annual New Zealand knockout football competition for Mainland Football women's first teams. First played during the 1974 season, it has been running on for 20 years longer than the Kate Sheppard Cup. [1] It is organised by and named after Mainland Football. It has been known as the Morrison Mitsubishi Reta Fitzpatrick after its headline sponsor. A concurrent Men's Cup has been held since 1913 called English Cup.

Contents

The tournament consists of 1 randomly drawn rounds followed by the semi-finals and the final. All quarter-final, semi-finals and final games are hosted at English Park during the week, generally on a Tuesday at 7:00pm. Entrants are not seeded, and depending on the amount of teams there are, teams can receive byes.

History

The cup is named after Reta Fitzpatrick who was one of the early pioneers for the women's game in Canterbury. Reta, was a manageress (called the team chaperone in the 70's) for many seasons at club level for Rangers (now Coastal Spirit). She also occupied this role for Canterbury from 1976 until 1992. Outside of this responsibility she also filled many other roles on the committee at Rangers as well as serving on the Canterbury Women's Football Association - (CWFA) for three decades and was made a life member at both Rangers and the CWFA. The Canterbury Women's Football Knockout Cup was first contested in 1974 when the top women's clubs included the likes of Halswell, New Brighton, Rangers and Nomads. Halswell went on to win the very first Cup competition in 1974. In 2005 the Knock Out Cup was renamed The Reta Fitzpatrick Cup with Reta on hand to hand over the trophy for the first time to inaugural winners New Brighton. It is testament to Reta's legacy that the Cup remains a much sort after trophy on the Canterbury sporting landscape - and we pay homage to the numerous hours of volunteer support Reta gave to football within the region. [2]

Winners

Since its establishment, the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup has been won by 12 different teams. Teams shown in italics are no longer in existence.

Results by Club
ClubWinsYears
Coastal Spirit 102008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
Nomads United 101980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
Rangers 81976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2002
New Brighton 61975, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006
not contested41999, 2003, 2004, 2010
Cashmere Technical 32016, 2019, 2023
Halswell United 31974, 1978, 1979
Hillsborough11994
Kaiapoi Town11995
Avonhead11998
Mainland PDA12007
Western 12013
Waimakariri United 12018
Results by current Clubs
ClubWinsYears
Coastal Spirit [upper-alpha 1] 241975, 1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022
Nomads United 101980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993
not contested41999, 2003, 2004, 2010
Cashmere Technical 32016, 2019, 2023
Halswell United 31974, 1978, 1979
Waimakariri United [upper-alpha 2] 21995, 2018
Hillsborough11994
Avonhead11998
Mainland PDA12007
Western 12013

MVP

MVP winners by year
SeasonClubPlayer
2023Nicola Dominikovich Cashmere Technical

Notes

  1. ↑ Coastal Spirit have won the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup 10 times (2008, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022), but the two merging club have (Rangers have won the cup 8 times (1976, 1977, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 2001, 2002) and New Brighton have won the cup 6 times (1975, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2006))
  2. ↑ Waimakariri United have won the Reta Fitzpatrick Cup once (2018), and one of the merging club have, Kaiapoi Town have won the cup once (1995).

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References

  1. ↑ "Morrison Mitsubishi Cups Underway". mff.nz. 26 April 2023. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
  2. ↑ "Morrison Mitsubishi Reta Fitzpatrick Cup 2023". mff.nz. Retrieved 13 September 2023.
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