congratulations jaron

Congratulations to Birko's own Jaron Burbidge for being named the Northern Football Federations 2017 Junior Coach of the Year. Jaron is also standing for the Secretary role at the clubs upcoming AGM. What a legend!

The selfless efforts of seven volunteer coaches have been recognised with each being named as a regional winner in the McDonald’s Junior Football Coach of the Year competition.

Nominations from all over the country flooded in but only one individual from every federation could be singled out and they will now go in the hat to be named national winner – which brings with it a once-in-a-lifetime football experience for two people in Abu Dhabi, including a behind-the-scenes look at Auckland City’s preparations for the FIFA Club World Cup. Read on...