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The Jeremy Ruane Trophy
The Jeremy Ruane Trophy
awarded for Meritorious Achievement by a team or individual from the Northern Women's Soccer region,
and held in this photo by the 2003 co-winners, Maia Jackman and Hayley Moorwood
Year
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Recipient
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Why
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2002
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MAIA JACKMAN
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in recognition of being rated the best of the ten imported players in the Chinese Women's Super League by all the League's coaches
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2003
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MAIA JACKMAN and
HAYLEY MOORWOOD
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Maia: in recognition of being the top scorer at the Oceania Women's World Cup qualifying tournament in Canberra, April 2003, and, in doing so, becoming the first player in the history of the SWANZ to score consecutive hat-tricks in three full internationals.
Hayley: in recognition of being the youngest-ever winner of the Northern Premier Women's League's Player of the Year award
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2004
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LYNN-AVON UNITED
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in recognition of five successive Northern Premier Women's League titles and a "three-peat" in the Uncle Toby's Women's Knockout Cup
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2005
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LYNN-AVON UNITED
and REBECCA TEGG
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Lynn-Avon: in recognition of completing an unbeaten season in the league, a record-equalling sixth Northern Premier Women's League title, and a record points-winning margin - thirteen twixt first and second.
Rebecca: in recognition of her feat in clinching the Golden Boot at the World Universities Games in Turkey
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2006
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NZ U-20 WWC Squad members
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in recognition of their efforts throughout the entire U-20 campaign, culminating in New Zealand's efforts in Russia
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2007
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Football Ferns Squad members
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in recognition of their efforts throughout the entire Women's World Cup campaign, culminating in New Zealand's efforts in China
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2008
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Football Ferns: in recognition of their efforts throughout their Olympics campaign, culminating in New Zealand's efforts in China
Young Ferns: in recognition of their efforts throughout the entire NZ08 campaign, featuring some impressive victories against international opposition
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2009
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AMBER HEARN and
RIA PERCIVAL
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in recognition of their efforts in the W-League, which saw both make the All-League Team of the Season, and both make the final three in their respective Player of the Year categories - Defender (Ria) and MVP (Amber)
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2010
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AMBER HEARN
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in recognition of finishing as Golden Boot winner at both the Cyprus Cup and the OFC Women's Nations Cup tournaments, and being named in the W-League Central Conference Team of the Season after helping Ottawa Fury to the title, and the quarter-finals of the W-League competition
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2011
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Football Ferns squad members
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in recognition of their efforts throughout the entire FIFA Women's World Cup campaign, culminating in their dramatic comeback against Mexico in Sinsheim to earn New Zealand's maiden point at women's football's quadrennial celebration
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2012
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Football Ferns squad members
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in recognition of becoming the first New Zealand team, male or female, to reach the quarter-finals on the world stage, specifically the Olympic Women's Football Tournament
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2013
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Football Ferns squad members
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in recognition of these significant achievements: Valais Women's Cup winners; third place at Cyprus Cup; draws with Women's World Cup holders Japan in Tokyo and Olympic Women's champions USA in Ohio
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2014
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Forrest Hill-Milford United members of the Junior Ferns squad
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in recognition of the Junior Ferns' qualification for the quarter-finals of the FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup; winning the Northern Premier Women's League with a game to spare, by a sizable margin and without defeat
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2015
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HELEN COLLINS
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in recognition of claiming four successive Northern Premier Women's League Golden Boot awards
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2016
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THREE KINGS UNITED
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in recognition of winning all eighteen Northern Premier Women's League games in the season, a feat last achieved in 1987
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2017
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KATIE ROOD
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in recognition of setting the National Women's Knockout Cup goalscoring record, before going on to secure a professional contract with Juventus (Italy)
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2018
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ABBY ERCEG
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in recognition of consistently outstanding performances in the American NWSL competition throughout the 2017 and 2018 seasons
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2019
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Young Ferns squad members
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in recognition of the Young Ferns' third placing at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup Finals in Uruguay in late 2018
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2020
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No award
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season abandoned due to Coronavirus
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2021
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JADE PARRIS
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in recognition of claiming three successive Northern Premier Women's League Golden Boot awards - arguably four, given she was co-leader in the Golden Boot race when the 2020 campaign was abandoned
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2022
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MILLY CLEGG and
MARTINE PUKETAPU
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Milly: for scoring goals for NZ in both the FIFA U-17 and U-20 Women's World Cup Finals, while winning the Kate Sheppard Cup Final in between times, all in a two-month period
Martine: for coming out of retirement to fire her club to Kate Sheppard Cup glory, while scoring her 100th goal in her 100th game for Auckland United en route to concluding her club career with better than goal-a-game statistics
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2023
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TAYLA O'BRIEN
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in recognition of making her Football Ferns debut in 2023 while still playing Northern Premier Women's League football, and doing so having been advised some years ago by the national body that her services at international level would no longer be required. She never gave up on her dream ...
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2024
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AUCKLAND UNITED
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The first team to hold all four senior women's honours simultaneously - OFC Champions League, National Women's League, Kate Sheppard Cup and Lotto Northern Premier Women's League - and this on the back of a 39-match unbeaten run in all competitions since October 2023.
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