Story: Football

Kate Sheppard Cup

A young woman in a red and blue football uniform kicks a ball towards the front of the photograph.

Lynn-Avon United striker Sarah Gregorius shoots for goal during the 2006 Women’s Knockout Cup final between her team, Lynn-Avon United, and Western Springs. Lynn-Avon United won the cup, now known as the Kate Sheppard Cup, for the fifth consecutive year.

Sarah Gregorius earned 100 caps for the Football Ferns and has played professionally in Germany, England, Japan and the Netherlands.

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Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, 'Football - Women’s club and provincial football', Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, http://www.TeAra.govt.nz/en/photograph/47804/kate-sheppard-cup (accessed 16 May 2024)

Story by Neill Atkinson, Steve Watters and Alida Shanks, published 5 Sep 2013, reviewed & revised 7 Jun 2023 with assistance from Alida Shanks