McCartney Invitational Tournament - Taupo AFC

🖤⚽ THE OFFICIAL McCARTNEY TOURNAMENT HOODIE IS HERE!

We’re excited to launch the official 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament Hoodie — personalised with your club’s name and logo and ready to order now.

Designed to look great while standing up to a full tournament weekend & beyond, the hoodie features:

🖤 Black with dark grey lace & seam detail
⚽ Your club name and logo
🏆 Official McCartney Invitational Tournament branding
👕 270gsm 100% polyester performance fabric
🔥 Brushed inside for comfort
💨 Quick drying and very colourfast
✅ Non-shrink and anti-pill
🎽 Raglan sleeves with contrast stitch detail
🎧 Cord management for your music player

Whether it’s for players, coaches, parents or supporters, it’s a great way to remember your weekend in Taupō — and a pretty smart tournament hoodie too!

📏 Please check the sizing guide carefully before ordering to make sure you get the right fit.

👉 Orders are now open:
https://mccartney-diffuse.getworkgear.com/

If you spot anything that doesn’t look right with your club name or logo, please get in touch and we’ll get it sorted.

We can’t wait to see teams arriving in Taupō wearing theirs in October! ⚽🏔️

⚽🔥 THE OFFICIAL McCARTNEY TOURNAMENT BOTTLE IS HERE
We’re excited to welcome FYA – Fueling Youth Athletes as the Official Bottle Supplier of the 2026 McCartney Tournament.
Built for long tournament days, the FYA Dual-Fuel Bottle keeps:
💧 Hydration above
⚡ Game + between-game fuel below
Each bottle features official McCartney Tournament branding and can also be personalised for your player — making it both a practical tournament bottle and a McCartney keepsake.
Choose from single bottles, 2-bottle bundles and 3-bottle family bundles, with home delivery or FREE collection at McCartney.
And tournament performance isn’t just about what you carry — it’s about knowing how to fuel across the whole weekend.
The FYA Tournament Fuel Guide, developed with elite sports nutritionist Dr Katie Schofield, who works with our Olympic athletes, gives players, parents and coaches a simple system for what to eat and drink before, during, between and after games.
The goal?
More consistent energy and intensity from Game 1 through to the final day.
👉 Orders are now open:
https://fuelingyouthathletes.com/pages/mccartney-tournament

The 2026 McCartney Hoodies are on their way. We're close to finalising the details and here's a quick glimpse of what to expect.

Pricing and Final details to be published very very soon.

If you're after a team hoodie that performs as good as it looks, this is the one:
- Black with Dark Grey Lace & Seam
- 270gsm, 100% polyester performance fabric
- Brushed inside for comfort
- Raglan sleeve with contrast stitch detail
- Cord management for music player
- Quick drying and very colourfast
- Non-shrink, anti-pill

Thanks for your patience as we finalise the line up. We're working through the last of the unconfirmed places - waitlist places are being organised now.

While we do that, we recommend those with confirmed places to consider any marquee & equipment hire to accommodate your teams when not playing.

All marquee enquiries and orders to [email protected]

https://mccartneytournament.co.nz/competition-info

Thank you all for your interest you've shown in registering your teams. We've now completed the initial line up and sent confirmation emails to all who expressed interest in taking part.

We received 310 entries for the 128 places available. All 10 grades are heavily oversubscribed and with the best will in the world we are simply unable to accommodate everyone who applies.

Spaces are limited and we now have 182 teams on the wait list. If spaces do become available we'll be in touch.

Updated rules are now available on our website - https://mccartneytournament.co.nz/tournament-rules

All enquiries to [email protected]

Thank you for your patience as we finalise entries for the 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament. We are currently completing our final reviews and expect to release the official lineup later today. We are currently reviewing additional team placements to maximise the tournament's competitive structure before locking in the final schedule. Thank you again for your continued support as we finalise these high-level logistics.

For all enquiries, please contact [email protected]

Thank you for your patience as we finalise entries for the 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament. Due to an unexpected change in field availability, we require a little more time to rework our lineup & draw to ensure a high-quality experience for everyone.

We have received an overwhelming response this year, and all 10 grades are heavily oversubscribed. Because spaces are strictly limited, we unfortunately cannot accommodate every team that applied.

We expect to finalise the lineup by Wednesday, 10th June 2026. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we iron out these final logistics.

All enquiries, please contact [email protected]

Thanks for your patience as we compile the entries for the 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament. We aim to complete the initial lineup by the 3rd June.

All 10 grades are heavily oversubscribed and we are simply unable to accommodate everyone who applies. Spaces are limited.

All enquiries to [email protected]

Thank you all for your patience and interest in the 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament.

The expression of Interest emails were sent out to all Club Contacts and Team Managers from the 5th April. We did have feedback that some recent enquiries did not receive their emails. We've now caught up with all those that enquired with one last mail out just now - apologies if you get a duplicate.

One last time - if you were expecting to be contacted and nothing has arrived then please email [email protected] with your details. We have extyended the deadline to register interest to Tuesday the 28th April 2026.

Thank you all for your patience and interest in the 2026 McCartney Invitational Tournament.

The expression of Interest emails were sent out to all Club Contacts and Team Managers over the last couple of days.

If you were expecting to be contacted and nothing has arrived then please email [email protected] with your details.

We have asked that all interest is registered no later than Friday the 24th April 2026. This allows us to get organised for the tournament in good time and also allows participants to get organised too.