A great game of football is coming to Tauranga this Sunday, as two top women's teams from Otūmoetai Football Club and Eastern Suburbs Association Football Club face off at Fergusson Park.

The free-to-attend event kicks off 2pm on Sunday, June 5, and is part of the Kate Sheppard Cup knockout tournament.

'It's going to be a really exciting game, they're both strong teams,” says Otūmoetai Football Club sponsor coordinator Suzy Picard.

Suzy adds that the Otūmoetai women's team is currently undefeated, and sitting at the top of the WaiBOP Women's League.

'The Eastern Suburbs' team is currently playing in the top tier of women's football in New Zealand, is consistently high-performing, and are the largest club in the country.”

Suzy says her Otūmoetai club wants a big local crowd to come and support the local football match.

'We're trying to get a big home crowd down. There's going to be food and drink available, as well as some smaller fields set up for the kids to play some games in.

'It's going to be a real family-style event and a great game to watch.”

'So bring the whole family down, and see if our local superstars can take the win!”

John says there are opportunities for efficiencies and working together but he has 'grave concerns” about how smaller communities would be represented. 'The concern I have that the voice of our small communities across the Western BOP district would be drowned out by those of the people in the city.