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No 7, 30 June 2011
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Welcome to the latest Marist St Pat's newsletter....
The premiers will welcome back All Black and Hurricanes captain Victor Vito when they take on Jubilee Cup frontrunners Oriental-Rongotai at Evans Bay this Saturday >>>
The club's under-85kg teams are enjoying a great run at the moment, with two teams topping their grades in the first round. The champion Blues clinched the JC Bowl Trophy with a 54-7 win over Wainui, while the Reds claimed the Division 2 title with a 32-0 victory over Petone >>>
As the rep season gears up, congratulations to MSP premiers Jeff Allen and Apoua Stewart who were in the Wellington XV that beat Manawatu 10-7 yesterday. Arden David wasn't considered for the team because of injury.
And good luck to the MSP trialists for the Wellington under-20s: Callum Gill, Jacob Rikihana, Solomona Sakalia, Jack Taulapalapa, Paul Tuia, Jesse Tuiomanufiu, and Moses Vave.
It's great to see the number of past MSP players and coaches who are helping out with coaching at St Pat's College and with MSP's juniors. Many familiar names crop up on both rosters >>>
The club's two under-20 internationals have both enjoyed success at the highest level. Solomona Sakalia was in the champion Junior All Black team that defeated England in Italy, while Paul Tuia was in the Samoan under-20s who won their way back into the top league with victory over Japan >>>
Two hard-working MSP members, Richie Renouf and Karin Graham, are deserved winners of 'Volunteer of the Month' awards for their efforts around the club in recent times >>>
Good luck to Fa'atonu Fili who has been named in the 35-strong Samoan squad to play Fiji as part of Samoa's World Cup build up..
The Colts' first-round success in winning the Paris Memorial Trophy ended a long wait, with MSP last winning that trophy in 2002. Unbeaten in the second round, the Mason Lawrence-coached colts take on Ories this Saturday at Martin Luckie Park at 3pm...
The St Pat's College 1st XV have some big traditional matches coming up, with a clash against Wellington College at the Basin Reserve this Saturday, followed by a trip to St Pat's Silverstream to play the first-round winners on 13 July - the College section has all the news...
Thanks to Eugene Brennan for donating the carpet used to outfit the weights room at the Evans Bay gym. Eugene runs Brennan Building Recyclers in Lyall Bay...
Has MSP Got Talent? You bet! See the off-field stars in action this Saturday night at the clubrooms!
