
	No 5, 28 June 2012 Dear Here's the latest sporting and social news from MSP... Bernie happy to be back in scarlet Former Junior All Black Bernie Upton is enjoying his return to MSP after playing professional rugby in Ireland and Japan >>> Club Mass celebrated Sunday 1 July Our new club chaplain Fr Brian O'Connell SM will celebrate the annual Club Mass this Sunday, 1 July. The Mass at the clubrooms starts at 11am. All club members and supporters are invited >>> Quiz Night to uncover club's brainiest Just who are the brainiest people at MSP? OnThursday 12 July, a Quiz Night hosted by Newstalk ZB's Jason Pine will sort out the pretenders. Get a group together and come along >>> MSP crest on late member's headstone The headstone of the late Rodney 'Diego' Moses carries the MSP crest as a permanent reminder of his fondness for his old club. Life member Kevin Allan was intrigued to see it at Diego's recent unveiling >>> Junior reps and Little Rippas Congratulations to these MSP juniors who have been picked for Wellington rep teams. And a new round of Little Rippa rugby for under-5s starts after the holidays. Premier coach Murray Tocker enjoyed taking his grandkids along to recent sessions. For details of Little Rippa rugby next term, email junior convenor Martin Paget. News snippets 'Beat the Budgie' jackpots to $600 this Saturday 30 June. Be there when the winning membership no. is drawn.... Later, there's a farewell to popular under-85 Reds manager Matt 'Tiff' Smith, who'll end a decade of involvement with the club when he heads overseas.... The clubrooms have been humming this year, which is a tribute to social convenor Karin Graham and her tireless band of helpers... A Pyjama Party to be hosted jointly with the St Mary's Old Girls netball club on 14 July promises to be another great night... MSP extends its sympathy to Seti Tafua and his family. Seti is a former Poneke player who was seriously injured while playing for his Northern Suburbs club in Sydney last Saturday. Seti's father Olly played for MSP and later helped coach and manage several MSP teams. You're receiving this newsletter because you are on the Marist St Pats membership list, or because you have subscribed to it. If you don't wish to get it anymore, you can unsubscribe here. Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser.

No 5, 28 June 2012

Dear

Here's the latest sporting and social news from MSP...

Bernie happy to be back in scarlet

Former Junior All Black Bernie Upton is enjoying his return to MSP after playing professional rugby in Ireland and Japan >>>

Club Mass celebrated Sunday 1 July

Our new club chaplain Fr Brian O'Connell SM will celebrate the annual Club Mass this Sunday, 1 July. The Mass at the clubrooms starts at 11am. All club members and supporters are invited >>>

Quiz Night to uncover club's brainiest

Just who are the brainiest people at MSP? OnThursday 12 July, a Quiz Night hosted by Newstalk ZB's Jason Pine will sort out the pretenders. Get a group together and come along >>>

MSP crest on late member's headstone

The headstone of the late Rodney 'Diego' Moses carries the MSP crest as a permanent reminder of his fondness for his old club. Life member Kevin Allan was intrigued to see it at Diego's recent unveiling >>>

Junior reps and Little Rippas

Congratulations to these MSP juniors who have been picked for Wellington rep teams. And a new round of Little Rippa rugby for under-5s starts after the holidays. Premier coach Murray Tocker enjoyed taking his grandkids along to recent sessions. For details of Little Rippa rugby next term, email junior convenor Martin Paget.

News snippets

'Beat the Budgie' jackpots to $600 this Saturday 30 June. Be there when the winning membership no. is drawn.... Later, there's a farewell to popular under-85 Reds manager Matt 'Tiff' Smith, who'll end a decade of involvement with the club when he heads overseas.... The clubrooms have been humming this year, which is a tribute to social convenor Karin Graham and her tireless band of helpers... A Pyjama Party to be hosted jointly with the St Mary's Old Girls netball club on 14 July promises to be another great night... MSP extends its sympathy to Seti Tafua and his family. Seti is a former Poneke player who was seriously injured while playing for his Northern Suburbs club in Sydney last Saturday. Seti's father Olly played for MSP and later helped coach and manage several MSP teams.