No 4, 7 June 2013
Dear
Welcome to the latest newsletter from around the club. The first round is starting to wrap up for many teams as winter appears to have arrived in Wellington!
Following an up and down first round the Premiers finished the Swindale Shield with a 29-all draw with winners Tawa and will take confidence heading into the Jubilee Cup round. Four of the seven games will be played at home and we look forward to support from the sidelines...
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The Management Board recently announced that long-time Club Coaching Co-ordinator,
John 'JD' Duignan, has stepped down from the CCO role...
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2012 Jubilee Cup winning and current Senior 1 manager
Matt Buck has taken over the important role of Club Captain from
Neil Murphy...
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In a signal that the future is bright for MSP, we have had 14 players attend skill assessment sessions at Rugby League Park this week...
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Marist St Pats congratulates club member
Tessa Murphy for being selected as a finalist in Wellington Community Trust's 'Young Community Leaders Awards 2013'...
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The famous Beat the Budgie draw has jackpotted to $1000 this weekend with all financial members in to win, but you have to be at the club to claim the prize! Thanks to life member
Paul 'Budgie' Jacobsen for his ongoing support...
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Newstalk ZB's
Jason Pine will host the second annual Marist St Pats quiz night on 27 June. It was a great event last year and is shaping up to be just as good in 2013...
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Around the traps...
The club is excited for Under 20 Rugby World Cup which started today in France. Premier prop
Don Brighouse will represent New Zealand, we wish him all the best!... Congratulations to
Julian Tupai and Charlie Graham who were recently presented with their blazers for starting in 50 Premier games for the Red Machine... The
Colts play this Friday night under the lights at Te Whaea... The
Under 85 Blues have extended their winning streak to 30! Read the story about the first 25 games of that streak
here... Just after the last newsletter went out,
the President's brought home the Tino Fidow Cup for the first time... Premier players
Sefo Setefano and Liu Taituave recently held a ball skills session at St Francis De Sales primary school in Island Bay. The kids and teachers loved their energy and knowledge; both are great ambassadors for our club... Last month MSP announced the establishment of the
Marist St Pats - Shamrock Foundation, a registered charitable trust with objectives to educate people in the benefits of health and well-being from participating in amateur sports and recreational activities...
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