No 6, 21 August 2013

Dear

The winter season is starting to wind down, but there are still a couple of big games before you can put your feet up for the summer! The Internationals play their final against Poneke and the three-time defending champion Under 85kg Blues play their semi final against Eastbourne this Saturday. Here is the latest news from around the club...

Internationals defend their Reserve grade title this weekend

The defending division one Reserve champions play a repeat of last years final against the Poneke Ruffnuts this Saturday at Kilbirnie Park... >>>

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Premier coaches Reidy and Bond reappointed for 2014

Coaches Brendan Reidy and Ross Bond have been confirmed as the Marist St Pats Premier coaches for the 2014 season... >>>

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Rhueben Meredith to tour with NZ Marist Colts

Former St Patrick’s College 1st XV player, Rhueben Meredith will represent Marist St Pats on the NZ Marist Colts 2013 tour... >>>

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Two in Lions, two in Development XV

Victor Vito and Jeff To'omaga-Allen will fly the Marist St Pats flag in the Wellington Lions ITM Cup campaign, while Peter Sciascia and Isaac O'Connor have been named in the Development side... >>>

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MSP flavour to Under 20s

In another representative squad named, MSP also has a strong presence in the Wellington Under 20s boasting the most players of any club. 2012 Jubilee Cup winning coach Clayton McMillan will serve as the assistant coach of this team... >>>

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Seven MSP players in the Wellington 7s training squad

Showing the club's strength and depth in the shorter form of the game, seven players have been named in the Wellington training squad. This announcement comes as the MSP summer 7s programme gets underway... >>>

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Test Match fever at The Grand

Marist St Pats members are welcome to join us at The Grand on Courtenay Place ahead of Saturday night's Bledisloe Cup test in Wellington... >>>

Around the traps...

Senior club prizegiving is on Friday 6 September, with the Junior prizegiving the following night... MSP players James Zino (SPC Old Boy) and George Boyhan (Auckland's Sacred Heart College), along with Aleks Noble-Campbell and Quaid Martin-Laumatia from St Pats Town have been selected to trial for the Wellington Under 18 team... MSP congratulates Marist Brothers’ Primary School in Mulivai, Samoa who are currently celebrating the schools 125th anniversary. The school has a close relationship with Marist St Pats RFC having developed amongst many others, All Black John Schuster, Semo Sititi, who played at Rugby World Cup level for Manu Samoa, and Brian Lima who played in 4 Rugby World Cups for Manu Samoa. Congratulations!... Liz Potter, wife of long serving club member Steve McGill and mother of Henry at SPC and Oliver of U12 Marist Tigers, is a real estate agent with Tommys Real Estate. Liz is kindly offering her support to MSP and for every registered MSP member who lists and sells their home with her, Liz will then donate $500 to the club. Please support Liz and this fantastic opportunity she is providing our club... We've recently passed the 1000 'like' mark on our Facebook page, make sure you and your friends are on there for up to the minute updates...

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