MARTINBOROUGH RUGBY CLUB

The rugby season is well and truly underway for the senior players, and with our JAB players signed up and some teams training they will be super keen to start their competitions on the 14 May.
If you have a child keen to play, it is not too late to register. Contact Becs Madden ph 0273394153, fees are $35 and everyone gets a free t-shirt when they pay their fees. A huge thanks to all the parents that give up their time to coach, coaches this year are:?Under 6 Rippa – Tennesse Liumaihetau & Steve Golding?Under 8 – Andy Donaldson & Daniel George?Under 9 – Mark Clarkson?Under 11 – Daniel Hawkins?Under 13 – Mike Edney & Bruce Lovell
With our Senior Reserve team back playing it has meant that our Saturdays are very busy, home games are drawing huge crowds. The clubrooms are open from kick off at 1pm, with hot chips, hot dogs, pies etc available.

A huge thank you to Eastern & Central Community Trust who have granted us $2500 towards a new oven with gas hobs, Joanne TeKani and her wonderful helpers will be keen for its arrival next month.
Our new sideline signs look great, a huge thanks to all the businesses that have supported us. There are spaces available if you want to show your support for our club – contact Mike dustys@dustysandlulu.com. Thanks to B & L Construction, Billda Access Ltd, Dot Kids, Fresh As A Daisy, Irrigation Services, Martinborough Transport, Mitre 10, Nation Property Investigations Ltd, NeighbourHood, Poltech, Property Brokers, and Scotty’s Meats. Be sure to support these businesses – their support is hugely appreciated!

Club Day (aka Old Timers Day) – mark your calendar on the 18 June when we play Greytown. More details to follow…
2016 Social Membership is available for only $20, talk to Louise behind the bar to find our what benefit there is to you (other than supporting our wonderful club!)
Our club newsletter is now available, if you have not received a copy please go to our website to register to receive this every month. This is a great way to keep up to date with things happening in our club.
Our website HYPERLINK “http://www.martinboroughrugbyclub.co.nz/”www.martinboroughrugbyclub.co.nz is also a great way to keep up to date with results etc, it is also linked in to our Facebook page which is another way of keeping up to date.

Thanks to our our committee…
Rachael Colton (President), Mel George (JAB), Trevor Hawkins, Louise Henderson (Secretary/Treasurer & Gym Administrator), Tegan King (Photographer), Rebecca Madden (JAB), Scott Madden (JAB Delegate), Rob Marshall, Kev Rickey (Community Gym), Mike (Dusty) Sleyer, Erina Spierling and Matt Wood.
Thanks as always to our coaches, managers, groundsmen, cleaners, volunteers, sponsors and supporters, we have a thriving club which we should all be very proud of!

Photo caption: Try time! Christopher Raymond congratulates Kody Thompson. Photo courtesy Tegan King