Te Awamutu College Rugby
Newsletter
AUGUST 1, 2017
Purpose Statement
To develop and nurture a
culture of rugby that
encourages success at all
levels.
Vision Statement
To be recognised as the
leading school in the
Waikato
for
the
development of rugby.
8TH EDITION 2016
2016 Rugby Season
Welcome back to the last rounds of the season for most of you,
Following a well earn break over the school holidays.
Over the holidays we had a working bee to get the pavilion painted.
We would like to say a Big Thank You to Mike Karl, Dennis Karl and Cam Stapleton
who did a huge amount of work to get it all prepared and painted.
Also helped by, Glenn Sargent, Awhina Murray, Trent, Cam, Clarke, Baylee, Woody
and Leah. Good team effort and the pavilion is looking really good!
A date has been set for Prizegiving which will be Wednesday 7th September.
Please see below for further details.
Have a look on the website to view Newsletters, Draws and View Photos.
www.sporty.co.nz/teawamutucol
Or follow us on Facebook www.facebook.com/teawamtucollegerugby
Results from past week:
Team
Versus
Win/Loss
Score
1 XV
Rosehill
Loss
12-7
2nd XV
Hillcrest
Loss
22-12
U15
HBHS Black
Win
20-14
U14
Forest View
Loss
22-10
HBHS White
Loss
7-5
st
U55kg
st
Girls 1 XV
1st XV : The 1stXV played Rosehill on Saturday with a depleted side due to injuries.
Boys from the 2ndXV stepped up to help out.
The end score was 7 – 12 to Rosehill. Te Awamutu were the dominant side in the
second half with 3 tries lined up only to have errors made or incorrect decisions
made right at the last moment denying us the points.
Tony Curtis had another very strong game. Clarke Towers showed his skills and
good decision making, and Shauncy Waho burned up the paddock again with some
awesome runs. Just a shame we couldn’t finish off the game with the points to
secure a win.
This coming week sees us play Rosehill again up there.. You can win this boys!!!
2nd XV : Was a really great game. The forwards scrums and line outs were
awesome and the backs tried most of the moves they had learnt unfortunately the
opposition just had to much speed and caught us on our break outs but I think it
was the best game of the season.
U15: We travelled to HBHS to play, the fields where very muddy.
We score first with blind side flanker Jackson Tims barging over.
Then good backline movement and winger Trae Iasona scoring in the corner.
Excellent try line defense kept us in front 10-7 at halftime. The second half was
another close battle with another try to Trae Iasona and a great long range try to
centre Jakob Kingi using his speed.
Final score 20-14. Good games had from TeKapa Crown at fullback returning from
a long injury break, hooker Jack Gibson and lock Liam Beard, well done lads.
U14 : We traveled down to Tokoroa to play Forest View on Saturday. The game
started well for us as we scored first to lead 5-0, Forest View hit back and took a
12-5 lead into half time. They extended their lead early in the second half before
we scored to get within a try. Unfortunately due to clearing the reserves bench for
injuries and no fit bodies left we had to finish out with 14 players and that gave
then the chance to close the match out 22-10.
U55kg : TA College Under 55s played well again in patches. We knew coming into
the game that a newly demoted HBHS team would have learnt from their time in A
Division. They did not disappoint. It would come down to in the end who wanted it
more and who would use their possession more wisely.
TA dominated a lot of the breakdown and swamped HBHS in the forwards.
There were some great attack by the backs but the final pass just went astray. The
boys are building well and will learn from this experience with 2 more crucial
games left in round Robin play.
Please contact
Wendy Reynolds
with any queries
related to TAC
Rugby.
wendy@rhapsodyfur
niture.co.nz
Girls 1st XV: Wednesday night saw our girls up against a very good Hamilton Girls
High team. We started well but a few silly mistakes saw us give up two quick tries
in the first halve, but after that hiccup our girls ground out some very gutsy
defence to hold the defending champs to a 10-0 half time score.
We started the second half better and went on the attack, which finally paid off
with a try to Mackenzie, which was converted by Allyn bringing the score to 10-7,
with some fantastic defence we managed to keep this score up till about 10 to go
when HGHS’s attack finally managed to break through to score and followed very
quickly with another 2 tries to bring the final score to 29 -7, this was our first home
loss in two seasons.
Our inside backs Arnica, Alesiha and Leah had a great game shutting down a very
good HGHS backline, with Leah coming in from the wing to play her first ever game
at centre, and our gutsy little fall back Ingrid had a great game. The forwards
battled hard all night and played fantastic against a very skilled opposition. The
girls have 2 more games for the season.
Draw for the Weekend/Week
Date
th
6 August
Email:
[email protected]
Facebook:
www.facebook.com/pages/
Te-Awamutu-CollegeRugbyClub/273843665985187
Website:
www.groupspaces/tacrugby
3rd August
Team
Versus
Venue
1 XV
Rosehill
Rosehill
12.00pm
2
Bye
st
nd
XV
Kickoff
U15
St John’s
Matangi
9.30am
U14
HBHS White
Te Awamutu
9.30am
U55kg
St Paul’s Black
Te Awamutu
10.40am
Ngaa Taiaatea Wharekura
Ngaa Taiaatea
Wharekura
4.00pm
Girls1stXV
TAC Rugby proudly supported by the BNZ
Support Te Awamutu College Rugby by Supporting the BNZ.
BNZ is our major sponsor for 2016. To show our appreciation for the
confidence in us we would like to reciprocate by asking you to consider the
BNZ for your banking needs. When you meet with the BNZ please mention
you are supporting Te Awamutu College Rugby.
Contact 07 8702667
For an obligation free discussion about your
personal or commercial banking needs.
Prize giving
Date: Wednesday 7th September.
Arrive at: 6:00pm Prize giving starts at 6:30pm
Venue: College Hall
Wear: School Uniform (1stXV with Blazers)
Bring: A plate of food to share.
We understand that this will not suit everyone and will be inconvenient for some
and we do apologize for this.
Capping
The age old tradition of ‘Capping’ has been reinstated, At our last prize giving
‘College Old Boy’ Andy Baker made a heartfelt presentation to the audience before
presenting some players with their Cap. We have a number of players who are
eligible to receive a Cap at the end of this season. If you would like to find out
more about becoming a ‘Cap Sponsor’ please make contact with
Wendy Reynolds on 07 871 8711 or 027 522 5274 or email
[email protected].
AGM
Wednesday 21st September.
Start Time: 6:30pm
Venue: Te Awamutu College Rugby Pavilion.
If you are passionate about the future of College Rugby please come along.
Rugby Club Fundraiser
Black Sheep Rain Gear
Designed and Tested for NZ Conditions
If you know of anyone who needs Wet Weather Gear please ask them to
support Te Awamutu College Rugby
by purchasing some of this gear.
Black Sheep Supplies will donate a portion of the proceeds from sales to
TAC Rugby.
Simply place your order online or contact Wendy for an order form,
When ordering nominate ‘Te Awamutu College Rugby’
The Black Sheep ‘Cause’
The Black Sheep cause is to support local clubs and schools to make the
entire community stronger. They are here to sponsor Te Awamutu College
Rugby by donating a large portion of the profit to the Club.
So rather than paying sales people commission, they work with the Club to
distribute products directly to members in order to keep the cost down as
much as possible for the farmer. They are very proud to be supporting our
local community.
For more information please visit their website
www.blacksheepsupplies.co.nz
or to view a sample or receive more information on the Black Sheep Story
please contact Wendy on 027 5225274.
See you all on the sidelines.
Sheree Easterbrook