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Congratulations to Marist Club Life Member, 

Sir Patrick Higgins, pictured with Lady Kay Higgins, 

who was honoured with a Knighthood 

OCTOBER 2011 ~ P.O. BOX 977, PALMERSTON NORTH, NEW ZEALAND

THE MARIST CLUB (PN) INC 

17A Pascal St, P.O. Box 977, Palmerston North, New Zealand • Ph (06) 356-6322 

BOARD OF DIRECTORS 

Club Patron David Healy . . . . . . . . . . . . . 07 552-6303 

Chairman Keith Wedlock . . . . . . . . . . . w 358 7103 

Vice Chairman Peter Gillespie. . . . . . . . . . . W 355-5478 

Executive Director Paul O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . W 350-0342 

Treasurer Keith Wedlock . . . . . . . . . . .W 358-7103 

Directors Terry Comber . . . . . . . . . . . . W 356-7122 

Ezra Drury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H 357-4062 

Jason Flynn . . . . . . . . . . . . . W 350-7483 

Mark Gleeson . . . . . . . . . . . .W 356-1169 

Robyn Higgins . . . . . . . . . . . H 357-4541 

Supported by: 

Bar Manager James Edwards . . . . . . . . 027 630 1562 

St. Peters/Marist Anne Missen . . . . . . . . . . . . W 354-4197 

Co-ordinator 

Club Chaplain Fr. Brian Walsh . . . . . . . . . 027 210 1358 

CYCLING 

Patron Ian McKelvie . . . . . . . . . . . . 021 424 776 

Chairman Paul van Velthooven . . . . .06 324-8467 

Vice chairman Steve Stannard 

Board members Janneke van Wagtendonk 

Malcolm Rees 

Stuart Doidge 

Mark Waterland 

Mike Daisley 

Manager/secretary Glenys Taylor . . . . . . . . . . .06 328-9862 

All enquiries to Glenys Taylor 

C/Sport Manawatu 

P O Box 797 

Palmerston North 

Marist delegate Matthijs van Wagtendonk 06 323-9703 

CRICKET 

Chairman Gerard Gillespie . . . . . . . .027 546 3665 

Club Captain Grant McCaskie . . . . . . . 0274 845 799 

Treasurer Kevin Judd. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H 359-1411 

W 356-7000 

HOCKEY 

Club Captain Rachel Hannah . . . . . . . . .027 634 5741 

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . H 358-2801 

Secretary Kylie Jefferies . . . . . . . . . 021 132 9919 

Treasurer Tracy Johnston . . . . . . . . . . 021 253 599 

NETBALL 

Patron Beth Quigan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357-3333 

Club Captain Sarah Geurtjens . . . . . . . . . 021 923 369 

Treasurer Liz Longley . . . . . . . . . . . . . 021 677 964 

JUNIOR RUGBY 

Chairman Karlyn Eales. . . . . . . . . . . . .0274 192 107 

Secretary/Treasurer Mark Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . 354-8369 

Nadine Hall . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-3165 

Penny O’Dell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353-2018 

SENIOR RUGBY 

Patrons Bishop Peter Cullinane . . . W 357-7444 

Tim O’Connor . . . . . . . . . . . .W 354-5176 

President Howard Heap . . . . . . . . . . 0274 373 572 

Vice President Peter Clark. . . . . . . . . . . . . 0274 806 152 

Chairman Jim Lyons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0274 055 411 

Marist Sports Liaison Paul O'Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . 021 422 455 

Director of Rugby Mark Gleeson . . . . . . . . . . 027 232 7905 

Finance Director Peter Loverage. . . . . . . . . . . . 357-2700 

Treasurer Sue Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0274 870 759 

Secretary 

Bianca Marié Fletcher 

Sponsorship Directors Bill Anderson. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354-1128 

Phil Monk . . . . . . . . . . . . . 0274 707 200 

Club Captain Phil Metcalf. . . . . . . . . . . .0275 660 479 

MRU Representative Kevin Tod. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .0274 321 199 

JUNIOR SOCCER 

President Craig Auckram . . . . . . . . . . W 357-9765 

craig@truebridge.co.nz 

Vice President 

Shane Higgison 

fivehiggies@slingshot.co.nz 

Secretary Belinda Warrington . . . . 027 355 0861 

Treasurer Keiran Hurley . . . . . . . . . . . .H 353-0500 

SOCCER 

Patron Denis Fenton. . . . . . . . . . . . H 357 -9362 

Chairperson Simon Lees . . . . . . . . . . . . 0274 284 219 

Secretary Lisa Smith . . . . . . . . . . . . . 021 168 8019 

Treasurer Adrian Smith . . . . . . . . . . . .021 168 8162 

Club Captain 

Fiona Low 

SQUASH 

Vice-President Grant Smith. . . . . . . . . . . . . W 354-0816 

PNSC Delegate Paul O’Brien . . . . . . . . . . . . W 350-0342 

TENNIS 

President Andy Trow. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H 356-7445 

Club Captain Jason Manson. . . . . . . . . . . . H 354-1737 

Secretary Jen Trow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H 356-7445 

Treasurer Sue Curtis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .H 357-2110 

Prof. Tennis Coach John Salisbury . . . . . . . . 0274 808 808 

Website: 

www.maristsports.com

The Marist Club 

PALMERSTON NORTH 

GREEN & GOLD TIMES 

Please send reports and advertisements to: 

pipsprepress@inspire.net.nz 

Next close off 30th September 2012 

LOST PROPERTY 

Phone Paul O’Brien 021 422 455 

Club Photographer: 

Brendan Lodge 355 2222 

CLUBROOM BOOKINGS 

BOARD/COMMITTEE ROOM BOOKINGS 

PRACTICE FIELD BOOKINGS 

Phone Paul O’Brien 021 422 455 

VIDEO CAMERA 

Available from the Bar Manager. 

Film your team and watch the playback 

on the big screen at the club. 

GYM MEMBERSHIP 

Phone Larry Lynn 354 5501 

INDEX 

3 Chairman’s Message 

4 Club Chaplain 

5 Obituaries 

6 The Shamrock Club 

9 Senior Rugby 

19 Senior Soccer 

26 St Patrick’s Day celebrations 

28 Cricket 

30 Cycling 

34 Tennis 

36 Netball 

37 Junior Rugby 

49 Junior Soccer 

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CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE 

Marist Club (PN) Incorporated Chairman’s Report 

Celebration! 

It is not often that a club such as ours has a knight amongst its members, so it is with 

great pleasure that we acknowledge Sir Patrick Higgins and Lady Kay as very special 

members of the Marist Family. “Friday 11 November 2011 will be the Knight’s Night” - and 

we look forward to seeing as many of you at the Clubrooms as possible to celebrate this 

unique event. 

At the same time we will celebrate the annual Club awards an the recipients of those, 

whilst acknowledging that many of our codes have had outstanding individual, team and 

administrative performances during the year. 

Importantly, we will also celebrate with our sponsors and supporters, without whom 

our club would not be what it is. 

I am sure you will enjoy reading this edition of the Green & Gold Times and I can report 

in brief that the Club is in very good heart, with many of the codes having performed 

well over the course of the last summer and winter seasons and I am sure many of the 

highlights will be noted in the individual Code Reports. 

I will not go through these now, but I must say that in my attendance at a recent Council 

of Codes meeting, I was impressed when hearing about many of the performances and 

of the outstanding junior development that has been carried out by a number of our 

significant codes. Well done, they are the future! 

Hopefully many of you have noticed the improvements that have been carried out to the 

Clubrooms. I think the spruce up has been tastefully done (within budget of course) and 

hopefully you will continue to enjoy the facilities and also enjoy having a close look at the 

displays of the codes including their trophies. 

In particular, my thanks to Paul O’Brien and Robyn Higgins for overseeing this project. 

A sub-committee of the Board made up of Jason Flynn, Mark Gleeson and Paul O’Brien 

are also developing plans for further improvements to both the physical and usage 

aspects of the Clubrooms and will be reporting back to the Board in the near future 

after having carried out a consultation with various codes on their suggestions for future 

enhancements. 

As always funding is limited so when we carry out any of these developments we will 

do so in the smartest and most cost efficient way possible. At the end of the day, the 

Clubrooms facility is the jewel in the crown and we want it to be utilised as much as 

possible by our members. 

We look forward to seeing you all on the 11th of November, as we celebrate our 

successes and give thanks to those who support us. 

Keith Wedlock 

Board Chairman 

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CLUB CHAPLAIN 

The euphoria of the Rugby World Cup has engaged even the most 

cynical or supposedly disinterested rugby critic. For the past few 

weeks it would be virtually impossible not to be affected by it in a 

positive way. It has been a celebration of sport at the highest level 

and in a spirit of true sportsmanship and fun. The supporters and 

fans are “having a ball” and this has been contagious! The country 

is united in its call ”Go the All Blacks”. The country has been united 

in this Rugby World Cup celebration. 

The Marist Sports Club provides the opportunity for its members 

to participate and excel in sport in countless and varied ways. 

Whether it’s a team or individual sport the opportunity is there to take part and enjoy 

whatever is offered. Whether it’s at the elite level like the Rugby World Cup players or as 

a beginner, all of us can enjoy sport by participation, competition, fun, friendship, and all 

those special factors that sport offers. 

Sometimes it’s hard to see the bigger picture beyond winning. But we are all winners if 

we participate in the right spirit. May we all continue to seek the values in sport that really 

matter. 

Fr. Brian Walsh 

Marist Life Members 

• Gerard Gillespie (Cricket) 

• Mike Keenan (Cricket) 

• Matthew Toynbee (Cricket) 

• Kevin Judd (Cricket) 

• Peter Gillespie (Rugby) 

• Robin O’Neill (Rugby & Tennis) 

• Audrey Kendall (Tennis) 

• Maurice Kendall (Tennis) 

• Terry Comber (Rugby) 

• Ezra Drury (Rugby) 

• Rick Field (Junior Soccer) 

• Pat, Michael and Bernard Higgins 

• Glynis Lye (Netball) 

• Paul McRae (Rugby) 

• Murray Joyes (Rugby) 

• Glenda Mills (Soccer) 

• Owen Gleeson (Rugby) 

• Paul Grimstone (Rugby) 

• David Healy (Rugby) 

• John Sullivan (Rugby) 

• Rose Tuohy (Tennis) 

• Paul O’Brien (Rugby) 

• Andy Trow (Tennis) 

• Peter Clark (Rugby) 

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OBITUARIES 

Vince Larsen 

written by Jim Lyons, Chairman OBM RFC. 

Vince Larsen, Life Member and club stalwart of High School Old Boys 

and Old Boys Marist passed away on Saturday 15 October in Palmerston 

North. Vince dedicated decades of service to High Scool Old Boys and fully 

accepted and participated in the club amalgamation into Old Boys Marist. 

Vince was a hard working member of the HSOB club, putting in a mountain 

of service throughout the 40 plus years of his association. He served on 

committees, managed teams, co-ordinated events, maintained statistics 

and numerous other tasks associated with the running of a club but his most 

memorable trait, he never complained. 

Vince was always noticable on the sidelines on a Saturday. He supported his club wearing 

his black HSOB jersey or wind jacket. He was there rain, hail or shine and there were very few 

weekends that Vince did not attend a game, in fact it had to be something pretty serious to 

keep him away. After the game Vince always attended the clubrooms. He loved mixing with 

the players, he relished the companionship of the older supporters and although he never 

commented on individual plays, game plans, coaches or players Vince knew an awful lot about 

our game. Basically, Vince just loved rugby and he loved his club and he will be sorely missed by 

those of us who knew and respected him. Vince, from all your old friends and club members, 

thank you for those years of service, thank you for your friendship. 

Brian McCallion 

written by our Patron David Healy. 

A citizen of Palmerston North for some forty years during which time 

Brian earned the affection, gratitude and respect of all with whom he was 

associated. He was a quiet man, a man of few words, who always went 

straight to the point and didn’t mess around with embellishments. 

In his profession as an accountant he was thorough, paid particular 

attention to detail, and as a professional kept himself abreast of the times. 

From my personal viewpoint he was friend, confidante, and business 

manager who assisted with the building of a successful exporting company which 

went on to receive recognition for achievement in overseas market places. 

Brian also made a significant contribution to the establishment of the Marist Club as it is 

today. 

Bernard (Barney) John McKendrey 

written by Paul O’Brien. 

The Marist Club lost a stalwart with passing of Barney McKendrey on 

16.9.2011. Barney was Patron of the Marist Hockey Club and life long 

supporter of the Rugby club. A very large gathering at the Cathedral on 

Broadway farewelled Barney. 

Our condolences to Margaret and the family. 

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THE SHAMROCK CLUB 

The Shamrock Club membership helps create a funding pool that can be used to support 

Marist Sports and assist well performed Manawatu sportspeople to compete and/or gain 

experience at a higher level either in NZ or overseas or to obtain specialist coaching. 

Over the past year or so OBM Marist Rugby and the Rugby Academy, Soccer, Tennis, 

Cricket, Hockey and St Peter’s College were assisted along with a PN Squash Team 

attending tournaments in Auckland & Australia. Local sportspeople to receive grants 

included “DJ” Nation (World Speed Skating), Patrick Hausman PNBHS Rugby Trip to 

Europe), Willie Ioane (Rugby), Taylor Monk & Mark Liddicoat (Soccer), Tom Nash, Dylan 

Tasker, Joseph Watts and Danielle Fourie (Squash) and Rachel Southee, Angus & Kim 

Findlay (Cycling). 

It is always pleasing to receive thank you letters and reports from recipients of grants. 

Squash player Joseph Watts expressed his thanks and sent a detailed Australian tour 

report which clearly showed how he made the most of his opportunity. Likewise Danielle 

Fourie acknowledged the support and had the Shamrock Club logo on her training gear. 

Cyclists Rachel Southee, Mark and Angus Findlay told of staying at the Australian Institute 

of Sport and of the cycling tours they competed in. 

They were all very positive about the benefits of their experiences. Marist sports codes 

also acknowledged the Shamrock Club help they received. 

A Shamrock Club Happy Hour was held in the Boulevard Room at High Flyers on 23 

August. It was a well catered and much enjoyed occasion but we hope more members can 

attend next time. 

The St Patrick’s Night celebration this year was again well attended. It is always good 

to see our so many sponsors there with club officials. Presentation of the Marist Club’s 

annual awards will take place this year at the “Knight’s Night” function on 11 November’. 

The 2011 Marist Golf 

Tournament in association 

with the Shamrock Club 

will be held on Sunday 27 

November at the Manawatu 

Golf Club. Further details are 

available from Ezra or 

“Dusty” Saunders. 

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The Shamrock Club Membership for 2011/2012 

Shamrock Club’s list of members is as follows: 

Carpet Court PN 

Fitzherbert Rowe 

Mediaworks Manawatu 

Steelfort Engineering Ltd 

Crombie Lockwood NZ Ltd 

Cairns Bins 

Truck Investments Ltd 

Brian Green Property Group 

Humphries Construction 

CB Norwood Distributors 

Ambassador Mu & PN 

Martin Engineering (PN) Ltd 

GSA Design 

Vince Basile, Plumbing 

Nuview Wealth Solutions 

Cotton Kelly Audit 

Silvester Clark 

Stephen Parsons, HOT 

Higgins Group Holdings 

M & R Wool 

Ricoh NZ Ltd 

Contel (Paul O'Connor) 

EZIBUY 

McMillan & Lockwood 

Coo-ee Dry Cleaning 

Devlin, Cameron & Hayes 

Kevin O'Connor & Associates 

Watson Real Estate 

Stevenson's Structural 

Engineers 

Orcus Print Solutions 

Alan Chard, Building Contractor 

Brendan Lodge Photography 

Manawatu Locksmiths Ltd 

Rangitikei Meat Distributors Ltd 

Forget-Me-Not Flowers 

Manawatu Toyota 

Highflyers Bar & Kitchen 

Brushstrokes 

B&M Electrical 

Property Brokers Ltd 

Aberdeen on Broadway 

Manawatu Golf Shop 

St Peter’s College 

Guthrie Bowron Superstore 

Armstrong Prestige 

SquashGym 

C&F Overlocking 

Cash Converters PN 

Hells Pizza 

Tootill Electrical Ltd 

Morgans Property Advisors 

The Frame Shop 

Century 21 

Courtney Orthodontics 

A’La Vista Motel 

Computercare 

ORIX NZ Ltd 

Visique Naylor Palmer Ltd 

Exclusive Cleaning Services 

Distinctive Group Ltd 

Hughes Glass Ltd 

Getnet 

Friend & Wistrand 

Not Now James 

POWA Products Int. 

The Hair Company Ltd 

NZCU Baywide 

Cartown 

Air Conditioning & Plumbing Ltd 

Tod Seeds 

Chesters Plumbing 

The Blackmore Group 

Wenham Grain & Seed 

Advice First 

Kingsgate Hotel 

M. R. Curd 

Ora3 

The Wright Decorators 

Mitre 10 Mega 

Martin Beveridge Group 

We thank you for your support. 

We welcome all new applications for membership. Membership for a year costs $300.00. 

New members can be discounted for part year membership. If you wish, you can tag part for 

a particular Marist Sports code. 

Shamrock Club Contacts: 

Ezra Drury 357 4062, 

Paul O’Brien 350 0342, 

Kevin Monk 357 4212, 

Bernard Higgins 027 4423 153, 

John Sullivan 021 448 176. 

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SENIOR RUGBY 

CHAIRMANS REPORT - 2011 

The 2011 senior rugby season for Old Boys Marist was generally a good one for our club. 

Fortunately we were blessed with the Senior 1 coaching reins being taken up by John 

Fisher who had initially only intended to be an assistant but who stepped forward in the 

11th hour and with the assistance of Lee Waller guided our flagship team into the top six 

of the Senior competition. John's style and dedication coupled with a sound management 

group grounded a mixture of older experienced players with some younger inexperienced 

players into a competitive unit. The final game against Te Kawau which was only lost in the 

final quarter was one of the best of the season with everyone giving a 100% effort. John, 

Lee and the Senior 1 management team have opted to stay together for the 2012 season 

which is terrific news for the club. 

Having said the senior 1st team is the club’s flagship, we must remember that that team 

cannot function without a sound base. I feel personally the club has strengthened during 

it's third year under the amalgamation and this is evident in the fact that we had three 

teams playing club finals rugby all competing for that elusive prize of team champions. No 

other club to my knowledge had three teams in the club finals in this union. Those teams 

were the Senior II, the Colts Premiers and the Colts A. All are feeders into the Senior I in 

the future. The Senior II was beaten in their final but only in the later stages of the game. 

The Colts Premiers and Colts A's were both winners, a remarkable achievement made even 

more remarkable when taking into account that the two coaches of the Colts A were in 

their first season. 

We had a total of six teams this year, actually at one stage we had seven with a second 

senior reserve team. However, because of injury and outside commitment's (work - 

looking after the kids etc) we had to fold this group and concentrate solely on our six 

mainstay teams. The Senior Reserves were a very happy and sociable group of guys most 

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Fitzherbert Rowe Old Boys Marist U21s 

Manawatu Rugby Colts Champions 2011 

of whom had played together in last year’s Colts A grade. Again this sort of companionship 

and attitude and the fact that they stayed together and played together bodes well for the 

club and hopefully they will be back again in 2012. 

The Presidents team are of course legends in their own right. A more sociable and 

hospitable group of guys I don't think I have met. Every Saturday they gather in the 

clubrooms win, lose or draw. They play purely for the love of the game and the score line 

matters little. The depth of any club can be measured by it's playing numbers and to see 

guys whose years may be creeping on and who are still playing a physical contact sport 

when many of us struggle to even perform any form of exercise is not only a credit to 

themselves but shows again the social and committed attitude of the club. Well done the 

Presidents, you do us proud. 

As already said the club is in good heart, the Senior 1st coaches and management 

are secured for 2012 and coaches/ managers are being selected and appointed for the 

remainder of the teams. School leavers have been approached and spoken to at our major 

secondary schools and we are hopeful of another good recruitment input for our Colts 

grades. Recruiting for the Senior teams is underway and we are more than hopeful that 

we will retain the bulk of our 2011 squads for next year. A summer fitness programme has 

started and we intend hitting the ground fully fit and running from day one in 2012. 

This year the committee were determined to focus on administrative responsibilities and 

in particular the financial situation. Over the past two years we have run at a significant 

financial loss which of course is unacceptable. Sponsorship is becoming harder to find. 

The trust funding applications are rejected far quicker than previous years and a general 

slump in the economy added to our problems. If we had continued along the lines of the 

previous years I can categorically state that the club would have found itself in financial 

trouble in the not too distant future. Fortunately for us two people took the matter in 

hand and guided us not only out of the red but into a small profit for the year. To Peter 

Loveridge and Sue Curtis, Old Boys Marist owes you a huge debt of gratitude and on behalf 

of the club and the committee I thank you sincerely for your guidance and efforts for 2011. 

Without you I fear we would have been in dire straights. 

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To those important people behind the scenes from our President Peter Clark, through 

to our sponsorship team Bill Anderson and Phil Monk, rugby development officer Mark 

Gleeson, Marist sports representative Paul O'Brien, club captain Phil Metcalf, council of 

clubs representative Kevin Tod and the remainder of the committee I offer my thanks. This 

committee has been a real pleasure to work with and I thank you for your efforts, your 

commitment, dedication and loyalty not only for 2011 but over the past three years since 

the amalgamation. Although not common knowledge some of us will be stepping down at 

the AGM this year after many years of service and so to all of those who are finishing again 

a sincere thank you for your input and all the very best for the future. 

To those coaches and managers who are retiring from teams this year again a very 

special thank you for your efforts and input. I mention here Peter Marshall in particular 

who hangs up his clip board after many years of coaching. Peter guided the Senior II to a 

finals spot in this year's competition. He has been a mainstay for the old High School Old 

Boys Club and his support and input over the past three years with Old Boys Marist has 

been invaluable. Peter's name and reputation continue to live on because I understand his 

Life Member’s photo which mysteriously disappeared from the wall on prize giving night 

has been seen and photographed at varied 'locations' not only around Palmerston North 

but also in Wellington. I hear that it may even be heading off shore on a world tour so 

we look forward to seeing Pete on the Buckingham Palace gates as well as various other 

'establishments' no doubt on Facebook in due course. 

A special mention must go to Howard Heap and Peter Clark who are retiring from the 

committee this year. Both have put many years into the respective HSOB and Marist clubs 

and both were drivers of the amalgamation three years ago. Peter and Howard shared 

the club presidency since the inception of Old Boys Marist and their names and influence 

lives on in the future of the club. Thank you both for your time and your efforts and to you 

Howard who I have considered a mentor over the past years a very special thank you from 

me personally. 

To you all, the Life Members, the committee, the players and club members, I thank you 

for your support. We have a very good club and the future at this stage seems assured. I 

do invite those of you who have the time and the inclination, to consider becoming more 

involved in club matters. The club needs new and younger blood especially at committee 

and sub committee level. With good and positive management I envisage us going from 

being a very good club to a great club. To do that, your assistance is needed. 

This will be my last year as club chairman, I am one of those whose use-by date has 

expired and so I hand over the reins to another with fresh ideas, drive and enthusiasm. To 

my successor I report that you have an excellent committee and the best club in this Union. 

I wish you all the very best for the future, I know the club is in the best of capable hands. 

To all others, I thank you for your assistance, your friendship, your loyalty and your 

perseverance. Have a very merry Christmas and a happy and safe New Year. 

Yours in rugby 

Jim Lyons, Chairman OBM 

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M R CURD LTD 

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OBM AWARDS 2011 

Manu Samoa & Turbos Johnny Leota 

Turbos 

Reese Robinson, Francis Bryant, Nehe Milder-Skinner, 

Waisea Qiokata, Ruben Leilua 

NZ under 20 trialist and Manawatu Under 20s Antonio Kiri Kiri, Shaun Curry 

Manawatu under 20s Luke Broughton, Liam Nicols 

Presidents 

Colts 

Colts Premier 

Senior Reserve 2 

Senior Reserve 

Coach: Mark Izod 

Best All Round Player: Presidents Cup - Jeremy Couper 

Most Improved Player: Harris Meat Market Cup - Craig Burton 

Best and Fairest: Stephen Fecklington Memorial - Dan Sullivan 

“Big Jim” Memorial Cup - Bruce Liddington 

Coaches: Paul Sheehan and Len Clode 

Manager: Gary Milligan 

Most Improved Back: O’Donnell Cup - Daniel Fake 

Most Improved Forward: Attwell Sharland Cup - George Jenson 

Best All Round Player: Marist Sports Cup - Brendon Murray 

Coaches: Dave Carey and Warren Chapman 

Manager: Paul O’Brien 

Most Improved Back: Terry Warn Cup - James Dunlop 

Most Improved Forward: Shannon Cup - Adam Coll 

Best All Round Player: John Bird Cup - Dean White 

Coaches: Brett Wistrand and Brett Davis 

Manager: Bill Feasey 

Most Improved Back: Frank Hepburn Memorial - Wai Grey 

Most Improved Forward: Carey Cup - Kelwyn Perika 

Best All Round Player: Eric Bleasel Memorial - John Little 

Coaches: Simon Smith and Dave Angland 

Manager: Andrew Jameson 

Most Improved Back: M F Henry Cup - Tipene Wehipeihana 

Most Improved Forward: Buick Cup - Brayden Holloway 

Best All Round Player Ian Johnson Cup - Mark Alderson 

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When you need legal advice contact: 

Barry Roche • Phone 351 4711 

Email: b.roche@fitzrowe.co.nz 

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Senior 2 

Senior 1 

OBM CLUB AWARDS 

Coaches: Peter Marshall and Kelvin Woodmass 

Managers: Ian Taylor and Daniel Higgins 

Most Improved Back: Terry New Cup -Shaun Iwikau 

Most Improved Forward: Walker Cup -Isaac Sage 

Best All Round Player: Junior Cup - Anthony Guerin 

Coaches: John Fisher and Lee Waller 

Managers: Michael Rusher, Keith Pollock and Murray Joyes 

Rookie of Year: Gleeson Cup - Nehe Milder-Skudder 

Most Improved Back: Brian Finlay Memorial Cup - Waise Qiokata 

Most Improved Forward: Brien Trehey Cup - Noel Corbett 

Best All Round Player: Houlahan Cup - Ryan O’Conner 

Best Team Performance: Biss Cup - Premier Colts 

Most Tries in Season: O’Callahan Cup - Joe Ryan 

Most Points Off Boot: Robin O’Neil Cup - Cambell Paterson 

Most Promising Club Person: Marist Brothers Cup - Lee Waller 

Player who contributes the most to the Club: Maurice-Calcott Cup 

- David Wilson 

Winner of 321’s: Irvine Roberston Cup - Richard Harvey 

Supporter of Year: Oakley Cup - Steve Dooley 

Club Member who contributes the most to the success and well 

being of the Club - Rutherfurd Cup Phil Metcalf 

Player of Year: Cam Stewart Memorial - Antonio Kiri Kiri 

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SENIOR SOCCER SPONSORS

SENIOR SOCCER 

Palmerston North Marist Football Club 2011 Chairman’s Report 

2011 has been a mixed year for the Palmerston North Marist Football Club. There have 

been some fantastic results and successes from different teams and there have been some 

disappointments. The club has had two teams successfully win their leagues this year and 

numerous teams come very close. 

The big news from the 2011 season was the unfortunate relegation of the Men’s 1st 

team from the Central League. This was a huge blow to the club as the team had been 

in the competition since it’s inception in 2005 and was the last remaining team from the 

Manawatu region. It was a disappointing result given the huge amount of work coach 

Steve Green and manager Terry Nutter had put into the team and they deserve a huge 

thank-you for their efforts. 

As mentioned earlier there were two teams that won their respective leagues. The 

Banshees had a fantastic season and won their league by quite a margin in the end. They 

also made the final of their cup only to lose the final to the team who won the league 

above them. This was a fantastic effort guys. The other team that won their league and 

was also named Club Team of the Year was the Women’s Reserves. This team not only 

won their league but also made the semi finals of the Tingey Cup and won their division at 

NZ Marist Tournament. This season was absolutely phenomenal so a massive congratulations 

to Richie and the team for such a great season. 

There was one new team that entered into the club this year and they were named the 

Marist 3rds. The idea behind this team was that they would become a development team 

for the club and bring through younger players. This team also performed outstandingly 

well and bought in numerous younger players into the club. A big thank-you to Matt 

Wallace for his efforts in bringing this team on and getting the results they did this year. 

For a young team they played some great football and having seen them play there are 

some real up and coming stars of the future there. 

Off the field the club has again managed to get by but there is still a real stretch on the 

club finances. In the current climate sponsorship is harder and harder to come by and local 

charity funding is also harder apply for. It is something the club as a whole needs to be 

aware of to ensure that we continue to exist as we do. 

As always a huge thank you needs to go to the committee who consistently turn up 

and keep this club running. It is the work of these people that allows all of us to take the 

field each week and play the game we all love. A huge thank you to Adrian and Lisa Smith, 

Jason Flynn, Richie Nielsen and Marcus Watson for all the work they have put in this year. 

Hopefully next year there will be some more new faces willing to get involved and help the 

club out and take some of the work load that is currently looked after by this small group. 

Overall the club can be happy with where it is placed and look forward to the 2012 

season with a sense of excitement. 

Thanks for everyone’s effort this year and may everyone enjoy their summer and we’ll 

see you back next year! 

Simon Lees 

Club Chairman 

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Marist Masters 2011 

Marist Banshees 2011 

Marist Mens Reserves 2011 

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Marist Celts 2011 

Marist Jokers 2011 

Marist Evergreens 2011 

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2011 Senior Soccer Prizegiving Winners 

MUPPETS (Socials) 

MOST IMPROVED 

BEST TEAM SPIRIT 

PLAYERS PLAYER 

GREENIES 

BEST TEAM PLAYER 


BEST & FAIREST 

MASTERS (Men’s masters) 

BEST TEAM MAN 

PLAYER OF THE YEAR 


JOKERS 

MOST PROMISING 



WOMENS RESERVES 

MOST IMPROVED 



BEST AND FAIREST 

CELTS 

MOST IMPROVED 


HOUSIE TROPHY - BEST TEAM MAN 



EVERGREENZ 

MOST IMPROVED 




BANSHEES 


AAROM McCANN PLAYERS PLAYER 

SKINNER CUP BEST & FAIREST 

MENS 3RDS 

MOST IMPROVED 



Kathryn Sturm 

Kathryn Sturm 

Shar Ward 

Anthony Stevenson 

Ben Odering 

James Thurston 

Jase 

Tony ‘Butters’ Anderson 

Simon Roebuck 

Al Dingley 

Cristian Munoz 

Kyle Jensen 

Kyle Jensen 

Vanita Orr 

Janna Hurley 

Rachel Findon 

Anna Lowry 

Duncan Muir 

Dylan Gaskin 

Mikey Shortall 

Barney Vangioni 

Dave Stockley 

Pip Davidson 

Tammy Dale-Hodgson 

Sophia Douglas 

Shellee Wood 

Michael O'Neill 

Michael Ley 

Daniel Hamilton 

Ben Wallace/Michael Watts 

Connor Gibson 

Phil Greig 

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Marist Womens 1st Team 2011 

Marist Womens Reserves 2011 

Marist Muppets 2011 

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MENS RESERVES 



BEST AND FAIREST (missing) 

WOMENS 1STs 

MOST IMPROVED 

BEST TEAM MEMBER 



MENS 1STs 

BEST TEAM MAN 

TAIT COMM. CUP PLAYERS PLAYER 

BAYCORP BEST & FAIREST 

Woody Maxey-Graham 

Mario 

Simon Lees 

Maia Green 

Brooke Kenny 

Jamie Hudson 

Emma Boyack 

Kent Stockman 

Thomas Masquera 

Cameron Dearlove 

Team Winners Womens Reserve Team - Manawatu Div 2 

League Winners, NZ Marist Social Winners 

Jokers - NZ Marist Div 2 Winners 

Banshees - Manawatu Div 1 League 

Winners 

Womens 1st Team - NZ Marist Div 1 

Winners 

Mens 1st Team - Chinese Cup Winners 

NZ Tourny Team 

Mens 

Womens 

CLUB AWARDS 

JASON FLYNN CUP - WOMENS GOLDEN BOOT Emma Boyack (70) 

MENS GOLDEN BOOT Matt Wallace (17) 

PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR 

MOST SUCCESSFUL TEAM 

WOMENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 

MENS PLAYER OF THE YEAR 

COACH OF THE YEAR 

GREATEST CONTRIBUTION 

Matt Wallace, Simon Lees, Connor Gibson 

Jamie Hudson, Simone Small, 

Dee Tippett, Emma Boyack, Zoe Walton 

Matt Wallace 

Womens Reserve Team 

Emma Boyack 

Matt Kennedy 

Richie Nielsen 

Simon Lees 

The Banshees “The best dressed team at 

prizegiving”. The theme was James Bond 

and we are dressed up as SPECTRE. 

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CELEBRATING ST PATRICKS DAY 

AT MARIST CLUBROOMS 

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CRICKET 

This year we have an imported player from England. 

Name: 

Born: 

Cricket Club: 

Rep teams: 

Bio: 

Chris Miller 

Chris Miller – right arm spinner/right hand batsman 

28/11/1988 Aldershot,Hampshire 

Kendal CC - Captain 

Cumberland, Lancashire U19 

Captain of Kendal CC in the Northern Premier League 

Led the team to the T20 league and regional championship. 

Finished in the final 8 in England. 

Leading club wicket taker, holds club record of 64 league wickets. 

Only amateur player and only the second in the league to take all 10 wickets 

in an innings (10/51) 

Chris arrived on Tuesday the 11th October and will be here for the season including all the 

1 day competition which finishes on Sunday 24th March. Chris has been to practice this 

week and said it might take a bit of adjustment batting on our wickets – he’s not used to 

the ball coming above waist height. I hope he’s got a helmet?? 

Marist Cricket Club Social 

Saturday 25th February 

Where: to be advised 

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CYCLING 

Marist Club Spin Bike Challenge 

This year it was 18 year old rugby player, Mikka, who came out of nowhere to blitz 

everyone in the Marist Sports Club Spin Bike annual challenge, held on Saturday Night 

in the Marist clubrooms. He managed to secure the quickest speed on the night of 

96.9km/hr in a burst of speed more akin to the likes of Mark Cavendish in a Tour de France 

stage sprint. Although there was some debate about the accuracy of the speedo from 

the closet UCI commissaires amongst the Bike Manawatu supporters, it was the same 

setting for all riders claimed the event organiser, Matthijs van Wagtendonk. In one feat 

of physical toughness another rugby contestant, Leyton, chose to remove his shoes and 

the only thing covering his feet were his socks. Now those who ride will know just how 

uncomfortable that can be, but surprisingly he managed to reach just over 83km/hr, which 

was one of the better times on the night. 

In what was a reasonable size crowd at the clubrooms, Steve Challies, acting as the MC, 

really had his work cut out for him as he attempted to entice rugby and netball players to 

have a crack. Like previous years the majority of contestants were supporters from Bike 

Manawatu rather than Marist club members. While there was an obvious reluctance by 

many to accept the challenge, the Te Kawau Rugby club saw the event as an opportunity 

to entertain their home crowd and as a result, an invitation has been extended by the Te 

Kawau Rugby Club. 

Beating all-comers in the female category was Janneke van Wagtendonk, who really 

showed her strength to take the open and vet title with a top end speed of 72.9km/hr. The 

junior female category was won by Emma Kendall and the junior boys category was won 

by Josh Kendall. 

Janneke van Wagtendonk 

Right: Josh Kendall 

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BikeManawatu 

Cycling and cyclists in the Manawatu have had some excellent results in the past six 

months. In late February, we saw competitive cycling just two blocks from The Square 

as the NZ Women's Tour rolled into town with a Friday night criterium event around 

the Railway Land that coincided with a Bike Manawatu criterium and the Mayoral Cycle 

Challenge that saw hundreds of cyclist taking laps around the Railway Land block. Mark 

Findlay comfortably rode to victory in a strong U17 grade. 

Also in late February Bike Manawatu had several riders in the West Coast North Island 

team at the National Track Championships in Invercargill. Our riders continued the strong 

tradition of standout performances on the track by riders from the Manawatu including 

Kate Stewart, her younger brother Campbell, Ruby Perry and Simon van Velthooven. 

The Bike NZ Club Road Nationals were held in Wanganui and was a great opportunity for 

Bike Manawatu riders to compete on a familiar course and not too far from home. The 2011 

Club Nationals was one of the most successful for Manawatu cyclists in recent years with 

success in both the time-trial and road races with Steve Stannard taking silver and a bronze 

in the Mens Masters 2 (40 - 45 years) road race and time trial respectively. Other success 

included Mark Findlay winning gold in the U17 road race while Sue McMaster picked up a 

silver in the road race and bronze in the time trial. Jocelyn Goodwin was also able to secure 

a bronze in her age group time trail ride. 

Bike Manawatu has had considerable success with riders gaining National honours. Both 

Mark (U17) and Angus (U19) Findlay were selected to ride in New Zealand teams at the 

Tour of Canberra - one of the premier road races for juniors in Australia. Mark confirmed 

his class as a top sprinter with a stage win in this event. Also selected were Miguel Dib, 

Rachel Southee and Kate Stewart. 

Other club members to represent New Zealand recently were Chris Sanson and Sue 

McMaster at the Hawaii Ironman, widely recognised as the toughest Ironman event in the 

world. 

The club has also been running an active recreational cycling programme, catering for 

all levels of cyclists. These rides depart from Memorial Park at 8.00am every Sunday. 

Distances vary from approximately 50 km to 90 km and the focus is on social bunch riding. 

And with the summer fun ride season approaching fast these rides are a great way to 

build up your fitness and to get out and enjoy the Manawatu countryside. The club has 

added some variety to the Sunday rides by holding a Bone Collector race, where teams of 

six made up of at least a master rider over 35, a under 17 rider, a female rider cycle around 

Ruby Perry and Kate Stewart. 

Angus Findlay, Luuk Vagtendonk, and Miguel Dib. 

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Mark Findlay 

Simon Van Velthooven 

Jocelyn Goodwin 

a circuit and at each point collect a new member (bone) of the team. A Brass Monkey 

Ride was also held at the end of June – the aim of these rides is to mix all age groups and 

abilities. 

Off the bike, several social events have been well attended, in particular a club quiz night 

that doubled as a fund-raising evening for our New Zealand representatives. And perhaps 

the most coveted prize for the year went to team Bald Eagles led by Andrew Ward. 

In what many believed to be an unassailable lead by Whanganui in the interclub series 

with Bike Manawatu, was overcome in the final round of racing around Halcombe. A 

strong turnout of riders from Bike Manawatu set the conditions for some good racing 

between the clubs with some standout performances coming from junior riders in the A, B 

and C grades which directly contributed to the points reversal. The interclub events remain 

one of the highlights on the clubs calendar. 

In another successful event, the Feilding Festival of Cycling in late August featured 

a number of Bike Manawatu riders. The best Manawatu rider in the A grade race was 

PNBHS student Angus Findlay who came in fourth place and for his efforts he also took 

home the under 19 trophy for the first U19 rider across the line. Angus was also the best 

U19 rider in the criterium race that was held a day earlier. Not to be outdone, younger 

brother Mark Findlay showed he was just as capable when during Saturday’s under 17 

criterium he powered away from a large field of competitors. And just like 2010, Mark 

Findlay was once again the quickest rider in the 90km recreational ride from Feilding to 

Peep ‘O’ Day and back. Others to feature in the placings included veteran Steve Stannard 

and Mark Waterland in the criterium race 

(gold and silver in the Masters’ Mens race 

respectively). 

The Schools Cycling programme 

continues to go from strength to strength, 

with up to 100 riders riding on Sunday 

mornings. And along with the development 

of a Cycling Coaching programme Bike 

Manawatu is working towards its goal of 

making the Manawatu the Heart of Cycling 

in New Zealand. 

The Bike Manawatu Board would like 

to thank the sponsors of BikeManawatu, 

including the Marist Organisation, Pub 

Charity, Lion Foundation and ECCT. 

Mark Waterland, Luuk Vagtendonk, Vladimir 

Stewart (Wanganui), Matiu Kaihau. 

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TENNIS 

There was a rebuild of both junior and senior interclub teams for the 2010/11 season. 

The Club was represented by six junior and three senior teams. In the Junior Interclub 

competition the Girls B Grade won their grade and the Boys B Grade were runner-ups in 

their grade. In Senior Interclub the A-Grade won their grade. Marist Tennis did not field a 

premier team. 

The Club Championships were held for both senior and junior players: 

Juniors Winners Runners up 

Boys Singles Rhys Judd Liam Nicholson 

Boys Doubles Rhys Judd and Sam Cooper and 

Andrew Potter 

Marcus Harji 

Girls Singles Rebekah Chamberlain Tara Hancock 

Girls Doubles Hannah Robert Brittany Leppard and 

and Abbie Ionas 

Emily Booker 

Seniors 

Mens Singles Matt Ward Rawiri Poutu-Smith 

Mens Doubles Matt Ward Dave Lochhead and 

and Rawiri Poutu-Smith Sean Lochhead 

Ladies Singles Shenae Salisbury Brenna Fisher 

Ladies Doubles Shenae Salisbury Emily Baker and 

and Caitlin Brader 

Hannah Lewis 

Mixed Doubles John Salisbury and Phil McNamara and 

Shenae Salisbury 

Rebekah Chamberlain 

Special Awards 

Triple Crown Certificate 

Senior Most Improved 

Senior Best Sportsman 

Junior Most Improved 

Junior Best Sportsman 

Best Team Spirit 

Shenae Salisbury 

Phil McNamara 

Brenna Fisher 

Caitlin Brader 

Sam Cooper 

Boys C Team: Daniel van der Spuy, Joshua Fitzell, 

Jeremy Ionas, Travis McIntosh and Max Jenkinson. 

Marist Tennis acknowledges the support of the Eastern & Central Community Trust, the 

Endeavour Community Trust, the Infinity Foundation, Pub Charity, the Shamrock Club and 

Paul O’Brien. 

A new playing strip was unveiled for both senior and junior interclub teams. This was due 

to the hard work undertaken by John Salisbury and would not have been possible without 

the support of the following sponsors: Hood Plumbing, NM Tobin, Feilding Optometry 

Clinic, Daryll Wilton and Paddy Kelly. 

The Club will be fielding a Premier Team for the 2011/12 season and a Manawatu League of 

Grasshopper Tennis, introduced for the first time, is expected to have a positive spin-off 

for the Club. It will be played at Vautier Park, the home of Marist tennis. 

Andy Trow 

President 

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Marist Junior Tennis 

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NETBALL 

Marist Netball has had a very successful year, congratulations to all the girls who have 

participated and also to those who have received awards this year. The netball club has 

grown this year and is now supporting 6 teams in various grades from Premier 2 to Social. 

Four of these teams have finished in the top 4 of their competition with Marist Social 

winning their final. I would like to say a big Thank You to our Sponsors, Martin Beveridge, 

Scullys, The Hair Company, and Harris Meat Market for all their help and our Patron Beth 

who helps with alot of behind the scene admin as well as supporting on Saturdays. Also 

Thank You to all our supporters that come and watch our games. This season has been 

lots of fun, some great netball has been played, new skills and plays learnt and new friends 

made. I hope everyone has enjoyed this season and I hope to see you all back next year. 

Leadership Cup - Belinda Cadzow 

Most Promising Player - Katie Davidson 

Team Award - Marist Social 

Commitment Cup - Emma Costello 

Fair Play - Vicki Exeter 

Points Aggregate - Marist Bellies 

Club Person of the Year - Sarah Geurtjens 

Team awards as follows: 

A1 Most Valuable Player - Kami Flitten 

A1 Most Promising Player - Jess Till 

A1 Fair Play - Rebecca Fergus 

A2 Most Valuable Player - Belinda Cadzow 

A2 Most Promising Player - Kim Draper 

A2 Fair Play - Samantha Dear 

A3 Most Valuable Player - Katie Davidson 

A3 Most promising Player - Kate Evans 

A3 Fair Play - Jo Lunn 

A4 Most Valuable Player - Hinemoana Watson-Pitcher 

A4 Most Promising Player - Vicki Exeter 

A4 Fair Play - Gemma Sheehy and Alanna Jellyman 

Marist Social Most Valuable Player - Dani Pomare-Mackay 

Marist Social Most Promising Player - Louise Bensemann 

Marist Social Fair Play - Lisa Bron and Rachel Lucas 

Marist Bellies Most Valuable Player - Kathy McMillian 

Marist Bellies Most Promising Player - Leana Shirley 

Marist Bellies Fair Play - Maree Clark 

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JUNIOR RUGBY 

2011 Marist Junior Rugby Chairperson's Report 

Hello, Kia Ora, Malo-e-lelei, Talofa, Konichiwa, Namaste, The Marist Junior Rugby Club 

has had another exciting and successful season for 2011. 

We have new faces on the committee this year; Paula and Mark Andersen who have 

been outstanding in their contribution to the club. Paula has taken on the role of being the 

secretary of the club and I have given her a lot of paperwork to do this year so we have 

our fingers crossed that she returns to the club next year. Mark has had a successful year 

liaising with the coaches and teams and also being involved with the Manawatu Junior 

Rugby Board. Nardine Hall, Vanessa Johnson and Penny O’Dell have also put their time 

and effort into assisting with the running of the club this season. A big thank you goes to 

Stephanie Maoate, for the endless hours she spent entering registration details onto the 

New Zealand Rugby Union database. 

I would like to thank all our dedicated coaches who have taken time out of their busy 

lives to coach and support the young players of the Marist club. Also a huge appreciation 

to all the assistant coaches and managers who have helped make each and every team a 

success. 

A big thank you once again goes to ‘Hells Pizza’ who have sponsored ‘Player of the Day’ 

this season. Your sponsorship and support is greatly appreciated. 

It is so great to see so much support from parents, grandparents and families who get 

out there week after week on the sidelines cheering and encouraging their teams on. 

Thank you Marist rugby players, we look forward to having you all back with the club 

for the 2012 season. Enjoy your summer sport and let's all get behind our All Blacks for the 

Rugby World Cup! 

God bless you all and your families over summer, 

Karlyn 

Chairperson, Marist Junior Rugby 

Player of the Day Sponsors 

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‘GO GREEN’ FOR MANAWATU TURBO'S & OF COURSE MARIST RUGBY’ 

Marist U7 Black 

Best Player: Matthew Palmer 

Most Improved: Cameron Baker 

This season our team consists of mostly newcomers to rugby and their new challenge of 

ripper rugby instead of the traditional touch rugby, this has turned out to be, in my opinion, 

the right direction to train our junior rugby players. The skills the boys need for future full 

blown tackle and offloading to their team mates. This season the boys put their heart and 

soul into playing, and as a coach I am very proud of them all. I wish my older boys good luck 

for the next season when they graduate to tackle rugby and I know their new coach will 

be very pleased to have them join his team. 

A big thanks to our Manager, Brenda, 

I don’t know what we would have done 

without her. Reece, a huge thank you for all 

your support coaching the team, and thanks 

to all the parents for their encouraging 

support towards the team. Thank you to 

Karlyn and the Marist committee for all your 

commitment to our rugby team. Thank you 

for the opportunity to be involved this year! 

James Smith 

Marist U7 White 

Best Player: Takawaenga Harrison Most Improved: Gabriel Taylor-Maclean 

We have a diverse range of 12 talented boys in our team aged from 4 - 8. They have all 

been committed and we have achieved full numbers at most of our trainings and games. 

At this point for the record we are, 5 wins, 1 draw, from 9 games. All the boys have come 

together and gelled really well, they have been a bit disappointed with the couple of 

cancellations, but always keen to get back on the field. 

Our team has been lead on the field by the bigger boys with a bit of experience, Archie, 

Codie & Taka (top try scorer). Those boys have been kept on their toes by the new boys to 

the game, Lachie (this boy glides and has a step like Campo), Rhys, Cooper.B and Cooper.F 

(award for best tackler - but you cant do this in U7, so sorry Cooper). Then we have had the 

big improvers, these boys have got better and better and their confidence has grown with 

every outing, good stuff Ben, Gabriel, 

Mac, Cooper.O, and William (watch out 

for these boys next year). 

We have had great support from all 

parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters, 

and friends. Thanks to all involved at 

Marist Junior Rugby and Hell Pizza for 

the boys Player Of The Day certificates 

each week. 

Paul Humphries & Willie Furnell 

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Marist U7 Green 

Best Player: Zavier Puki-Smith 

Most Improved: Jesse-James Dalziel 

Marist U7 Green had a great year, with a great mix of older and younger boys and girls 

who all were very keen to learn this year, all showed great improvement throughout the 

year in various parts of their game. The attitudes toward the first full season with the 

ripper belts gave some of the kids the ability to work on other parts of their game, where 

the new ones who were having their first season enjoyed the fact the older kids showing 

them a few tricks on how to get the tags off the quickest possible way. The support we 

have received from both our teams families 

and friends has been great and I would like 

to take the time to thank them for all their 

support. 

I would also like to say thank you to 

the Club for their support and updates 

throughout the year made the season run 

that much easier. I would like to take time 

to thank the kids for an enjoyable year and 

hope they continue with Marist Club in the 

years to come. 

Aaron Dalziel 

Marist U7 Yellow 

Best Player: Riley Parker 

Most Improved: Matthew Coard 

A wonderful season had by all. The improvement that this young team has made has 

been very impressive. The boys have come from a variety of schools but this has not 

stopped them gelling as a unit and understand the importance of playing as a team. 

They have won far more games than they have lost. When they have lost they have all 

contributed to the game. It is hard to think of a game that they have not played well in. 

From their first victory against Ashhurst they showed early signs of a team with a ton of 

ability and this has been matched with a very strong work ethic. There have been some 

stand out performances throughout the season. 

Mason Waller has real flair and Riley Parker maybe the smallest on the team, but he 

makes up for with the heart of lion. Kaden Shaw and Sean Faulkner work tirelessly and 

know where the tryline is. Jake Marama tackles his heart out and Matthew Coard runs like 

a runaway freight train. Bryson Campbell is 

consistent every week and Joshua Christall 

is always full of energy. Ben Cameron has 

improved every game whilst Cooper Pilcher 

and Max Faas have never stopped working 

throughout the season. 

A big thanks to all the parents who have 

been a wonderful bunch and a credit to their 

kids. They have made our job a lot easier. 

Dave & Harry 

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Marist U7 Blue 

Best Player: Ryan Sattherthwaite 

Most Improved: Seth Stewart 

We started the season with a team of 11 enthusiastic wanna be "All Blacks". It was a 

fantastic team to coach with both coaches really enjoying the season. All of the players 

improved on their rugby skills including tag ripping, running in the right direction 

and keeping hold of the ball. We saw some 

amazing trys and felt very privileged to have 

been part of your childs introduction to 

rugby. Thank you to all of the parents that 

braved the cold and rain week after week 

encouraging and supporting the team. We 

look forward to seeing you at junior rugby 

next season. 

Marcus and Jason 


Best Player: Jared Jackson 

Best Tackler: Ryan Pale 

Most Improved: Charlie York 

The 2011 season was the 2nd year I have had the privilege of coaching this group of 

boys, with this being their first year playing tackle rugby. Our team was never the biggest 

on the park but the speed that we played the game at made us hard to beat. The entire 

team made rapid improvements in skills during the season and this has been shown in the 

team’s performance on the field in the 2nd half of the season. 

Highlights of the season were beating Kia Toa in the first round and making the final of 

the Bulls tournament late in the season. The ‘Smash Em Bro’ trophy for the best tackle 

each week was well sort after by all the team. 

A big thank you to Bruce Herd (Assistant 

Coach) for all his help and support during 

the 2011 season. Thanks to Marama 

Durie-McGrath for the sponsorship from 

Trumps Fashion for our team this year. Also a 

special mention to all the Parents, brothers & 

sisters, and grandparents who came along to 

games and for their vocal and encouraging 

support. 

I look forward to seeing all the boys back 

next season in the U9 grade. 

Brian Ferguson 

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Best Player: Christian Thompson Best Tackler: Zane Wheeler 

Most Improved: Toby Molyneux 

Marist U8 Whites first year of tackle rugby was a great learning curve for the first year 

players & the first year coaching team. All players in the team can now tackle effectively & 

safely, they now understand scrum and lineouts. Every week the team grew in confidence 

and although to date we have only won 1 game at the time of this report, the enthusiasm 

put in and the enjoyment gained from each game was outstanding. All of our games, home 

and away, had excellent attendance with near a full team roster to work with each week. 

Carl designed a highly effective sub roster that made sure every player had equal time on 

the field, not just our 'gun players'. 

Parent support for our team was outstanding! One of our parents "Tommo" ref'd all of 

our home games and parent support from 

the sideline speaks volumes. We rewarded 

the team each round with "player of the 

day" (great all round performance) and "play 

of the day" (act of great skill or brilliance) 

almost all of the team have had one or the 

other award. With a new understanding of 

this years grade of rugby, players will be 

motivated and looking forward to next years 

2012 Marist under 9 season. 

Dave Wheeler 


Best Player: William Leong 

Best Tackler: Harrison Galloway 

Most Improved: Josh Viljoen 

2011 has been great seeing the ongoing improvement as the boys get more experienced 

and grow bigger and are able to deal with 

the physical side of the game better. 

Congratulations to the award winners. 

Well done to all our team members who have 

performed exceptionally well this season. 

Many thanks to all the parents, 

grandparents, brothers and sisters and 

supporters – the team really enjoys you 

being there urging them on in their sport of 

choice. 

Owen & Stu 

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Best Player: Woodrow Hosking 

Best Tackler: Leo Gordon 

Most Improved: Reif Solomon 

The Marist U9 Green squad once again performed outstandingly this season. At this 

point the team remains unbeaten in the Manawatu competition this season. 

The most pleasing aspect from a coaching and management view point is the continued 

improvement of skills and the development of this team from last season. 

We have some new squad members that haven’t previously played rugby that have 

progressed well throughout the season. Of the new squad members, Ryan Cutler and 

Mark Ah Koy have made steady progress. Caleb Martin who played in the both the 

forwards and back had a very good season. Jack Parker had an outstanding year and has 

showed great natural talent scoring many tries on the end of a very good backline. 

From last years squad, Camryn Mabey, Ryan Gleeson, Harrison Booth, Maddock Leslie, 

Dylan Boyce, Jacob Nixon and Jimi Smith have all progressed extremely well with a lot of 

talent in this group. Reif Solomon played outstanding throughout the year and pound for 

pound played way above his weight. Woodrow Hosing played to his usual high standard 

especially when we played the higher ranked teams. Last but not least Leo Gordon played 

exceptionally well throughout the year, a fantastic effort as he is a year younger than most 

of his team mates. 

A big thank you to my manager, Brian 

Mabey, who made life very easy for the coach 

with his organizational skills. 

Finally, a big thanks to the Marist Junior 

Rugby Committee whose countless hours 

of work make the Marist Junior Rugby Club 

function to the high standards we all enjoy. 

Well done everyone. 

Bill Gleeson 


Best Player: Logan Shearman 

Best Tackler: Ben Holloway 

Most Improved: Hoani Rikihana 

U9 Black has had a mixed season, with the highlight being the Bulls 10 aside Tournament 

where we made the finals and narrowly lost 

to HSOB by one try. 

It has been great to see our boys develop 

and play as a team. We may not have been 

the biggest or fastest on the field at times 

but we made up for this in determination. 

The last few weeks of the season has seen it 

all come together for our players, with great 

tackling and passing the ball around. 

The support and assistance I have received 

from Tim Stewart and Shane Shearman has 

been fantastic and meant we could make the 

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most out of our training sessions. Thanks also to Paula for keeping us organized and in the 

loop with her newsletters. 

Thanks to all the parents for their help and support, we always had a great line up of 

vocal supporters on the side line at game time. 

Having been the coach for some of the players now for several years, I have enjoyed 

seeing the boys develop their skills. I look forward to being able to take this team into the 

U10 grade next year. See you next year boys. 

Tau Rikihana 


Best Player: Harlow Apiata 

Best Tackler: Matthew Oldridge 

Most Improved: Jack Stephens 

The 2011 Junior Rugby season is almost finished with only 2 games to go as I write this 

report. It has been a very enjoyable season for me as a coach in seeing the improvement 

of all the players in our team. We had quite a few new players join our team this season 

and they all fitted in really well. 

The boys have been playing fantastic rugby which has been enjoyed by all the parents 

and supporters. I put a lot of this down to the willingness to listen and learn especially 

at practices. The boys are now starting to think about how rugby is meant to be played 

and are now playing with structure and organisation within the team. Hopefully we can 

keep this team together as I can see the makings of an even better team next year if the 

improvement they made this year is anything to go by. 

I would like to thank Peter Ellingham, our team manager for all his hard work behind 

the scenes. This makes my job a lot easier. Thank you to all the parents who help out at 

practices and on Saturdays. To all the supporters of our team whom I sure get a huge 

amount of satisfaction out of seeing the improvement and style of rugby the team is 

playing. 

Special thanks to Mark, Karlyn, and the 

Marist Junior Rugby administration team, 

whom without, Marist Junior Rugby 

would not be as strong as it is. Hopefully 

these boys stick with playing rugby which 

will only make Manawatu rugby stronger 

in the future. 

Last of all I would like to thank all the 

boys in the boys in our team, well done 

to you all. 

David Justice 

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Best Player: Cameron Jones 

Best Tackler: Tevita Asi 

Most Improved: Phillip Massarotto 

The 2011 U10 white team was made up of mostly my under 9 team from last year, it 

was great to see the boys come back for more punishment. I would also like to thank the 

new faces to the rugby field this year, we had 5 new players who had not played before, 

without these boys we would not of been able to field a team this year. 

All of the new and older players had great improvement in different aspects of their 

game this year, and this was thanks to their other talented coach Ben Jones. Having Ben 

come in this year gave us support and a boost of skill we needed. 

I would also like to thank Nardine for getting us to the right field at the right time 

and keeping us all in line, you were great, thanks. The supporters (Parents and co) your 

support of the team was amazing it was always loud and always positive. 

And finally to our boys who played hard 

week in and week out, we could write great 

things about all of you but there’s just not 

enough paper. Our season can be summed 

up quite easily we won 5 and lost 5 but the 

5 we lost were all close and our boys never 

gave up in those games. Only 3 of you can 

get prizes at prize-giving this year these 

could have gone to a number of you, so if 

you don’t win a prize this year don’t worry 

I will just see you back next year fitter and 

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Best Player: Samuel Stewart 

Best Tackler: Niamh Saker 

Most Improved: Patrick Dooley 

As I write this the competition still has 2 games to go, the results of which may have a 

significant impact on our position in the grade – so the writing of this report is somewhat 

difficult in terms of summing up our season and the end result. 

At present while we are ranked 6th out of 11 teams we have scored the most bonus 

points of the whole grade which means that while we lost 4 games, 3 of these losses were 

by only one try – heart breaking but then that’s rugby. 

Congratulations to our player of the year for 2011 – an outstanding player both in 

terms of performance and attitude and he has a bright future ahead of him. Our tackler 

of the year displays determination and stamina week in and week out. The award for 

Most Improved Player is deserving of this award and has stepped up week after week to 

become one of our leading forwards. 

My utmost thanks to Steve Dooley and Peter Richards for their support, help and advice 

during the season. Coaching is sometimes a daunting job, especially when things don’t 

always go to plan – like my plan to win the competition – and to have this assistance is 

very much appreciated. 

I also wish to thank the Marist Club, especially Karlyn Eales and Mark Andersen, who 

do an amazing job organising our teams and giving our children the opportunity to play 

rugby every week. And of course thanks must also go to our team parents for the positive 

support of not only their own children but of the whole team and the coaches. 

Lastly to all my players, well done and 

congratulations on the way you have all 

played rugby in the 2011 season – we may 

not have won as much as we would have 

liked but we can hold our heads high that 

we played with integrity, honesty and the 

sportsmanship with which rugby should be 

played. 

Paul Haydock 


Best Player: Darius Mafileo 

Best Tackler: Stanley Tawhiti 

Most Improved: Craig Lawrence 

For Shaun and myself, this was our first year of coaching junior rugby, and we both found 

it a really rewarding and enjoyable experience. We consider ourselves very lucky to be in 

charge of an extremely talented group of individuals this year, who have shown glimpses 

that they will go far with their rugby as they get older. It has been a great challenge for 

us in managing a group week in, week out, especially with two sets of holidays and a few 

weekends of rain affecting the season. 

Reflecting on the boys’ efforts this season, they have been fairly even in terms of wins 

and losses. Although we definitely had the talent to match, even to better, the stronger 

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teams such as Kia Toa and Freyberg, our 

teamwork and basic skills often let us down. 

In saying that, when the boys did play for 

each other, we were unstoppable and 

dominated teams with our size and strength. 

Highlights of the season included a high 

scoring win against Feilding Crusaders and 

a commanding performance against Bush, 

with Kolo Tavake setting up the try of the 

year with a blockbusting 90m run! 

We would like to take this opportunity to 

thank all the parents and family of the boys 

who supported and assisted with the team throughout the year. We certainly appreciated 

having a vocal crowd on the sideline to support the team! 

To all the boys, great effort this year and make sure you keep looking to develop the 

skills we have taught you this year. Hopefully we will see you all again next season! 

Bryn Parry & Shaun Iwikau 


Best Player: Leo Richards 

Best Tackler: Connor Harris 

Most Improved: Matthew Trainor 

This team started with a draw and then went from strength to strength. We had 

an awesome all round team and were unbeaten right through the season. We had an 

outstanding loose forward trio and the outside backs had plenty of pace. 

Weather initially prevented us playing our games against Kia Toa and so we remained 

top of the table for two more weeks...we eventually fell to the mite of both the Kia Toa 

teams who both beat us in the first half of the games. Our pride and courage kept us in the 

games allowing the reds to score only one try in the second half and we came back and 

beat the second half score in the Blues game by 2 tries. 

Top try scorers for the season, Shayden 

Stevens 15 Tries, Jack Harris 6 Tries and Dom 

Semmens 6 Tries. 

There were a number of outstanding 

players in this team and it has been a very 

difficult and gut wrenching chore to choose 

the players awards. 

A huge thanks to parents who helped with 

trainings and team support. 

Ian Harris & Erin Withers 

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Best Player: Taine Mitchell 

Best Tackler: Brett Hooper 

Most Improved: Kwaylin Hubbard 

Throughout this season U12 Green have shown great skills & have worked very hard 

at developing new skills. This year the team had come together and played as a team 

which has been outstanding to see. 7 wins 2 

loses and 1 draw has proven the success of 

a team effort and a remarkable one at that. 

Outstanding season to the boys. 

Thank you to the supporters and parents 

for having their boys ready to take the field 

each week. Look forward to next season 

bigger, faster, fitter & stronger, hope to see 

you all there. 

Laurence Macdonald 

Marist U13 

Best Player: Samuel Boakes 

Best Tackler: Alex Jones 

Most Improved: Samuel Gunning 

The 2011 season was a difficult one for the under thirteen’s. The season started off with 

20 players but we lost a couple early on and made it through the season with 18 and to 

the boys credit we always fielded 15 players. The first half of the season saw us playing 7 

other teams, three of which were PNBHS under 14, under 60kg teams. These were good 

games against these boys high teams but we never got on the right side of the score 

unfortunately. A coaching reshuffle 8 or so weeks into the season was unfortunate, but 

the boys adapted and rocked on. We had a few wins through the season, probably not as 

many as we would have liked but that's footy. The heartening thing though was that the 

boys turned up to practice and the games, ready to go, and that is a great attitude to have 

and I congratulate the boys on that. 

Over the course of the season we met 40 times for training and games. Notably Sam 

Boakes and Bryn Earle only missed two of these, and Ariki Mullen only 2 behind that, 

well done boys, rugby requires commitment and that shows it. The leading try scorers 

for the season were Frank Tavai and Bryn Earle, well done boys, some of these were 

individual, but many were team efforts and these boys the finishers. Later in the season 

the rep nominations were put forward and Frank Tavai was successful in making it into the 

Manawatu Under 13 rep team, well done Frank. 

The best tackler for the season was Alex Jones, probably the smallest boy in the team, 

but has a fantastic tackling technique and the heart and courage behind it, well done 

Alex. The most improved player of the season was Sam Gunning. He found his niche in the 

midfield and came on in leaps and bounds with his running, line breaks, support play and 

defence, making some great try saving tackles and big tackles at time. A fairly quiet boy 

who listened, trained hard and got the job done. Well done Sam. 

The MVP of the season was a hard decision, but in the end was awarded to Sam Boakes. 

Sam was the captain for the season and really took to this role well. He was a real menace 

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to the opposition at flanker much like Richie McCaw and Adam Thompson, always there, 

securing the ball, stealing the ball, ripping it off opponents, taking it straight up the guts, 

tackling anything in front of him and tackling them hard. His attitude was fantastic, his 

attendance was great as mentioned, and he is a nice kid as well. Sam trialled for the Under 

13 reps but unfortunately did not get a spot, their loss Sam. Well done Sam, a great season, 

keep up the hard work. 

A big thanks to the parents who turned up to support the boys, thanks for the weekly 

filled bread rolls, and thanks to Coccorico for providing the yummy treats. A special thanks 

to Darren who frequently assisted at training and at games, filling gaps often at short 

notice. I am sure some of the boys will remember getting tackled by you at practices for a 

while to come. Thanks to Bernard and Edouard for coaching at the start of the season and 

getting us underway. Thanks to Dion for coaching the boys for the remainder of season, 

the boys have learnt a lot and your half time speeches will ring in their ears for a while I 

reckon. Thanks also to Karlyn and Mark, and members of the Marist Junior committee, as a 

past convenor, I know the time and commitment it takes. Mark, you coming and watching 

some of our games was appreciated. 

Lastly, thank you to the boys: Halen Berkland, Sam Boakes, Bryn Earle, Elliott Gibbons, 

Sam Gunning, Jacob Haydock, Alex Jones, Michael Jones, Daniel Lavelle, Ariki Mullen, 

Taine Pereka, Matthew Sinclair, James Sullivan, Frank Tavai, Matthew Trask, Hunter 

Waller, Zach Wickens, Xavier Wratten. I hope you had fun guys, even amongst the 

disappointment. Playing sport is about winning, but it is also about having fun, being part 

of a team, camaraderie and so on, and you guys have done us as coaches and your parents 

proud this season. Keep playing footy, keep working hard, good luck at which ever high 

school you go off to next year and keep striving for your goals both in rugby and in life. 

Dylan Earle 

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JUNIOR SOCCER 

Marist Junior Football had another successful season with over 40 teams registering to 

play in 2011. 

It also saw the introduction of a new Marist Junior Football strip and it was great to see 

all Marist teams wearing the same shirt for the first time. 

Marist Junior Football would like to thank the Marist Sports Club for its assistance in 

getting funding for purchasing the new strip. 

Marist Junior Football donated its old playing shirts to the NZ Army who gave them to 

children in East Timor and we trust they are getting good wear out of these. 

There are a number of boys and girls who have gained selection for Manawatu 

representative teams and congratulations to those players and we hope this is the first 

step in you becoming the best player you can be. 

Marist Junior Football provides for children from age 3 through to age 13 and its great 

to see the enjoyment, skills and sense of team spirit they gain each Saturday morning. 

We look forward to everyone getting out there and giving it their all next season. 

Craig Auckram 

President 

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u WE WILL ensure an environment conducive to the physical and social well-being of our members. 

u WE WILL help all players reach their potential in personal development and in their chosen sport. 

u WE WILL promote fellowship and goodwill in a Christian spirit of unity. 

u WE WILL provide, maintain and manage facilities and opportunities for sporting and social 

purposes. 

u WE WILL support our players in respectful ways. 

u WE WILL honour and celebrate our Marist historical origins and contributors to the Club over the 

years. 

u WE WILL welcome as our guests and show hospitality to other clubs and the community. 

u WE WILL encourage cultural activities and appropriate entertainment for our members and 

supporters to enjoy. 

u WE WILL seek to advance club growth and adopt modern practices to continuously improve our 

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The sports person’s drinking guide 

If you take your sport seriously here’s the sensible way to approach 

alcohol. 

Say “when” 24 hours before 

Give your body a chance to metabolise any alcohol in your 

system by avoiding alcohol 24 hours before playing or training. 

Put first aid, first 

If you’ve been injured, don’t drink alcohol until you’ve had 

treatment. 

Re-hydrate with juice or water 

After hard exercise it’s important to top up with non-alcoholic 

beverages first. Alcohol will just dehydrate you further. 

Know when enough is enough 

Research shows the body’s limit in a single session is about 6 

drinks for a man, 4 for a woman (one drink being approximately 

a small glass of wine, a single measure of spirits or a half-pint of 

beer). Over a week, the limits are 21 drinks for men and 14 for 

women. 

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