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Tuesday <strong>February</strong> [Edition 5 datE] <strong>2019</strong> 11 3<br />
Discover<br />
New Brighton<br />
Young players<br />
strongly supported<br />
at local rugby club<br />
Junior players at the New Brighton<br />
Rugby Club will be eagerly awaiting<br />
the start of the <strong>2019</strong> season, which<br />
kicks off in early April.<br />
The club has 250 junior players,<br />
aged from as young as four up to<br />
13, and seeing them take to the field<br />
in their black and gold jerseys on a<br />
Saturday morning makes the club’s<br />
committee members, the coaches<br />
and the parents feel very proud, says<br />
Junior Club captain, Cara Stewart.<br />
Cara’s husband Dougie is also a<br />
Junior Club captain at New Brighton,<br />
and both their sons play for the club.<br />
“Belonging to the club is a great<br />
opportunity for young people to get<br />
involved and be part of something –<br />
everyone enjoys that,” Cara says.<br />
The club is very supportive of the<br />
young players and encourages them,<br />
whatever their skill level, she says.<br />
The 11-13 year-olds have two<br />
practice nights a week, and the 8-10<br />
year-olds practise once a week, playing<br />
at the club’s two grounds – Thompson<br />
Park and Rawhiti Domain.<br />
Inter-club rugby is played on<br />
Saturday mornings, with matches<br />
taking place at club grounds right<br />
around the city.<br />
“It can be a very busy time for<br />
parents, especially if they have two or<br />
three youngsters playing at different<br />
venues,” Cara says.<br />
A team night for the junior players is<br />
held once a season, a family occasion<br />
at which the young club members<br />
are introduced to the senior New<br />
Brighton players, who are all very<br />
supportive of their young club-mates.<br />
New Brighton was also fortunate<br />
to have All Black Ryan Crotty, who<br />
played his junior rugby at New<br />
Brighton and retains close ties with<br />
the club, and Crusader Ollie Jager<br />
attend their Junior Club Day last<br />
season, with the pair presenting<br />
Player of the Day medals and signing<br />
banners for the young players.<br />
Jager, who represents both<br />
Canterbury and the Crusaders, has<br />
played for the club’s Premier Colts<br />
and Senior Division One team in<br />
recent seasons, while Canterbury and<br />
Crusaders player Billy Harmon was<br />
another New Brighton Club member.<br />
“We’re very proud of the New<br />
Brighton Club, but it wouldn’t be the<br />
success it is without the support of the<br />
coaches, the committee and of course,<br />
the parents,” Cara says.<br />
To enquire about joining the New<br />
Brighton Rugby Club, contact Cara<br />
Stewart, phone 021 490 947, email<br />
carastewart@outlook.co.nz<br />
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JUNIOR RUGBY <strong>2019</strong><br />
U6 - U7 RIPPA RUGBY<br />
U8 - U13 TACKLE<br />
<strong>2019</strong> REGISTRATION<br />
SUNDAY 10th FEB 3:00 - 5pm<br />
MONDAY 11th FEB 5:30 - 7pm<br />
SUNDAY 17th FEB 3:00 - 5pm<br />
MONDAY 18th FEB 5:30 - 7pm<br />
Upstairs at the Club Rooms, Rawhiti Ave, New Brighton.<br />
New players ID is required (Birth Cert or Passport)<br />
SUBS- $70 per child, includes team photo<br />
$110 per family up to three children, then $35 each child after.<br />
All fully paid subs will include a team photo and a New Brighton Rugby Hoodie<br />
Discounted socks will be available<br />
Email: juniors@nbrfc.co.nz | Contact: Cara Stewart 021 490 947<br />
www.newbrightonrugby.co.nz/jnr-club/
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