SENIOR PRE-SEASON TRAINING

Tuesday 8th February 2011

Training starts for all senior teams in a little less than two months. All players are expected to attend regularly. Attendance, attitude and payment of subs will be a precondition to playing in 2011.

 

OZTAG 2010/2011

Games started Monday 25th October

If you're keen to play Oztag this summer, games start soon!
We'll have a series of teams on Mondays and Wednesdays, 6pm and 7pm, in the Open and Mixed divisions.

If you're interested, email tara.naige@me.com or kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au - they will sort you out.

 

AGMs

Junior Annual General Meeting
Wednesday 3rd November 2010, 6.30pm

Senior Annual General Meeting
Thursday 2nd December 2010, 7.00pm

Kim Evans a Life Member

 

CHRISTMAS DRINKS

Thursday 16th December, from 6.30 pm

Come to the club for drinks, Father Christmas, Carolling, Seasonal Goodwill - you know the deal...

* Happy Hour *

* Christmas Carols *

* Father Christmas *

* Presents for the Kids*

ALSO - this will be your last chance to reclaim any lost property. All items remaining in the Lost Property Cupboard will be donated to charity on 17 December 2010

 

WORKING BEE

Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th January 2011

We're repainting the club, plus doing lots of cleaning and maintenance work - ALL HANDS ON DECK!!!

 

Liam Gill & the Commonwealth Games Rugby 7s

Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images AsiaPac
October 11th 2010
http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/d96LaxDa13t/19th+Commonwealth+Games+Day+8+Rugby+7/YhQS7rlQS2P/Liam+Gill

Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images AsiaPac
October 11th 2010

Photo by Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images AsiaPac
October 11th 2010

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/11102010/2/photo/11102010131736.html
Photo: Reuters
Australia's Liam Gill tackles England's Ben Gollings during their rugby sevens pool match during the Commonwealth Games in New Delhi - Monday October 11, 02:15 PM

 

2010 Southern States Championships

Friday 1 October
WA U20s 69 v Tas U20s 8
SA U20s 25 v Vic U20s 32
SA Black Falcons 27 v Victoria 64

Saturday 2 October
Victoria 5 v WA 69

Sunday 3 October
SA U20s 13 v Tas U20s 0
WA 29 v Victoria 12
SA Black Falcons 0 v WA 78

 

Post Season Bash, Saturday 16th October

Come along to farewell Mike Otty who's leaving us soon, applaud our Junior Falcons as they get the awards they missed on Presentation Night, and grab a game, a feed and a beer on the way through.

2pm: Friendly Rugby Game

Colts + guests v Mike Otty's XV

Miller Reserve, the Lacrosse ground around the corner from us. Corner of Devereaux and Sturdee.

3.30pm: Free BBQ

Free BBQ courtesy of the Wilson Family and free keg courtesy of Coopers
7pm: Pub Crawl

Theme: Semi-Formal

Our usual stroll through the establishments of Norwood.

Dress half formal and half footy

 

Don Smith Awards

Jack Macklin, Best U21, Don Smith Awards, September 8th 2010

Kim Evans, Outstanding Admin Award, Don Smith Awards Night, Sept 8th 2010

 

Friday 13th August

Rumours abound of the Friday night Life Members' dinner.
Someone, apparently, left in a suitable state of drunkenness and very responsibly decided to walk home. Unfortunately, some of the natives were alarmed. The Police were called & looking in vain for someone who had now passed out on the way home and was well out of sight. Another responsible Old Collegian, walking home but in a far from drunken state, was subsequently picked up by Adelaide's Police by mistake, or as a substitute, the truth of the matter being somewhat clouded by circumstance.
Now, that's the best I can do from here when no-one tells me what's happening there.

 

Grand Final Lunch

The 2010 SA Rugby Grand Final Lunch will be held on Friday 17 September in the Star Room at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12:30pm for 1pm.
Come along and hear from the Captains and Coaches who will be competing in the Premier Grade Grand Final, along with a special key note speaker.

Tickets are $55 and includes a two course meal (beverages not included).
To purchase tickets or for more information please contact Mel at SA Rugby mel.summers@SARUgby.com.au, or kim@oldcollegians.org.au if you would like to sit on the OCs' table.

 

ROB SADLER

Congratulations to Rob Sadler who has secured a much deserved coaching appointment in Portugal .
We wish him the best of luck and success, but we will miss him.
Rob is an OC Life Member and has been a tireless contributor to OCs for decades.
He flies out next week, so if you get a chance over the next few days, wish him good luck and goodbye & t'obrigado.

 

JUNIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT

Friday 24th September 2010 at the clubrooms

Bar open 6pm (please no BYO)

U8s: 1830-1855 U10s: 1900-1925

U12s: 1930-1955 U14s: 2000-2025

U16s: 2030-2055 U18s: 2100-2125

Sausage sizzle for players, gold coin donation for supporters. Why not bring a platter to share with your fellow team pare nts?

 

SENIOR PRESENTATION NIGHT

Saturday 25th September at the Feathers

Tickets available soon!

 

DON SMITH NIGHT

SA Rugby Presentation Night

Wednesday 8 September 2010, 6.30pm

Glenelg Surf Life Saving Club

Tickets $50 each, for a three course meal

Let us know if you want to sit on the OCs table, or book your own seats by calling Mel at SARU on 7224 8150

 

Grand Final Lunch

The 2010 SA Rugby Grand Final Lunch will be held on Friday 17 September in the Star Room at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre 12:30pm for 1pm.
Come along and hear from the Captains and Coaches who will be competing in the Premier Grade Grand Final, along with a special key note speaker.
Tickets are $55 and includes a two course meal (DRINKS not included).
To purchase tickets or for more information please contact Mel at SA Rugby mel.summers@SARUgby.com.au, or kim@oldcollegians.org.au if you would like to sit on the OCs table.

 

 

BAROSSA BUS TRIP!

SATURDAY 14 AUGUST 2010

Our 2nd XV, U14s, U10/8s are playing the Barossa Rams at Lyndoch and we'll be taking a couple of buses up for the team and for anyone who'd like to come along for a wine tour. If you're interested email kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au and let us know whether you are interested in just watching the games, going for a wine-tour and/or hanging around afterwards for a meal with the kind Barossa folks who travel so far for their rugby every week...

 

QUIZ NIGHT

SATURDAY 28 AUGUST 2010

We'll be having a Quiz Night at the clubrooms on the last Saturday of the minor round.
Start forming your tables. More details soon!

 

JUNIOR FALCONS

We are pleased and excited to announce the following OC lads have been selected to make up the Junior Black Falcons team that will tour to the Gold Coast QLD 24th to 27th September 2010: Billy Macklin, Chris Bartlett, Jack Campion, Jack Macklin, Tom Nutt and Will Sadler.

 

Iranian Women's Rugby

Iran ladies rugby team makes European debut playing in veils and tracksuits
The Iranian ladies rugby team attracted attention when they made their European debut wearing veils and full length tracksuits.

Source: www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/iran
By Nick Pisa in Rome
Published: 5:45PM BST 01 Aug 2010

Rugby and women may not seem the ideal combination in the deeply Islamic Iran. But women's rugby has been growing in popularity since the game was introduced more than 10 years ago This weekend marked the team's first time in Europe when they took part in a sevens tournament. The first match in Cortina D'Ampezzo, in the Italian Dolomites, ended in two defeats against the host nation losing the first match 10-0 and the second 33-0 however they did beat club side Valsugana 10-3.

In all the matches the team played wearing the 'maghnaeh', a veil that fully covers the head, shoulders and neck, along with red tracksuit tops and bottoms.

 

Drinks specials

August Drink Specials

$3.00 Bundy Red Bottles
$5.00 UDL Cans
$4.50 Coopers 62 Pilsner Stubbies
$4.00 Red Bullets (West End Draught Cans)

 

Refereeing

IMPORTANT NOTICE

There have been some recent unpleasant incidents of referee abuse in SA Rugby.
Old Collegians players, officials and spectators and reminded that abuse of referees (whether verbal or physical) is not acceptable.

SA Rugby is likely to take any further incidents very seriously in 2010 and all clubs have been issued with a warning.
There are a number of penalties that can be imposed, whether the abuse is by spectators, officials or players.

Old Collegians is not one of the clubs currently before the judiciary; we would like to keep it that way.

Please continue to make sure that your behaviour is irreproachable.
Referee abuse can result in the Club incurring serious fines and/or losing competition points.

We are ALL obliged to comply with the ARU Code of Conduct and SA Rugby's Expectations of Behaviour.

 

Ryan Hoffman

Phil Hoffman has a son, Ryan, playing in the league game in Adelaide this weekend - No 12 for the Melb Storm. He is also a Kangaroo.

He played for OCs in the U14s and U16s, back in the day, and also for Rostrevor. He played with a couple of OCs current crop, including Peter Cross (currently out to injury).

I wish I could keep track of all the old OCs!

El, Paul - likewise FYI. NB Phil Hoffman is now a sponsor of SARU.

 

CURRY COOK OFF!

SATURDAY 24 JULY 2010

Advanced warning - in a few weeks we'll be having our annual Curry Cook Off. If you think your curry can stand up to the competition contact kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au to register your entry or for more details. All club members (social, parents, players) are welcome to enter or to come along and eat!

INDIAN COOKING LESSONS

Speaking of curries, thanks to a talented member of the club we'll be having Indian cooking classes in the club kitchen on a coming Sunday afternoon. If you'd be interested, please email kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au to register your interest and we'll pick a time to suit everyone. The classes will only be small (max 8 people) and the fee will not be extravagant.

 

The club's website

The internet was first created for the CERN project in 1993. In 2003, MySpace arrived followed by facebook in 2004.

So it was not that long ago that all of this started.

The Collegians rugby club had a working website in 2000. It was originally created as an archive site dedicated to preserving & expanding on the club's history, largely & sadly, then unknown. It expanded to take on publishing current club information, such as news, draws, results & with advances in download speeds ... photographs.

With the expansion of social networking sites quite ubiquitously across the generations, the direction & purpose of dedicated websites such as Old Collegians has to change. When the next internet apps generation arrives, in whatever form that may be, it may even consign facebook to history. Or facebook may re-invent itself.

There was once the newsletter, posted out after volunteers put them together, printed them and posted them. There were arguments & meetings about the mailing list ... interesting times. Then came the website, although the newsletter still went out to those without personal computers, and an electronic version evolved that was sent out by email. The website, though, is destined to go the way of the newsletter. Is that not progress? Undoubtedly yes.

We also have two photo albums, one on the website & one on facebook. The photo competition is run on the website but could more conveniently for those taking the photos, to facebook. The club's website doesn't have an upload facility while facebook does, so why have it on the website? It's possible that the website could eventually go commercial, but it would still fail to compete against facebook.

The last of the old newsletters & committee papers are copied to acid-free paper & PDF'd with the originals now at the Mortlock Library in Adelaide. All of the club's history will then be in digital format & preserved.

... PH 22-June-10

 

HO, FARRAHS!

Tim and Barb Farrah will be in Adelaide on the 3rd July and will be at Tregenza for OC v Souths. Di Farrah will also be there and Peter Farrah and his wife Lee are making a guest appearance. On Sunday 4th July the Farrah-based festivities continue at Tregenza for a BBQ/curry lunch. The bar will be open so please don't BYO.

 

BLEDISLOE(S)

Wallabies v All Blacks, Melbourne

Flight and Accommodation package

If you are headed to the Bledisloe Cup Test Match on 31 July 2010 in Melbourne , SA Rugby through Major Partner Phil Hoffmann Travel have organised a flight and accommodation package. There is a Junior Development Rebate returned to SA Rugby for every package booked. There are limited positions so book early to avoid missing out!

Flights:
QF682 Fri 30 July, dep Adel 1140, arr Melbourne1325
QF685 Sun 1 August, dep Melb 1410, arr Adel 1500
Accommodation:
2 nights at Causeway 353 Hotel, 353 Little Collins St, Melb
Deluxe King or Twin Room
$419.38 per person twin share

If you would like to take up this package deal, please contact Pat Palumbo at Phil Hoffmann Travel on 8350 5731 or email wholesale@pht.com.au

Wallabies v All Blacks, Hong Kong

30 October 2010, Gold Tickets - $180.

Orders must be placed by 21 June. Contact SARU

 

GOLDEN OLDIES AT TREGENZA

12 noon, Sunday 1 August 2010

The rugby starts at midday, curries will be served and there will be a band called "Mixed Jam" playing from 1.30pm to 3.30pm. There may be a minor charge for entry if necessary. All welcome!

 

Collegians Rugby-playing lawyers

From the Law Society Journal SA

Full article

 

WIZARD STAFFS

Saturday, 26th June 2010

After the home games against Burnside, stay at the club to farewell Peter Skinner and watch the Wallabies v Ireland . We'll have a BBQ and specials on Guinness. The theme of the evening will be Witches & Wizards. Best 3 people dressed in theme will win a jug of beer each, and those who are game will be building Wizards staffs from beer cans. More details provided on the night!

 

State Reps

The South Australian Schools Rugby Union provides competitions for Secondary School students in the age grades of U15, U16 & U18. Participating in this pathway gives students the chance to represent South Australia at the Australian Schoolboys Championships in Geelong under the watchful eye of the Australian Rugby Union talent scouts.

Congratulations to the Collegians players who have been selected to play in the SA Under 18s Schoolboys team which will compete at the Division 2 Australian Schoolboys Championships in late June:
Ben Blackhall, Mitchell Sallis and Billy Macklin (who we still count as ours despite his leave-of-absence in 2010) and stand-by players Soshi Eto and Fraser Murison.

Congratulations to the Collegians ladies selected to play in for the Southern Warriors at the Women's Rugby Nationals in Canberra on June 4 - 7: Nadia Blake, Elena Casciano, Sarah Mitchelson, Tara Naige, Lusia Raikiwasa and Kate Reynolds.

Congratulations and good luck also to Joe Colwell who has been selected for the U14's state trial game, from which they will be selecting the U14 state squad!

 

Brock James' drop goal

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4DxMfImry0

LIFE MEMBERS' DAY
&
BAD SHIRT NIGHT
Saturday 29 May

All our wonderful Life Members are invited to the Club for our home games against Onkaparinga, to reconnect with the Club and your fellow clubmen, and also for a free drink and to go into the raffle draw for a club polo shirt.

ALL club members are invited to drag their ugliest shirt out of the wardrobe for that evening; worst 3 shirts win a free jug of beer!

If the Super 14 Final is in NZ or Australia , we'll show it on TV.

Oh, and start forming your boat-racing teams now...

 

New Club Captain

Congratulations and thanks to our new club captain Paul Reynolds!
Players who have concerns, or need advice or need someone to speak for them to coaches, selectors etc should approach Paul.

 

Thursday night meals

The canteen will be serving Thursday night inexpensive meals as of this week beginning Thursday 29th April.
This Thursday 29th's meal is Beef Stroganoff, thanks to the wonder of Ian Barrie.
We'd be very grateful to any other club member (playing, social or other!) who would like to cook a meal one Thursday night. sthewlis1@bigpond.com

 

Ladies Night

Friday 21 May

7pm to 10pm (and later if demand requires).
The ladies of the club (mums, sisters, wives, daughters, girlfriends, friends, players etc!) of OC are invited to the clubrooms for complimentary champagne and nibbles, a crackling fire and SHOPPING.
They'll be Tupperware, Intimo lingerie and leisurewear, RI Advice financial planning, psychics and lots more.

 

Club Night

Home Game: Saturday 8 May

Come to Tregenza for our first home of 2010, against Brighton , and hang around afterwards for the festivities.
There will be a meal, Super 14 on the TV and various club based games and activities.

It's Club Night, so come dressed in your club shirt or otherwise

 

Andre Pretorius

ANDRE PRETORIUS KICKING CLINIC

Andre Pretorius is coming over from the Western Force as our guest to speak at the Community Rugby Day Lunch. Andre was the springbok flyhalf in the RWC final in 2007 and now contracted to the Western Force.

In addition to his lunch commitments, Andre has also agreed to run a kicking clinic on the morning of the community rugby day at Burnside commencing at 11:00am. All coaches and interested players are invited.

Please contact Sue Thewlis ASAP if you are interested sthewlis1@bigpond.com.

 

Bar Specials in April

CLUB BAR NOW OPEN

The Club Bar is open every Thursday and Saturday night from 6pm to 10pm (and later if demand requires). Come by and support the club. Our Monthly Specials in April are:

• $4 Strongbow Original Cider
• $3.50 Howard Vineyard Unoaked Chardonnay
• $3 Coopers Pale Pints
• $3.50 Pure Blonde Stubbies

 

Club Captain

We will be electing a new Senior Club Captain on Thursday 29 April before training.

Please send your nominations for Club Captain to stew@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au

The role of Club Captain is an honour, and a responsibility. The Club Captain is the voice of the players; his/her duties include:

• welcoming new players
  

• ensuring club morale and spirit is maintained
  

• maintaining discipline amongst the players
  

• attending OC matches, across all ages and grades
  

• helping coaches and selectors provide players with the opportunity to excel
  

• leading by example in training, conduct on the field and support of club activities
  

• acting as a representative/advocate for players to the coaches/selectors
  

• representing the club at functions, including making speeches at home games and formal events
  

• representing the interests of the players to the coaches, selectors and the committee.
  

 

Community Rugby Day

BARTERCARD CUP FINAL - 24 April 2010

Parkinson Oval, Kensington Gardens

This year Community Rugby Day combines with the Bartercard Cup Finals to make one huge day of Rugby . The day will also include an U8 and U10 Gala Day from 12:30pm and children's activities such as a jumping castle and face painting.

11:00am Reserve Grade Bartercard Cup Shield Final - OC v Onkaparinga
12:20pm Reserve Grade Bartercard Bowl Final - Burnside v Port Adelaide
1:40pm Premier Grade Bartercard Cup Plate Final - Onkaparinga v Woodville
3:00pm Premier Grade Bartercard Cup Final - OC v Brighton

LUNCH IN THE MARQUEE: Old Colls will have a table at the Community Rugby Day Lunch and you are welcome to join us - email sthewlis1@bigpond.com ASAP. Tickets: $55 each, includes a gourmet BBQ lunch provided by 'My Butcher' and a drinks package. The Guest Speaker will be Andre Pretorius from the Western Force and a member of the 2007 Springboks Rugby World Cup winning squad.

 

Bartercard Cup - Results

RESULTS

Bartercard Cup Finals - 24 April

Reserve Grade: Bartercard Cup Shield Final
Old Collegians 14 v Onkaparinga 0
Premier Grade Bartercard Cup Final
Old Collegians 13 v Brighton 23

SECOND ROUND - RESULTS

Premier Grade

Collegians 24 v Port Adelaide 16
tries to Xander Evans, Christian Tedge and Ashwin Thomas.
3 conversions and 1 penalty to Jack Macklin
Brighton 14 v Southern Subs 7
Onkaparinga 24 v University 0
Woodville 31 v Burnside 10

FIRST ROUND - RESULTS

Premier Grade

Brighton 26 v Onkaparinga 17
Southern Subs 49 v Adelaide University 3
Burnside 0 v Old Collegians 24
Port Adelaide 12 v Woodville 5

Reserve Grade

Brighton 20 v Onkaparinga 0
Southern Subs 7 v Port Adelaide 19
Burnside 40 v Old Collegians 5

 

Referees

Are there any club members, especially juniors interested in helping out as Ball Boys, or taking the extra step and becoming involved as Touch Judges or Referees for U8s, U10s or U12s? Take the example of Mitch Sallis who as an U18 last year refereed the U12 grand final, was recognized with an ARU School Student Scholarship and a position on the panel to touch judge at this years Adelaide 7s.

Interested? Contact details Tim on 0414280687

 

Adelaide 7s - on the weekend

For photos go to photos pages

 

Club history

Original club newsletters & documents deposited in the Mortlock Library. The club keeps paper & electronic copies.

Our view of history shapes the way we view the present, and therefore it dictates what answers we offer for existing problems. This rugby club's history is important to us all. Without it we have no sense of who & what came before & what it meant to others at different times. But it's not something everyone necessarily accepts or understands, and sometimes it's only as someone gets older that they see the point in it.

Through our history we come to know something of the people who had the same passions, initially as players & perhaps latterly as administrators, possibly as outsiders or those from other clubs out of Adelaide or from out of Australia. There's little that one can get to simulate the dialogue & manners & frustrations of the time but it's not difficult to get a personal feeling for it. The club has reflected society as it has changed and this is evident in the artefacts left behind.

In the club's past a number of collections of newsletters, minutes, accounts, complaints, congratulations & tirades - all on paper, as in those days, difficult to understand, I know, there were no computers - have been collected by those who had some contact with Collegians but who moved on. Often these artefacts were taken with them & either lost or left to others to sort out, often with disastrous results. One widow of a club identity some years past did understand the significance of what she'd been left with but eager to clean up things of which she had no ongoing attachment she rang our then club president. What she was offering him was not only a generation's worth of club papers & memorabilia but one man's lifetime of rugby artefacts: jerseys, ties, cups, awards, scarves, photographs, invitations, letters and so on. He said something along the lines of why would we want all that? She burnt it all.

The club's newsletters, minutes, notes & letters have been put together from a number of sources, ranging from the neglected to a responsible custodianship.

As I started to build all this up, Mickey Finn, one of our club legends, got progressively more concerned - and he had a right to be given the events of the past. And when Mickey got concerned about anything you knew about it. In subsequent years when I've been living away from Adelaide, all the papers have been sitting in a lock-up, with a lot of other things, in Adelaide. I dare not take any of it interstate.

Over the past 10 years I added a lot of the information from the newsletters as text to the website. Some years back I had the newsletters from the 1960s copied onto acid-free paper. Over the past 3 months I've had the remaining newsletters copied onto acid-free & also scanned onto PDFs. The remaining papers will soon also be copied & scanned. The scanned PDFs will become progressively available on the club's website. If no-one reads them for the next ten years, no worries, at least they're there.

On the Monday after the 2010 Rugby 7s weekend I put the original newsletters into the Mortlock Library, where I once came across some newsletters I hadn't seen copies of before. The additional papers that are being scanned now will have to be reviewed item by item before they go to the Mortlock & anything I believe is better kept quiet will stay that way.

With the originals in the state library it means responsibility has been shifted to somewhere more lasting and specialised. To the Mortlock these are valuable as examples of Adelaide's recent past and they're grateful to have them. For us, I would expect that they will be kept in perpetuity. I can only hope that Mickey Finn would approve. In any event, I reckon I have his ghost coming off my shoulder.

To anyone else out there who has records of the club's past, or even of other clubs, think seriously about getting them in to the Mortlock. Before you do that, let me have a copy or let me get a copy and the opportunity to scan them.

 

LIAM GILL VISITS OLD COLLS

Liam Gill played in our junior teams for many years and will be representing Australia at the Adelaide Sevens this weekend and travelling to play in Hong Kong Sevens next weekend too.

He'll be coming to the clubrooms this Thursday 18th March night at about 6.30pm to say hello to his original home club. Come by and say hello and congratulations to our latest Aussie rep! More on Liam Gill

 

STATE WOMEN'S FUNDRAISERS

The SA women's state rugby team is again fundraising for its annual pilgrimage to Nationals. To help

them get there they're selling donuts and wine! If you are interested in supporting them please contact Alice Kelly (at the OC bar or on amekelly@gmail.com).

Krispy Kremes - $20 for a dozen Krispy Kreme Original Glazed Donuts. Orders needed by 4 April.

Wine - Conveniently delivered to your door! $120/dozen. (Mixed dozens are OK). Orders by April 30.

> 2006 Chardonnay (Padthaway), Sea Change
> 2006 Chardonnay (Padthaway), Catalina Ridge
> 2009 Sauvignon Blanc (Coonawarra), Catalina Ridge
> 2006 Rose (Coonawarra), Catalina Ridge
> 2004 Shiraz Viognier (Padthaway), Ladbroke Grove
> 2005 Cabernet Merlot (Coonawarra), Catalina Ridge
> 2005 Shiraz (Padthaway), Sea Change
> 2005 Cabernet (Coonawarra), Catalina Ridge

 

Pre-season pub-crawl

PRE-SEASON PUB CRAWL

Keep Saturday 10th April free - we'll be wandering the streets of Norwood again in our annual pre-season bonding ritual. More info soon, but if you wanted to start planning a pirate costume it wouldn't go astray...

 

Bartercard Cup

Collegians will be fielding two teams in the 2010 Bartercard Cup, starting in less than a month. Please attend training as regularly as possible from now on as the season is imminent and selection is underway.

 

Adelaide 7s

Get your tickets to the Adelaide Sevens here

Superhero Saturday!!!
Don't forget to dress as your favourite superhero on Superhero Saturday March 20th!! Grab your mates and dress up for the chance to win a Gilbert pack for the club.

Don't forget that there are great prizes for those who dress up in each of the four categories right throughout Sevens weekend:

Best Dressed Bloke - daily prize of ten slabs of Coopers

Best Dressed Gal - daily prize of one night's accommodation at Hilton Adelaide

Best Dressed Kid - daily prize of a Panasonic portable DVD player

Best Dressed Group - daily prize of $500 IGA voucher

The daily winners in each category go into the final on Sunday with a major prize of $1,000 cash awarded to each category winner.

Saturday 20 March is 'super Hero Saturday" - come along in theme!

Friday 20 March - Walla Sevens and Parade of Nations
Congrats to OC Juniors who are flag bearers - Joseph Colwell, Rhys Frew, Joshua Walker

Saturday 20 March is 'super Hero Saturday" - come along in theme!
Club Tug of War and Fastest Clubman Sprint - cheer on the Old Colls competitors.

Sunday 21 March - Finals
Congrats to OC's James Gomersall, who will be carrying the match ball onto the field of play at the start of one of the finals.

The SARU are accepting nominations for players from SA clubs to be involved in some activities over the Adelaide Sevens weekend.
If you are interested and want to be involved in any of these activities, contact Sue Thewlis
- Friday 19 March: Parade of Nations, opportunity for 12 year old players (16 in total) to carry a competing teams national flag Each child will receive one adult and one child GA ticket.
- Saturday 20 March: Tug of War for senior players in Sevens Central Precinct with Final to be on Adelaide Oval (one team of eight plus team manager per club) Winning Club receives a keg of Coopers Pale Ale or pack equivalent
- Sunday 21 March: Fastest Club Man Race, one senior player per club on Adelaide Oval. Each runner will receive one GA ticket. Winning runner receives $100 Kukri voucher

 

Stewart Frew

At the end of 2009, Stewart Frew resigned from his role as OC's Director of Junior Rugby. Naturally, he will continue to be involved as a coach, a father and a supporter, and for that we give thanks.
Stew has done an amazing job over the last few years. The great legacies of his Junior Committee are that:
- the junior and senior clubs are now linked and moving ever closer, rather than the isolated silos we were only a few years ago, and
- the parents have been brought into the club in record numbers which not only adds to our immediate culture and environment (and coffers) but will undoubtedly also bear further fruit in years to come in the form of more volunteers, better involvement etc. The best any Administrator can ask is that he leaves the club in a better place that it found it
- that he took the ball forward. Stewart can most certainly make that claim with pride.

On one hand, we farewell Stew with some sadness. On the other hand we are delighted that Simon Macklin has stepped into the role of Director of Junior Rugby in 2010. Simon has been the Deputy Director of Junior Rugby throughout Stew's reign. Simon's passion and his knowledge of our boys, our game and our club are second to none and we are smugly confident that our kids are in great hands. To continue the rugby metaphor: Simon has picked up the ball, and we predict he'll be over the gain line before you can say "up yours, Burnside".

Kim Evans
AGM 2009

 

Photography competition 2010

"Old Collegians is looking for all those budding photographers out there, as well as those of you who have managed to capture a fantastic fluke shot. In 2010, we'll be asking you to send us your favourite photographs of Old Collegians (particularly playing shots, but not necessarily exclusively so). Photos will be uploaded to the website and our webmaster will pick his favourite each week of the playing season to be displayed prominently on the website and in our clubrooms, with the lucky photographer also winning a prize. At the end of the season, we will pick the best photo of the year for a grand prize! Watch this space for more details soon - comp starts in April/May."

... TT February 2010

 

Details

 

2009 Juniors' Scholarship winners

left: Nathaniel Linder-Patton - Howard Clay Scholarship
right: Falaoa Tuimaseve - Joyce Spry Scholarship

2009 Scholarship Winners Nathaniel (Nat) Linder-Patton and Falaoa (Norman) Tuimeseve had a brilliant time at the Brumbies Camp. They trained hard, learnt new drills and skills, saw the Brumbies train, met Stirling Mortlock and Steven Hoyles in person, talked to most of the Brumbies team during their training session and came back tired, bruised, battered but well worth the experience and very grateful to OCs for the opportunity.

 

Newsletter Editor

Together with her role as Club Prez, Kim Evans has been the newsletter maestro for a number of years & for 2010 has passed this over to the capable & willing Elena Casciano.
El's introduction from the February Tregenza Times:

From the Editor
Collegians, it's with pleasure that I introduce myself as the newsletter editor for 2010. I'm a little nervous about presenting my version of the truth to you throughout the upcoming season partially because I've never been a newsletter writer/editor before and mostly because I feel that I have some fairly large shoes to fill.
On a personal note and as a senior player, I am very excited about season 2010. Having been present at the 2009 AGM and my first committee meeting, I've been able to listen to the discussion about the future of Old Collegians RUFC. There are some exciting things in store for the club and some interesting stories to tell. I'll be asking frequently for any news and photos to publish in the Tregenza Times so if you think you've got anything worth telling (embarrassing, funny or informative) please don't hesitate to share over a beer or an email to news@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au
We'll also be running a photo competition throughout the season with a prize to make it worth your while so read on (the February TT) to find out more. If you see me around the club and have any feedback about the current issue of TT, please let me know (good or bad). I won't punch you in the face, I promise.
El

 

Elizabeth 7s

The date of the Elizabeth 7s has changed from the 6th of March to Saturday the 27th of March.

Saturday 27 March - We will be fielding a senior team, an U18s and a women's team. Let your coach know if you want to take part!

 

Coaching Courses

Wednesday 24 February: SmartRugby Course at Tregenza, 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Sunday 28 February: Foundation Coaching/Refereeing Course at SARU, War Memorial Drive

Email kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au ASAP to register

Thurs 18 March: Advanced Coaching (with Wallabies Asst. Coach Jim Williams) Adelaide Oval 6pm

Wed 24 March: SmartRugby, Southern Suburbs RUFC 6:30pm - 8:30pm

Mon 29 March: Level 1 Assistant Referee (Touch Judge) Course, SARU 6pm - 9pm

Wed 31 March: SmartRugby Course, Onkaparinga RUFC 6:30pm - 8:30pm

For more information and details on how to register for courses, please go to:

http://www.SARUgby.com.au/coaching.html

 

Bar's open

THURSDAY NIGHTS AT O.C.'s

Don't forget that the bar is open again on Thursday nights from 6pm and you are very welcome to come along for a drink and to see the boys in action under our new coaching panel.

We will be having monthly drink specials in 2010.

This month we are introducing two new beers into our range, so come along and enjoy:

Coopers Clear on tap - $3 Pints

Coopers 62 Pilsner Stubbies - $4 Stubbies

Vodkas - 2 for 1

 

Adelaide Sevens Luncheon

Friday 19 March, 1pm - 4pm

KEYNOTE SPEAKER; NICK FARR-JONES

$150/person (three course meal, beer, wine & soft drinks

Email kim@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au ASAP to sit on the Old Collegians table.

 

IRB 7s Ticket Draw

Enter the IRB 7s Tickets Draw:
1st Prize: 2 tickets to a corporate box on Sunday 21st March
2nd Prize: a family pass for Sunday 21st March
3rd Prize a family pass for Saturday 20th March

Simply come along to the Junior registration day Sunday 28th February 2010 at Tregenza Oval
Bring along your updated and signed ARU registration form & completed and signed medical form
Bring a copy of the relevant birth certificate
Pay the relevant fees
And your details will be entered in the Draw

Register your details with Simone Linder-Patton, Juniors' Registrar.
(Only applies to players who bring all forms updated, completed and signed by a parent, have a copy of their proof of age and pay full fees on the registration day)

 

INVICTUS - movie night

1.20pm, Sunday 7 February 2010

$15, Piccadilly Cinema, North Adelaide

Tickets are available to a special screening of the new movie "Invictus" starring Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon which tells the true story of how Nelson Mandela joined forces with the captain of South Africa's rugby team, Francois Pienaar, to help unite their country. All profits go to help send the SA Warriors, or state women's rugby rep team, to the Nationals in June in Canberra.

RSVP as soon as you can to secure your seat - places are limited.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E9Ovkye6lac

 

The Man in the Arena:

"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; who spends himself in a worthy cause; who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat."
Theodore Roosevelt at the Sorbonne, April 23 1910

Invictus

Extract from Invictus not averse to playing with facts, by Wayne Smith
The Australian, January 25, 2010

"IT's a bit self-defeating for a critic to point out there is one minor thing wrong about the Clint Eastwood-directed movie Invictus - that this "true story" about the 1995 Rugby World Cup is actually based on a falsehood. In the movie, Nelson Mandela, newly elected as president of South Africa after having been imprisoned for 27 years by the apartheid government, presents Springbok captain Francois Pienaar on the eve of the World Cup with a copy of the William Henley poem Invictus that helped sustain him during his long years in jail on Robben Island.

It's true that the poem, best known for its stirring conclusion, "I am the master of my fate; I am the captain of my soul", did provide much solace to Mandela on the island. But it wasn't Invictus that he gave to Pienaar just before the tournament. Rather, it was Theodore Roosevelt's The Man in the Arena. The self-defeating part of all this from the perspective of a nitpicking journalist is that this Roosevelt speech begins by putting smart arses like me in their place:
"It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better," it states. "The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming."

What's disappointing is that the same care that went into the casting of the two principals wasn't extended to selecting the supporting cast of Springboks. Surely in all of South Africa it cannot have been difficult to find a dozen or so more convincing rugby players. But while the rugby scenes were well shot and would have given US moviegoers in particular an insight into what football without the body armour is really like, they still did not do justice to the pace, intensity and ferocity of genuine Test rugby. In one scene in which a Western Samoan defender takes out a Springbok player with a marginally late hit, the tackle is portrayed as fairly hard. In fact, there is nothing fair about ever being tackled by the Samoans. They hit not just to hurt but to rearrange every bone in your body. What was almost laugh-out-loud funny about the movie was that the Springbok players threw the ball around like the Barbarians. In fact, then, as now, the South Africans kicked like mules and with about as much subtlety. Indeed, the core tactic they employed in their tournament-opening victory over Australia in 1995 was to constantly hoof the ball over the dead-ball line, pinning the Wallabies in their own territory by repeatedly forcing them to drop out from their 22.

By far the most glaring, if understandable, omission from the movie is that no mention is made whatever of the famous All Black claim that they were poisoned by a South African waitress, Suzie, two days before playing the Boks in the World Cup final. Granted, it's not difficult to understand why Eastwood sidestepped the ongoing controversy of whether Suzie, supposedly bribed by a gambling syndicate, seasoned the New Zealanders' meals with something a little stronger than garlic and thyme.

..... the unembellished history of those times border on the incredible. To think that a man imprisoned for so long would not only forgive his Afrikaaner jailers but then actually use their secular religion, rugby - the brutish sport of a brutish people, as one commentator put it - to help unify the Rainbow Nation, strains credulity all on its own, let alone once Hollywood has schmaltzed up the facts. Still, it's hard to get overly excited by any movie that has as its happy ending a Springbok World Cup triumph."

 

SENIOR PRE-SEASON TRAINING

SENIOR PRE-SEASON TRAINING

Tuesday 9 February and Thursday 11 February 2010

Training starts this week! All players are expected to attend regularly. Attendance, attitude and payment of subs will be a precondition to playing in 2010. All non-players are reminded that the bar is open again on Thursday nights and if you'd like to come along for a drink and to see the boys in action under our new coaching panel you'd be terribly welcome!

 

SMART RUGBY SESSION

Wednesday 24 February 2010

A Smartrugby session has been booked at Tregenza Oval with SA Rugby Union. Attendance at this, or another Smartrugby session, is required for anyone who wishes to take a hand at coaching in 2010 and is strongly encouraged in Managers as well. Of course, anyone else who wishes to attend is also very welcome! For more information contact juniors@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au

 

JUNIOR REGISTRATION DAY

Sunday 28th February 2-4pm

All Junior players are invited to attend at the clubrooms on Sunday 28th February to re-register for 2010. For details, contact juniors@oldcollegiansrugby.org.au

 

SUPER 14 FOOTY TIPPING

We'll be running a Super 14 Footy Tipping Competition again in 2010. More details will be emailed soon.

 

Cairns Old Crocs

The Cairns Old Crocs Over 35's rugby festival is held in September each year.
In 2010, the event happens to fall one week prior to the World Golden Oldies Festival in Sydney.

 

Ins & Outs 2009

Births

12th March 2010:

Welcome Zack Richard Czeglik, born 9th March 4.33am, 8lbs 10ozs. What a speedy delivery! less than 2 hrs, Zoe & Richard made it to the hospital with under half an hour to spare!!

Marriages & Pre-Marriages

Comings & Goings

26th June

Peter's last game with Collegians on Saturday.

Peter .... with a spare set of eyes

Sue Thewlis, Peter, Kim & Stewie Douglas