OLD COLLEGIANS RUGBY UNION CLUB Tregenza Times 11th October 2019 What’s ahead at OC ! Annual General Meeting: Please be advised that the Annual General Meeting for the Old Collegians Rugby Union Football Club will be held for the purposes of presentations of the officers’ reports, annual accounts and balance sheet, for the election of new Life Members and for the election of officers and selectors. Financial social members, financial playing members and life members are entitled to attend and vote at the meeting. Date, venue and time of meeting will be advised shortly. 2020 Committee and Life Membership Nominations Nominations for Life Membership and 2020 Committee should be submitted. Please send to the Secretary by 30th November. Nominations forms are available from the Secretary. Email: [email protected] Club Room Open Times Due to the impending renovations the Club Rooms will not be open for the ensuing few weeks. All members will be advised when the Bar Area will become available for social drinks. Working Bee Before work can commence on the renovations there is much to do! Everything upstairs and down needs to be packed up and placed into Containers for storage. This will be a mammoth task, so ALL HANDS will be needed. If “one” person from every member family donates two to three hours to the task over the allocated weekend, it will be accomplished in no time. More details will follow shortly with the date and rostered times etc. Club News Under 12’s Representatives Check out the players from Old Collegians U12s who represented the SA Central Captains Regional Team. Every player had an outstanding tournament and were unlucky to lose out to the Southern Hulks in the Grand Final. Congratulations Alecia! Bon Voyage—Benny Blackwell We wish Ben all the best as he heads off to spend the winter months playing Rugby in Scarborough, York, UK. According to Google, Scarborough, is a popular seaside destination. However being on the North Sea over the English winter will be very chilly we imagine!!! Rug up Benny!!!! Are you going to Scarborough Fair? Happy 21st Birthday Joel! Old Collegians extends birthday wishes to Joel Pepper who recently celebrated his 21st Birthday with family and friends. Club News! South Australia U23s played in the recent NRC11 Championships. Their opening game, on the Friday night, against NSW Country XV was a tough encounter with the NSW team running out convincing winners. The next match against Tasmania was far more evenly matched with the young team from SA winning the game 28 vs 22. Our Old Collegians players were outstanding: - Joel Pepper was dominant in the loose and acquitted himself really well after a great season in the blue & red. - Ruan Fourie ran and tackled hard in the centres and bagged himself a try in the second half showing maturity and a rugby brain well beyond his years. - Bradley Killick cleared out well at the breakdown throughout and crossed the line towards the end of the second half to score the winning try and earned himself 'Man of the Match'. Well Done - flying the flag for Old Collegians in style! Club News! Congratulations to David Pyper and his band of Merry Crippled Crows who came away with the Bronze Medal at the Australian Masters Games Rugby Competition. Well done! 20 D 20 ALAN ZE RIL W st AP NE S 21 IL UE h APR to T 2t SUN 1 U14 – U16 – U18 (Junior age group in 2020) SENIOR MEN SENIOR WOMEN GREAT BONDING BEFORE SEASON STARTS TOUR FUND RAISING EVENTS TO BE HELD ALL WELCOME EXPRESSIONS DUE MONDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2019 DATES ARE INDICATIVE ONLY AND WILL BE FINALISED BASED ON FLIGHTS AND OPPOSITION TEAM AVAILABILITY PRICE ESTIMATE: $1500 INCLUDES: FLIGHTS ACCOMMODATION TOUR MERCHANDISE TRANSPORT MEALS CONTACT: FUN ACTIVITIES ROB COSTANZO SUPER 15 GAME [email protected] 0408 806 445 OR CORNE ARNOLD [email protected] 0437 359 883 RUSA News Calling all females currently playing, or interested in rugby. Rugby Union SA is hosting a FEMALE Rugby Gala Day at Woodville Rugby Union Football Club on 19th October. Current Wallaroo and Super W player Rebecca Clough will be a special guest coach for players. Perth-based Clough has been involved in the top level of the sport for more than a decade. She has represented Australia at two Rugby World Cups, and plays for RugbyWA in the National Super W competition. The day will run with 2 age groups: 09:30 - 10:30, 10 Years and under for fun rugby games 11:00 - 13:00, 11 Years and above for skill develop- ment and training matches. Number dependant, but girls 7s games in under 12s, 14s, 16s & 18s. Seniors are invited to attend and assist with coaching and mentoring of Junior players. All experience levels invited to join in, participation is Free!!! Mental Health October is Mental Health Month, with the theme focusing on the connection of physical and mental health. We can decrease the stigma, and empower people to seek help, for themselves or Wine Centre—11/10/19 others. Give people from your community the awareness and the courage to consider mental health and social & emotional Join us for an evening centred around business well-being. networking and Rugby at the National Wine Centre, Adelaide. Ticket price includes food and drink package as we watch Australia take on Georgia on the big screen! Guest Speaker, Rod Macqueen, is a former Wallabies Coach and held every championship trophy including the Bledisloe Cup, Cook Cup, Tri-Nations Trophy, Tom Richards Cup and World Cup. As Wallaby Coach he had an impressive 81% winning ratio. Bookings: www.trybooking.com/book/sessions?eid=543170 “The Girls are Back in Town!” 2020 will see Women’s Rugby return Be the first to use our to Tregenza Oval newly renovated Club Rooms designed to accommodate Women in Come and Join in the Rugby. Excitement! Old Collegians is one of the oldest Women's Rugby Clubs All inclusive: Any age, in South any body type, any skill set, Australia. as long as you want to ”Try” we will teach you ! Premiers in Create new friendships with our 2018 wonderful bunch of ladies. Old Collegians prides itself on our family friendly and inclusive environment! To register your interest: Contact: Charlene : 0410 355 143 Alecia: 0490 927 850 Phoebe : 0401 200 881 Community Notice Board Want a fun way to keep fit over the Summer. OC Rugby 2019/2020 Mixed Senior Competition For further details regarding Costs per team, Insurance , Ages etc please contact: [email protected] or phone 0422 746 586 OC Committee,Old Coopted Collegians Members Merchandise & Volunteers for 2019 President Vice-President Rob Costanzo Chris Killick [email protected] [email protected] 0408 806 445 0410 005 315 Secretary Treasurer Susan Thewlis Amanda Porteous [email protected] [email protected] 0431 566 116 0417 842 742 Director of Rugby Director of Junior Rugby Danny McCartan Nate Sos [email protected] juniorrugbydirector@ oldcolls.org.au 0412 849 004 0458 949 676 Senior Registrar Players Representative Strategic and Financial Simone Linder-Patton [email protected] Jeshua Graham Co-op member to committee 0434 050 436 Assistant Secretary Policies and Constitution Social Co-ordinator Belinda Wade Jo Rogers Co-op member to committee Co-op member to committee Grievance Contact Senior Selector Dave Pyper Doug Mein Co-op member to committee Senior Selector Member Protection Officer Graham Raymond Beth Howard House and Grounds First Aid Co-ordinator John Denley Kate Denley Old Colls Players Trust Child Safety Officer Michael McCrea Jaye Gordon Oli Porter Business Partners for 2019 GOLD Silver Bronze Copper.