Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club Inc. 2018 Annual Report RDRUFC Annual Report 2018 Contents Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club Inc Board 2018 ........................................................ 3 President’s Report .......................................................................................................................... 5 Treasurer’s Report ........................................................................................................................ 12 Financial Reports .......................................................................................................................... 14 Life Members Association Report ................................................................................................. 28 Randwick Rugby Foundation Report ............................................................................................ 15 General Manager’s Report ........................................................................................................... 16 First Grade Report ........................................................................................................................ 18 Second Grade Report ................................................................................................................... 21 Third Grade Report ....................................................................................................................... 25 Fourth Grade Report .................................................................................................................... 28 Director of Colts Report ................................................................................................................ 31 First Grade Colts Report .............................................................................................................. 32 Second Grade Colts Report .......................................................................................................... 35 Third Grade Colts Report .............................................................................................................. 38 RDRUFC Club Captains’ Report ................................................................................................... 41 Randwick Magic Womens and Girls Rugby .................................................................................. 43 Clovelly JRFC Report ................................................................................................................... 44 Coogee Junior Rugby Report ....................................................................................................... 62 Maroubra Juniors Report .............................................................................................................. 48 South Coogee Junior RUFC Report.............................................................................................. 49 Randwick Myrtle Green Warriors Report ...................................................................................... 50 Junior President’s Report ............................................................................................................. 51 Junior Academy Report ................................................................................................................ 53 NSW Grade Premiers ................................................................................................................... 72 Randwick Rugby Club Awards, Records and Statistics................................................................. 75 Randwick Rugby Club Representative Honours ........................................................................... 92 Season and Career Grade Games Played ................................................................................. 101 Season and Career Colts Games Played .................................................................................. 107 Career and Season Points Scored by Individual Grade Players ................................................. 111 Points Scored by Individual Colt Players .................................................................................... 117 Member Information Form .......................................................................................................... 120 2 RDRUFC Annual Report 2018 RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB INC BOARD 2018 Office Bearers for season 2018 were: President Bob Dwyer Secretary Douglas Eggins (resigned 22 February 2018) Frank Back (appointed 22 February 2018) Treasurer Ian Bonnette Elected Members Stuart Brown Richard Carmont Pieter Engelbrecht Adam Freier Ian Kellaway Brian O’Sullivan Simon Poidevin Stuart Rutherford John Tuxworth (resigned) Life Members Representative Ian Kennedy General Manager Travis Partridge Honorary Lawyer James Glissan QC Patron Jeffrey Sayle Attendance at Management Meetings: Since the 2017 AGM the Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club Inc Board has met 10 times up to 30 November 2018. Attendances to that date are: Bob Dwyer (9), Douglas Eggins (2) (resigned February 2018), Frank Back (8), Ian Bonnette (10), Stuart Brown (9), Richard Carmont (8), Pieter Engelbrecht (7), Adam Freier (9), Glen Joseph (2), Ian Kellaway (10), Brian O’Sullivan (8), Stuart Rutherford (9), Simon Poidevin (6), Ian Kennedy – Life Members nominee (9), Peter Court Life Members nominee (1), Owen Finegan (Club Coach 2018) (3), Ben McCormack (Club Coach appointed September 2018) (2). 3 RDRUFC Annual Report 2018 Other officials: Events and Sponsorship Melissa Stone Club Captains Patrick Hodgetts, Declan O’Donahue Club Strength & Conditioning Coach Clint Hill Honorary Timekeepers Mick Lewis, Chris Fraser Honorary Statistician Ray Jennings Honorary Historian and Archivist Clarissa Luxford Honorary Ball Boy Captain Dan Dowe Ball Kids Hugo Kulscar, Jack Garrett, Angus Sullivan, Edward Sullivan, Georgie Kiernan, Chiara Winn, Sean Foley, Cruze Clarkin, Harry Clarke, Kai Lancaster Medical Officer Dr Paul Raftos Physiotherapist Di Long Auditor Ken Wright Website and Social Media Clarissa Luxford Annual Report Committee Doug Eggins, Ray Jennings, Clarissa Luxford, Bob Outterside Wicks TV Donna McCullough, Montanna Clare 4 RDRUFC Annual Report 2018 President’s Message 2018 has been very much a mixed year - sometimes sad, sometimes elating, sometimes depressing, sometimes inspiring. We began the year on the most sad note, with the passing, during the off-season, of three great Randwick men – Peter Johnson, Ken Catchpole, Sir Nicholas Shehadie. All great men, great rugby men, great rugby players, Wallaby captains all. Our Club farewelled them from Coogee Oval with a moving ceremony before our first game of the season, with friends and families present – a sad but fitting tribute. Afterwards, in a quiet moment, Nick’s widow, Dame Marie Bashir, spoke privately to me. She said, “Bobby. Rugby is the greatest of all the brotherhoods.” An inspiring moment, indeed. At board level, we had similar emotions. Club Secretary, Doug Eggins, co-director, John Tuxworth and Life Members’ Representative, Peter Court, decided to call it a day after many, many years of fantastic service – although we still continued to call on them from time to time. We did, on the other side, gain the considerable talents of three more ex-Wicks in Frank Back, Pieter Englebrecht and Ian ‘Speed” Kennedy. We are singularly well served! On field, the season progressed in much the same way. With the grade teams, we were always impressed with their commitment and courage, elated with periods of genuine quality and sad, even depressed, at other times. With the colts teams, we were consistently elated and inspired with the quality and commitment across the board. They clearly personified my feelings about our club – “Randwick. Always determined, never daunted - inspired and inspiring!” All colts teams made the play-offs. 1sts and 2nds were both undefeated premiers. It doesn’t get much better than this. Yes, it does! Add the number of sons and grandsons of old Wicks players to the number of Wicks Academy and Junior Clubs’ players graduating through the ranks. It made us all feel very warm and fuzzy about our great Club. And so we move forward to next season with enthusiasm and ambition with quite a few significant changes. Owen Finegan is no longer there, of course, but I know that he will continue to contribute, hugely as always, with our wonderful Academy and our junior teams. Our beloved Club Patron, Jeffrey Leonard Sayle, has been taking an enforced rest, with a lengthy stay in hospital. At the time of writing, Sayley looked to be on the (perhaps long) road to recovery. Thank goodness, this occurred during the off-season. It would have been impossible to keep him away from Latham Park, Coogee Oval or from any away game, for any grade. Alan Jones accurately described Jeffrey, on air, as “the de facto father of every rugby union player in Australia.” He certainly has that role for every Randwick player, and we look forward to welcoming him ‘back on the paddock’, very soon. A new Club Coach, new to our Club, from the great Brothers Club in Brisbane (one great club to another), takes the reins and has already shown, in just a few short weeks, that his most impressive reputation and CV are well earned. We welcome Ben McCormack to this important role, congratulate him on his appointment and promise him all the support that we can muster. 5 RDRUFC Annual Report 2018 Hadley Jackson moves up into the 1st Grade