2 February 2011 Newsletter Randwick Rugby

NEWS FROM COOGEE OVAL
Congratulations to Mark Giacheri  - Appointed ‘A’ forwards coach for the Tahs and  appointed selector of the Sydney team.
Randwick coaching legend and former Rugby World Cup winning coach Bob Dwyer named coach of the Sydney Rugby Union team.
Player movements- welcome to Jai Ayoub who has joined from West Harbour; Cameron Jowett from Manly and the Tahs; Afa Pakalani from Auckland and the Tahs; Anaru Matthews from the Penrith NRL and Brendon Barnes from Souths NRL.
Special welcome back to Lotu Taukeiaho; Mark Sweeney from Italy, playing with L'Aquila, and Danny Kroll back from the USA where is he been playing with the New York Village Lions. Farewell to Tony Luxford, now at RMC Duntroon.

From the Board Room
The liniment is in the air and our 2011 season is in final countdown to kick off. As we buckle down to our final weeks of training and start the trials I would like to take the opportunity to welcome all of our existing players back for another exciting season.To all our new players, welcome to Australia's premier rugby club and the Randwick family. We look forward to assisting you in every way with your rugby journey.On Monday 28 February at 6pm we will be having the Randwick Rugby Football club annual general meeting which all our players are invited to attend. Also on the night we will be presenting all of the 2010 rugby awards and trophies for the entire club. It would be great to see you all down at the club.
In closing I would like to wish our GM Tony Lewis, Head Coach Craig Morrison and all coaches the best of luck for the 2011 season.
Up the Wicks
Jorgo

Hall Of Fame Lunch 2nd Edition – 21 July 2011
Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club is proud to announce that the second Hall of Fame Lunch will be at the Hilton, on Thursday 21 July. The Lunch is fast becoming the talk of Sydney after last year’s inaugural event.
The big talking event in 2011 is whether the club will bow to public pressure and give Jeff Sayle an allocated guest speaker spot.
"The Hall of Fame Lunch” reflects the Randwick Rugby Club’s stature within Australian rugby," said Tony Lewis, General Manager of RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB. "We are really excited about this event and look forward to being able to again put on a lunch that reflects the greatness of the new inductees, in 2011.”
The lunch in 2010 sold out within weeks. If you wish to pre-book a table please contact tonylewis@randwickrugby.com.au or 
0434 085 676.
Randwick rugby greats and Hall of Fame inductees Ella, Catchpole and Poidevin join heads with the Randwick District Rugby Union Football Club President and Club Historian to form the Hall of Fame Selection Committee.

ST HILLIERS
The Randwick Rugby Club/St Hilliers Scholarship was established in November 2001 and is the first scholarship established by a sporting organisation and private building company at the University of New South Wales.
St Hilliers, one of Australia's leading providers of property and construction services,  is proud to be associated with Randwick Rugby Club through this Scholarship and believes the attributes associated with people who are team players are also fundamental to successful business enterprises.
This is scholarship is offered annually to an emerging young RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB rugby player, who wishes to be studying  building or commerce at UNSW, relevant to working at St Hilliers in the future. The Randwick Rugby Club President Michael Jorgenson is pleased to announce that Aiden Anderson and Liam Walker are the two successful candidates in 2011.

RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB is on Twitter! Follow ‘GallopingGreens’ on twitter.com to keep up to date with club news and activities. No excuses for not knowing what’s going on - this new medium will provide essential up-to-the-minute information for all our supporters.  New followers to the Galloping Greens encouraged. Savvy net users enjoyed ‘from the sidelines’ reports from the Darwin Sevens.
The 2011 season will be kicking off on the first weekend in April; we hope you will be along for the ride – follow ‘GallopingGreens’
Membership numbers growing fast
RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB is wrapped with the initial positive response to its 2011 Membership Drive, with 40 Green and Keen members already showing their support and loyalty for the Galloping Greens.
Green and Keen membership priced at $195 includes Season pass to home games and a loyalty programme with local businesses. Add a 10% bar discount, coaching clinics for the kids and an essential Randwick Cap and you are set for the season. Pink, Gold or Platinum package memberships add more to the game. For all the details and to sign up ring Tony Lewis 0434 085 676
EMPLOYMENT CORNER 
Thank you to Peter’s Of Kensington for five jobs last week to Randwick players.
RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB players are seeking employment, particularly for the Colts age group. We need any type of work. If you have a position available please contact Tony Lewis on 0434 085676.
All Randwick Rugby members, followers or supporters are encouraged to take advantage of this weekly newsletter to advertise employment.
FURNITURE DRIVE - FEBRUARY
RANDWICK DISTRICT RUGBY UNION FOOTBALL CLUB needs furniture of any type to help out a large number of players in various flats around Coogee in 2011. We need beds, mattresses, fridges, etc. Please contact the club coach Craig Morrison urgently on 0413 893 455 and he will arrange collection.

DARWIN HOTTEST 7'S
Darwin’s Hottest 7s and Festival of Rugby 2011 featured national and academy teams in addition to teams from Premier rugby clubs including Randwick.  A relatively young Galloping Greens side, boosted by a sprinkling of experienced players, improved dramatically with every game. 

Randwick went down in the opening matches to national representative teams and players including the Fijian Drifters (Fiji’s national team) and Darwin Olympic who defeated the Aussie Thunder (aka the Australian 7s squad) in the quarter final, but overcame Subiaco, the Wanneroo Roo Dogs and Darwin Dingoes to stake their place in the Plate Final.  Regrettably they were hunted down by the Brumbies’ academy side Western Wolfpack who overcame Randwick’s speed and stepping to win 19-7. 
The standard of the Darwin 7s is very good and to be a club team not only competing but also contesting the plate final, is a great achievement for Randwick.
Randwick will next be competing in the Queanbeyan Sevens on 19 February and the Kiama Sevens on 26 February.  These festival style rugby tournaments are fabulous spectator entertainment. Come along and support the Galloping Greens at Taylor Park and the Kiama Showground.


The 39th Annual Kiama Rugby Sevens
First games at 8.30am and final at 6.30pm.
Vehicle entry via Terralong Street, Kiama, Blowhole End
Entry $10 – U16s free
Randwick Rugby Pre-Season Trial dates
March 5  - vs Central Coast @ Central Coast (1st grade and 1st grade colts only)
March 12 - vs  Gordon @ Nagle Park
March 19 - vs Brumby Runners @ Goulburn (1st grade and 1st grade colts only)
March 26 - vs Eastwood @ T.G.Millner Eastwood