No. 2, 5 April 2024
Dear
After month's of preparation, the club rugby season is upon us! Our Premier Men, Premier Reserve and Colts sides all travel to Porirua to take on Northern United on Saturday. The Presidents take on Stokes Valley at Porirua Park, while the Under 85s travel to Eastbourne. This is the latest news to whet the appetite...
After an offseason of change, the rugby season is finally upon us. Our Premier Men will line up for their first Swindale Shield match on Saturday, travelling to Northern United. We caught up with Sean Horan to see what's in store for the season ahead... >>>
Marist St Pats has a new Premier captain, with loose forward Milan Kriletich to lead the Red Machine into the 2024 season... >>>
The Xavier Reidy Cup match was played on Monday bringing together the Marist St Pats Colts and the St Patrick's College 1st XV in this hotly contested annual fixture. Players from both sides eagerly look forward to playing and the rivalry and respect between the two teams is easy to see... >>>
In 2024 there is another $6,000 to be won in the monthly prize draw for 500 Club members - adding to the $18,500 already won over the past few years. Find out how to join the 500 Club... >>>
Through the generosity of the Robbers family, we are pleased to announce Ben Soli as the second recipient of the Mick Robbers Memorial Scholarship... >>>
Every year Marist St Pats benefits from contribution of individuals who volunteer their time to the governance of our club. We're pleased to introduce (or reintroduce) some of our new Management Committee members... >>>
Marist St Pats has a proud history built around Faith, Family, Fun and Footie. We are a club where everyone is welcome... >>>
Celebrating our first home games of the season, we'll be returning home in style for Pasifika Night at the Clubrooms. Wear your traditional clothing or an island shirt and join us for a free BBQ and drinks specials... >>>
St Patrick's Day may seem like a strange day to have a working bee at the Marist St Pats Clubrooms - but given everything else that has been going on around the Club preparing for the 2024 season, Sunday 17th March was the only day that worked! >>>
The third annual Marist St Pats Golf Day was played on Friday 15th March at Shandon Golf Club with great support from enthusiastic teams and sponsors... >>>
Marist St Pats is delighted to add SWP Commercial Ltd as another major sponsor for 2024. Their company logo will be on the sleeve of our jerseys... >>>
Coming up at Marist St Pats:
6 April: Season kicks off
13 April: First home games and Pasifika Night at the Clubrooms
11 May: Club Day (formerly known as Old Timers Day)
17 May: Shamrock Club Launch at Sky Stadium
1 June: J6 and Reserve 3 Reunion
22 June: Kiwiana Party at the Clubrooms
Around the traps
Congratulations to Maddie Feaunati who became the first Marist St Pats player to play for England, making her test debut against Italy last month... Jack O'Brien was represented the Hurricanes at the recent Super Rugby U20 Tournament... Marist St Pats welcomes Hurricanes lock James Tucker to the club this season. A Waikato NPC representative, James stays in the Marist family having played for Hamilton Marist... The Marist St Pats and Northern United Premier teams will run out in multicoloured socks in support of Autism Awareness this Saturday... A great example of how rugby creates lifelong bonds, read this piece about former Premier centre Matt Smith's 'homecoming to his second home' in Clontarf, Ireland... Former Swindale Shield winning captain Tom Martin has launched the 'Vitool' - the world's first multi-tool for rugby and football players. All our team's will be equipped with a Vitool this season... Congratulations to former Marist St Pats player and international rugby legend Brian Lima who was recently inducted into the Pasifka Rugby Hall of Fame...
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