G’day everyone,

I hope you all had a very merry Christmas and an extremely happy new year. The 2012 Rugby season is just around the corner and following on the back of last year’s successes the club is looking to add some more silverware to the to the trophy cabinet this year.

To prepare everyone for the season ahead preseason training will begin on Tuesday, February 14.  Details to follow.

However, if you indulged in a little too much Christmas pudding and want some pre-pre-season training or just want to catch up for a bit of a laugh on the weekends then we are going to run some Saturday morning Coogee beach sessions.

The first beach sessions will be this Saturday 21st of January starting at the main stairs at Coogee at 9:00am sharp. The session will be fairly low key to get everyone in the swing of things and will progress from there (runners required).

It is a fairly light plan and everyone is encouraged to get down and have a bit of a run. The longer you leave it the harder it will be.

Cheers and see you on the weekend.

Saturday 21st of January – main stairs at Coogee – 9:00am sharp – runners essential!

Congratulations to this years raffle winners

1st Prize – $2000 Red Balloon Voucher -  J.Walz

2nd Prize – $1000 Red Balloon Voucher – Nick Schwizer

3rd Prize – $500 Red Ballon Voucher – James Keating

Click here for photos and slide shows from Presentation Night

Photos are $2 each for the original file (4mb).

Congratulations to all the 2011 award recipients.

D.W.PHILLIPS TROPHY (Backs Sprint) – Danny Schroder

R.A. MILLS TROPHY (Forwards Sprint) – Alex Boronkay

MOST TRIES – Angas Macdonald

TAY CUNNINGHAM TROPHY (Most Points) - Liam Hinchcliffe

50 CLUB GAMES

100 CLUB GAMES

50 FIRST GRADE GAMES

• Andrew Hazelton
• Matt Walden

450 GRADE GAMES

• John Sciberras

MOST IMPROVED COLT PLAYER – Stuart Taylor

BEST & FAIREST COLT PLAYER - Matt Lo

COL & RAE JAKEMAN TROPHY (awarded to Best & Fairest 4th Grade Player) – James Campbell

FIRST GRADE’S PLAYER TROPHY (awarded to Best & Fairest 3rd Grade Player) – James Keating

PAUL EMERY TROPHY (awarded to Best & Fairest 2nd Grade Player) – Rob Meggison

COMMONWEALTH BANK TROPHY (awarded to Best & Fairest 1st Grade Player) – Sam McNeil

BEST GRADE DEBUT PLAYER – Mitchell Mack

Prof. G. ROPER TROPHY (Most Improved Grade Player) – Andrew Ardill

COL JAKEMAN TROPHY (Player of Final Series) – Shannon Burge

HENRY ZINZLEY CLUB TROPHY (awarded to Best & Fairest Grade Player) – Lachlan Webb

COACH OF THE YEAR – John Kennedy

ROBERTSON CUP (Best Club Man) – David Vella

It’s not a Saturday if a rugby game isn’t watched!  Timings for Saturday night below.

6.30pm … 1st half Australia v Ireland, 1st floor @ Marriott – canapes and drinks served
7.10pm … Half time and entrees served
7.20pm … 2nd half Australia v Ireland
8.00pm … Full time and mains served
8.15pm … Awards kickoff
11.30pm … Presentation night concludes

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Dress: Cocktail

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1st Grade UNSW 13 Hunters Hill 22

1st Grade are Barraclough Cup runners up after a hard fought match in which a handful of key moments were the difference.

2nd Grade UNSW 20 Forest 14 – Stockdale Cup Premiers!

Tries : T McCutcheon, E Campbell, D Norris
Cons : T Ryan 1
Pens: T Ryan 1

2nd Grade are Stockdale Cup Premiers for 2011!
A hard fought win in which we always seemed to have the ascendancy, but couldn’t quite put a determined Forest away until the final whistle blew, including a length of the field try-saving tackle in the final minutes.
A well deserved result after two years of hard work.

A huge thank you to all the supporters, families, and Old Boys who came out to support the boys, and also helped them celebrate on Saturday.

more to come…

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1st Grade UNSW 24 Briars 17

Tries : D Davis, D Collins, D Schroder, L Hinchcliffe
Cons : L Hinchcliffe 2

2nd Grade UNSW 32 Hunters Hill 5

Tries : C Lukins 2, T Ryan, A Blundell
Cons : T Ryan 2, J Dutaillis
Pens : T Ryan 2

1st Grade UNSW 38 Forest 17

Tries : A MacDonald 2,  D Collins, J Cain, L Hinchcliffe, S MacNeil
Cons : L Hinchcliffe 2, S MacNeil 2

1st Grade play Briars next weekend for a place in the Grand Final

2nd Grade UNSW 9 Forest 36

3 – Patrick Sykes, 2 – Troy Ryan, 1 – Josh Freedman

2nd Grade play Hunters Hill next weekend for a place in the Grand Final

4th Grade UNSW 3 Forest 5

3 – James Campbell, 2 – Nephi Stone, 1 – Charlie Sapoi