GOOD COPS!!

Congratulations to ex-Marist students (now policemen)

  • Nick Slater (NSW Police - Marist class of 2009) and 
  • Johnathon Salvi (AFP - Marist class of 2008)

on making the Australian Police XV to tour UK in the World Cup year and USA in 2016 .. Nick played in the NSW Wedgetails side that narrowly beat Johnno's AFP side in the recent Australian Police Championships in Adelaide..

They will be reprising the game when they meet in a curtain raiser to the Brumbies at Canberra Stadium on 10th May

WELCOME TO THE 2014 SEASON

TRAINING DAYS
Age group Coordinators.

See the attached document for your age group training days, times and venues as well as the Coordinator for the group. 

BRUMBIES DEVELOPMENT CAMP
U14 and U15 players

Following the success of last year’s Brumbies Development camp at Jindabyne (for U14 and U15 players) we will again be holding the camp during the Easter school holidays in 2014.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT - THE 2013 SEASON IN REVIEW

The Marist Rugby Club would like to congratulate all the boys on their 2013 season. Some of the highlights of the season were:

  • ·    Over 400 boys playing rugby for Marist
  • ·    11 boys participating in refereeing
  • ·    23 Teams competing in the ACT Junior Rugby Union Competition
  • ·    20 Teams making the Semi-Finals
  • ·    13 Teams making the Grand Finals
  • ·    9 Teams crowned 2013 Premiers
  • ·    Winners of the ACT Regional Schools 7’s Tournament
  • ·    Plate Final Winners of the National Schoolboys 7’s Tournament
  • ·    1st XV were Semi Finalists in the Waratah Shield Competition
  • ·    36 Representative ACT Schoolboys Players
  • ·    1 Australian Schoolboys Player. Congratulations to Suita Tai and we hope you have a great tour with many fond memories.
  • ·    Both the Rugby Dinner and Senior Rugby Dinner were great nights that were well attended.

This year we also surveyed parents, coaches and managers to obtain feedback on how the Marist Rugby community felt our club was travelling. We received an excellent response and would like to thank everyone who took the time to complete the survey. One of the most pleasingly results from the survey was that over 80% of respondents felt their sons were enjoying their Marist rugby experience. We also had very positive feedback in terms of the club’s communications, website, first aid, canteen, rostering, standard of equipment and merchandising.

We have also taken on board concerns that were raised in the survey, along with ideas and solutions of how to improve our club. While 80% is a good result, we as a club should never be happy until

100% of our boys are enjoying their Marist rugby experience and we, as a committee supporting the school, are looking at implementing several new measures next season to ensure we are working towards this.

In relation to the new rugby shorts, we thank everyone for their feedback, as we certainly did have a quality issue. We have now had them redesigned and believe it is resolved. A new order has been placed with the supplier and the club will be rolling out the new shorts before the start of the 2014 season.

In October the AGM was held and our club president, Ivan Zafiris, stood down after 5 years in the role. On behalf of the committee we would like to thank Ivan for the outstanding service he has given the club during his time as president. He has worked tirelessly in all areas and the healthy state of our club is a testament to all his efforts. Fortunately for us, Ivan will be staying on the committee as the Home Ground Setup Coordinator, where he will continue, along with his wonderful wife Linda, to coordinate the canteen, bbq and also ground marshals and setup. So expect to hear from Ivan next year putting out the call for volunteers. We would also like to thank Dennis Beissner who has served as Club Secretary for the past 3 years. Dennis’s positive attitude, eye for detail and level-headedness has contributed significantly in keeping the committee on track.

We sincerely thank Dennis, along with departing committee members, Brian O’Rourke, Pat O’Callaghan and Geoff Reis, for not only the contributions that they have made to Marist rugby, but also giving up so much of their time in supporting the club.

As for the 2014 season, we are pleased to welcome five new members to the committee and look forward to working with them.

At this meeting the below members join Barry Lewis (Club Patron), Mick Grealish (College Sports

Master) and Paul Mead (Rugby Master) to form the 2014 Marist Rugby Club Committee:


  • President: - Scott Molloy 
  • Vice-President: - Nick Housego 
  • Secretary: - Mandy Hill 
  • Treasurer: - John Gillespie 
  • Webmaster: - John Gates 
  • Coaches & Managers Coordinator: - Andrew Smith 
  • Rugby Dinner Coordinator: - Nadia O’Toole 
  • Canteen Coordinator: - Linda Zafiris 
  • Home Ground Setup Coordinator: - Ivan Zafiris 
  • Registrar: - Marc Hastie 
  • First Aid Coordinator: - Yolanda Kuruc 
  • Merchandise Coordinator: - Nick Housego 
  • Gear Steward: - Richard Iles
  • General Committee: - Patrick Bouquiaux

We also take this opportunity to thank all our volunteers who were so giving of their time this season. Without your continued efforts and support our club would not function as smoothly as it does and we look forward to seeing you all again next year around the grounds.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding any aspects of Marist Rugby please don’t hesitate in contacting us.

We look forward to another great season next year and would like to wish everyone a merry

Christmas and a relaxing and safe holiday break. 

Yours sincerely,
Scott Molloy president@maristrugby.com.au

THANKS TO OUR MANY VOLUNTEERS FOR A GREAT 2013 SEASON

Thanks to all of our fantastic volunteers for your great work this season, to all of our hugely energetic committee, especially, our retiring president, Ivan and his wife, Linda,  grounds helpers, marshals, canteen and barbie helpers. Thanks to all of our coaches and managers, first aiders and all those behind the scenes in your teams ... and many thanks for the great work done in the trenches, by Paul Mead and Mick Grealish.

But, special thanks to all our other unsung heroes - the Match Report writers and Photographers - these guys get to work week in and week out and spend a good deal of their post match time, writing or photo editing, without much recognition.

So thanks to our Photographers - Ted Anderson, Tamara Webber, Phil McCulloch, Brett Freebody, Ros Dawson, Lee Arnould, Paddy Forbutt, Rob Barnes, NIcola McAuliffe, Melissa Houston, Mandy Spencer, Colleen Molloy, John Barrett, Bruce Mateer, Andrew Sainsbury, Pat McAuliffe, David Graham, Mark Rowson, Maria Leyes, Phil Mc Culloch, Mark Dennis, Leanne Miller, Nicole McCormack, Tarn Rainey, Rowena May, Brett Barton, Natalie Clark-McWhinney, Annie Varley (and family), Marty Robinson and Arriana Colussi

and our Report Writers- Tom Henry, Tom van de Waterbeemd, Carla Fahey, Tom Beinke, Anthony Spackman, Ben Moore, Joe Colbert, Sandra Marron, Tony Sullivan, MIke Thomas, Mike Grealish, Andrew Cassie, Jeff Wyeth, Andrew Achilleos, Marco Caputo, Pat McAuliffe, Anthony  Spackman, Melanie Moore, David Graham, Maryanne Benkovic, Russell Mann, Paul Russell, Maria Leyes, 
David Colussi, Brian Kinnane, Matt Craft, Robert Chandler, Col Thurtell, Natalie Clark-McWhinney, Craig Sellars, John Gates, Brian O'Rourke, Jeanne Ruiz, Lee Campbell, Charlie Gates, Tim Brennan, Patrick Keogh, David Grimmond, Candice Grace and Anthony McCormack.

Thanks for a great season!

OUR SPONSORS

....and finally, huge thanks to our great sponsors, who came with us on our journey this season.

We really hope that you will continue to support our sponsors whenever you can. ...  so check all of our Sponsor Information at the Sponsors Page

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