August 15th Newsletter
Welcome to this week’s WBRU Newsletter for the15th August 2014
Dead Ball Charlie’s Highlights of the week
Dead Ball Charlie is pleased to announce that the WBRU Rugby Awards is going to be the “Hottest Tickets” in town next year.
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Looking forward to the JAB semis and finals over the weekend. All the best to the teams.
The Whistle Blower
Last weekend it wasn’t just our representative side that was putting on a polished performance on Memorial Park. Out in the middle refereeing his 1st First Class fixture was referee Alistair Payne. And didn’t he do an excellent job. In awarding just 15 penalties in the match but also issuing two Yellow Cards for foul Play we saw that Alistair doesn’t have to blow the game to bits to achieve a good result but obviously will not shirk his responsibilities to the game when it comes to removing dangerous or unfair play from the game.
That display sets up Alistair well going into the Pink Batts Heartland Championship where he is likely to referee at least four fixtures before the competition round robin ends in mid-October. I don’t mind betting that both coaches from Saturday would be only too happy to have referees perform to Alistair’s standard in their matches this season. But, alas for Wairarapa, Alistair is not allowed to referee his Home Union so we won’t see him officiating on our home ground at first class level for the remainder of the season.
And on Saturday night at the Awards function, Alistair became the inaugural recipient of the Baden Whale Trophy for the season’s best referee. That’s not a bad Saturday’s achievement for a young referee. And I am firmly convinced he is destined to control a lot more First Class rugby; perhaps there will be further awards in the pipeline as well.
You watch him. I will be.
The Whistle Blower.
PRE-SEASON REPRERSENTATIVE:
Wairarapa-Bush B v Wellington U19 Memorial Park 2 – 2.30pm Sam Couper (Mwtu)
ARs: Andrew Stringer & Paul Thompson
Subs: Pat Baucke & Ryan Hardman
Sideline Manager: Peter Debney
SECONDARY SCHOOLS – WRU SEMI-FINAL:
PREMIER 1XV – SEMI-FINAL:
Wairarapa 1XV v Porirua 1XV Wairarapa College 1 – 1.00pm Scott Andrew
ARs: Pat Baucke & Ryan Hardman
WBRU COLTS U19:
North Wairarapa v Central Wairarapa Carterton 1 – 2.00pm Alistair Payne
ARs: Vaea Peterson & Mike Wakefield
City Masterton v South Wairarapa Carterton 1 – 12.30pm Vaea Peterson
ARs: Mike Wakefield & Bruce Tomlin
WEDNESDAY 13TH AUGUST 2014
WBRU COLTS U19: Under Lights
North Wairarapa v City Masterton Pahiatua 1 – 7.00pm Pat Baucke
ARs: Bernie Wills & Home Team
Central Wairarapa v South Wairarapa Gladstone 1 – 7.00pm Mike Wakefield
ARs: Ryan Hardman & Bruce Tomlin
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Wairarapa Bush Colts Competition
The first round was played at Memorial Park last weekend, City and South had comfortable wins earning bonus points.
Saturday 9th August
South won 36-0 against North…
South dominated up front with Max McGilvary and Cody Cunningham standouts for South.
They showed good skill around the field scoring some good team tries in pretty mudding conditions.
City won 39-19 against Central…
City forwards Jonte Miller and Jaden Mason being the standout out with some good ball running, Nikora Ewe in the midfield was hard to handle showing great aggressive runs to score two tries.
Wednesday 13th August
City defaulted to North due to player unavailability, giving North the win.
Central defeated South 19-15.
Our night game out at Gladstone was tightly contested with Central of to the better start. Mid-way through the first half South blow a couple of scoring opportunities which could of changed the dynamic of the game. Central held on to the lead 11-5 at the break.
Stand outs for Central were Nick Griffith in the loose Callum Vallance (Bull) in the tight. The backs finished off with some slick skills to score two good team tries. Utah Walker at fullback showed great decision making alongside Daryl Pickering who directed the Central team well at first five.
Points table :
6 South
5 City
5 North
4 Central
This weekend Saturday 16th August both games will be hosted by Carterton.
South vs City at 12.30pm
Central vs North 2pm
The points table is very close whoever wins each game will make the grand final. This is going to bring out some high quality rugby. A huge forward battle between the South/City teams and some talented backs in both sides should be an exciting game to watch.
Central/North will be another tight battle, Central being the favored team to win. Who can count out the rugged boys from Northern Wairarapa though?
This will be a great day of rugby who would want to miss it !!!!!!
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