First Try of Final

Kani Halanokonuka scores the first try of the final from some very good build up. Ardmore Marist win the game 21-5.

Kane Ruddell Try

Kane Ruddell swoops on the Waiuku mistake to claim the second try from the kick through by Kyle Jones.

Wai Try

Waitemata Paongo continues his fine finals form with the final try to take the score to 21-5

The Presentation

The boys collect the spoils of Victory!

2010 Counties under 20 Training Squad

Shaun Knight	CM Academy
Bill Muipu	Ardmore Marist
Clayton Ngawharau	Ardmore Marist
Junior Taufua	Ardmore Marist
Junior Solomona	Ardmore Marist
Karl Savelio-Ropati	Ardmore Marist
Ranaan Mailata	Ardmore Marist
Wilson Enoka	Bombay
Bobby Motuliki	Bombay
Aleki Hifo	Drury
Locwood Ruwhiu	Drury
Scott Allison	Karaka
Uini Atonio	Karaka
John Leteru	Karaka
Timoci Navabale	Karaka
William Navabale	Karaka
Hayden Roberts	Karaka
Michael Schofield	Karaka
Ross Tekoronga	Karaka
Bundellu Aki	Manurewa
Brian Asiata	Manurewa
Italia Hunt	Manurewa
Frederick Kei	Manurewa
Terence Myers	Manurewa
Brock Tollen-Steves	Manurewa
Haze White Miller	Manurewa
Keiran Whyte	Onewhero
Thomas Sullivan	Papakura
Troy Abernethy	Patumahoe
Niels Egelmeer	Patumahoe
Troy Michie	Patumahoe
Sione Fifita	Pukekohe
Andrew Kimber	Pukekohe
Simon Marcel	Pukekohe
Peter Montagna	Pukekohe
Siaosi Lelenoa	Pukekohe High
Tristram Kingi	Te Kauwhata
Lewis Chance	Waiuku
Malikai Fekitoa	Wesley
Nepo Laulala	Wesley
Coach - Pat Flavell
Manager - Ken Hainsworth

Ardmore Marist Rugby Club
Bruce Pulman Park,
Walters Road,
Papakura

10:00 am on the 31st July, 2010

For more information contact

John Cunningham: (027) 452 6457, cookebean@xtra.co.nz

or

Tom Baker: (027) 734 0163, tom.baker@amcor.com.au
Ardmore Marist Presidents c/- Tom Baker
21 Cairnsvale Rise, Manurewa, Manukau 2105.

Registration: $150 per team, payable by 24th July

payable by cheque or direct credit to the following bank account:

Account Name: T M Baker
Account Number: 02-0192-0313043-066

Send Registration Details (Name of Club & payment details) to John or Tom.

Premiers v Patumahoe

Premiers v Waiuku

Premiers v Manurewa

Premiers v Pukekohe

Premiers v Bombay

Dean Cummins had his best game of the season and indeed for quite some time for the South Auckland Motors Ardmore Marist Premiers as he controlled the game from first five and kicked five penalties to bring home the boys 15-14 at home against Patumahoe.

Right from the start the boys showed they were out to win this one in front of the sponsors who had gathered upstairs for Sponsors Day and were almost over for an opening try of a break by Dean Cummins saw him cutting through with only the final pass to Fritz Lee being put down.

However after four minutes they were up 3-0 thanks the first of Dean’s penalties from around forty meters courtesy of the 10 meter rule.

A missed Patumahoe penalty from a scrum infringement was missed by Doug Sanft (one of three former Ardmore Marist players in the Paty team).

The team then swung onto attack with good field position being gained by good use of the wind. From a good burst by Ray Cullen off lineout ball Paty infringed at the ruck slowing down the ball and Dean slotted his second for the day from around 22 meters to take the score to 6-0 at the 12 minutes mark. What was good in this play was the quick work at the lineout by Cody and Fritz (and the lifters Siua and Myah) who in order to nullify the Patumahoe height in the lineout got the ball in quickly before the Paty line was even ready.

From the kick off we lost the ball and were penalised for an infringement resulting in Paty gaining field position. Paty dominated field position and from a lineout close to the line the forward drove over from a lineout to score the only try of the game. There was more than a hint of truck and trailer in the try and the sages in the sponsors’ event all agreed that this was the case. The conversion missed and the score moved to 6-5 after 16 minutes.

From the kick off Patumahoe retained the ball through several phases and appeared to be setting some dominance in the possession stakes. However the Ardmore Marist forwards were able to snuff out any significant forward momentum often taking the carrier behind the gain line and were able to commit fewer players to the breakdown. A good example of this was in the 19th minute where after a series of forward drives Paty were forced to go to the backs. The flying Hugh and Rusty put pressure on first five Daryl Sanft and the ball bounced into the arms of Myah and the ball was cleared right into the Patumahoe 22 by Dean.

It was from this pressure that the third penalty was knocked over by Dean. Again it was a good build up that could have easily resulted in a try and featured some strong work by the forwards and backs and a thunderous charge by Myah who again put a defender on his back.

Five minutes later we were back at the table against with another Dean Cummins penalty from around forty meters and the score was up to 12-5.

Patumahoe then had a period of dominance and the last five to ten minutes was spent on defence. The D looks a heck of a lot more organised and all Patumahoe could muster for their hard work was a penalty for a head high by Hugh which was in reality a pretty poor call by the ref. This left the score at 12-8 at half time.

After the half time canapés and fine wine the sponsors were back on deck for the second half that started with a string of penalties a the 2,4 and 6 minute marks all for head high tackles. In all honesty most refs would have not called these however with Doug Sanft unable to find the goal posts on two of the three occasions the score was at 12-11 when at the seven minute mark Myah was binned for a shoulder hit on a Paty player and Doug Sanft goaled from 40 meters to put Paty into a 14-12 lead.

With Myah in the bin the boys stepped in up an Paty had no scoring opportunities with the exception on a charge down on the fifteen minute mark that fortuitously bounced into the Paty players 20 meters down field. We were perhaps lucky it went to a lock as the opportunity was snuffed out by some poor passing and we got a relieving penalty.

From the resulting play a hit to the head of Fritz that left him seeing stars and Dean pushed the ball into Paty territory.

The next seven minutes saw the boys attacking showing good patience and with the backs and forwards combining well to maintain possession and field position on attack. The inevitable happened and a further head high hit saw a Paty player in the bin on the 25 minute mark and Dean again slotted the penalty for a slender 15-14 lead.

The next fifteen minutes was a real arm wrestle with Ardmore Marist having the better field position and spending good minutes on attack. It was just little errors, knock on or a forward pass that stopped us from scoring again.

The last throw of the dice came down to Paty who swung onto attack deep into our 22 and from a ruck we were penalised on a touchies call. With full time up the kick was the only option and to the relief of all the kick went wide.

Just a note on the touchies call. We have had a number of non-calls for foul play this year which we believe the touch judge must have seen and it would have been a shame if we had lost on this call considering these other non-calls. My call on review of the footage was the Whai had every right to the ball he was the second man to the breakdown and had his hands on the ball and should not have been penalised.

All in all a great game. The front row with Siua on board looks much better and his mobility and work rate is up there with Jeremiahs who himself is having a great year and must be pushing for higher recognition. Cody Martin, back at hooker with the season ending injury to Suli has grown into the captaincy role and is now making much better and importantly quicker decisions. Terra and Ed are getting their lineout together and also having good work rates around the park on attack but especially on D.

Our loose forwards, Hugh, Rusty, Fritz and Amos are superb and while as a trio a bit on the small side have speed and strength that is starting to provide regular turnover ball.

In the halfs both Soni and JP are stepping up with improved performances in all aspects. As mentioned previously this was a superb game by Deano showing his experience and skill in reading and controlling the game.

Rayzas move into 2nd five seems to have worked a treat as he is a big fast unit and can use his strength to get over the gain line and set up the second phase and his D seems to be much more sure at this position. Similarly moving Preston to centre has improved his game. Firstly he does not have to stop the crash attack and he is also able to show his distribution skills and his surprising pace. In Whai and Dylan we have two different wingers who play the game to the highest level and most importantly are good under the high ball.

Matthew Kitto continues to build in confidence and he has an able replacement is Cameron Bell who is a great player to bring off the bench when the game needs an injection of pace.

Next week is Puke at Puke. A must win so make an effort to get out there and bring home a win.

The team was: 1. Siua, 2. Cody, 3. Myah, 4. Terra, 5. Ed, 6. Rusty, 7. Hugh, 8. Fritz, 9. Soni, 10. Deano, 11. Dylan, 12. Rayza, 13. Preston, 14. Whai, 15. Kitto, 16. Mike (On for Myah while in bin), 17. Murph, 18. Neumi, 19. Moss (Fritz 62 min), 20. JP (Soni 55 min), 21. Cam (Kitto 63 min), 22. Carlos

Hello team,

Last weekend was or worst of the season with both the Premiers and Reserves going down to Rewa.

The Prems went down 20 points to 12 in a disappointing performance littered with junior boy errors and decision making. This is the first time in memory that we have been out of the top 4 and we are 9 points behind the 4th placed team. Work to be done here. Why Dean Cummins is not starting I don’t know. He is the most intelligent back in the club and comes off the bench. I say this not knowing if he is recovering from injury or is just out of favour. Our positional kicking is woeful and just leaves the forwards running up and down the field not knowing where to go. It looks to me like the kicker doesn’t know. Some coaching needs to be done with these guys to get us back on track. The talent is there. It needs nurturing. Where is Hughie Green? He has been the one young player that the club has looked forward to getting to Prem ranks. We must look after our own guys before the imports. This week is a home game for us against Waiuku.

The Reserves went down in a thoughtless encounter with Rewa by 17 to 10. Once again where were the thinkers in this game. We were once down by 2 points with a penalty almost in front. A quick tap was taken and the first receiver knocked it on. This team has let Rewa into the game each of every game the last couple of years and we are the better side. Its all mental stuff here.

The Under 21s went on their merry way again although this was a really tough encounter against Waihi. The gold diggers were fired up and our guys had a tough time. But they stuck to their guns unlike to top 2 teams and came out winners 17 to 10.

Under 85s won 12-10.

See you at the park supporting again next week.

Goldy.

The Ardmore Marist Under 85's won their first away game on Saturday, against a determined Pakuranga Cobra's Team. After a poor first half conceding an unconverted try, and a penalty, the Ardmore Boys dug deep and came out with a win, with 2 second half tries and a crucial conversion with 5 minutes remaining.

The Rays Gym Sponsored Reserves won another game taking out the bonus points against a confident and confrontational Karaka side.

This result leaves them seven points clear on the table with four from four. Great work guys.

The U21’s romped home 90-0 against a Drury side that has conceded over 90 point is each game to date. The boys scored 16 tries however had Chiefs disease and could only convert 5 and the score could have been 114-0 had they kicked them all.

Well done.

Ardmore Marist's very own Piula Fa'aselele (Premier Championship Team of 2008) has made it big in the world. He appears in this ad for pasta with his La Rochelle teamates in France. You know youi've made it when you're in a Pasta ad !

Terence Otineru from the Ardmore Marist Premier team got married last weekend, we're hoping it doesn't affect his rugby too much!

Hutt Old Boys Marist won the Spillane Cup in Hastings for 2010 beating Marist St Pats in the final 24-18. The full result are listed below:

79th Spillane Tournament - Hastings - 13/14 March

Day One
Spillane Cup	Marist St Pats 35, Marist North Harbour 18
	Hutt OB Marist 36, Napier OB Marist 14.
Ham Cumming Cup	Hastings Rugby & Sports 88, Masterton Marist 8 Hamilton Marist 32, Palmerston North OB Marist 24.
Brennan Cup	Wanganui 55, Wairoa Celtic 0
Moran Cup - Colts	Hutt OB Marist 37, Hastings Rugby & Sports 7 Marist St Pats 31, Napier OB Marist 0.
Women	Hastings Rugby & Sports 152, Wairoa Celtic 0
Day Two
Spillane Cup Final	Hutt Old Boys Marist 24, Marist St Pats 18
Saturday losers play-off	Napier Old Boys Marist 38, Marist North Harbour 15.
Ham Cumming Cup Final	Hastings Rugby & Sports 34, Hamilton Marist 11
Saturday losers play-off	Palmerston North OB Marist 85, Masterton Marist 5
Moran Cup Colts Finals	Hutt OB Marist 18, Marist St Pats 16
Non-Trophy match	Hastings Rugby & Sports 3rds 64, Wairoa Celtic 7.

2010 Spillane Tournament XV

• Mike Reid (Nth Harbour),
• Liu Taituari (MSP),
• Jeff Allen (MSP),
• Nick Pasi (MSP),
• Rudd Haddon (Nth Harbour),
• Palego Pedro (Hutt OBM),
• Scott Higginson (Napier OB Marist),
• Fa'atau Fili (MSP),
• Alexis Timi (Hutt OBM),
• Sam Scown (Wanganui Marist),
• James Rosenberg (Hastings R&S),
• Waise Quikata (Palmerston Nth OBM),
• Phil Mourits (Hamilton Marist)

New Zealand Marist Sevens, Wellington, 2010

The recent 7’s Tournament in Wellington can be classed as a great success with 16 NZ Marist Club sides participating in the Club draw and 8 sides (including two from Marist St Joseph’s of Samoa) in the international draw.

The New Zealand Marist Club Sevens champion for 2010 is Ardmore Marist, having beaten Marist St Pats in the final.

The New Zealand Marist International Sevens champions are Marist St Joseph's of Samoa, having beaten Moata'a in the final.

Marist St Joseph's went on to win the Pacific Rim Trophy against Ardmore Marist to round off the day.

Results

NZ Marist Club 7's

Championship Cup Final: Ardmore Marist 26, Marist St Pats 19
Plate Final: Hamilton Marist 29, Hutt O B Marist(1) 19
Bowl Final: Hutt O B Marist(2) 29, Nelson Marist 19

NZ Marist International 7's

Cup Final: Marist St Joseph's Samoa 45, Moata’a 19
Plate Final: Vaiusu Kingfishers 22, Pacific Warriors 10
Pacific Rim Trophy: Marist St Joseph's Samoa 26, Ardmore Marist 12

The NZ Marist 7's team was selected at the NZ Marist Clubs 7's Tournament in Wellington on the 5th & 6th February. The team will travel to Fiji to play in the Fiji Marist International tournament on the 5th and 6th of March 2010.

The Team: Polonga Pedro, Hutt OB Marist; Taleta Tupuola, Hutt OB Marist; Chris Slade, Marist St Pat's; Fa'atonu Fili, Marist St Pat's; Alex Tulou, Marist St Pat's; Chris Walker, Tukapa; Whaimotu Craft-Chemis, Tukapa; Steve Ketu, Hamilton Marist; Mike Pehi, Nelson Marist; John Gbenda-Charles, Nelson Marist; Tivani Fomai, Hastings Rugby & Sports ; Sam McIvor, Marist Albion.

Results and team have been posted on the website as well as the 2009 NZ Marist Player of the Year (Callum Bruce – Hamilton Marist) and the newly created NZ Marist Personality of the Year (David Neame – Greymouth Marist).

NZ Marist 2009 Player of the Year

At the recent NZ Marist AGM, Callum Bruce - Hamilton Marist, was named as the NZ Marist Player of The Year for the 2009 season.

In 2009 Callum played for the Chiefs Super 14 franchise and the Waikato Air NZ Cup team who made the final for the first time with Callum playing in every game and captaining them in their last foray on the paddock. Regardless of his Super 14 and Air NZ Cup commitments, Callum has always made time for the Club and continues to play Club rugby when he is allowed. He always makes time to attend Club practices during his representative season and attends club games and team functions whenever he can.

The talented midfield back played for the Highlanders Super 14 team in 2006/7 before moving to the Waikato. He can cover at both 12 and 10 and is also a competent goal kicker. The Hastings-born back has previously played 24 games for Otago and has represented the Napier OB Marist Club in Colts and 7's rugby and attended the NZ Marist 7's Tournament in Wellington. Whilst in Otago, Callum also played for another Marist affiliate club, Dunedin RFC, and represented that club in the NZ Marist Sevens team in 2002 to Samoa. He has also been a member of the 2006 - 08 NZ Maori Rugby team.

Callum is a great 'Marist' man and loyal to his Hamilton Marist Club. He won the 2009 Aaron Hopa Memorial Trophy which is awarded to a member of the Waikato Air NZ Cup team who made the most outstanding contribution to team culture.

NZ Marist 2009 Personality of the Year

This award was presented for the first time at the NZ Marist AGM to David Neame of Greymouth Marist for the 2009 season.

This award recognises David's overall contribution to the Greymouth Marist RFC. David's playing record at senior and senior reserve level dates back 20 years from 1990-2010, and he has continued unbroken through to West Coast club finals season 2009.

David has been a team captain at both senior reserve, and senior level. He is a tireless trainer, and even at the age of 37, he is one of the most professional players our club has ever seen. At pre season trainings, he pushes and encourages the younger players to realise their potential, and that is such a valuable asset for any club to have.

In the days where most senior sides field teams with a youthful look about them, the experience, wisdom and knowledge of having a stalwart like David in the team is most invaluable.

David was selected for the NZ Marist Colts in 1993, and the coaching and experience of that tour, helped David grow into the fine club man that we have today.

David has represented and captained the West Coast senior team, and all up has 16 caps for the senior rep team.

Off the field, David's contribution has included committee service, tireless fundraising hours and the executive post as current club captain.

David has also over the years has coached several school boy teams, and been very popular with our school boys. As a player, at no stage has David fallen foul of referees or disciplinary panels, nor has he devoted any less than 100 percent support to club management, promotion and administration.

The nominee is a funeral director and as such is at the mercy of death's schedule - a schedule with little regard for match and practice. He does however still manage to make practically every training and game. In 2009, David was one of the driving forces behind setting up a Greymouth Marist R.F.C golden oldie side, and this was a huge success.

Greymouth Marist now has a database of former players from around New Zealand that come back to Greymouth for club games and having this team shows the true Marist spirit and what it means to the former players to still feel a part of their club. It is also very healthy for the club coffers, especially for the clubrooms when there is a home match, so there is a lot to be thankful to David for this.

David is also a very popular person not only in the club, but West Coast wide, and a facebook group has been set up for David, which now boasts over 600 members worldwide. In it are photos and video clips featuring David, and an interview with current All Black hooker Andrew Hore from the 2009 Steinlager Rugby awards, giving David some advice on his career. We feel David deserves this recognition for his services to the Greymouth R.F.C and is a most fitting tribute to David as he enters the end of his long playing service to the Greymouth RFC.

Standout Ardmore Marist player Sherwin Stowers, has re-signed with the Counties Manukau RFU for 3 years ... more ...

Standout Ardmore Marist player Sherwin Stowers, playing in the IRB World Sevens Series in George last weekend, was the leading try scorer in the tournament. Sherwin had a great tournament in Dubai the week before and has continued to show his amazing speed and skill to help New Zealand win the second round of Sevens in George, South Africa.

Check out some coverage of Sherwin's form at the following link.

The Senior Prizegiving ceremony was held on Saturday 23rd August 2009.

A great night was had by all. Thanks to everybody for your support throughout the year.

The recipients of the annual awards are listed below:

Team	Award	Player
Premiers Coach - Bevan Murray Asst Coach - Sam Alatini Manager - Ray Cullen Strapper - Kelvin Bangs, Katie Burton	Best Team Member	Roger Fua'aletoelau
	Best Forward	Amos Mataia
	Best Back	Sherwin Stowers
	Player of the Year	Sherwin Stowers
Premier Reserves Coach - Vena Ulae Assistant Coach - Murray Campbell Manager - Clarkie Assistant Manager - Rob Burton	Best Team Member	Tiaan Volschenk
	Best Forward	Ben Fa'agata
	Best Back	Kane Ruddell
	Player of the Year	Matthew Kitto
Presidents Manager - Tom Baker	Best Team Member	Heath Wallwork
	Best Forward	Scott Delacey
	Best Back	Dean Hopkins
	Player of the Year	Scott Delacey
Under 21 Red Coach - Richie Robson Assistant Coach - Steve Burrows Assistant Coach (Forwards) - Darryl Robson Assistant Manager - Brian McNeil Assistant Manager - Glenn Flavell	Best Team Member	Tamapi Akanoa
	Best Forward	Penetana Wallis
	Best Back	Robert Wallis
	Player of the Year	Christopher Beard
Under 21 Blue Coach - Clive Castle	Best Team Member	Christopher Grey
	Best Forward	Kelly Mefua
	Best Back	Saipele Ropati
	Player of the Year	Tainui Rickard
Under 85kg Coach - Chris Lusby Manager - Kester Banfield	Most Valuable Player	Matt Tanner
	Most Improved Player	Cory Mchardy Daniel Tollen
	Supporter of the Year	Yvette Morehu
	Player of the Year	Leighton Morehu
Club Awards	Supporter of the Year	The Beard Family
	Junior Supporter of the Year	Cameron Flavell Hayden Bangs
	Most Promising Player	Sikeli Nabou
	Club Player of the Year	Sherwin Stowers
	Team of the Year	Premier Reserves
	Coach of the Year	Ritchie Robson
	Manager of the Year	Ray Cullen

Alicomm Windows Ltd	Mike Church
AquaEnvironmental	Hugh Chapman
Atlas Gentech	Steve Moss
Barry Purdon Racing Stables	Barry Purdon
Clevedon Coast Oysters	Callum McCallum
EZGO Golf carts	Peter Talyancich
Fern Ridge	Peter Single
Jamie McGill	Jamie McGill
JC Walker Transport	Chris Walker
John Green Racing Stables	John Green
LC Plastering	Les Coomber
Molander Electrical	Alan Molander
Moray Cook Electrical	Steve Cook
Parry and Co Real Estate	Ken Parry
R Burton Plastering	Rob Burton
Rod McCallum	Rod McCallum
Southern Bricklayers	David Shortt
Swan Workforce	Steve Burrows