Merewether.6523, Author at Merewether Carlton Rugby Club

Gala Event Recap

Posted on June 23, 2022July 12, 2022 by Merewether.6523

The scene was set for a great celebration: The Greens Past Present and Future. Almost 200 gathered at Newcastle Cruising Yacht Club last Saturday night June 18th to celebrate, eat drink and dance. Thanks to Paul O’Rourke who put on a great show. Loads of good food, plenty of drinks and the occasional cocktail was had. What a great venue. Check out the photos before and after it was invaded.

The raffle was a hit with great prizes including a fitbit, lunch at Botanica, George Gregan and All Black memorabilia, exclusive Italian wines and party buckets. All the winners were happy. Thanks all for digging deep to buy tickets. Special thanks to Nick and Simone Hatherly, Matt and Vanessa Gleeson and Andrew Beattie for your generosity in donating prizes.

Gina Terry and their band were fabulous and had the dancing full all night. We raised over $5,000 which will go to the Club welfare fund and operating budgets.

We expect now that “balls” are back we will have a huge event in 2023. Tell your friends they missed a fabulous night.

Sponsors Day 2022

Posted on June 6, 2022June 23, 2022 by Merewether.6523

Saturday saw Merewether Carlton’s Sponsors descend on Townson Oval for our annual Sponsors Day. The day is a chance for the club to show our appreciation for generous support received across our Senior, Junior, Grommets and Touch Programs. A number of sponsors joined in the presentation of Jerseys to our 1st Grade Team.

Chris Davis from PKF handing jersey to Jack Miller
Susan Walton, from Susan Walton Optometrist handing jersey to Ryan Goodman
Carl and Dylan Keating of Zenviron handing jerseys to Lachy Milton and Chicky Sykiotis
Darren Herbert of Newcastle Commercial Finance handing jersey to Sam Rouse
Rod Hood of Pacific Hydraulics handing jersey to Jason Milligan
Pete Ryan of Ryan Signs handing jersey to son Rory Ryan
Matt Davis of NBS Bricklaying handing jersey to Brenton Gibson
Luke Tresidder of Maxwell Recruitment handing jersey to Brendan Jackson
Nadene Barretto of Eight Recruitment handing jersey to Dave Puchert
Paul Murphy of Churchills Carpet Court handing jersey to Will Mansfield
Tim Woolf of Colliers handing jersey to Michael Dan
Stewart Gilberd of ISC handing jersey to Jock Wait
Jode Roach of Allied Newcastle handing jersey to Sam Bright
Brad Drelincourt of Fadrel handing jersey to Nick Ball
Nicole Elliot of Core Project Group handing jersey to Zac Norgard

DADS AND LADS 2022

Posted on May 19, 2022June 6, 2022 by Merewether.6523

Last Sunday a group of fathers, sons, brothers, uncles, and mates took to the field at Townson Oval in great spirits to raise awareness for mental health.

The teams and their unique playing kits were all set and whether you were a Warrior, Joker, Bandit, Barbarian, Lunatic or Mauler you had the same thing in common, to dust off the boots and have a great day.

You couldn’t wipe the smiles off their faces as they relished the chance to pull that jersey on and run (or walk) out on to Townson once more.

The community came out in support – wives, daughters, children, grandchildren to watch the spectacle that was 90 men having the time of their lives revisiting days gone by and celebrating their love of rugby.

Thank you to everyone involved in making the day happen including our wonderful sponsors, referees – Greg Pearce and Nick Charters, Dr John Prickett for being on standby and Stewart Hazell for the wonderful photos. Massive thanks to Jocky Wilson!!

We already can’t wait for next year!

GREENIES GROMMETS – Partnering with RUNDIPG for 2022!

Posted on March 28, 2022May 19, 2022 by Merewether.6523

We are extremely excited to announce that Greenies Grommets will be entering into its seventh season and what better way than to partner with Troy Bailey, Dr Matt Dun and the amazing team at RUNDIPG.

The partnership this season will be to raise funds and awareness of a very special cause. As some of you may be aware, RUN DIPG, are a charity dedicated to improving outcomes for patients and their families impacted by the deadliest form of childhood cancer – the brainstem cancer, diffuse intrinsic pontine glioma (DIPG) also known as diffuse midline glioma (DMG). Their mission is to raise awareness of this disease, and to generate funding to support the advancement of DIPG/DMG research and that’s what we plan to do.

We have decided that this season $15 from every registration will form part of a donation. Our major sponsors PRD, GoKindy and Olsek Electrical will also be looking to be part of this wonderful program and will continue to raise additional funds through the entirety of our program.

Our registration process is open – click here to register via EventBrite. The program calendar date has been scheduled and we will commence on Saturday 7th May and concluding Saturday 11th June, with our mandatory 8am start.

We hope you are as excited as we are and look forward to seeing you at kickoff!

2022 Member Card

Posted on March 22, 2022March 28, 2022 by Merewether.6523

Our 2022 Member Cards are now available for purchase through our online shop here at the following prices:

Adults $40
Pensioners $25

The card provides great value including:

Admission to 8 home games (value $40)
Entitlement to the Burwood Inn member benefits including kids eat free with parents from 5.30 pm to 7 pm Tuesday and Thursday
Importantly, member beverage discounts in the Green Room and at the Kiosk
As well as faster entry at the gate on home games

We encourage you to purchase your card online as soon as possible and we will nominate a few collection times from the Green Room before the start of the season.