Green Room Archives - Merewether Carlton Rugby Club

Volunteers Needed for 2021 Season

Posted on February 1, 2021 by Merewether.6523

To help make this the best Green year yet, we need help from you our fans and community members to ensure our game days and events are as fantastic as they can be. We encourage you to put your hand up and help us where and when you can. It could be an hour on a Saturday helping set up or something more substantial, but your help would be appreciated.

The 2021 Rugby Season commences on 17th April, with formal training commencing on Monday 1st February, here is what we have in place:

A solid player group who are talented, committed and have been training together since December last year.
An experienced and dedicated Coaching, Training and Management group.
A balanced Board to ensure everything is on track.
A sensational ground, gym and the Green Room at Townson Oval.
A great supporter base of families, old boys/girls and Rugby enthusiasts.
A loyal group of long term Volunteers who make a great contribution every year.
We are calling out for interested people to register their interest in becoming a Volunteer in any capacity.

Example roles include:

Ground managers
Covid Marshalls
Team managers and assistants
As well as general helping hand
The Club will pay for any fees to be registered/trained with Hunter Rugby and Rugby Australia as a Volunteer.

You choose the area of interest and the amount of time you would like to be involved. It doesn’t have to be every week. Everyone can play their part in the club when they are able to.

Please register your interest today by emailing secretary@merewethercarlton.com.au with your contact details and the area you would like to help out.

Many thanks,
Merewether Carlton Rugby Club

Farewell To The Old Green Room

Posted on May 17, 2019February 1, 2022 by Merewether.6523

Last Saturday saw us bid our final farewell to the legendary old Green Room.

Newcastle Lord Mayor Nuatali Nelmes was joined by Mike Rabbit, Stephen Reid, Peta Winney-Baartz and old boy greens legend Ronny Rose to reminisce and share stories of many memories enjoyed in the green room.

It was fantastic to see so many familiar faces including many of the old boys, senior and junior players and supporters come along to mark this occasion.

Ron Rose removed the Green Room sign and club members walked the honour boards from the old green room to the new green room in the Clarke Stand.

This was a huge milestone in the history of the club as we said goodbye to the old and welcome the amazing new Green Room facility.

It certainly is strange to see the old green room now gone, but we hope that this space can now be used as a children’s playground and further enhance the facilities of Mitchell Park.

Thank you to Nuatali and to everyone who came along on the day.

Thank you also to Stewart Hazell who took these wonderful photos that will be cherished by the club and form part of the club’s history.

New Green Room Update

Posted on April 5, 2019April 5, 2019 by Merewether.6523

Construction is in full swing on the much anticipated Green Room. After a lengthy delay in handover to the club for fit-out commencement, we now have keys inhand ready for the next stage in our club’s great history.

The build was broken into two stages made up of base build and fit out.

Works to be completed under the base build contract with NCC and Kingston Building consists of:

Refresh of the existing change rooms, referee rooms and toilets underneath the existing grandstand
Installation of a new elevator
Construction of the new gym located on the ground floor and to the rear of the existing grandstand
Construction of the new green room shell
Landscaping works

Works to be completed under the fit out contract with MCRC and Core Project Group consists of:

New full length bar
Two new bathrooms located upstairs in the green room
Gym fit out on the ground floor
New cool room located on the ground floor
Fitout of ceilings, floors and walls inside the green room
New frameless operable doors to the front of the green room overlooking Townson Oval
Air Conditioning, Lighting and AV inside the new green room

Core Project Group, full of current and former greens players, are about two weeks into the fit out of the green room and are looking to hand over just in time for the first home game of the season against Singleton on 11th May.

Many hands are making light work, with plenty of volunteers, sponsors, players, old boys and trades from within the greens community helping out to keep us on track for the grand opening.

The wait is almost over.