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Long-term sponsor PKF

Posted on April 26, 2019April 26, 2019 by Merewether.6523

Whilst PKF is a traditional rugby league firm, with its support for the sport launching back to the beginning of its 40-year history, it’s not your typical accounting firm. It’s a whole lot more.

Andrew Beattie, the firm’s Business Advisory Services leader, set the record straight, “whilst our relationship with the Greens started because a client asked us to get involved, it has evolved to be a sponsorship that the firm gets wholeheartedly behind. Our kids play for the Greens, Saturday afternoon games are littered with familiar faces and it’s a team that plays an integral role in the community.”

PKF is a firm with purpose. We get up every day to help our clients choose their future, the way the Merewether Greens get up every day to help the community forge a future. And, in the same way the Greens are more than just a sports club, PKF is more than just an accounting firm.

The crest emblazoned on the shirts of the Merewether Greens stand for strength and wisdom. It is these attributes that PKF brings to its client relationships, using our wisdom to advise them on far more than their tax return, to ensure that they have the strength in their business to be able to grow.

PKF, a proud support of the Greens.

PKF. Where smart business goes to grow.

Our Season So Far – Mick Gill

Posted on April 26, 2019April 29, 2019 by Merewether.6523

The opening round saw all grades unbeaten with comfortable wins against Southern Beaches. We showed great maturity with our attitude and relentless pressure with and without the football which lead to a comfortable 87-0 victory.

While 2nd round saw us have to work harder against tough uncompromising Nelson Bay sides. We were punished for every mistake and lack of pressure applied to the bay side with every attacking opportunity on the bays try line the we would continually come up with unforced errors.

A 15 minute period before half time saw us pile on 17 points. The Greens couldn’t match The Bay’s 2nd half energy with the bay skipping out to a 27-24 lead with 3 minutes to go.

We took a penalty goal in front to draw it all up with the coaching staff more than
relieved with taking home 3 points from the draw at the Groperdome.

With only a minute left Bay kicked off, an early line break saw the Greens get within Sam Brights kicking range and we were able to squeeze a penalty from 52m out with final siren blown. Brighty found enough height and length for the ball to sail just over the crossbar to see us walk away with the victory.

As coaches we feel that there is a lot of work in front of us but good sides will always find a way to win even on the off days which is what happened at the Bay.

One thing that has stood out and has contributed to the early round wins is our fitness and ability to stick to the basics of the game plan as we continue to evolve as the season progresses. 1st Grade has shown great signs early and learnt some great lessons in opening rounds.

This weekend sees us travel to Marcellan Oval which is traditionally a great day of tough running rugby and hospitality from the Blacks.

All grade games will be crucial to getting early breathing space in the top 5 for a few weeks with both clubs usually showing great representation in September.

1st Grade is looking to be another great clash with the standard of football high after a couple years of crucial semi final clashes.

Forwards will be where it’s won and with the backs looking for a strong defence performance out wide.

The other growing anticipation is the 1st season home game against Singleton in the coming weeks.

Driving past Townson on a weekly basis and seeing it all go up just adds to excitement. The club is looking forward to setting standards and culture which will see this clubhouse share its same characteristics with the old Green Room and continue the great meeting place that is the GREEN ROOM.

2019 Looking Bright For Our Women’s Team

Posted on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by Merewether.6523

The girls opened round one on 13 April with a HUGE victory over Medowie winning 82-12.

This season is looking bigger and brighter with the women’s competition increasing from 4 teams to 6 teams – Greens, Waratah, Medowie, Hamilton, Maitland, and University and Mayfield East combining to form a new side Easts-University.

Some sad news for our arch-rivals Wanderers not entering a team this season, this will be the first season since the inception of the women’s comp where the two blues have not entered a team. Their demise has seen us reap the benefits of player recruiting to further strengthen the ranks.

The girls have a new coach on board, Steve Robson who in the offseason married our superstar prop Melissa Robson (nee Whittingham). Congratulations Mel and Steve!!! A further congratulations to the happy couple who have a baby on the way, due in July. This pair do not muck around!!

Preseason 7s
The season began for the girls a bit early this year with a pre-season 7s competition run by the HRWU which kicked off in February and went for 8 weeks. The competition had a few of our girls running around and getting rid of the cobwebs early, our team finished in 4th place overall. The competition was a bit of fun for all involved. In the true spirit of rugby, struggling for numbers saw our girls play for Maitland & Easts as well as girls from both of these sides pulling on a Greens jersey when needed.

We celebrated International Women’s Day with all of the HWRU 7s competition participants.

A few of our senior players stepped into coaching roles with our junior girls sides who also did a great job in the comp, the future of the greens women’s side is looking bright.

The girls are scheduled to take on Maitland on Saturday 27 April at Marcelin Park kick off 4.30pm.

Welcome New Major Sponsor Zenviron

Posted on April 5, 2019 by Merewether.6523

ZENVIRON STEPS UP AS MAJOR SPONSOR FOR THE GREENS

After completing a two-year corporate sponsorship at the Bledisloe Cup level, we have decided to step up as the major corporate sponsor of the Merewether Carlton Rugby Club at the World Cup level on a two-year agreement.

Our relationship with the Greens is seen as a successful one based on the professional management of the club and the way club and its supporters represent themselves in the community and through their successes on and off the field.

We are keen to see what 2019 will bring at an exciting time, with the new club house being opened and by all reports a strong player list across all grades.

Zenviron is a highly experienced, full-service Balance of Plant contractor specialising in the design and construction of large-scale renewable energy projects in Australia and New Zealand.

Led by some of the top minds in the industry, we bring together experience, innovation and commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and the risks and impacts of climate change.

Our dedication to reducing greenhouse gas and the risks and impacts of climate change is driven by our commitment to provide industry leading solutions to large scale solar and wind power markets. We employ over 120 staff with majority of those from Newcastle and the Hunter.

Having this involvement with MCRC, we like to think that we are “Keeping the Greens, Green”, and we are looking forward to getting down to the games on a Saturday arvo and cheering on the Men’s and Women’s teams to victory. Go Greens.
Carl Keating – General Manager – Zenviron

Left to Right – Anthony Fuller, Sam Hillard, Carl Keating, Blake Keating (Liberal Candidate for the Seat of Newcastle – NSW), Bruce Rummins

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.