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Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington 074: Jock Wells
- Wellington Club Weekly
- John ‘Jock’ Wells was described as a robust forward and an honest toiler who gave it his all whenever he took the field. These traits saw the Northlander turned Wellingtonian play three matches and one Test for the All Blacks in 1936. Wells played those games for the All Blacks as a flanker, but the...
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Silver Linings Du’Plessis Kirifi Leads Lions to NPC Semis
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Du’Plessis Kirifi leads the Lions charge against Taranaki earlier this season. PHOTO: Mike Lewis Pictures. By Adam Julian Seven weeks ago, Wellington Lions captain and openside flanker Du’Plessis Kirifi led his side to a horror 6-15 loss to the Northland Taniwha on his club home ground at Jerry Collins Stadium. The Taniwha kept the Lions...
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Resilient Rory Woods looking forward to South African tour
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Rory Woods playing for the Wellington Academy last year. He has since moved to join the Northland Academy and has recently been selected in the New Zealand U19s for their tour which kicks off overnight on Monday in South Africa. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. The following article by Adam Julian was first published on AllBlacks.com last...
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Wellington Lions v Northland Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The Wellington Lions played their third round NPC match this past Saturday against Northland. Some facts and figures from the game by Peter Marriott below. Round 3 v Northland: Lost 6-15 Unusually, both sides failed to score points during the second half of the match. For Wellington it was the second match in succession they...
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Bruce Kauika-Petersen bringing experience to Northland
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Bruce Kauika-Petersen playing for Northern United against Marist St Pat’s in last year’s Jubilee Cup semi-final. PHOTO: Andy McArthur. By Steven White Bruce Kauika-Petersen will be a well-known player amongst the visiting Northland Taniwha squad this Saturday afternoon at Jerry Collins Stadium, having played numerous matches at this venue for various representative teams and for...
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The 2022 Wellington Scottish AGM
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- Simon Keller My AGM story begins at 5.30 on a Wednesday evening, when I meet Stephen Day for a pre-meeting run. Winding through Northland and Wadestown, we discuss the state of the club and the season ahead. I learn that the captaincy roles are close to finalised, with Emma Sturmfels taking over from Danielle Trewoon […]
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Wadestown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6140, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Firebirds go down in stale encounter at Cobham Oval
- Cricket Wellington
- The excitement of men's Dream11 Super Smash returned to Northland for the first time since November 2015 with hosts ...
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Charlie O’Donnell – Obituary
- Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
- Older members will be saddened to learn that Charlie passed away on 22 December 2021, aged 87. At the end of WW2, our stalwart Fred Silver collected some of the local Northland boys for a Saturday morning run, this included Charlie, his older brother Les and Barry Ward, his lifelong friend and Scottish member. This […]
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Wellington Lions v Northland Taniwha Stat Attack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Taine Plumtree scored a hat-trick for the Lions against Northland, just the sixth Wellington Wellington forward to score three tries in a NPC match. More details below. By Peter Marriott Week 1 v Northland: Won 54-7 Wellington’s record in all NPC matches is now played 468, won 293 (62.6%), lost 163 and drawn 12. Wellington’s...
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Blast from the Past – Hutt Valley win 1975 NZ Men’s Table Tennis Teams A Grade!
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Hutt Valley win 1975 NZ Men’s Table Tennis Teams A Grade (24-26 August) Place Team Wins Lost Matches won 1 Hutt Valley 4 1 29 2 Franklin 4 1 27 3 Auckland 3 2 28 4 Northland 2 3 28... Continue Reading →
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Tavita-Metcalfe, Aumua-Peseta, Poloniati notable new names in Lions squad
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: The Wellington Lions after beating Northland last year. There are plenty of returning faces and some new names in this year’s squad, named on Friday. Northern United’s Josiah Tavita-Metcalfe, Tawa’s Ben Aumua-Peseta and OBU’s James Poloniati are notable newcomers in a 36-strong Wellington Lions squad named for the 2020 National Provincial Championship. Tavita-Metcalfe, who...
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Chris Swallow Honoured at Regional Ki o Rahi Tournament
- College Sport Wellington
- Mana College won two of the three titles at this week’s College Sport Wellington Regional Ki o Rahi tournament and the winning Mana College and runners-up Tawa College Mixed teams both qualified for next year’s NZSS tournament in Northland.
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Who are the single season points and try scoring record holders?
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Brandyn Laursen (left) and Mike Clamp (right) who we think hold the respective Wellington club rugby single season points and try scoring records.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Summer Interclub Round 2 Results
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Week 2 results are below: 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Premier 2015-Summer-Interclub-4-March-results Divisions FYI the draw schedules are here.
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Commuting by bicycle in Wellington
- Cycling in Wellington
- In the past few years the number of people I see on bikes riding from Newtown to town in the morning has literally quadrupled. Unfortunately, many of the people I see stopped at the lights are on seriously terrible bikes. I’m see rusty, too-big or too-small mountain bikes with brakes that barely work and people look unconfident and uncomfortable on their bikes. Riding the wrong bike can actually make cycling seriously not fun. Recently several of my colleagues have gotten bicycles with the intention of cycling to work. I have noticed that they too seem to have missed some items that to me are essential for bike commuting. Namely:
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Zonal Wrap up
- Swimming Wellington
- The Harlequins, from Northland, Auckland and Counties-Manukau, took the honours in the second New Zealand Zonal Championships at the West Wave Aquatic Centre in Auckland tonight.
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The Northland Taniwha: A tough opponent to crack
- Wellington Club Weekly
- Above: Underneath a pile of bodies is John Schwalger, who has just scored the winning try in Wellington's 31-28 win over Northland in 2010.
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Cycling in Tunnels safely
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at each of their entrances.
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Cycling in Tunnels safely
- Wellington Region Cycleways
- What do the Kelburn, Northland and Seatoun tunnels have in common? They were all featured in a post I did 4 years ago, called Cycling in Wellington’s Tunnels, They were all built originally for trams, And they’d all benefit from two signs at the each of their entrances.
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Northland School Table Tennis – spare bats or rubbers anyone?
- Table Tennis Wellington
- Hi folks, Northland School is a small school here in Wellington, currently trying to boost their children’s interest in Table Tennis. They have two tables and some very old and tatty bats, some without rubber! Stephanie Prince used to represent Manawatu at table tennis some years ago and is teaching table tennis at the school […]
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Strong representation of Wellington club players in ITM Cup squads
- Wellington Club Weekly
- The ITM Cup kicks off this Thursday night with Taranaki hosting Northland in New Plymouth and Wellin...
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Run No. 1637: Ian Galloway Park, Northland
- The run started just outside the previously mentioned club rooms, a good turn out. As per usual I heard a few mumbles from the hare and like everyone else I actually started to pay attention when a piss-stop was mentioned.
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