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    Club rugby titles for Avalon and OBU as college rugby finalists confirmed

    • 14 Aug 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Steven White and Adam Julian The curtain came down on the 2021 club rugby competition season this afternoon, with the final two titles decided with wins for the Avalon and Old Boys University clubs. The Avalon Wolves Premier 2 team won the HD Morgan Memorial Trophy this afternoon, beating home team Wainuiomata 21-19 in...
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    Two titles for the Wolfpack in 2021

    • 17 Aug 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Avalon Wolves Premier 2 side celebrate their win on fulltime against Wainuiomata on Saturday. By Adam Julian Photos by Hugh Pretorius Avalon won just a single Swindale Shield game in 2021 and that was against winless Paremata-Plimmerton. The Wolves fared much better in the ‘lower’ grades, winning two titles. Marist St Pat’s, Northern United...
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    All rugby in New Zealand this weekend cancelled or postponed

    • 18 Aug 2021
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Lonely rugby posts. See below for the status of all rugby in New Zealand. Wednesday: Premier 1 Schoolgirls Final: St Mary’s College v Wainuiomata High School, Porirua Park 7:30pm Premier 2 Schoolgirls: Bishop Viard College Paraparaumu College, Porirua Park, 6:00pm U15 Development Schoolgirls: St Mary’s College v Aotea Kotiro, Porirua Park, 4.30pm and Mana College...
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    Hurricanes v Blues stat attack

    • 2 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott The Hurricanes beat the Blues 33-32 in their second round Super Rugby match this past Saturday. They are back in Wellington for their first home game this coming Saturday evening to play the Highlanders. Some facts and figures from their second match below. Round 2 v Blues: Won 33-32 The Hurricanes and...
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    Some top trapping tips

    • 24 Jul 2024
    • Predator Free Wellington
    • Our team is currently in Phase 2 of our plan to remove rats, possums, weasels and stoats from Wellington. We’ve learned a lot and wanted to share some special tips to help out your backyard or community trapping. Keep it fresh … Would you want to eat dry or mouldy peanut butter? Neither would a rat! Keeping…
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    Pre-season rugby set to ramp up on Saturday  

    • 17 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • After a stop-start (mostly stop) March of pre-season rugby so far, it is hoped that most of the scheduled matches will go ahead tomorrow. Several Premier squads will be relishing the opportunity to play their first games of 2022, ahead of the slated start of the competition season in Wellington and Manawatu on Saturday 2...
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    Hurricanes v Highlanders stat attack

    • 19 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Peter Marriott. The Hurricanes edged the Highlanders in Dunedin last Saturday, ahead of their Australian trip this weekend where they are playing the Reds in Melbourne. Some facts and figures from the win over the Highlanders below. Round 9 v Highlanders (2): Won 22-21 The Hurricanes and the Highlanders have now met 39 times....
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    Wellington club rugby scoring updates 21 May

    • 20 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round EIGHT of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The opening weekend of the second round Women’s competition sees just the two Division 2 Izzy Ford Cup matches contested, whilst the two Division 1 games are deferred to next weekend. WRFU Women’s Premier The eighth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is...
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    Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 28 May

    • 28 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round NINE of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The opening weekend of the second round Women’s competition (Division 1) and second weekend of the Division 2 competition takes place. WRFU Women’s Premier The ninth round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all scheduled matches kicking off at...
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    Wellington club rugby scoring updates 4 June

    • 4 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round 10 of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The second weekend of the second round Women’s competition (Division 1) and third weekend of the Division 2 competition takes place. WRFU Women’s Premier The 10th round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all scheduled matches kicking off at...
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    Club rugby team profile: Ories Vatos

    • 16 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    •  The Oriental-Rongotai Vatos are unbeaten for two and a half seasons, and this past Saturday retained the first round Reserve Grade Division 1 Mike Copeland Cup. The second round of the Reserve Grade Division 1 and 2 competitions starts this coming weekend, with a five-week round-robin and semi-finals on 23 July and final on 30...
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    Wellington club rugby live scoring updates 18 June

    • 18 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round 12 of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. It is the fifth weekend of the second round Women’s competition – and we have the FINAL of the Division 2 Izzy Ford Cup between Avalon and Wainuiomata and the semi-finals of the Division 1 Tia Paasi Cup. WRFU Women’s Premier The 12th round of...
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    Seven things: Frank Chimero

    • 10 Feb 2015
    • Webstock
    • 1) Who are you? This is a weird question—you sent me this email, you should know who I am. Anyway, I’m Frank Chimero. I’m a designer who writes. I live in New York. 2) What do you do? See above. I also spend a lot of time thinking about dogs and music. Again, another weird […]
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    Norths win Women’s title with big win over MSP

    • 24 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian  Northern United: 58 (Harmony Ioane 3, Ofa Tuangalu, Paige Misky, Isadore Laio-Laupolo, Sanita Levave, Te-Vaine Maui, Angel Mulu, Te Kura Ngata-Aerengamate tries; Arene Landon-Lane 4 con) Marist St Pat’s: 10 (Thamsyn Newton 2 tries) The Wellington women’s senior competition officially started in 1990 and the most dominant club throughout has been Northern...
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    Weekly News 11 July 2022

    • 11 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • This week Tuesday 6.00 pm, speed session with Alice and Rowan, outside Freyberg Pool. This week’s session is sets of 1km @ half mara pace, 1km @ 10km pace and 1km @ 5km pace. Friday 12.27 pm, Kupe Run, a chatty pre-weekend run from the Kupe statue on the waterfront. Saturday 6:30 am, WUU2K, Khandallah Park Saturday 2:00 […]
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    Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: Pioneers of Rugby in Wellington: 021 Major William James Hardham, VC

    • 26 Jul 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • William James Hardham was the only New Zealander to be awarded the Victoria Cross during the Boer War in South Africa (1899-1902). He also played club rugby for Petone and 53 games for Wellington before and after that war and Wellington’s Premier 2 club rugby trophy is named after him. Hardham was born in Wellington...
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    Manukura, Naenae and Upper Hutt Colleges win midweek schools rugby

    • 3 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian Three school matches at Porirua Park on Wednesday, with St Mary’s College playing MANUKURA, followed by the Wellington Girls Division 2 final between Naenae College and Bishop Viard College and the Wellington Boys Co-Ed Cup final between Upper Hutt College and and Bishop Viard. Accounts of these games are below. MANUKURA take...
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    The Monday wrap for 15 August (some news and information to start the rugby week)

    • 14 Aug 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Stokes Valley U85kg side with the Tony O’Brien Shield, for winning the Division 2 title on Saturday with a 14-9 win over Eastbourne in the final.  The rugby rolls on. The last of the club rugby finals in Wellington is this coming Saturday, between the MSP Internationals and the Upper Hutt Rams J8s who...
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    Inter-Collegiate Small Bore Rifle Shooting Competition

    • 16 Aug 2022
    • Newlands College
    • A great outing from our Small Bore Rifle Shooting team over the weekend who competed in the first round of the Inter-Collegiate Match for 2022. Andrew Jeffery, Aaron Jeffery, Trinity Avery, Keya Parekh and Lori Thomson had a final total score of 264.2 points. They will compete again in 2 weeks time for the second […]
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    Pioneers of rugby in Wellington: 006 Thomas Hoar

    • 24 Mar 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Thank you to the New Zealand Amateur Sport Association for this article. First published October 2021. FOOTBALL EVENING POST, VOLUME XLIII, ISSUE 80, 4 APRIL 1892, PAGE 2 “There is some probability of T. Hoar, who played three-quarter for the Melrose Club, and who has been lately playing for the Merivale Club, Christchurch, returning to...
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    Peter Tearle Trophy Results 2022

    • 24 Apr 2022
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • Start Order Start time Est time Line Place Clock time Actual Time H’cap Diff Nigel Roberts (S) 0.00 44.30 mins 1 39.03 39.03 – 5.27 Mary Ann Palmer (S) +5:00 39.30 mins 2 41.33 36.03 -3.27 Terri Grimmett (S) +8:30 36.00mins 3 43.52 35.52 -0.08 Arlene Wong Tong (S) +7:15 37.15 mins 4 43.58 36.43 […]
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    New Zealand Rugby Records Parts 1-3 1870-1891 published

    • 3 May 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • Since 1935 the Rugby Almanack has been the annual, official, exhaustive record of rugby in New Zealand. The first official game of rugby in New Zealand was played on May 14, 1870 when Nelson Club beat Nelson College 2-0 at the Botanical Gardens. The first New Zealand representative team was selected in 1884. Legendary tours...
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    Wellington club rugby scoring updates 11 June

    • 10 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • It is Round 11 of the 2022 Wellington club rugby season. The third weekend of the second round Women’s competition (Division 1) and fourth weekend and semi-finals of the Division 2 competition takes place. WRFU Women’s Premier The 11th round of the Premier Men’s Swindale Shield competition is being played today, with all scheduled matches kicking...
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• • Seven things: Harper Reed

    • 8 Feb 2015
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    • 1. Who are you? Harper Reed 2. What do you do? I am a hacker. That, obviously, could mean anything. Right now it means that I am the CEO of a startup called Modest. We build delightful commerce experiences for mobile. Before this, I was the CTO of the Obama Campaign. We helped re-elect the […]
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• • Seven Things: Cory Doctorow

    • 8 Feb 2015
    • Webstock
    • 1. Who are you? Cory Doctorow. 2. What do you do? I am currently working on a project with the Electronic Frontier Foundation to end all DRM, everywhere in the world, within 10 years. It’s called Apollo 1201. I write science fiction novels for adults and kids, as well as graphic novels and nonfiction books. Some recent ones: […]
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    Mother Wolf – Liz Nanai inspiring She-Wolves 

    • 23 Jun 2022
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • The Avalon She-Wolves celebrate the fulltime whistle in the Division 2 final against Wainuiomata. PHOTO: T-Paul Gale. By Adam Julian In 2017 Avalon had six registered women’s players. On Saturday the She-Wolves defeated Wainuiomata 19-12 in the Izzy Ford Cup second round, Women’s second division final. Today they have 32 registered players. Hard work, a...
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• • Breakdown at Hunter Bank

    • 11 Sep 2022
    • Coastguard Mana
    • Operation Details Date/Time:  Sat, 10/09/2022 - 10:20 - 14:00 Operation Type:  CG Operation (good samaritan) People Assisted:  2 Total Volunteer Hours:  11 6m runabout would not start after fishing at Hunter Bank. Phoenix Rescue went out and towed it back to Mana Cruising Club ramp. Vessel Details Length:  6.00m Resources Attendees:  Jake_Presling Mark Presling espi
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    Weekly News 26 September 2022

    • 26 Sep 2022
    • Wellington Scottish Athletics Club
    • This week Results Some promising sharpener sessions at Freyburg on Tuesday, and K Park on Saturday, the lions look set to be rampant once more on Saturday. Eliud Kipchoge set a new world record in the Berlin Marathon, finishing in an astounding 2:01:09, reaching the first half marathon split in 59:50. Coming Up NZ Road […]
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• • Newsletter | 4 November 2022

    • 3 Nov 2022
    • South Wellington Intermediate School
    • This newsletter includes information on staffing changes in 2023, a recap of our lockdown, an invitation to host an International Student for 2 weeks, congratulations to many of our students involved in Polyfest and the Peihana display at Gallery 151 in Island Bay, and more. … The post Newsletter | 4 November 2022 appeared first on South Wellington Intermediate School.
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    Wellington defends Ranfurly Shield against spirited Horowhenua-Kapiti

    • 12 Jul 2023
    • Wellington Club Weekly
    • By Adam Julian and Steven White Wellington: 68 (Sione Halalilo, Dominic Bird, Asafo Aumua, Isi Saumaki 2, Sam Clarke, TJ Clarke, Lewis Northcott, Kailopasi Uluilakepa, Joe Faleafaga tries; Aidan Morgan 9 con) Horowhenua Kapiti: 7 (Malaki Masoe try, Jack Tatu-Roberston con) Wellington successfully defended the Ranfurly Shield in their first defence of 2023, resisting a spirited Horowhenua Kapiti...
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