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Game at Forsyth Barr Stadium

Training has started at Gimmerburn Tuesday nights at 7 p.m.
Maniototo Maggots (Top Country) play Taieri Eels (Top Town) at Forsyth Barr Stadium on the 10th March. Curtain raiser to the Highlanders v Warratahs game.

Rain Rain go away..

The grounds after the last inch of rain.

Welcome Home Andy.

The Maniototo got its turn to celebrate the All Black's Rugby World Cup win. There was a great turnout at the Maniototo Rugby Club rooms to celebrate Andy's part in the win. Over 100 little white rugby balls were given out to the kids by the rugby club. Maniototo rugby President Paul Dougherty said it was great to see so many people turn up to celebrate a special guy. The club presented Andy with a Maniototo jersey embroidered with the words "Maggot Champion, World Cup 2011 Andrew Hore".

Welcome Home Andy photographs click here

Andrew aloft amongst the Maniototo kids.

Andy Hore Maniototo's own Rugby Hero.

Great Photo of Andy Hore.

Young Man from Ghana wants Rugby in New Zealand.

Nathaniel Darlington Addy

Born Accra Ghana
please i want you to find me a rugby club or rugby school in your country for me,to enable me to get more experience and not only that but also to be among the world best players like Jonah lomu.I also know that your country is one of the best rugby nation in the world that is why i want to play for a club or attend a rugby school in your country. Thanks.

Player of the Year.

Nigel A'Court Player of the Year for 2011.

Most improved Player was Scotty Sharpin
Derek Stumbles Memorial was awarded to Craig Paterson.

Neither were there to receive their awards.

World Cup Theme for Awards Night.

Friday the 9th September at 7 p.m. Patearoa Hall.

Denis Henderson aka The Southern Man to entertain.

$10 cover charge. Cash Bar.
Supper and courtesy van provided.

A world Cup theme so come dressed up as a team, player or nation that is in the World Cup.
Promises to be a great night.

Dress as a World Cup Theme.

Otago Rep results

Otago Country had a big won over Southland Country at Forsyth Barr Stadium a curtain raiser to Otago v Canterbury.
Otago U 19 37 V Canterbury Country 3
Otago country colts 12 v Canterbury Metro 93
Otago Country under 14 35 v Otago metro under 14 5
Southland u 16 26 v Otago Country u 16 0
Otago Country u 18 19 v Southland under 18 37

Maniototo Junior Players of the Year. Well Done..

Back Row. Ryan Becker, Will Duffy, Peter Keenan, Bailey Dowling, President Pete Johnston and Ben Girvan. Front Row: Max Hore, Billy Dougherty and Phoenix Tapatu.

Congratulations Andy the club is very proud of you!

Andrew Hore.

Maniototo Maggettes play Kaikorai She Devils

Maniototo Maggettes hosted The Kaikorai She Devils in Ranfurly on very frosty grounds..Our girls were well beaten, but was so good to see the team improve as the game went on, the Maggettes putting in some whopping tackles to the delight of their supporters!!! ... Well done Maggettes you did the Mighty Maniototo Maggots jerseys proud.

Photos of the Day here

Video of game here

Back Row: Hannah McAtamney, Jenna Huddleston, Emma McAtamney, Sonya Mathewson, Kelly Keenan, Jenny McDonald, Tara, Rowena McDiarmid Middle Row: Natasha Kane, Kelly Weir, Kim Doree, Lisa Kennedy. Front: Ash Boardman, Jo Huddleston, Jill Huddleston, Sarah Byrne, Jamee Howell, Anna Clark & Stacey Weir.

Nathan Huddleston Otago Under 19 Rep.

CONGRATULATIONS Nathan Huddleston being chosen in the Otago under 19 Team
Otago Under 19 v Otago Country at Cromwell 13th August 2.pm.

Nathan Huddleston..

Marc Cormack under 48kgs Otago Rep.

Marc Cormack..

Matt Towers, Cam Gray & Tim O'Neill Otago Country Colts

Cam Gray, Matt Towers and Tim O'Neill.

Sam Blue Otago Country under 18 Rep.

CONGRATULATIONS Sam Blue being chosen in the Otago Country under 18 Team
Otago Country under 16 v Metro under 16 at Ranfurly 1.30 pm. 20th August.
Otago Country under 18 v Metro under 18 at Ranfurly at 1 -45 pm. 20th August.

Sam Blue..

Canaan Napier Otago Country under 14 Rep.

Canaan Napier..

Otago Country Premier Reps.

Charles Crutchley and Vaughan Dowling.

Maniototo unbeaten in the 2011 season

Maniototo have gone through this 2011 season unbeaten and scored a massive 579 points with 219 points scored against them. 75 tries including 1 penalty try...

The Mighty Maniototo Maggots Otago Country Champions for 2011.

Maniototo Maggots Otago Country Champions

What a great game, real grand final stuff. A tense hard battle was fought out at Maniototo Park between Maniototo and Lawrence for the right to be Silver Fern Farms Otago Country Champions. After being locked at 6 all (2 penalties apiece for Charlie Hore Maniototo and Sam Young Lawrence) for a lot of the game, Lawrence went ahead to 12 - 6 after Sam Young kicked 2 more successful penalty goals. This was the score till the dying minutes when Maniototo went on attack and substitute halfback Paul Dougherty went over for a try, Maniototo one point behind 12 - 11. you could have heard a pin drop as Charlie Hore stepped up to the tee. His kick was over 13 points to 12 and the crowd went wild I have never heard car horns like it at Maniototo Park! thrilling finish for the Maggots disapointment for Lawrence.
Points for Maniototo Paul Dougherty try. Charlie Hore 2 penalties and a conversion. For Lawrence Sam Young 4 penalties.
Maggots player of the day was Under 18 player Sam Blue.
Referee was Roger Hill linesmen David O'Neill and Dave Burdon.

Maniototo Captain Thomas Huddleston holding aloft the Silver Fern Farms Otago Country wide Trophy to a great cheer from the players.

Through to Silver Fern Farms Country wide finals

Maniototo Maggots are now through to the Silver Fern Farms Otago country wide finals after defeating Arrowtown 25 points to 13 in a semi-final on a good winters day at Gimmerburn. The Maggots now play Lawrence who defeated Clutha valley 23 points to 15 in the Silver Fern Farms Otago Countrywide Grand Final next weekend at Ranfurly.
Maniototo tries: Ryan Dowling 2 & Charlie Hore.
Charlie Hore kicked 2 penalties & 2 conversions.
Player of the Day was Thomas Huddleston.

The team after the semi-final.

Maggots Central Otago Premier Champions 2011

Maniototo thumped Arrowtown 51 points to 9 in the Central Otago Grand Final played in cold conditions in Ranfurly.
Back Row: David Hunter (Coach), Jason Smith, Logan Dowling, Keiren Parker, Sam Blue, Nathan Huddleston, Scott Sharpin, James Pyle, Tim O'Neill, Lockie Elliot, Andrew Hore & Paul Dougherty.
Middle Row: Jimmy Becker, Quinton Smith, Charles Crurchley, Thomas Huddleston (Capt), Craig Paterson, Cam Gray. Ryan Dowling & Vaughan Dowling.
Front Row: Nigel A'Court, Matt Towers, Simon Paterson, Scotty Watson, Charles Hore, Sean Becker & Kev Stringer.

The jubilant Maniototo boys after the final

Charlie Hore reaches 100 points.

CONGRATULATIONS to Charlie Hore who reached 118 points. He is the leading points scorer this season so far, with 16 tries. 24 conv. 14 penalties.
He now joins Thomas Huddleston in reaching his century.

Charlie Hore scores a try against Clutha.

Maggots reach Finals

Maniototo forwards paved the way for their backs to score 6 tries in demolishing Clyde 39 nil a one of the Central Otago semi finals. Arrowtown defeated Upper Clutha 24 points to 18 in the other and now will meet the Maggots in the Grand Final in Ranfurly next Saturday.
In the curtain raiser Maniototo Blowflies played well in defeating Clyde 3 tries to nil.

Maniototo Blowflies to dust off their boots.

Next Saturday the 2nd July The Maniototo Blowflies are hoping to play the Clyde golden oldies. A curtain raiser to the Maniototo Maggots v Clyde Semi-final. Anyone interested get in touch with Steve Dougherty 034449323.

Womens Rugby anyone interested?

Hi there

The Kaikorai Women's Rugby team ('She-Devils') are planning to travel to Naseby for our 2011 end-of-year trip and we were wondering if there would be any interest from the Maniototo Club to raise a womens team to play us in a friendly match?

We are planning our trip for a weekend at the end of July/start of August, and would look to travel over on the friday night/Saturday morning, play a friendly game Saturday afternoon, and perhaps socialise with the team saturday night, depending on your club committments.

It would be great to raise the profile of womens rugby in general, and if there is sufficient interest, perhaps the Maniototo team would be interested in joining the Otago Womens Competition, as we already have had a number of 'out-of-town' teams join previously, including Collegiate (Invercargill), Mataura, Oamaru and Kaitangita.

I look forward to hearing from you soon

Regards

Marie Inder

Kaikorai Womens Rugby Team

Central Otago Junior Reps.

Three Maniototo Junior boys are representing Central Otago.
Charles Dougherty under 38kgs
Marc Cormack and Peter Sangster in the under 48kgs

Charles Dougherty Peter Sangster and Marc Cormack

Thomas Huddleston reaches 100 points.

CONGRATULATIONS Thomas Huddleston reaching 100 Points so far this season on 104 points.
3 tries.. 16 conversions.. 18 penalties.. 1 dropped Goal.

Thomas Huddleston.

Andy Hore Scores for Hurricanes...

Unwanted Hurricanes player Andy Hore scores last night against the Chiefs. Good on Ya Andy.

Topp Cup

The Southern Region made no race of winning the Topp Cup in Balclutha yesterday, running out an easy 34-5 victor over Central Otago.

Topp Cup scores
- Southern Region 34: Bronson Tumai 3, Blake Korteweg, Tyler Bichan tries, Sam Young pen, 3 con
- Central Otago 5: Lance Davies try
- Halftime: 10-0.

The win completed a clean sweep for the Southern teams, which won the other three games played yesterday.

It won the development game 12-8, the under-14 match 20-7 and the under-18 game 20-19.

Central Otago Premier Reps

T.Huddleston, Q.Smith, C.Crutchley, T.O'Neill, S.Sharpin, N.A'Court, N.Huddleston, C.Gray

Fundraiser.

A very successful fundraiser was held by the Club on the 28/5/2011.
Order of events sponsored by PGG Wrightson were.
Presidents Welcome: Paul Dougherty
Jamie Mackay - M.C. for the evening - Radio Host of the very popular Farming Show.
Ian Kirkpatrick - 113 matches for the All Blacks. Scoring 50 tries, only player to Captain both North and South . Awarded MBE in 1980.
The Meal was served:
Mark Ingles - The only double amputee to have summited Mount Everest, Winemaker, Mountaineer, Motivator and Author, Roving Ambassador ONZM.
An aution was held.
Jamie Mackay Forum with current All Blacks Andrew Hore, Jason Eaton and other guests.
Auction.

Steve Kewish Photography

As usual Steve Kewish's photos are brilliant. I'm so grateful that he takes the time for us.. Anyone wanting copies please ring him 034449393 to order.
Steve Kewish Photography click here

Maniototo Rugby Club Fundraising event.

The Maniototo Rugby Club are excited to announce the line-up for their fundraising evening on the 28th May.
Ian Kirkpatrick - All Black legend and Mark Inglis - expert mountaineer, double -amputee and medal winning paralympian will be speaking .
Andrew Hore, Jason Eaton and possibly other Hurricane players will also be attending and well known radio personality, Jamie McKay will be the M.C
Another feature of the night will be the auction - amazing items will be on offer.
The cost of the evening is $60 per person - this includes a two course meal.
Tickets can be purchased from PGG Wrightsons - be in quick,there are limited numbers of tickets and there will be NO door sales.
If you would like further info please contact Ryan Dowling, Paul Dougherty or Charlie Hore
Spread the word!!

If you Play you get points for winning!!!

This caught my eye in the Otago Daily Times this morning. Written by Paul Dwyer he says he had been watching the Arrowtown Bulls playing Upper Clutha last weekend in the Otago country-wide Rugby competition.. Quote>>> There was a touch of controversy. This was there fourth game of the round and the first one that counted fo anything. Apparently the first three were grading games. What are they entering ---- a gymnastics competition? Did we send the Metro Committee up by mistake to sort their comp out? It's not hard: if you play, you get points for winning! (unquote.)
How many of us have been against this format with no-one listening....

Gimmerburn Cricket Club 50th Jubilee Celebrations

Click here for photos of the day

Ian Smith and Tony Morgan .... Two originals.

Me and the South African Bulls.

Deon Stegmann (Flanker) Dean Greyling (Prop) Me Carol & Bakkies Botha (Lock). They had a great day with Doctari Safaris. What a pleasure to meet these fine young men.

Pic of the Week..

Little Josh Smith telling Dad Reon all about his first game of tackle rugby.

Countrywide Format this season.

Its a new season, and with a new season comes a new format for rugby in the regions as Central and South Otago combine halfway through for a Heineken Cup-style competition which kicks off this weekend.
The format was proposed, voted upon, and unanimously accepted via the Otago Country Rugby Board. which is made up of members from both Central and Southern regions.
Central Otago chairman Peter Gallagher believed the decision was made to try to improve the quality of rugby and give more opportunities to Country players.
However, Gallagher said the decision created unrest among some clubs in the Central region which were totally against the new format.
"Some of the clubs were upset because they thought it would take away the local derbies" he said.
The new format will essentially work by having the first three games in each region as seedind matches for the country-wide competition.
From the grading games, two pools will be made up of the top and bottom four from each region. The countrywide games will be played in the middle of the normal regional round.
Both Central and Southern teams will play the same number of games as any other year but with just one round within their own region.
A countrywide format has not been seen since 2008.

Maniototo Chairman-President Paul Dougherty said the club was not happy with the new format. "We couldn't see anything wrong with the current competition and there was no reason to change it" Dougherty said. "If you do not get in the top group from the first three games then what is the point of playing those games in the rest of the season? Will you want to travel from somewhere like Wanaka to Owaka to play a game for third and fourth?" He said the travel was not a big issue with the club as it already travelled a lot. " But this whole competition is higgildy - piggildly. I can't see how it will raise playing standards."

Preseason Games.

Maniototo defaulted their first preseason game against Maheno because of lack of players.
Maniototo defeated Eastern and retained the Douglas O'Malley Memorial Trophy played at Waikouaiti.
Maniototo Juniors lost the Joan and Mike Dowling trophy losing to Eastern 20 points to 17.

Jazz 'n Jocks

Jazz ‘n Jocks – A Quintessential Central Otago Tour

Media Release – March 2011:

A successful application to the NZ 2011 Festival Lottery Fund will see Central Otago hosting two days of REAL Central Otago fun for international visitors and locals. Jazz ‘n Jocks – a Quintessential Central Otago Tour will take place on the 16th and 17th of September.

Jazz ‘n Jocks is about bringing two rural communities together to benefit from an event that encompasses the best that the Maniototo and Central Otago has to offer. Being run as part of the 2011 REAL NZ Festival the objective is to bring the Rugby World Cup 2011 experience alive with a nationwide celebration of New Zealand arts, food and wine, heritage, culture, entertainment, business and lifestyle. With events on all over the country it’s all about encouraging visitors to take the long way round as they travel from match to match.

Jazz ‘n Jocks will link the heritage, agricultural and sporting elements of our region to offer visitors a true Central Otago experience. On Friday 16th September Ranfurly will host a Jazz & Arts evening to complement the townships Art Deco Heritage. Activities will include Jazz acts at different locations around the town, Art exhibitions, and a celebration of the Art Deco museum and archiving of the towns heritage and memorabilia.

On Saturday 17th, following a night in the Maniototo, visitors can spend the morning exploring the Maniototo Plains, going for a curl, and taking in Hayes Engineering Works before meandering through the Ida Valley and the gorge to Cromwell. From 12 noon in Cromwell a Gala event will take place, the highlight being a rugby match featuring ex-crusaders and ex-highlanders playing alongside representatives from our local rural teams. The gala will have something for the whole family – kid’s entertainment, market stalls and Central Otago food & wine.

Buses are being provided for locals to attend each event going from Cromwell to Ranfurly and return on the Friday evening and Ranfurly to Cromwell return on the Saturday. Venues in both locations will be showing the Australia vs Ireland Match, being played in Auckland on the Saturday evening.

Ex-highlanders player Brendan "Chainsaw" Laney is excited about being involved in the event and says, ‘It’s a great opportunity to get back to the grass roots of rugby, playing alongside the local rural teams will be like the days of old. Some well know faces from the Canterbury and Otago regions will be joining in the fun and we are really looking forward to mixing in with the international visitors and locals to celebrate rugby in New Zealand in 2011.’

Melanie Kees of Neat Marketing has been appointed as event co-ordinator and is working alongside Amie Pont, vice-chair Rural Art Deco Maniototo Inc and Glen Christiansen, Tourism Cromwell.

For further information contact:

Melanie Kees

Event Co-Ordinator

Email: jazznjocks@gmail.com

Mobile: 0275 460 888

Gimmerburn Cricket 50th Jubilee

Any ex-players and members of the Gimmerburn cricket club interested in coming to the 50th Jubilee of the club at Easter 2011 inquiries to Paul Dougherty 034447007.