At the halfway mark in the season we sit well placed in all grades to contest finals football. 1st, 2nd and 4th Grades are all placed in the top 4 with 3rds and Colts just outside and closing in.
This weekend we are at home to play Blue Mountains. Round 8 - Saturday 28th May - Forest vs Blue Mountains at Melwood Oval Forestville.
Forest Rugby Club is proud to announce its 2016 charity partner – headspace – the national youth mental health foundation. The partnership will be celebrated on 2 July 2016 at its home game at Melwood Oval against traditional rivals Newport, on the nominated Charity Day round which also coincides with the Club’s Sponsor’s Day, where it recognises the contributions from its major sponsors.
We welcome and acknowledge the support of local business partner, Allan Hall Chartered Accountants, who have joined forces with the Club for the first time as a formal Charity Day Sponsor.
A big thank you to Shields Gillman Real Estate, Forest Rugby's major sponsor. SGRE have graciously donated the temporary use of its coveted and traditional space on the front of the Forest first grade jersey to allow the Club to attract a Charity Day sponsor for the one-off jerseys to be worn by the team on the day.
With many players unavailable a reshuffled 1st Grade returned to the winners circle after being down 3-17 in the 1st half to come storming home scoring 4 tries to claim the win.
An depleated 2nd Grade struggled to get going and suffered an uncharacteristic loss. Some stern words from the coaches after the game will hopefully rally the team for a better effort this week and hopefully a strong show at training.
3rds and 4ths both split the points with Uni and our Colts broke through for a bonus point win and now sit just 1 point outside the top 4 in 5th place.
Several players returning for this week across the grades should see our teams considerably stronger to play Blue Mountains.
Round 7 games
1st Grade
Forest 32 defeated Uni of NSW 22
2nd Grade
Forest 14 lost to Uni of NSW 22
Colts
Forest 24 defeated Uni of NSW 17
3rd Grade
Forest 10 drew Uni of NSW 10
4th Grade
Forest 19 drew Uni of NSW 19
Best & Fairest Points:
1st Grade
2 – Pat Maile
2 – Sam Farahar
1 – Jack Hardy
1 – Adam Mills
2nd Grade
3 – Alex Donnelly
2 – Justin Bell
1 – Tim Hill
Colts
3 – Jake Ellis
2 – Alex Burke
1 – Ryan Thomsen
4th Grade
3 – James Blumer
2 – Nolan Brice
1 – Chris Day
Upcoming Events
Forest Idol - Hawaiian Shirt Karaoke Party (Saturday 28th May)
Love Karaoke? Got a Hawaiian shirt hidden away? Too afraid to admit 'Yes' to both questions? Don't worry, you're amongst friends... Dust off that shirt, come on down to the Forest Rugby Club, and belt out some songs!
Great selection of songs from 'Down Under' and around the world. Kick off approx 7pm after speeches. All welcome!
Forest Golf Day (Friday 24th June)
Golf day on 24th of June (guaranteed bye weekend) at Longreef golf club. $120 for some golfing fun, lunch, and the company of many fine members of the forest club. Limited registrations available, numbers filling up fast. (details here)
Account details for payments:
Bank Westpac
BSB - 032-123
Account number 19-8666
Account name Forest Rugby Union Club
Please ensure you add your first intial and last name in the code/particulars field and email John Alford to confirm registration, jalford@manlyfs.com.au
Important Dates
Saturday 28th May – (Forest v Blue Mountains) 'Forest Idol' Hawaiian Shirt Day - Karaoke Night in the Clubhouse. Kick off @ 7pm after speeches.
Friday 24th June – Forest Rugby Golf Day at Long Reef Golf Club. (details here)
Saturday 2nd July – (Forest v Newport) Charity Day / Sponsors Day supporting – Headspace – the National Youth Mental Health Foundation.
Saturday 9th July - Club Trivia Night
Saturday 30th July – (Forest v Uni of NSW) Last Home Game and “TURTLE DAY” – a reunion for all of our past players and supporters. We also have live music in the evening from the ”Lounge Lizards”.
Note: We have moved the scheduled “Turtle Day” old boys reunion to the final home game on 30th July due to some important attendees being unavailable on the earlier previously advertised date. Hope that fits in with everyone’s calendar.
Special Offers & Club Support
Our major sponsors, Shields Gillman Real Estate, are great supporters of Forest Rugby and in addition to the normal sponsorship they also contribute to our club when business comes to them as a result of us.
For each person who sells their property with Shields Gillman and mentions Forest Rugby they contribute $1,500 to the club.
Also if you own investment property and have it managed by them, they contribute $500 to the club.
So come on everyone, if you are thinking of selling, now could be a great time!
Support our sponsors and our club!
AGL Waratahs Energy Plan
Note: This offer is available for existing AGL customers also.
Registered as: Forest Rugby Union Club
Each person that joins the “AGL Waratahs energy plan” will earn their club:
$100 donation (electricity) & $50 donation (gas) - Up to $150 annually. Donation paid every year they remain on the plan. Current AGL customers are eligible if they join the “AGL Waratahs energy plan”.
each customer will also receive: 16% guaranteed discount off electricity bills & 12% guaranteed discount off gas bills. Additional 2% discount if you have both gas and electricity with AGL.
Very easy sign up process:
Call the AGL rugby number 1300245824
Switch your plan over to the AGL Rugby plan
Nominate "Forest Rugby Union Club"
AGL rugby plan guarantees customers will always receive AGL’s best/lowest available rates. So for existing customers, this means that either their rates won’t change, or they might even reduce.Every year members remain on the plan, AGL will continue to donate the money to the club.
