Saturday 19th August - Semi-Finals
David Phillips Field, Gwea Ave, Daceyville
4th Grade Major Semi-Final - Forest vs Hills @ 9.50am Colts Major Semi-Final - Forest vs Lindfield @12.15pm
Congratulations to our 4th Grade who finished as Minor Premiers in the Richardson Cup.
Our Colts have had a tremendous season finishing 2nd in the minor premiership to play the undefeated Lindfield in the Robertson Cup.
Lets get plenty of support out to Daceyville for both of our teams!
Results from last weekend Round 14:
1st Grade - Forest 19 lost to Blue Mountains 47
2nd Grade - Forest 3 lost to Blue Mountains 18
Colts - Forest 22 defeated Blue Mountains 21
3rd Grade - Forest 14 lost to Blue Mountains 46
4th Grade - Forest 29 defeated Blue Mountains 10
We travelled to the mountains depleted through injury and unavailability yet still managed to fill the bus with over 50 enthusiastic players and supporters. Great Forest Rugby Club spirit made sure we ran full teams out onto the field in all grades. Fantastic to see a couple of higher grade players helping out 3rd grade when needed. Well done boys!
A few home town decisions were the norm at the mountains and we had massive numbers at the after match speeches which was appreciated by the home club. The bus trip home was full of energy as usual to cap of a great day apart from a few of the results. Great effort from all who made the trip.
Forest Charity Day - Photos
We have some amazing photos from our highly successful Charity Day final home game for everyone to access. Click on the links below to view all the action:
Saturday 19th August is Round 16 for our Mini Teams.
U6’s and U7’s are at Newport
U8’s are at Seaforth
U9’s are at Wakehurst
Junior Rugby (U10 to Opens)
Our Junior teams are playing Round 15 this weekend. For some teams it will be their final appearance for the year and others will be going on to contest finals next week.
We have 6 home games highlighted in yellow and 2 Friday night games highlighted in blue.
Results from last weekend Round 14
Round
Grade
Team
Opposition
14
U10 Rebels
Forest Green
17
Lindfield
20
14
U10 Lions
Forest White
5
Newport
55
14
U10 Chiefs
Forest Black
29
St Ives
44
14
U11B
Forest Green
12
Newport
7
14
U11F
Forest White
Mosman
14
U12A
Forest Green
12
Western Raptors
62
14
U12F
Forest White
22
Dee Why
26
14
U13D
Forest
28
Balmain
0
14
U14C
Forest
17
Collaroy
27
14
U15C
Forest Green
17
MGW
31
14
U15D
Forest White
36
Hornsby
17
14
Opens
Forest
25
Manly Vikings
8
Forest Girls 7s
Last week we hosted a round of the Northern conference of the Girls 7s up at a Melwood. Over 15 teams descended on our humble field for an evening of Rugby. Our girls played really well once again with the U12s winning both their game. U14s having a win and a draw and the U16s with a win and a loss.
We also had the debut of two new players in the U14s with one scoring two tries on the night!
Training this week was slightly changed with the team photos on Tuesday night but it gave us to opportunity to train a bit with our U15 boys. There was a massive touch game in the which players on all sides really enjoyed.
Lastly, big news for training next Monday night with an Australia Womens 7s player Demi Hayes coming up to train the girls for the night. All are excited to have a girl train them, let alone someone who plays for our country!
This weekend we are travelling up to the Central Coast.
Anyone interested in coming up and having a look you are more than welcome, please drop me an email at: david.mcandrew@nielsen.com
Australian Seven’s Star coming to our Girls 7s training on Monday 21st August.
Forest Rugby U15’s Sportsman’s Lunch (fundraiser)
What a cracker of a day for our fundraising luncheon at the North Curl Curl
SLSC !!!!! Thank you to everyone who participated, helped, supported and
attended.
A professionally run day by our MC Kevin Brumpton supported by Peter
Fitzsimons, who delivered one of the best rugby speeches of all time.
As you can see from the photos below, everyone was treated to an amazing lunch
in an amazing location. Great to see the support from people in the club,
the touring families and their extended friends.
Thank you to all from the Forest Rugby U15’s.
Season Event Calendar
Saturday 2nd September - “The Many Others” final appearance together. Forest Rugby Clubhouse. All welcome. Details soon. Hoping to be celebrating some Grand Final wins! Friday 8th September - Senior Presentation Night at the Harbord Hilton. Sunday 17th September - Junior Presentation Day. Friday 17th November - Forest Rugby Supporters Club Lunch - Barracks on Barrack in the City.
Wallabies vs Barbarians 28th October - Tickets on Sale Now.
TLA Worldwide are the Event Owners for the Barbarians v Wallabies match that was recently announced to take place on October 28th, Allianz Stadium.
We wanted to get in touch as our core focus for this match is ensuring that Rugby Fans, and Rugby Clubs, are at the epicentre of everything we do. The tagline for the match reinforces this, being “This is NOT a Test Match. This is YOUR Match”, which is why we want to provide you with our contact details so that we can constantly communicate around a range of match elements between now, and game day.
We wanted to get in touch and provide you with further information surrounding the Club Ticket Kickback. In a unique Australian first, thanks to the Barbarians, ISI, TLA Worldwide and NSW Rugby Union, every NSW Rugby Club can earn a kick back for their club for every ticket purchased. Please see below:
$5 returned to your Club for EACH ticket purchased
$100 returned to your Club for tickets purchased in a group of 15 people+
$400 returned to your club for each Corporate Hospitality Suite purchased. A suite includes:
· Open Air Corporate Suite
· Premium seating for 12 people.
· Pre match finger food delivered to your corporate box
· Half time savouries delivered to your corporate box
· Premium selection of beer, wine and soft drink.
· Steward service
To receive the kickback, you will see on the ticketek website an area to enter your clubs unique code. You will need to enter “Grassroots”followed by your clubs unique code. For example “GrassrootsAlexandria”, with no space in-between Grassroots and the unique code.
We hope that this is something that the Club will be excited about and, most importantly, provide further funding for the Club whilst enjoying a day watching quality Rugby.
If you would like to purchase tickets in bulk, please let us know, as we can manage this process for you to make as easy as possible.
World Rugby Law Changes - 2017
Keep up to date with new rules and rule clarifications. <Click Here>
Special Offers & Club Support
FUNDRAISER
Earn money for your club and yourself by joining the: AGL WARATAHS ENERGY PLAN
Over the past few weeks / months through various newsletters you may have seen / noticed some information about AGL’s Waratahs Energy Plan.
SPECIAL OFFER TO FOREST RUGBY MEMBERS: Effectively, any Forest Rugby Member who signs up will earn the club $100 donation (electricity) & $50 donation (gas) , ie) Up to $150 annually.
In order to encourage more of you to join this offer, the FOREST Rugby Club will provide back to you a proportion of the Donation that the club gets. Effectively;
· Sign up for the Electricity Offer – You will get $30 in Forest $’s**
· Sign up for the Gas Offer – You will get $15 in Forest $’s**
· Sign up for Both Electricity and Gas – You will get $50 in Forest $’s**
Forest Dollars will be in the form of $5 Vouchers // Can be used at any Forest Senior and Junior Games to purchase food or drinks // No Change will be given
**The Forest $$$ will be provided (once only) in the Year that you sign up to the Waratahs Energy Plan
Effectively, once you sign up to the AGL Waratahs Energy Plan, the club will be notified and we will be in touch to provide you with the Forest $’s in the amount, as per above or you can send confirmation of joining the plan to treasurer@forestrugby.com.au to redeem your Forest $’s.
Its really easy to join. See AGL WARATAHS ENERGY PLAN details at the bottom of this page.
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.
Rebel Sports - nominate the Forest Rugby Club as your club when making a purchase and the club gets 5% of the value of your purchase as a rebate!
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!
