MAC Mag 06
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Under 15 Rugby Team<br />
Back: Mark Tucker, Guy Wilson, Sebastian Scott, Thomas Cray, Nic Haldezos, Mickey Rawlings.<br />
Middle: Marcus Bate (coach), Cole McKenzie, Andrew Hamilton, Nick Jolly, Kadin Ahipene-<br />
Donaldson, George Beattie, Hugo Topping.<br />
Front: Sam Brooker, Ryan Gwilliam, Reece Walker, Richard McLeod, Paul Hodgson, Rhys<br />
Cunningham, Sam Saunders.<br />
This year we had a good turnout and all the boys were enthusiastic from the word go, even<br />
though we had a rough start and lost our first 2 games. We won half our games and feel that<br />
we had a good season.<br />
Our best games were a great home win against McGlashan and a massive 45-3 win over Dunstan<br />
who had beaten us earlier in the season. We gave Otago Boys’ a good run as well pushing them<br />
till the final whistle and narrowly losing by 3 points. In our last game of the season, we battered<br />
Cromwell 51-25 and Paul Hodgson scored 5 tries. Paul was the overall top try and points scorer for<br />
the season, which isn’t a bad start for a pommie soccer player.<br />
After a lot of trial games and journeys to Dunedin, Nic Halzedos and Cole McKenzie were selected<br />
to represent Otago U14’s and went through their rep. season unbeaten.<br />
At Prizegiving, we all looked great in our shirts and ties.<br />
• Cole ‘turbo’ McKenzie won ‘Clubman of the Year’ for developing team spirit, getting ties for<br />
everyone and having a positive attitude all season.<br />
• Nic ‘smash em’ Haldezos won ‘Player of the Year’ for training and playing with high levels of skill<br />
and effort, and for those ‘big hits’.<br />
• Guy ‘the gorilla’ Wilson won ‘Most Improved Player’. He got fitter and tougher and learned<br />
some tricks of the front row union.<br />
Thanks to Marcus Bate and Lyndon McKenzie - we couldn’t have done it without you.<br />
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