2022 MEET YOUR LOCAL RUGBY CLUB

After winning last year’s Senior Reserve competition, expectations are high for this year.

As with all clubs in the Wairarapa, practices have been disrupted by Covid.

There are signs of the second year blues with a few players chasing premier rugby. However, things are gradually returning to normal and 2022 is looking promising.

Coaches Chris Senior and Pete Bresaz are happy with the way the team is coming together, with a squad of approximately 27 players.

Again, we will look to play positive rugby, with the focus on scoring points and giving the ball plenty of air.

The team has a strong core of players from last year with a great mixture of strong ball playing forwards and dynamic backs.

Our club is in a strong ÿ nancial position, thanks to a strong and active committee and many volunteers who contribute when required.

We have recently put 75 ton of topsoil on the southern end of our No. 1 ÿ eld to level the surface.

We are installing new goal posts on our No. 1 ÿ eld and are planning to paint our clubrooms in the near future.

The voluntary work done is incredible - mowing of the grounds, line marking and keeping our clubrooms and grandstand clean and tidy to name a few.

Thanks to our sponsors who have supported our club over the past years you are very much appreciated and contribute to a lot of our projects .

Masterton Red Star have for the last few years endeavoured to get a change to the competition format to make our rugby more competitive, with submissions to the Council of Clubs.

However, there has been a reluctance by clubs for this to happen.

What we have seen is a deterioration in the standard of local rugby and our Heartland team performing poorly. Fortunately, moves are in place for a change to next year’s competitions.

The club is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in the Wairarapa, with the combinations of premier titles between Masterton and Red Star being the most out of any club in the region.

So with that comes a strong support network. The club also has a strong JAB which builds an amazing whanau community feel. We are more than a club - it is a family on and o° the ÿ eld.

Masterton Red Star

Contacts

Barry Todd [President]

P 06 372 6861

E bazrobtodd@hotmail.com

Tania Lindop [Secretary/ Treasurer]

P 021 022 52994

E tania@mbbrown.co.nz

Shane Coley [Club Captain]

P 027 294 6510

E shanepauline2010@ hotmail.com

Chris Senior [Reserves Coach]

P 021 106 7934

E seniorc@chanelcollege. school.nz