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A GREAT WEEK FOR MB LOCAL RUGBY

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July 1, 2025

Saturday, 28 June was a great day for the Mercury Bay Rugby Club.

The Mercury Bay Junior Rugby team, The Marlins. From left, Bayley, Kelly, Parker, Sean, Jayde, Rio, Ryder, Reeva (hidden behind Blake with trophy), Koby, Dontae, Jonah and coaches Kody Hamilton and Ryan Eccles.

The Marlin Junior Boys rugby team won their premiership. They played Waihi on Saturday in the semi-final and won! They are now Year 4 Thames Valley Rugby Champions. They couldn’t wait to get back to Lyon Park from Te Aroha to tell everyone the news. The crowds were still watching the Senior A’s win against Hauraki North (HN).

100 games club blazers presented:

Six members of the Mercury Bay Rugby Club were presented with their 100 game Club Blazers following the games. It is quite an achievement as a player to clock up 100 games.

The McClinchy Shield:

From left to right: Cody Hamilton, Harley Hanning, Harry Finnerty, Regan Crosland, Conor McVerry, Maui Paurini receive their 100 Game Blazers.

In the centre of the photo is the Trophy for the Senior A’s Competition across Thames Valley. Ten years ago, the Mercury Bay Senior A’s won that cup. The young men in this photo with their embossed blazers were in that competition. Well done to everyone!

The Player of the Day was Josh Courtenay. Both teams played fast and executed some good plays but the ball seemed to be extra slippery with both teams dropping or not managing some fast moving passes. Frustration was exercised by a small stoush but goodwill was the winner and the game went on.

The Senior B’s also won their game. Both the hosts, Paeroa and MB played a hard game with the resulting score17 to Paeroa and 25 to Mercury Bay.