SENIORS TRAINING UPDATE: Good morning and Happy New Year to the Oatley Rugby Community. This is just a quick reminder regarding 7's and 15 a side training. 7's training will recommence on Tuesday 8th January at 6:45pm down at Evatt Park. 15 a side training will start on Thursday 31st January at 6:45pm down at Evatt Park. If you have any questions please contact us on Facebook and we will get back to you ASAP. We look forward to seeing everyone down there for a good hit out and to improve on that amazing fitness base we are sure you already have.

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Plan for the comings season

Hi all, this is a quick reminder that Oatley Rugby Union Football Club is still advertising for senior coaches and managers for their 2019 season. Please see below positions that are currently available: * First Grade – Coach & Manager * Second Grade – Coach & Manager • Colts (U21) – Coach & Manager • Third Grade – Coach & Manager Oatley Rugby Coaches will be expected to attend both Tuesday and Thursday training held at Evatt Park Lugarno, Oatley Rugby is also happy to support coaches through the coaching accreditation process. To submit an application or for any further information please contact Steve McLean at steve.mclean@thorn.com.au or on 0414 712 370.

Good evening everyone. Once again this is a friendly reminder to give Notice for Oatley Rugby Clubs Annual General Meeting to be held Thursday 11th November at St George Masonic Club, 68 Roberts Ave Mortdale. The business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting will be: 1. To receive the Annual Report. 2. To accept the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting. 3. To receive and consider the Treasurers report and if thought fit, to approve the balance sheet for the year 2018. 4. To elect the following members of the Executive Committee. a. The President b. The Secretary c. The Treasurer d. The Senior’s Vice President e. The Junior’s Vice President f. Executive Members x 4 5. General Business By Order of the Executive Committee NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all nominations for positions on the Executive Committee must be received in writing by the Club Secretary prior to the Annual General Meeting. All nominations should be sent to PO Box 4132, Lugarno, 2210 or emailed to steve.mclean@thorn.com.au (Club secretary). Copies of the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting will be available from 6.00pm on the day of the A.G.M. so that all interested people may read them with a view to accepting them or not. All members must be financial members of the club as at 11th September 2018. By Order of the Executive Committee PLEASE NOTE, FOR ALL NOMINATIONS PLEASE EMAIL CLUB SECRETARY STEVE MCLEAN AT steve.mclean@thorn.com.au OR YOU CAN CONTACT HIM VIA FACEBOOK (Facebook tag is Mc Lean). For any questions you can also contact Steve McLean on 0414 712 370.

Oatley Rugby Union Football Club is advertising for senior coaches and managers for their 2019 season. We are a local Rugby club who play out of Evatt Park, Lugarno, and our club comprises of over 800 active members with junior teams ranging from under 6s to 18s as well as 4 senior teams including an under 21’s colts side. We are the largest sub district rugby club in Southern Sydney and our club is solely run by the hard-working coaches, managers, committee members, players, parents and volunteers within the local community. 2018 saw Oatley Rugby build on our already amazing culture and we are looking to improve yet again in 2019. Oatley Rugby formally invites applications for all our senior teams for the following positions: • First Grade – Forwards Coach, Backs Coach, Manager • Second Grade – Forwards Coach, Backs Coach, Manager • Colts (U21) – Forwards Coach, Backs Coach, Manager • Third Grade – Forwards Coach, Backs Coach, Manager Oatley Rugby Coaches will be expected to attend both Tuesday and Thursday training. Oatley Rugby Club is also happy to support coaches through the coaching accreditation process. To submit an application, or for any further information, contact Steve McLean at steve.mclean@thorn.com.au or on 0414 712 370. Applications close Friday 26th October 2018.

Hi all, just a friendly reminder to give Notice of Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Oatley Rugby and Sporting Club will be held on Thursday the 11th of October 2018 at 7.30 pm at Maso’s. The business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting will be: 1. To receive the Annual Report. 2. To accept the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting. 3. To receive and consider the Treasurers report and if thought fit, to approve the balance sheet for the year 2018. 4. To elect the following members of the Executive Committee. a. The President b. The Secretary c. The Treasurer d. The Senior’s Vice President e. The Junior’s Vice President f. Executive Members x 4 5. General Business By Order of the Executive Committee NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all nominations for positions on the Executive Committee must be received in writing by the Club Secretary 14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting. All nominations should be sent to PO Box 4132, Lugarno, 2210. Copies of the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting will be available from 6.00pm on the day of the A.G.M. so that all interested people may read them with a view to accepting them or not. All members must be financial members of the club as at 11th September 2018. By Order of the Executive Committee PLEASE NOTE, FOR ALL NOMINATIONS PLEASE EMAIL THE SECRETARY STEVE MCLEAN AT steve.mclean@thorn.com.au OR YOU CAN CONTACT HIM VIA FACEBOOK (Facebook tag is Mc Lean)

Hey everyone, 2 quick reminders: 1) .There will be a group of us having a fitness session down at Evat Park tonight and consequently it will be every Monay following (unless the day changes and all will be advised). Start time is 6:45pm and it would be great to see more people get involved in these sessions. It's not rugby related as such so bring your partners if you want. 2) We're looking at an O.R.C Oztag team, this will be played at Gannons Park on Tuesday nights, starting 16th October. If you're keen, comment here or contact Oatley Rugby or Steve McLean (Mc Lean on Facebook) as we have about 5-6 people already interested.

Notice of Annual General Meeting The Annual General Meeting of the Oatley Rugby and Sporting Club will be held on Thursday the 11th of October 2018 at 7.30 pm at Maso’s. The business to be conducted at the Annual General Meeting will be: 1. To receive the Annual Report. 2. To accept the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting. 3. To receive and consider the Treasurers report and if thought fit, to approve the balance sheet for the year 2018. 4. To elect the following members of the Executive Committee. a. The President b. The Secretary c. The Treasurer d. The Senior’s Vice President e. The Junior’s Vice President f. Executive Members x 4 5. General Business By Order of the Executive Committee NOTICE Notice is hereby given that all nominations for positions on the Executive Committee must be received in writing by the Club Secretary 14 days prior to the Annual General Meeting. All nominations should be sent to PO Box 4132, Lugarno, 2210. Copies of the minutes of last years Annual General Meeting will be available from 6.00pm on the day of the A.G.M. so that all interested people may read them with a view to accepting them or not. All members must be financial members of the club as at 11th September 2018. By Order of the Executive Committee

It is grand final weekend. Here is the team list for our 3rd-grade team.

A good night to train. #evattpark #6:30 #proudclub

After the 2-week break, 3rd grade was ready to return to the field. Boosted by return from injury and work-related events, we turned up with almost our full team for the first time this year. It was good to see the sidelines full of Oatley jerseys. The game started with a try to Canterbury through strong running. Oatley hit back with a try to George Bainivalu. After a play where many Oatley and Canterbury members stopped playing for a knock on the ref called play on and Canterbury picked up the ball and scored. This started a fire in the Oatley boys and they kicked into a new gear. Off a kick return, Jonny linked up with Mike and Mohi Bartlett to score an amazing 75m try. Tagaloa Dan crashed over the line to score for himself after some good back line plays. Then he decided to try his hand at a box kick. Somehow it was recovered by Oatley and Hendry scored what he is calling at 60m runaway try. It was good to see the boys return to the form that we knew they can produce. Final score 31-12. Check out the photos from the game on the Canterbury facebook page. 3- Moses Bartlett 2- Andrew Norris 1- Mike Bureta

3rd grade against Harlequins It was a beautiful day for Rugby on Saturday, Sydney Harlequins had the fields set up and ready when we arrived. The game again started out horrible for Oatley. With a dropped pass being picked up and returned for a try within the first 2 minutes. In the space of the first 5 minutes Oatley dropped the ball numerous times and just were not in the game completely. After regaining our composure, the 3rd grade team did what they do best. That is good running rugby that is fair and entertaining to watch. Greg Smith continued his good form of late with 2 tries in the game. Andrew Thode finally offloaded a pass to Matt Hamilton for him to get his first try of the season after backing up so often. The return of Reece, TK and Moses was good for the backline as there was sharp strong attack from the back line. The day was won through the forward pack with a strong turnout and crisp set piece against a strong young team. Special mention goes to Misi for putting so many people through holes all day. Final score Oatley 31 – Sydney Harlequins 5 Points 3 Misi 2 Matt Hamilton 1 Samuela Ralumu

Colts Match report: The boys were in high spirits for their final game of the season. The talk was great from Matt, Sam and Dibbo yelling like a man possessed by the devil's dandruff. A few silly mistakes and a lot of questionable calls from the ref saw Chatswood sneak in a few tries. The boys hit back with some great work from the forwards to get over for a try, going into the half down 12-5. The boys came out positive with the notion that it was their last half for the season, again a few silly errors saw Chatswood cross over the line. Coming into the end of the game, we had a penalty 10 meters out and Dibbo decided to take an old-school hit up and busted through the defence like the Titanic through a bunch of wealthy Icebergs. But the story to end the game is a tale that will stand the test of time. Bryce was set to take the conversion he looked at me and said "I don't need a tee". He was 30 meters out and on the sideline to the left of the posts, the rain was drizzling down like emotional teardrops of a baby angel. Bryce even then so struck the ball so sweetly that he took the shape of a unicorn and the ball sailed through right over the black dot and it felt like we had won more than the game. But unfortunately, we lost..... Chatswood 27 - Oatley 12 3 points - Bryce 2 points - Dibbo 1 point Mitch All the colts boys would be appreciated in grade in a few weeks time. Thanks for a great season coach Austen. The shoey was a great finish for the season