Hi All

Welcome to the new season, Its team weigh in day this Saturday 11^th May at 10am

The Weigh-ins will be held at Te Rauparaha Arena 17 Parumoana St, Porirua

Please leave enough time to find a car-park. Te Rauparaha Arena has 220 free car parking spaces available within the main parking area and there is free kerbside parking on Heriot Drive, Wineera Drive and Norrie Street within a 5 minute walk.

Please wear your Poneke Jersey. There are no games after weigh-in

Weigh in day Process for Teams:

1. Parents and Players arrive at the Arena Foyer and gather together in your Poneke Teams ready for mustering.
2. When we are allowed all Poneke Teams will be ushered through to Court 1 doors. 
3. No one except Team Manager, Team Coach (2 adults per team) and players are to enter the main court areas NO PARENTS are allowed through
4. As directed by the Mustering Crew, Manager/Coaches are to organise team into the same order on the Weigh-in Sheet.
5. Once the team are all present and in order you will be ushered through to the weigh in area on Court 2.
6. NO individual photos will be taken of players who are late.
7. Once all members are weighed, the team will be ushered through to Court 3 to be photographed
8. Once the team photo has been taken the children will exit via Court 3, turn left and exit via the rear doors – this will be a one way system and you can collect your children at the rear entrance.
9. You are free to go at this point.

If you’re driving then:

From North:

• Take off ramp and overbridge to Porirua and Titahi Bay.
• Turn right at the roundabout (next to Pak’n’Save) onto Parumoana Street.
• Continue straight through the next roundabout.
• Turn left at roundabout (opposite Big Save Furniture and Briscoes). This will take you into an access way and to the carpark of Te Rauparaha Arena.

From South:

• Take off ramp to Porirua. Turn left onto over bridge (Titahi Bay Road).
• Continue straight through roundabout at bottom of the bridge (continuing on Titahi Bay Road).
• Continue straight through next roundabout (next to KFC).
• Continue straight through traffic lights. Turn right at roundabout (next to Denny’s Restaurant) onto Semple Street.
• Turn right at roundabout (next to Burger King) onto Parumoana Street.
• Turn right at roundabout (opposite Briscoes and Big Save Furniture) into the access way and carpark of Te Rauaparaha Arena.

Look forward to seeing you all there

Te Rauparaha Arena Layout

Cheers

Colin

Te-Rauparaha-Arena-Layout

Te-Rauparaha-Arena-Layout 

Hey team Katipo,

Well it was great weather to kick off our season on Saturday. Sorry I missed the game, I was with our older son’s rugby team which was playing at the same time.

Here’s a quick coaches overview of the game in my absence:

“Top effort from team Katipo on Saturday, really good seeing our kids out on the park finally, especially those who missed the pre-season game. – for your first-up game you should be proud.

Katipo was unlucky, getting pipped 19-17 to Wellington after leading 17-7, playing with 14 for a period in the second half after mistakenly thinking we had a player in the bin.

But to our team’s credit, they kept on fighting to the end to try claw back the game.”

Well done Katipo and keep up the enthusiasm!

Notable mentions:
Zach for taking out P.O.D from the opposition for another strong performance at #8, demonstrating some strong and committed running off the back of the scrum.
Otis for taking out P.O.D from us for relentless work at the breakdowns to recover or secure ball for us.
Paige for supporting her team even though she was unwell, top effort and 10 out of 10 for putting the team first.

Lastly, this season we will also be having a “chocolate bar/lolly” tackler of the day award, which Ian forgot to mention on Saturday.

This went to Whakaria at the weekend, for some superb one-on-one tackles from his position on wing, showing plenty of courage to make these “must make” tackles. Well done.

Ian will mention this at practice on Wednesday and hand over his award…

Onto this weekend – remember WEIGH IN IS THIS SATURDAY AT 10AM and we need all our Katipo kids there please!

Where, when and what to bring:
Weigh-in is at Te Rauparaha Arena ,17 Parumoana St, Porirua this Saturday.
http://terauparaha-arena.co.nz/the-arena/finding-us/
Please be at the Arena foyer at 10am, keep an eye out for our team and we’ll gather ready for mustering.
Please leave enough time to find a carpark. Te Rauparaha Arena has 220 free car parking spaces available within the main parking area. There is free kerbside parking on Heriot Drive, Wineera Drive and Norrie Street within a 5 minute walk
Players MUST wear their Poneke Jersey
Once the team is ushered through, only the team coaches and manager will accompany them. NO PARENTS are allowed through
We will bring your children to you at the REAR ENTRANCE once weigh-in is complete.
FINALLY, after weigh-in we have organised a training game against Tawa, kick-off 11.45am (depending on how quickly weigh-in goes) in Tawa (venue to be advised, but mostly likely at Lyndhurst).

We know it’s a big chunk of your day, but it’d be great to keep the momentum going and get all our kids there.

Sing out if you have any queries, otherwise see you all at practice on Wednesday, 4.30pm, rain, hail or shine.

GO Team Katipo!

Deb Tapp

Game time has been moved to the later time of 9:30

Please be there at 8:45 for warmup

Hi all,

What an amazing season it has been.

Saturday will be the Piranhas last game for 2018 and as such we have a few extra duties on Saturday

Jersey Return

All Poneke playing jerseys need to be returned this Saturday Immediately following our last game, they do not need to be washed as the Club will wash them all. 

Parents, please ensure your child has an alternate top to wear after the game.

Junior Prize Giving

Junior Prize–giving is also on Saturday 25th August at the Clubrooms after the morning games, our Under 10’s  Teams will be from – 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm 

GAME THIS WEEK

• When: Saturday 25th August 2018
• Where: Hataitai Park 1
• Time:  Kick-off is at 9:30am so please be there by 8:45 am for warm up.
• Opposition: Wellington Hurricanes

CAPTAIN 

Solomon Tuifao-Galuvao  is captain this weekend and will

• Do the coin toss
• Lead the team in our call
• Lead the team onto the field
• Take the first kick-off
• Lead the three cheers for the opposition and the referee
• Lead the handshakes with the opposition, and
• Award the POD ribbon to the opposition team POD

Captains family brings:

• Oranges for half time,
• Choose the player of the day from the opposition

Please let me know if your son/daughter is not available on the week he/she is to be captain so I can nominate someone else!

T

Hi all the game has been moved to 9:30 start

Please be at the field at 8:45 for warm up

.

GAME THIS WEEK

• When: Saturday 18th August 2018
• Where: Kilbirnie Park 2b
• Time:  Kick-off is at 10:30am so please be there by 9:45 am for warm up.
• Opposition: Western Suburbs Orcas

CAPTAIN 

Manaariki Dunn-Albert  is captain this weekend and will

• Do the coin toss
• Lead the team in our call
• Lead the team onto the field
• Take the first kick-off
• Lead the three cheers for the opposition and the referee
• Lead the handshakes with the opposition, and
• Award the POD ribbon to the opposition team POD

Captains family brings:

• Oranges for half time,
• Choose the player of the day from the opposition

Please let me know if your son/daughter is not available on the week he/she is to be captain so I can nominate someone else!

The Captain next week : 

Solomon Tuifao-Galuvao

TRAINING

• When: Wednesday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
• Where: Kilbirnie Park
• Gear: Mouthguards, comfortable training clothes/jacket, water bottle

GAME THIS WEEK

• When: Saturday 11th August 2018
• Where: Ian Galloway Park 1b
• Time:  Kick-off is at 10:30 am so please be there by 9:45 am for warm up.
• Opposition: Western Suburbs Tigers

CAPTAIN 

‘Paige Rarere  is captain this weekend and will

• Do the coin toss
• Lead the team in our call
• Lead the team onto the field
• Take the first kick-off
• Lead the three cheers for the opposition and the referee
• Lead the handshakes with the opposition, and
• Award the POD ribbon to the opposition team POD

Captains family brings:

• Oranges for half time,
• Choose the player of the day from the opposition

Please let me know if your son/daughter is not available on the week he/she is to be captain so I can nominate someone else!

The Captain next week : 

Manaariki Dunn-Albert

TRAINING

• When: Wednesday 4:30pm – 5:30pm
• Where: Kilbirnie Park
• Gear: Mouthguards, comfortable training clothes/jacket, water bottle