Raglan Junior rugby awards Kia ora koutou katoa
Last Thursday night, the Raglan Rugby Club was packed with whanau and friends who came along to celebrate the awesome achievements of our Raglan Junior Rugby players. The following are recipients of some of our special awards but we must not forget – every player for the season is a winner! 6th Grade (Sponsored by: Raglan Earthmovers) Best Attacker James Newcombe Best Defender Kase Robbs Most Improved Player Oliver Wallace Coaches Award Lucca Page 7th Grade Green (Sponsored by: Raglan Earthmovers) Best Attacker Wineera Davey Best Defender Billy Mosen Most Improved Player Peatariki Patterson Coaches Award Hudson Bidios 7th Grade Black (Sponsored by: Ahuru Press) Best Attacker Maru Maniapoto-Whitiora Best Defender Angus Reeves Most Improved Player Julian Smit Coaches Award Sam Loten
8th Grade (Sponsored by: Nannies Takeaways) Best Attacker Tukorehu Falwasser-Anderson Best Defender Stewart Simpson Most Improved Player Jonty Parrott Most Improved Player Kora Cooper Coaches Award Sam Parker
12th Grade (Sponsored by: Emblems NZ Ltd) Best Forward Mitchell Robertson Best Back Cullen Robertson Most Improved Forward Sean Dillon Most Improved Back Reiki Ruawai Coaches Award Joshua Diprose Coaches Award Leroy Neels
9th Grade (Sponsored by: Raglan Four Square) Best Attacker George Reeves Best Defender Charles Jackson Most Improved Player Campbell Diprose Coaches Award Sky Reid
Sportsmanship Award (Wilfred Neil Trophy) Keith MacDonald
10th Grade (Sponsored by: Raglan Pharmacy) Best Forward Joseph Waitere Best Back Kyden Waitere Most Improved Player Dayton Keremeta Coaches Award Ned Pene
Also, we wish to acknowledge our 14 representative players from our club:- Ryan Larkins, Keaton Neels, Sam Armory, Leo Oliver, Tom Wallace, Sam Robertson, Cullen Robertson, Joshua Diprose, Oliver Parrott, Trent Robin, Nicholas Jeffcoat, Reiki Ruawai, Mitchell Robertson and Leroy Neels. The most ever in one season in the history of Raglan Junior Rugby! Thank you to our sponsors, friends and whanau, but more importantly, a big thanks to our players as it was really fun and exciting to watch you play throughout the season. See you all next year!
11th Grade (Sponsored by: Blueburst Berries Ltd) Best Forward Nicolas Jeffcoat Best Back Keaton Neels Most Improved Player Sam Armory Coaches Award Ben Broughton
Young boarder carves his name in snow Ronan Thompson is turning into a right little ‘ripper’.
The 11 year old from Waitetuna is passionate about snowboarding and he got to showcase his skills over the weekend at Turoa skifield during the Da Kine/Von Zipper sponsored ‘Boarder-X’ event. Competing against kid’s up to the age of 16 - in a race not generally recommended for anyone under 12, Ronan ‘ripped’ his way into third place. This was Ronan’s first attempt at
Snowboard cross (also known as Snowboarder X, SBX, Boardercross, Boarder-X or BX) is a snowboard competition in which a group of snowboarders (usually four) start simultaneously atop an inclined course, then race to reach the finish line first. Snowboard cross became an Olympic sport in 2006, and has been part of the Winter X Games since the annual event began in 1997.
Spring is here and it’s time to dust off the clubs and get out there pay some golf, have some fun and support your local golf club. Raglan golf club welcomes all new and existing members. The course is in excellent condition thanks largely to Jack and Phyllis who have worked hard maintaining the greens through a wet winter. I would like to invite all current members to come along and play in the first round of the Club Championship competition on Sunday 18th of September at 10.00am. There are three divisions, Seniors, Intermediate and Juniors depending on your handicap. If you can’t make it on the day please phone Pete Hogg, 825 6757, to register your interest, otherwise we will see you there. The other big Spring event at the Club is the ‘Wairau Farms - Century 21 golf tournament’ held on Labour weekend (Saturday 22nd October). All Raglan golfers and friends are welcome. This year we are running a ‘shotgun start’ at 11.00am. This is a real fun tournament with lots of great prizes and a meal provided. Twighlight golf will be starting soon, details to follow shortly.
Ready to rip: Ronan Thompson
RAGLAN JUNIOR SOCCER: SAT 3rd September 2011 GRADE
RESULT PLAYER/S OF DAY
5th Penguins
Lost 2-5 Samuel Christie
7th Sharks
Win 2-0 Chloe & Kahn
7th Orcas
Win 4-0 Finnbar Eadie
8th Manta Rays
Win 5-0 N/A
8th Kingies
Win 2-0 Levi White, Nicholas Forrest
9th Great Whites
Lost 1-5 Jackson Armstrong Mayes
10th Stingrays
Lost 2-5 Finn Gambrill
10th Bull Sharks
Win 5-2 Lennox Reynolds
11th Piranhas 8 RAGLAN Chronicle
Niki Maniapoto Raglan Junior Rugby Committee
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a competitive Boarder-X race, having recently joined the Ruapehu freestyle snowboard team.
Swing into spring says Club
See you on the course! Peter Hogg
Most Promising Junior Player (Millward Shield) Trent Robin
Win 4-2 Mungo Bates
Computer History and Maintenance Part 2: The PC... continued from last week
A PC gets dirty through reasonable, everyday use. Dust accumulates on everything and the parts we touch, like the keyboard and mouse, become a reflection of our own personal hygiene. The dust is significant where it blocks that cooling air from flowing through your PC and lots of dust on electrical parts can create a short circuit. There are keyboards and mice out there that probably rate as bio-hazards. It’s a bad sign if the mouse has a dark layer of grime over the buttons and the keyboard has hairs. If a friend offers you the use of their hairy keyboard then just say that you prefer a Dvorak keyboard (an obscure but real alternative to the classic QWERTY layout) and that it’s in your car. If you can just make it to the car then you should be fine. Think about why you ever became friends. Cleaning a PC is about a little preparation and a light touch. Shut the machine down and disconnect the power cord at the wall. Turn off any related device that has its own power supply and disconnect its power cord as well. Give yourself access to everything and have brushes, cloths (those special wipes are good) and a vacuum cleaner ready. Disconnect cables only when you are confident you can put them all back where they came from. The arrangement of sound cables is often forgotten and USB cables (for devices like keyboards, mice, printers, external hard drives and network adapters) sometimes don’t like changing places. Plugs and sockets also wear out so there is value in leaving things connected where you can. However, always disconnect those power cords. Pulling everything out for a twice-yearly clean should be fine. From there it’s dusting and light blowing with the vacuum cleaner, then careful use of those wipes. Put everything back to what it was and switch it on. Beautiful. It might be tempting to open that case and give everything a proper spring clean. Unless you know about things like how to “earth yourself” and “static straps” then don’t go there. It only takes one thoughtless moment of over-cleaning to effectively fry your PC. Look after those core concerns of clean, reliable power and good ventilation and your PC will purr along. With a little care and attention you can look forward to years of hair-less Computers, emailing, web surfing software and Internet and Internet phone calls support (e.g. Skype). Next month we take a + Single standard service + No resolution, no charge look at networks.
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