13th October SG Valley RFC Mens Premiership Program

SOCIETE GENERALE VALLEY RFC Valley RFC v Kowloon RFC Kings Park 1930

13th October 2023

RACING SEASON IN PROGRESS

A couple of “first of the season” games for our teams this weekend, as the Valley Griffins Mai Jais take on Police RFC and the Valley Reds play Tigers up at Kings Park - both teams feature a number of players who have joined Valley

this

season

from

various

summer

recruitment courses.

The Valley Mavericks frustratingly begin their season with a bye - adding another week on to their preseason training plans. Playing in the mens Championship league, the Mavericks are in for an exciting season with some new look teams in the likes of Shenzhen Pirates and a University/Typhoons team who have combined forces to play as one.

The Womens Premiership still continue with their preseason plans, as their league begins on the 21st October. Delayed due to Hong Kong Womens National commitments.

The Mens Premiership league heads into week 2 of fixtures this week, with our Mens team looking to avenge their loss against HKFC last weekend.

With

replacements

the

and

adjustment the

of

availability

injury of

key

players this week, we are in for a good fixture against Kowloon.

ROUND 1 V HKFC

WRAP UP Loss 29 - 8

The team faced a tough opening game of the season, coming down on the wrong side of the stick against HKFC. Unfortunately the loss of our key fly half Laurence May, with a season ending injury 10 days before the opening game, was felt.

However in true Valley spirit, the team fronted up and gave it their all which was asked of them on the day.

Nyasha

Tarusenga

had

a

massive

game

leading the forward pack with his stronghold presence. Together with Andrew Farley and Elden Schoeman, ever so reliable and safe at the back. Nick Brown came on with the desired impact off the bench and collected the first try of the season.

The side also debuted a number of new players wearing the Red and Black, in the likes of Alistair Stacey, Huw Alexander, Justin Beese, Dylan Schoeman and Toby Jurecka.

The team need to iron out simple errors and protect the ball in contact more, all fixable - now just putting it all into action against Kowloon.

With the input of seasoned veteran, Ben Rimene starting at 10, a cool calm collected presence will be felt on the pitch.

v Kowloon

1

Rory Young

2

Nicholas Brown

3

Faizal Solomona Penesa

4

Nyasha Tarusenga

5

Justin Beese

6

Zinny Hansen

7

James Honey

8

Sion Bennett (c)

9

Alistair Stacey

10

Ben Rimene

11

Viliame Naivalu

12

Elden Schoeman

13

Henry Shiell

14

Thaddeus Summers

15

Luke Treharne

16

Luke Dewar

17

Thomas Concu

18

Barend Potgeiter

19

Dom Hegglin

20

James Cunningham

21

Will Batcup

22

Dylan Schoeman

23

Andrew Farley

THE TEAM

from the archives v Kowloon

CLUB DAYS

5

Save the date

DATES: 2 Saturday 28th October 3 Saturday 11th November 4 Saturday 2nd December 5 Saturday 27th January

We are ecstatic to back at our home pitch of Happy Valley this season and have managed to secure five Club Days which will be held throughout the season with our first one kicking off next Saturday 21st October.

These club days will see at least 3 Societe Generale Valley RFC fixtures played back to back. Tents will be set up and light food and beverages provided on a first come first serve basis.

There will be booths featuring both Valley RFC and Valley Foundation merchandise as well as our charity partners Phenomenally Pink and a Societe Generale Rugby Posts kicking corner for the kids to enjoy.

Saturday 21st October 1:00 Societe Generale Valley RFC Mavericks v HKFC 2:45 Societe GeneraleValley RFC Mens Prem v Sandy Bay 4:30 Societe Generale Valley RFC Knights v Sandy Bay 6:15 Societe GeneraleValley RFC Womens Prem v Causeway Bay

JUSTIN BEESE

POSITION

Second Row

YEARS AT VALLEY 0 - new this year

WHY VALLEY High performance culture, proven track record of winning and I love red and black

ADVICE FOR SOMEONE JOINING V Bring your authentic self, work hard and enjoy every moment

MOST MEMORABLE RUGBY EXPERIENCE Either playing for Hong Kong u20s against Japan in Taiwan or playing in the Baltic Top League Final in Lithuania.

ANY PLAYER FOR THE TEAM Owen Farrell intense

because

he's

scary

NUMBER 1 SUPPORTER? My parents

2 TRUTHS 1 LIE I have a pet Boa Constrictor, I am half Georgian, I have a famous doppleganger

HERE TO HELP

How can we help?

#heretohelp is a wellbeing project that aims to bring together the Valley community to talk about mental health and share resources and techniques to support each other in our mental health journeys.

save the dates Sunday 29th October We will be holding a Suicide First Aid Course for open to all members to join for a small donation - for more details on this email heretohelp@valleyrfc.com 26th November Our first Mental Health Walk and Talk event - more details to follow key contacts Social Welfare Department 2343 2255 24-hour information enquiries Cantonese and English

The Samaritans Suicide Prevention 2896 0000 24-hour hotline Cantonese, Mandarin, English, Malay, Hindi and 6 others

Baptist Oi Kwan Social Service 25354135 24-hour info hotline, Social Worker available during the day Cantonese

Websites www.mind.org.hk/mental-health-a-to-z/ Offers information on a multitude of mental health conditions (English & Chinese). https://www.shallwetalk.hk/zh/ Hong Kong government initiative to promote mental health and tackle stigma (English & Chinese).

FIX TU RE S NEXT 4

v Sandy Bay Saturday 21st October Happy Valley 14:45

v HK Scottish Saturday 28th October Happy Valley 14:45

v Tigers Saturday 25th November Kings Park 15:00

v HKFC Saturday 2nd December Happy Valley 14:45

Pl

W

D

L

PF

PA

PD

Pts

DAC Kowloon RFC

1

1

0

0

44

29

15

5

HKU Sandy Bay RFC

1

1

0

0

31

23

8

5

HKFC Natixis Club

1

1

0

0

29

8

21

4

KPMG HK Scottish RFC

1

0

0

1

23

31

-8

0

Kroll USRC Tigers

1

0

0

1

29

44

-15

0

Societe Generale Valley RFC

1

0

0

1

8

29

-21

0

HKCR LEAGUE TABLE

WITH THANKS Societe Generale Valley RFC would like to acknowledge and express sincere thanks and gratitude to our sponsors and partners.

Thank you to our Title Sponsor Societe Generale, and our primary sponsors TV5 Monde, Mayer Brown, Bonaqua, Swire Properties, Links Moving, BFT and the Happy Valley Bar and Grill. As well as our product sponsors ONLY Beverages and Metabev.

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