CLUB OVERVIEW
About
GRAMMAR JUNIORS
Grammar Juniors Rugby Football Club organises rugby for children from pre-school up to Under 13 grade. Most teams are weight restricted which means children play against others of a similar weight. Children aged Under 7 begin by playing non contact ‘Rippa Rugby’. Tackle rugby commences from the Under 8 -U13 Grades. We also offer Rippa Rugby for Boys up to U9 and Girls up to the U11 Grade. As a club we pride ourselves on building up the community and balancing the desire for players to have fun, with the need to provide skill development and additional platforms for competition.
Our clubrooms are situated at Shore Road Reserve, Remuera. The club relies on the work of volunteers to ensure the success of each rugby season. There are many ways that you can become involved and assist. Please get in touch to discuss these further:
grammarjuniorsrugby@gmail.com.
HISTORY
Grammar Juniors Rugby Football Club was founded in 1996, when Grammar Old Boys (originally in Ayr St location) merged with Carlton Rugby Club and moved to Cornwall Park. Grammar Juniors chose to stay at its Shore Road Reserve home, and to focus on fostering junior rugby within the local and wider community.
CLUBROOMS
Grammar Juniors / Parnell Cricket Clubrooms are available to hire.
Grammar Juniors Rugby Club has clubrooms at Shore Road, Remuera. These are shared with Parnell Cricket Club, who use the rooms during the summer season.
A private trust (the Remuera Parnell Sports Community Charitable Trust – RPSCCT) has been set up to oversee and maintain the club’s Shore Road premises which now include a fantastic indoor sports training facility. The rugby club has three representatives on the Trust board – Vaughan Smidt (Club Captain), Dan Kirton, Andrew Reed (Current club captain).
FIELDS
Grammar Juniors have access to three newly renovated rugby fields at the Shore Road Reserve. The No. 1 ground is the ground nearest the clubhouse, the newly realigned No.2 ground is the middle field and the N0.3 is the ¾ field nearest the cricket nets. All grounds have floodlights over the rugby season.
The Council will erect “Grounds Closed” signs when the fields are closed. Please DO NOT use the grounds when these signs are up. Any misuse or abuse of the grounds during the rugby season means that Grammar Juniors priority use of these grounds may be compromised.
To check if the fields have been closed by the Council due to poor weather, please check their website and enter Shore Road Reserve as the park name:
UNIFORM
Compulsory Items
ALL uniform items are available to purchase on-site during Grammar Juniors Club days or weigh-ins, or on the allocated shop opening day once a week during the season.
An official club jersey (navy and gold) is supplied to each player at the beginning of the season, for use during the season. Coaches will distribute the jerseys, which are individually numbered inside the collar and allocated to each player. Jerseys are to be returned to the club at the end of the season. All Grammar Juniors rugby jerseys are the property of Grammar Juniors Rugby Football Club. They are a major club asset so please treat them with care. Please note that club jerseys are not to be worn at practice sessions, they are for official games only.
Gear to be purchased by players includes:
Grammar Juniors navy blue shorts
Grammar Juniors navy blue socks with gold band
Rugby Boots – All grades are required to wear rugby boots, available from sports shops, shoe shops etc.
MOUTHGUARDS ARE COMPULSORY. No mouthguard, no game or practice.
Optional Extras
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Team equipment is provided to each coach at the start of the season, gear bag containing e.g. balls, cones, whistles, first aid kit, kicking tees, tackle bags etc.
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Numerous car parks are available around the Shore Road grounds. However these do get busy on training nights as well as Saturday mornings. Children are constantly in and around the car parking areas so please take extra care to look out for them.