Centenary Celebration

100 year headerNew Brighton Rugby Football Club will be celebrating it’s 100 year Centenary Celebration on Easter Weekend 2021 (2-4 April).

We have confirmed the following schedule of events over the three days, and we invite you to join us over the weekend.

We look forward to seeing you!

KIA KAHA

CONFIRMED PROGRAMME

 

Friday 2 April 2021
1pm Golden Oldies game v Whakawerawera (Rotorua)
2.30pm Colts Premier v Linwood
   

Post game
6pm Official welcome for Whakawerawera 
6:30pm Food provided for all attendees
7pm Crusaders vs Highlanders on SKY
9pm Music (own playlist from members)


Post game details:

  • No charge for NBRFC financial members and those that have registered
  • MC – James Daniels
  • A number of raffles will be available
  • Memorabilia, wine and history book available for purchase.
  • Raffles will be running all night

Note:

We are delighted to advise that Whakarewarewa will be bringing a group of around 60 down for the weekend.
The Club had a very strong relationship with Whakarewarewa through the 1970’s and 1980’s and we are keen to rekindle that relationship.
For those that have experienced the relationship with Whakarewarewa in the past we encourage you to come along on Friday and enjoy mixing with Whakarewarewa in the evening.

 

Saturday 3 April 2021
From 9am Junior matches
1pm Premier Reserve v Linwood
2.45pm Premier v Linwood (Centenary Game)
Post-game Meet and Greet and LIVE band
   

Post Game
6pm Auction of 25 Centenary jerseys worn by Premiers
7pm Food provided for all attendees
8pm Live band (KRAKKAJACK)
 

Post-game details​​:

  • No charge for NBRFC financial members and those that have registered
  • A number of raffles will be available
  • Memorabilia, wine and history book available for purchase.
  • Raffles will be running all night

 

Sunday 4 April 2021

Centenary Evening at Addington Raceway (Christian Cullen Lounge)​
6pm Start
6:30pm Guests seated and welcome speech
6:45pm Buffet meal
8:00pm Guest Speaker and Centenary team naming
8:45pm DJ Dwight

 

OUR GUEST SPEAKER

eric murrayWe are pleased to announce the Eric Murray as our Guest Speaker.

Eric Murray is a two-time Olympic Champion having won gold in the coxless pair with crewmate Hamish Bond at both the London 2012 and Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

The pair teamed up in 2009 and formed what would become the most successful combination in rowing history. Bond and Murray were unbeaten internationally from 2009 until they parted ways in 2016. The duo also holds the world record time in the event (6:08.50), set at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

Murray, the older and bigger of the pair, was born in Hastings in 1982, but grew up in the Bombay Hills, south of Auckland, attending Pukekohe High School.

He initially favoured rugby and only gained an introduction to rowing as a means of training for his preferred code. By 2003 his rowing talent had been noticed and he made the national squad. The following year he was in the New Zealand coxless four for the Athens Olympic Games, alongside Carl Meyer, Donald Leach and Mahe Drysdale. The quartet came 5th overall.

He also competed as part of the coxless four in Beijing 2008 where they finished seventh overall.

Murray retired in 2017 and lives in Cambridge with his wife Jackie and son Zac.