2012
President - Don Roney
Secretary - June Campbell
Accountant - McKenzie Chartered Accountants
Club Captain - Nic Webster
Premier Coach - Nathan Cunningham
Premier Captain - Hamish McKenzie
Presidents Coach - Reece Kiwara & Graham Grant
Presidents Captain - Ryan Moffat
JAB - Numbers down slightly but teams fielded in all grades. Tim Petrie ran the section for 2012 which concluded in a bus trip to watch an Otago NPC Game at Forsyth Bar Stadium.
Presidents - The untimely and sudden death of Coach Reece Kiwara was a major blow for the team and the club as a whole. Reece was an x-player and had played for and coached Presidents grade for a number of years. Once again we combined with the south Canterbury competition along with Athletic who were the only other North Otago Club to field a team. A number of very young players joined the team and they performed very well during the season. They reached the final of the South Canterbury Competition but were beaten 35-31 by Harlequins who were a very experienced team. The North Otago final was between Valley and Athletic and the boys dug deep and dedicated the game to Reece. They won the final as defending Champions and also won the Reece Kiwara Challenge Cup. Final score Valley 25, Athletic 20. Once again the Burns Shield was hung on the Clubrooms wall.
Premier - A shaky start to the season with the bare amount of players but as the season progressed we picked up a number of good players in key positions and went onto beat every team expert Old Boys at least once during the season in a 3 round competition. Only lost to Kurow and Excelsior once and Old Boys 3 times. We played Excelsior in the Citizens Shield Semi-Final and won 21-17. We went into the final with Old Boys as underdogs and after a grand display lost the final 25-24. We scored in injury time in the corner and a conversion just fell short under the bar.
We had an English Prop for the season - Charlie Hughs who was injured for the last three games.
Trophies for the Season Presidents - Burns shield and the Reece Kiwara Memorial Cup
Premier - James Tayles Cup vs Excelsior
AJ Newlands Shield vs Athletic,
Tither Memorial Shield vs Athletic
Player Dress and conduct - NORU
The combined Rugby and Netball Prizegiving was held in a packed clubrooms at the end of the season.
Trophies
Presidents Grade: Forward of the Year - Ryan Ambler
Back of the Year - Phillip McCaulay
Most Improved - Hayden Gold
Player of the Year - Ryan Moffett
Players Choice Reece Memorial Shield - Ryan Ambler
Premier Grade: Forward of the Year - Eric Duff
Back of the Year - Jason Mavor
Most Improved - Alistair Mavor
Most Points - Mark Roney
Most Conscientious - Mark Roney
Most Tries - Josh Collier
Player of the Year - Shaun Conlan
Players Choice - James Mavor
Memorial Shield - Shaun Conlan
Club Members Contribution - Duncan Kingan
Awards were also given for 100 Premier games to Jason Mavor and Mark Roney.
Bruce Newlands was also awarded for 250 games. Bruce joined the club in 1994 in the under 16's and has played under 18's, under 20's, Senior B and Premier, all his games have been played at lock.