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| Event: | Awards Night Summary/Results | | Type: | Social | | Details: | I would like to thank everyone for making this year’s annual awards banquet a great success.
The food that Corktown/Slainte put on was excellent. We had more than 100 people in attendance. The support from our membership is strong, and I look forward to a very successful 2009 season.
Rest easy my mates, for 2009 is nigh.
Below are the 2008 award recipients. Congratulations to all.
Tom Edwards
President
Senior Men 1st XV MVP, Peter van Zyl
Senior Men 2nd XV MVP, Dan Sopher
Senior Men MIP, Dan Sopher
Senior Men Rookie (Club), Gordon Tweedie
Senior Men Rookie (Rugby), Tim Gainfort
Senior Women XV MVP, Jessica Hill
Senior Women MIP, Julie Martineau
Senior Women Rookie, Jen Coyne
Clubman of the Year, Adam Krupinski
The offsider awards are as follows:
Antlers Award: (for on-field antics)
...after receiving a text book pass from her team-mate, she looked left, …she looked right, …she looked at the ref with a “knowing” glance before diving over the try-line. The shear ecstasy of the moment sent her hormones in over-drive…
For DRY-HUMPING THE REF like a dog humps his favorite toy…
Antlers goes to Melissa “the Man-eater” Mancini
Cock Up Award (for off-field antics)
...his mouth finally got him in trouble…
The stage was set: The Insect, The Idiot, The Dare.
Feeling brave, and out-right “cocky” this amateur entomologist thought he had the fortitude to eat a live dragon-fly, but it went horribly, yet hilariously wrong…
For OUTRIGHT INSECT ABUSE and repeated dragon-fly regurgitations …
Cock Up of the year goes the Tommy “the Regurgitator” Earl
Red Nose 1: The “streak for hire” Award
…wanting to relive his rookie youth, and looking for any reason to get naked, this guy offered his services for a beer…
For STREAKING THE RUGBY PITCH on behalf of a rookie opponent…
A Red Nose goes to Steve “my balls swing freely” Riese
Red Nose 2: The “Wrestle Mania” Award
…wanting to show off her masculinity, she challenged the city parks boys to a wrestling match. The only problem with this challenge was she was absolutely pissed…
For ATTEMPTING TO TACKLE the city park boys, and missing completely and landing face first on the ground, hurting here shoulder in the process…
A Red Nose goes to Julie “kamakazie” Martineau
Red Nose 3: The “eau de toilette” Award
…in a group huddle after a hard game, it’s hard not to notice such an intrusive and foul odour. You can see one-by-one all the players in the huddle checking their cleats to see if they stepped in something…
For THE MOST OFFENSIVE SMELLING KIT KNOWN TO MAN…
A Red Nose goes to Tyler “Chanel No. 9” Stryker
Red Nose 4: The “Hat Trick” Award
…one year is understandable, two years is forgivable, but three years? Inexcusable!
For finally CRAWLING OUT OF HIS OWN ASS and showing up to the awards banquet to claim his first XV tie, and breaking the streak at 3 consecutive missed awards banquets…
A Red Nose goes to David “vanishing act” Lawson
Red Nose 5: The “Houdini” Award
…good intentions are just that: intentions. One minute he’s here, the next minute he’s gone. You’d have better luck finding Jimmy Hoffa…
For DISAPPEARING WITHOUT A TRACE…
A Red Nose goes to Thomas “the Invisible” Zimmer
Red Nose 6: The “Fischer Price Speak and Spell” Award
…Strength, fortitude, and Iron will are all attributes of a front row player, spelling however is not.
FOR MISSPELLING “RUGBY” as “R-U-G-Y on Numerous club posters…
A Red Nose goes to Steve “Spell-Check” Hukish
Red Nose 7: The “On Again, Off Again” Award
…Many people come out of retirement to play their sport for a last chance at glory. This guy should have stayed retired: there was no glory in his return to rugby, only pain and misery (mostly for his team mates).
For BLOWING HIS KNEE OUT on his 3rd return to rugby from retirement…
A Red Nose goes to Chris “This time I’m really retiring” Gilks
Red Nose 8: The “Frankenstitch” Award
…there have been many cuts in rugby games, but nothing quite like this. The back of his head looked like something out of a Wes Craven movie.
For HAVING THE BIGGEST STITCH in 2008…
A Red Nose goes to Dave “The Corpse” Morrison | | Link: |
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