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Monday, October 3, 2011

Facelift for Wests Clubrooms

By Cheryl Riley

Wests Rugby Club members and supporters will gather in the clubrooms on Saturday to watch the All Black versus France game on a big, new flat-screen television.
The 50-inch TV is one of two (the other a 32-inch) purchased by the club and connected up to a DVD sound system. Apart from World Cup games they will be utilised for playing back club games and training videos.
Working with a budget of about $10,000 the club is refurbishing the clubrooms, purchased from the Excelsior Rugby Club in 1998, as a winter-summer 2011-12 project.
Old cracked vinyl chairs have been recovered with soft furnishing material, and tables have been given a facelift.
Club member Dicey Davidson has had team photos re-framed with a new, modern look.
“The next step will be painting out the building,” club president Jenny Keogan said.
Wests has a healthy membership of 140-plus and is proud to claim to be the only West Coast rugby club to field a team in every grade.
“We have the strongest JAB under-18 to under-6, and a very active and committed executive working towards getting some of that good old-fashioned spirit back into the place,” Ms Keogan said.


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