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The Officers of the Club for the 1970 was given the name of the Robin Bell Memorial Trophy
season (elected at the 1969 AGM) were: in remembrance of Robin, whose accidental death was
President Joe Templeton deeply felt by the Club.
Manager/Coach Joe Templeton At the end of the 1969 season the club had
Secretary Jim McCaig surplus cash of $69.00 and this was boosted to a
Treasurer Jim McCaig satisfying $220.00 by the end of the 1970 year.
Captain Jim McCaig The Lions Club had made a donation of $100 to
Vice Captain Sandy MacDonald assist the club in its development This donation was
Committee Maurice Frankhouser presented by Lions President Mr George to Jim
Richard Saville McCaig before the opening game of the season at
Sandy MacDonald Centennial Park (Ngaruawahia v Huntly Thistle).
Charlie Gorman Further funds were raised with two $100 raffles
George Sunnex and a Pig-in-a-Barrow raffle. The three major
Clyde Turner fundraisers were won by H. Gray (Pig-in-a-Barrow), T.
During the course of the year Jim McCaig was Hogan, Peter Henshilwood and E. Tubbs ($100 raffles).
transferred by his employer to Mount Maunganui and, at This was the year in which the club opened an
a subsequent General Meeting, the vacancies were filled account with the Bank of New Zealand with an initial
by: deposit of $2,380.
Secretary Sandy MacDonald The annual RSA v United fixture was held on
Captain Robin Turner the High School grounds on Sunday October 18th
Trustees Sandy MacDonald resulting in a 2-2 draw. Parts of the match were filmed
Maurice Frankhouser and the Club still has the 8mm movie of this.
Joe Templeton

The Club colours were chosen to carry over The 1970 registered players for the Club were:
from the Ngaruawahia High School strip so that the • Steven Barr Robin Bell
secondary school boys could wear the same strip • Stuart Bell Martin Bell
during both games on a Saturday if they wished to play • Nuki Berryman Emmett Connolly
for the club. • Barry Callaghan Peter Dooley
For the last few games of the season the team • Harry Docherty Brian Firth
wore tops supplied by Railways of Frankton until the • John Forrest Andrew Farrimond
official strip arrived. The playing colours were vertical • Charlie Gorman Neil Gorman
myrtle green and white stripes on the shirt with green • Peter Henshilwood Campbell Haggie
trim, black shorts and green socks with a single white
band at the top. • Robert Hunt Maurice Frankhouser
The Ngaruawahia Borough Council granted the • Tony Janssen Sandy MacDonald
club the use of Centennial Park as their home ground • Jim McCaig Rex NightingaJe
and many working bees were scheduled on the small • Howard Pharo Alan Rose
hollow-block building and on the ground (containing a • Phillip Runciman George Sunnex
concrete cricket wicket). • Richard Saville Mark Snowdon
While the cricket-wicket strip was being uplifted • Clyde Turner Robin Turner
it was found to have been poured on top of another • Keith Watson Barry White
concrete strip. The second strip defied the efforts of the A number of the Ngaruawahia High School 1st XI boys
lads to remove it and was left to lay under about 50mm were part of the team:
of top-soil. The concrete was subsequently removed in • Rex Nightingale, goalkeeper:
1992. • Steven Barr, left half.
The field marked out was 100 yards by 90 yards • Alan Rose, striker (6 goals).
and a great deal of assistance was received from Mr Jack • Neil Gorman, right half
Kelly and the Borough Council in the basic levelling and • Robert Hunt, halfback.
development of the field. It was hoped that the Council
would be erecting toilets on the ground in the near
future.
The Club played through the 1969 season with a
small number of members and players, which grew over
the 1970 season. Club fees remained at $2.00.
ln two post-season matches against Huntly (in
which Steve Baranyai donated a cup), Ngaruawahia won
6-2 and lost 3-4 but won the cup with a 9-6 aggregate.
Four trophies were purchased for annual
presentations to its players. The most prestigious trophy
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