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Matariki – Thursday Night 

Hi everybody, a quick note to remind you all that we’re doing Friday night on Thursday as we’ll be closed on Friday for the Matariki weekend.

Thursday 27th June – pretend it’s Friday night!

We’re doing all our usual Friday night things on Thursday.
We’ll be running the meat raffle.
The kitchen will be open with the Beer, Burger and chips $20 Special (this is for either a beef, fish, chicken or vegan burger)
I expect Peter is also arranging for a Soup of the Week $6.00 with a bun – come along and check it out.

Thank you to everyone that showed up last Friday in their rugby jerseys and accoutrements.
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Friday 20th June – Rugby Jersey night!

Rugby Jersey night!

Wear your favourite rugby jersey or shirt, there will be prizes for the oldest, newest, most worn out and strangest.  Go The Chiefs!

We’ll also be holding the usual meat raffle.

Fridays kitchen special is a – Beer, Burger and chips for $20 (beef, fish, chicken or vegan options available) We also have our Soup of the Week (Vegetable) $6.00 with a bun – come along and check it out.

Thanks to everyone that made it along to the Mad Hatters night on Friday the 7th, there were a lot of interesting hats. Who knew how many Pete had managed to collect?

Celebrating with our friends at Workshop Brewing Co.

So here it is, our hundredth brew,

We went big with something new.

In honour of things that I hold dear,

Like big red snapper, gurnard and deer.

We celebrated this momentous day,

By brewing our inaugural Big Red IPA!

Matt was kind enough to supply us with a 30L keg of Big Red, their 100th brew.

Expect complex notes of spicy toffee, caramel and resinous pine balanced with an assertive lingering bitterness. Big malts, big hops, big beer! (it’s 8.2% ABV, drink responsibly)

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Quiz Night Wednesday 29th May

Start getting your knowledgeable team together for the event – see if you can beat the ‘Squishies’:

  • To be held at 6:45pm on Wed the 29th of May at the clubrooms.
  • Team size – minimum of 2 Maximum of 6 per team.
  • Entry fee per team member.
  • Food will be available on and during the night (you can come early to eat if you want).
  • Prizes for each round team winner
  • Overall prize for winning team.
  • Please register your team when arriving on the night. 

The Duck calling night was a great success everybody had a quacking good night, good laughs everywhere, a great big thank you to all the brave participants.

There was a tie for 1st place – so we had a “Duck Off” to determine the winner:

  • Dennis was the overall winner – he obviously has experience calling birds
  • Peter Schaare was 2nd with his ‘chicken call’

A great big thank you to Pete for preparing the Maimai.

A great big thank you for all the support we are getting on Friday’s – the burgers are still selling very well, our special this Friday is a – Beer, Burger and chips $20 (this is for either a beef, fish, chicken or vegan burger).

The meat raffle will be available this Friday

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Duck Calling competition – Friday 3rd of May

How many ducks can you call?

Pete has prepared the area for the event, the Maimai is ready, it’s going to be a great laugh – come on down ducks, don’t forget to practice so that you are ready. There will be prizes for best call (depends how many ducks respond) and a special prize for the person who laughs the most.

Meal deal for the night: Beer*, Burger and Chips $20.00

Beef, chicken, fish or vegan burgers available.

*Offer does not include “Double Vision – The Departed” beer.

The meat raffle will recommence this Friday, a great big thank you for supporting the recent Anzac biscuit raffles.

Upcoming events

Breast Cancer Awareness Fund Raiser – planned for end of May – pink ribbon dinner.

Quiz Night – We’re looking forward to doing another quiz night soon.

Can your group overthrow the ‘Squishies’?

Get your research materials out and start studying, we’ll confirm the date soon.

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What’s going on in your favourite club?

Hi everybody – just a short newsletter to keep you up to date.
A great big thank you for all the support we are getting on Friday’s – the burgers are still selling very well, Fridays special starting this 
Friday is a – Beer, Burger and chips $20(this is for either a beef, fish, chicken or vegan burger).

We have also started an ANZAC biscuit raffle – $1 tickets – this is also going very well, the meat raffle is still going as well – also well 
supported thank you.
We have poppies for sale to support ANZAC day (available at the bar – cash or eftpos, paywave now available!).

Great to see the club busy on Friday nights.

Past Events

St. Patrick’s Day – evening was great fun everybody enjoyed themselves – Don looked great with his green hair.
Quiz night – was a great success everybody enjoyed themselves – winners were team ‘Squishies’ well done they won a $60 bar voucher – we are planning to run another one in May so look out for the notification.

Upcoming Events

Duck Calling competition – 3rd of May – see how many ducks you can call.
Breast Cancer Awareness Fund Raiser – planned for end of May – all suggestions welcome – to be confirmed.
Special Meeting – on the 19th of April – will just be a Presidents  Report on clubs’ situation to date.

Don’t forget that the club is available to hire for special functions, 
it’s a great venue – contact Julie in the office 0276229309

If you saw this and didn’t receive it in your email let Julie know your membership number and email address to update our contacts.

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Trivia Night Returns!

Event will be held at 6:45pm on Thursday the 21st of March at the clubrooms.

  • Team size – minimum of 2, maximum of 6 per team.
  • $2.00 entry fee per team member.
  • Food will be available on the night.
  • Prizes for each round team winner.
  • Overall prize for winning team.
  • Please add your team name and number of team members in your team to the confirmation list at the bar, or email rcc.admin@ruakura-club.co.nz – we need to know how many question sheets to prep.