Claris Sports & Social Club

Warm Hearts, Full Bellies: A Community Mid-Winter Christmas Pot-Luck Dinner🍽️

Join us at the Claris Club Mid-Winter Christmas Pot-Luck Dinner!
We are delighted to invite you and your loved ones to gather and have a little mid-year break from the winter cold.

This is a true community gathering, so grab a neighbor and please bring a dish to share (Mains, Sides/Salads, Desserts, or Nibbles). To add some extra fun, there will be a Christmas Jumper Competition! We know you have an absolute shocker/stunner of a Christmas jumper hidden away so now is the time to dust it off. Winner gets serious boasting rights.

The Claris Club bar is fully open for the event (no BYO), and we can't wait to see you there!

Details:
📅 Saturday 27th June, 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM
📍 The Claris Club
ALL WELCOME

Please let us know what dish you are bringing in the comments below so we don’t end up with 15 pavlovas! 🎂
RSVP: [email protected] or 094290260

🔥 WINTER SOLSTICE BONFIRE 🔥

The longest night of the year calls for good food, good company and a crackling fire and we've got all three going on Saturday 20 June.

Come celebrate Winter Solstice with us at the Claris Club. The bonfire gets going from 4pm so come down, soak up the warmth and enjoy some mulled wine and winter vibes. 🍷✨

Staying for dinner?
Cooking is putting on special meals to take outside to enjoy by the bonfire if you want to.

🔥 Bonfire from 4pm - FREE, everyone welcome
🍽️ Kitchen open for special bonfire meals
📍 Claris Club
🗓️ Saturday 20 June

Large groups please book. Call on 09 429 0260 or email [email protected].

See you around the fire 💛

🌸 Menopause 101 | Chat & Q&A with Tania Kemp, Aotea Health 🌸

Menopause. Perimenopause. Postmenopause.

Hot flushes, brain fog, sleeplessness, palpitations, anxiety, irritability, loss of confidence… and so much more.

Join Tania for an open, supportive, and informative evening around menopause.

Whether you are navigating it yourself, supporting a partner, family member, friend, colleague, or simply want to understand more.

Everybody is welcome.

📅 Wednesday 3 June 2026
🕔 5:00pm
📍 Claris Conference Centre

Bring your questions, your curiosity, or just come along to listen and learn.

Let’s build better understanding, better support, and a stronger conversation around something that impacts so many lives 💜

Please feel free to share with anyone who may be interested.

Health

👑 KINGS BIRTHDAY MARKET IS COMING! 👑

Mark your calendars, the Claris Club King's Birthday Market is on Saturday 30 May from 10am and it's going to be a great one :)

Come along and support your local stallholders. Here's a taste of what we've got:
🌭 American hot dogs
🎨 Crafts
🍞 Baking
👗 Clothes
🎟️ Raffles
🌿 Kaitoke Wilds
🚗 Car wash
..and more on the day! Something for everyone on the long weekend. ✨

See you at the Claris Club next Saturday morning! 🙌

Want a stall?
We'd love to have you.
Stalls are just $5 - get in touch to secure your spot:
📧 [email protected]
📞 09 429 0260

✨ BIG thanks to the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board! ✨

The Claris Club Conference Centre has had a good spruce up and it's all thanks to their funding support.

Fresh paint, sanded & coated floors, acoustic panels, solar battery upgrades, security lighting and new cleaning equipment. She's looking (and sounding!) better than ever.

We love this space for the community wellness classes, workshops, markets, meetings, get-togethers and more :)

👀 Have you seen it yet? Have you used the space since the upgrades? We'd love to hear what you think. Tell us in the comments below! ⬇️

A huge thank you to the Aotea / Great Barrier Local Board for making this possible. 💚

🏉 Bush Pigs vs Tomarata Centennial Match 🏉

What a weekend for the Barrier Bush Pigs!

The scoreboard may not have gone our way (46-0), but the effort, heart, and mana the team showed was unreal. The boys gave it absolutely everything right to the final whistle and represented the island proudly.

Massive thanks to everyone who helped make the trip happen:
🚤 those who travelled over
🏉 the players who pulled on the jersey
📣 the supporters on the sidelines
⚓ Captain W***y for getting them there and back home safely
🎥 those filming and helping behind the scenes
👏 and of course Tomarata Rugby Football Club Inc for hosting such an awesome centennial event

A huge thank you as well to those who helped get the team there:
🔨 Barrier ITM
🚛 GB Transport
🎣 Hooked on Barrier

Your support made the trip possible and we really appreciate it.

For a team with very little training together, the Bush Pigs came out swinging and got so close to crossing for a few tries. Solid hits, big effort, and plenty of grit all afternoon 💪

Special mention to the off-island players who joined us and helped make up the team - legends.

The comments and support coming through have been awesome to read. Proud and Heart seem to be the words of the weekend ❤️

Safe to say… there’s definitely talk of a rematch on the island 👀

Up the Bush Pigs!

📷Tyler Hemi