Bays Rugby - East Coast Bays

A huge congratulations to Peyton Yakas on being selected for the New Zealand Air Force Rugby Team to take on the New Zealand Navy! 🇳🇿

Well done, Peyton — all the best for the game today. 🏉🏉🏉

🏆What a fantastic evening celebrating our Senior Mens Rugby Prize Giving!🏆

Friday evening wasn't just about trophies, it was about recognising the dedication, resilience, commitment, and heart that every player, coach, manager, volunteer, sponsor, and supporter has shown throughout the season.

Congratulations to all of our award recipients. Your achievements are well deserved.

Thank you to everyone who joined us to celebrate.

We look forward to next season with pride, passion, and the same commitment to each other that defines our club.

GO BAYS 🟢⚫️🟢

CLUB AWARDS:
Past Captains Cup: Ideal Team Manager -

Warren Mann
Concrete Concepts Cup: Senior Management Special Award -

Pete Jenkins
Presidents Cup: Grades Coach of Year -

Matt Cochrane
Old Boys Cup: Outstanding Achievement by Coach or Manager -

Warren Mann
McKewon-Khan Cup: Senior Coach of the Year -

Che Muller
WA Beggs Cup: Best Supporting Team -

Under 21's

Club Captain's Cup: Best Performed Team-

Premier 1

Stredwick Cup: Most Outstanding Team -

Premier 1

Neil Lyndsay Trophy: Most Improved Grades Player -

Troy Rea

Buddha Cup: Most Promising Front Rower-

Hamish Gowans
Dan Arakawa Memorial Trophy: Best Front Rower -

Ryan Mead
Penman Cup: Forward of the Year -

Ryan Mead
JV Bainimarama Trophy: Back of the Year -

Tony Donelley

Stan Brown Memorial Trophy: Sportsman of the Year -

Tony Donelley

Junior Committee Cup: Service to ECB Junior Rugby -

Jo Hawkins
Golden Runner: Club Volunteer of the Year-

Marc Casey
Simon Moore Memorial Scholarship Award -
Toma Laumalili

John Salkeld Memorial Trophy: Outstanding Spirit, Inspiration and Commitment to ECB Rugby:

Presidents Team
Club Person of the Year -

Marc Casey

TEAM AWARDS:

Premier 1:

Trevor Oliver Memorial Trophy: Most Improved Player -

Dylan Hamilton

Sun Alliance Cup: Most Promising Player -

Peyton Yakas
The Evander Trophy: Most Valuable Player-

Tony Donelley

Sherman Corser: Player of the Year -

AJ Lemalu

Premier 2:

JBS Electrical: Most Improved -
Kobe Pola

Joy Kelleway Cup: Most Valued Team Member -

Bradley Eekhout

The Colours Cup: Outstanding Commitment to Senior 1st -

Dwaine Els
Eileen Swinbourne Memorial Trophy: Player of the Year -

Jack Underwood

Under 21's

Jim Po***ck Memorial Cup: Most Improved Player-

Troy Rea
Neil Burgess Cup: Most valued Team Member -

Cynan Walsh

Bays Foundation Cup: Team Man of the Year -

Hamish Gowans

Windsor Park Hotel Cup: Player of the Year-

Alec Oelofse

Under 85's:

Swinton Laurie Memorial Trophy: Longest Serving Member -

Terence Ehlers

Bruce Fulham Cup: Most Improved -

David Beskhyroun

Chapman Nasey Cup: Forward of the year-

Terence Ehlers

Moke Whanau: Best Back -

Brayden Bayer

Gummy Parker Trophy: Supporter of the Year -

Aurora Kerr

Stuart Joyce Cup: Player of the Year -

Daichi Nomura

Presidents:

Mike Thompson: Rookie of the Season -

Neil Jacobs

Warren Herring Player of the Season -

Shane Iversen

Sevens:

Bays Foundations: Most promising player -

Werner Van Staden

RJM Bennett Cup: Most Valuable Player -

Jacob Milham

We have some Bays men running out at North Harbour Stadium tomorrow for the annual North Harbour Knights v Presidents XV kicking off at 12pm. Congratulations to the following Pressie players that will be representing Bays for the Presidents XV.
Congratulations and good luck to Mike Barron, Donovan Sargeant, Will Masters & Shane Iversen.
They’ll be up against some Bays old boys in the Knights squad with the likes of Regan Tamihere, Cory Aporo & Rhys Bennett with Bruce Mitchinson & Slade McFarland as Knights Support crew and Pete Jenkins as the Presidents XV manager. Go Bays! 👊🏻💚🖤🏉

🏉 East Coast Bays Senior Prizegiving – Tonight! 🏆

Join us as we celebrate the achievements, milestones, and memories of the 2026 season.

📅 Tonight – Friday 4 September
🕠 Doors open: 5:30pm
🕕 Prizegiving starts: 6:00pm

We look forward to seeing everyone for a fantastic night of recognition and celebration! 🏆🏆🏆

LOST PROPERTY – LAST CHANCE!
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As the rugby season wraps up this week, it’s your last chance to collect any lost property.

There’s a huge amount of lost items, so please take a moment this week to check the lost property shelves in the clubroom entrance and see if any of the items belong to you.

Anything left unclaimed after the season will be donated to the local shop.

THE DANSUN MEMORIAL J6 FESTIVAL – 2026

What an incredible day at Windsor Park for our inaugural Dansun Memorial J6 Festival!

A huge thank you to all 10 teams who joined us from across the North Harbour rugby community. The rugby was fantastic, but even more importantly, the day was filled with teamwork, courage, respect, positivity and great sportsmanship.

Congratulations to Silverdale Red, our 2026 Festival Champions!

A very special congratulations to Kumeu, recipients of the Dansun Spirit Award, recognising the team that truly demonstrated the values at the heart of this festival:

💚 Rugby
💚 Community
💚 Positivity
💚 Respect

Thank you to every player, coach, manager, referee, parent, caregiver and supporter who helped create such a positive atmosphere throughout the day.

We’re also incredibly grateful to the many volunteers who gave up their time to set up fields, keep scores, sound the ho**er, provide first aid, coordinate the day, and take care of all the little jobs behind the scenes. Events like this simply don’t happen without people willing to pitch in.

Most importantly, thank you to Dan’s family for allowing us to honour his memory in this way. We hope the festival reflected the loyalty, kindness, positivity and passion for rugby that Dan brought to the Bays community.

We’re so proud of what was created today and grateful to everyone who helped make the first Dansun Memorial J6 Festival such a special occasion.

Family • Community • Team First • Fair Play • Fun • Excellence

GO BAYS 🏉💚🖤💚🏉

THE DANSUN MEMORIAL J6 FESTIVAL

This Sunday, 23rd August, we come together for a very special day at Bays Rugby — the first Dansun Memorial J6 Festival, honoring our much-loved Bays clubman, Dan “Dansun” Arakawa. 💚🖤

With teams from across our union joining us, it promises to be a fantastic day of junior rugby, friendship, fun and community.

💚 First kick-off: 9.30am
🏉 10 J6 teams
🏆 Prizegiving: 12pm

We’d love to see our Bays members, friends, supporters and the wider rugby community come along, cheer on the kids and be part of this special inaugural tournament.

Most importantly, it’s a day to honour Dan and the positivity, kindness and passion for rugby that he brought to our club and rugby community.

Come down, support the teams, enjoy the rugby and help us make the first Dansun Memorial a day to remember. 💚🖤💚

Expressions of Interest - Senior Coaching Roles 2027
East Coast Bays are seeking expressions of interest for various coaching roles for the 2027 season. We are recruiting across all senior grades, U19, U21, U85, Premier 2, Premier 1.
If you are passionate about developing rugby players, creating a strong team culture and being part of the Bays Rugby community, then we'd love to hear from you. Coaches interested in a senior role are invited to submit an Expression of Interest via the link below:

https://forms.gle/nRNDtUSkJSfxLCvr6