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❤️🖤 TIA PAASI MEMORIAL TROPHY❤️🖤
History has been made! For the first time ever, our Pōneke Women's Rugby team is competing in Division 1!

Huge congratulations to the team and the community that built this pathway. There are 4 games to push for the semi-finals, starting this weekend.

Appreciation post!

After yesterday's Old Timers Day, I wanted to take a moment to recognise my absolutely incredible team.

To our bar and kitchen staff – thank you so very much.

From the moment the doors opened until the last glasses were washed, you barely stopped. The bar was packed, orders kept coming, the kitchen was flat out, and yet you showed up with smiles, patience, professionalism, and an unwavering commitment to looking after everyone who walked through the door.

What people saw was great service.
What I saw was teamwork.

I saw staff jumping in wherever they were needed, supporting each other during the busiest periods, staying calm under pressure, and working tirelessly to ensure the day ran smoothly. When the queues were long and the pace was relentless, nobody complained. You simply got on with the job and delivered.

Old Timers Day is one of the most important days on the calendar for Pōneke Football Club. It's a day filled with memories, friendships, and reconnections that span generations. The atmosphere everyone enjoyed yesterday didn't just happen by chance. It was helped along by a team working incredibly hard behind the scenes to make sure people felt welcomed, fed, watered, and looked after.

As a manager, there are days when you are reminded just how lucky you are to work alongside good people. Yesterday was one of those days.

Watching the team handle a relentless day with such professionalism, humour, and care made me incredibly proud.

Thank you for giving up your weekend, for working through the rush, and for helping create a day that so many people will remember fondly.

You did yourselves and Toitū Pōneke proud. 💙

There is something so special about Old Timers Day.

For a few hours, time seems to stand still. The years disappear, old teammates become young again, and the stories start flowing as if they happened yesterday.

Saturday was about the people who have worn the Pōneke colours over the decades. The players who gave everything on the field. The coaches who believed in their teams. The volunteers who turned up week after week without recognition. The supporters who stood on the sidelines through every season, every victory, every disappointment, and every celebration.

For many, Pōneke has been more than a rugby club. It has been a second home. A place where lifelong friendships were formed, where families grew up together, where lessons were learned, and where memories were made that have lasted a lifetime.

Looking around today, it was impossible not to feel the weight of that history. The laughter, the handshakes, the stories of matches long past, and the memories of those no longer with us all served as a reminder that a club's greatest achievement isn't measured in trophies alone. It's measured in the people whose lives it touches.

To every old timer who returned yesterday, thank you for being part of the story. The legacy of Pōneke lives on through each of you, and today's club exists because of the passion, commitment and camaraderie you helped build.

The boots may have been hung up, but the connection never fades.

Once Pōneke , always Pōneke . ❤️🖤

🍗🏉 OLD TIMERS DAY SPECIAL! 🏉🍗

Heading along to Old Timers Day this Saturday at Pōneke FC?

Make sure you grab our special Pōneke Fried Chicken (PFC) Pack for just $19.96 – a nod to 30 years of memories, mates, and great rugby.

Your pack includes:
🍔 Chicken Burger
🍟 Fries
🍗 Chicken Tenders
🐔 Popcorn Chicken
🥔 Potato & Gravy
🥖 Bread Roll

Whether you're catching up with old teammates, supporting from the sidelines, or reliving the glory days, we've got lunch sorted!(limited supply)

📅 Saturday 6 June
📍 Toitū Pōneke Community & Sports Centre

Come celebrate Old Timers Day with good food, good company, and great rugby.

This weekend!