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Thursday, 29 November, 2007

A reminder that the club's prize giving and after-match function will be held at Kenny's Bar & Grill after the Grand Final this Sunday.

There will also be an after-match function at Parrs Park run by the AAFL (a map of the grounds location is in the downloads section of our web site).
Kenny's will kick off around 6pm, food will be put on around 7pm and prize giving will start around 7.30.

The main game kicks off at 2.30pm on Sunday. There will also be 5 or 6 Saints playing in the under 17 game which starts 12pm.

Thanks to Peter Boyce for sponsoring the food at our function Saturday night. Peter also donated the bar fridge which was raffled at our quiz night.

A couple of very special Saints players will be making their final appearances for the club on the weekend.
One is retiring for good, the other is going to play AFL in Australia.

PETER BOYCE will be retiring from football after Sunday's game. Pete has done just about everything there is to do in the game in New Zealand since starting as a young fellow in Wellington.
During his many years service in the Wellington league he captained and coached the Wellington Saints to premierships. He played representative football for both Wellington and Auckland and coached the Auckland NPC team to the National title in 2006.
Since moving to Auckland in 2000 he has also given great service to the Saints and Waitakeri AAFL clubs. After playing for the Saints in 2000 Peter coached the Waitakeri team in 2001 and 2002 helping develop the strong group of players they posses today. He returned to the Saints in 2003 and was senior coach for seasons 2004, 2005 and 2006. Peter's greatest achievement so far with the Saints was being playing coach of the team that won the 2005 premiership.
It was always Peters intention to play one season of senior football with son Michael, he has not only achieved that this season but has been one of our best players week in week out. To see young Mike poll 10 votes in his first season of senior football would have made him very proud.
As well as giving up his time to the team to play and coach he has also donated the club's major raffle every season he has been involved with the club. Many of the assets the club now possesses are a result of Peter's generosity.
He is one of the best to have pulled on a jumper for the club. John Ackland talked of the need to put your head over the ball this Sunday no one does that more often than Peter.
If every Saint shows the same courage and commitment as Peter will this Sunday we will win !!

MORGAN JONES will be moving over to Queensland to play AFL with the Morningside club. Morg's started with the club in 2000 which was the year the club shed it's reliance on ex pat Aussies and starting building the team around locally developed players. He is one of the current crop of New Zealand players that form the backbone of our team and our leadership group. Morgan has not only developed outstanding skills he is a keen student and has great knowledge of the game. The club sees him as a future coach of the team.
He is a former Saints Best & Fairest winner, the current vice-captain of the New Zealand Falcons, captain of the Auckland NPC team and Saints Vice Captain. We hope that Morgan enjoys the same success in Australia as fellow Saint Matt Callaghan who after his first season with the Thornlie Lions in WA is currently doing pre-season with the South Fremantle Football club.
Everyone at the club wishes Morgan and Jo all the best for their big move across the Tasman. We look forward to having you back at the club some time in the future.

Guys, not that we should be searching for any further motivation for Sunday, but if we cannot pull out something special on the weekend for these two legends of the club then we never will.

PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SAINTS, EX- SAINTS, FRIENDS AND FAMILY MEMBERS ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND OUR AFTER-MATCH FUNCTION AND PRIZE GIVING AT KENNY'S BAR & GRILL. LET'S MAKE IT A DAY AND NIGHT TO REMEMBER..

Good luck to all the players and coaching staff on Sunday. Go hard !!!