CLUB DRAW
The next club draw takes place tomorrow evening – Friday, 28th August and there is R5100.00 to be won.
Remember you have to be there to win.
We will start as soon as the announcement of the Springbok Rugby World Cup has concluded.
SPRINGBOK RUGBY WORLD CUP SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT
The Springbok squad for this year’s Rugby World Cup will be named at a hotel in Durban on Friday (August 28) at 18:00.
The squad for the showpiece event in England and Wales will consist of 31 players.
The Springboks are in Pool B along with Japan, Samoa, Scotland and the USA. They start their campaign against the Brave Blossoms in Brighton on September 19.
Should South Africa win Pool B, they will face the runner-up of Pool A, which could possibly be Australia, England or Wales.
If the Boks reach the semi-finals, the All Blacks would in all likelihood be their opponents.
Pirates will be screening this live in our main bar before the club draw.
CRICKET SEASON 2015/2016
Registration for the 2015/2016 cricket season
Please note practices are every Tuesday and Thursday from 16h00 – 18h00. The season starts in October. Contact Matt Parr 073 003 3547 for any extra details you may need.
PIRATES COMEDY EVENING
PIRATES RUGBY
JUNIOR RUGBY FIXTURES ON SATURDAY AT PIRATES:
FIELD A
08h00 – Pirates u10 vs. Khosa u10
08h45 – Khosa u11 vs. Pirates u11
11h00 – Pirates u11 vs. Khosa u11
FIELD B
09H30 – Pirates u9 vs. Khosa u9
11h00 – Pirates u8 vs. Khosa u8
PIRATES VS WANDERERS THIS WEEKEND
FIXTURES:
Mandalas – 12h00
3rds & u21s – 13h15
2nds & u19s – 14h40
1st Team – 16h00
It’s the Joburg derby this weekend. The 2 oldest clubs in Joburg meet in Greenside this weekend as Pirates take on Wanderers. It is a full day of club rugby that kicks off in the morning with Pirates youth rugby. The main game is at 16:00 and it WILL be a cracker. There is something for everyone on Saturday so bring the family and come down to the club. COME AND SUPPORT THE LADS!!
Pirates World Cup Rugby Superbru
Please join our Pirates Superbru Competition by clicking here and joining the fun.
It will cost you R200.00 to enter. The winner takes half the pool and the other half is used as a Fundraiser for the club
Please deposit your money into the Pirates Bank Account details below:
Name: Pirates Sports Club
Bank: FNB
Branch: Northcliff – 253 705
Acc No: 503 317 54785
Ref: Name and Superbru
We really do look forward to your support.
HOCKEY
Fixtures for this weekend
30/08/2015
-LADIES
8:15 am Pirates Women C vs MCC Women F @ Northcliff High School
-MEN
12:45 pm UJ Men D vs Pirates Men A @ UJ
12:45 pm Pirates Men B vs MCC Men E @ Northcliff High School
9:45 am KHOSA Men vs Pirates Men C @ KHS
Upcoming playoff fixtures for ladies Prem/reserve promotion/relegation:
Please come support the Pirates 1st team ladies in their playoff matches as they try to keep their spot in the premier league. They will be playing 3 matches where the worst performing team will be relegated to reserve league. The would really like to keep their Prem spot and would appreciate as much support as possible for the games:
Thursday 10 Sept 18:30 versus Khosa A at Randburg
Saturday 5 Sept 17:15 versus NWU Vaal A at Randburg
Sunday 6 Sept 9:45 versus MCC A at Randburg
FUNDRAISING AND SOCIALS:
CRUISE SHIP PARTY – Ladies 1st team
Please book your tickets and getting friends to come down and support the Pirates ladies A team’s fundraiser – Cruise Ship Party THIS Sat 29 August. We are visiting 5 countries on the trip with a drink, snacks and a game at each country and a dinner. Look out for our captains, lifeguards and cruise ship attendants who may have some shooters and surprises for you along the way.
Please RSVP to your team captains or someone from the 1st team if you would like to buy a ticket and come join the fun. If you are unsure of who to contact please email PiratesFundraiser@gmail.com 
HOCKEY YEAR END DINNER AND AWARDS EVENING
This is an important evening to end off the winter season and to hand out the team and club awards – it is a dinner, themed dress up and party all in one and is always a fantastic evening. The more people from each team that come to hockey dinner, the more fun that team and everyone has on the evening.
Please will everyone book the evening of Sat 12th September in their diary for the year end dinner.
Further details about cost will be sent out at a later date but please see the save the date below
BARNYARD CRESTA – 50 Carat Gold – Hockey Club Fundraiser
Please book the date of Friday 23rd October in your diary to attend the Barnyard fundraiser and start getting everyone involved to book tables so we can make this a massive event. I know it is early to think about October but we have booked the date well in advance so people can put this date in their diary to support the Pirates Hockey Fundraiser.
The show is 50 Carat Gold which is top songs from all the decades – so this show caters for all ages.
Barnyard fundraisers have in the past been very eventful evenings for Pirates with lots of fun being had and many spending the rest of the evening together in Greenside afterwards.
These fundraisers help to keep our fees down so please could everyone make an effort to sell as many tickets as possible.
Tickets are R180 each.
Yes – this is in the playoffs of Rugby World Cup but there are NO RWC MATCHES that evening so you won’t miss any of the RWC action by coming to our fundraiser.
Please will everyone ask their friends, family and colleagues and come join us for an amazing night!
PIRATES CRAFT BEER CLUB
We stock the most delicious craft beer at Pirates
We’d like to introduce you to our new Craft Beer Sundays at Pirates…starting from the 6th of September
GYM SPECIALS FOR PIRATES MEMBERS
PIRATES RUGBY
Pirates stayed in front of the chasing pack when they narrowly beat Raiders 27-23 at Longdale last Saturday and it seems that their derby against Wanderers could decide the top open club in the league.
As the score suggests it was a close game which was determined by a kick or two with both sides struggling in this department.
Both Pirates and Raiders scored four tries to record a bonus point in a game in which Duncan Delport again stood out head and shoulders, particularly in defence.
Pirates build up an early 15-0 cushion before Raiders caught up and coach Brad Wilkin feels that his forwards got the ascendancy as the match progressed.
With former Raiders loosie Ben Sekgobela at lock Pirates enjoyed their first 100 percent lineout success of the season but the scrums were more even.
The Rats had a golden 20 minutes after the break and Sheldon Williamson made an impact from the bench and set up winger Jama Ntengo’s try.
The Raiders back three were however threatening throughout the game and Tshepo Mooki became the top try-scorer in the league with another brace.
Scorers:
Pirates: Tries: Dave Turnbull, Dudley Stead, Jama Ntengo, Martin Scheepers. Conversions: Hanco Deale (2). Strafdoel: Deale.
Raiders: Tries: Tshepo Mooki (2), Gardener Nechironga, Dewald van Deventer. Penalty: Arno Coetzee.
Pirates take on PUKKE this Friday for a semi final spot. We take on PUKKE this Friday night to secure that spot.
If you haven’t been down this season yet then its about time you – Come Down and Support the Lads!!
Pirates take on Wanderers on the 29th of August at Pirates. Save the date!
CURRIE CUP
PIRATES WORLD CUP RUGBY SUPERBRU
Please join our Pirates Superbru Competition by clicking on the link below and joining the fun.
http://www.superbru.com/club/piratessportsclub
It will cost you R200.00 to enter. The winner takes half the pool and the other half is used as a Fundraiser for the club
Please deposit your money into the Pirates Bank Account details below:
Name – Pirates Sports Club
Bank – FNB
Branch – Northcliff – 253 705
Acc No – 503 317 54785
Ref- Name and Superbru
We really do look forward to your support
PIRATES CRAFT BEER CLUB
We stock the most delicious craft beer at Pirates
We’d like to introduce you to our new Craft Beer Sundays at Pirates…starting from the 6th of September
SPECIALS THIS WEEKEND
Buy 5 ice cold Wellington & Cola’s for R100 and get the 6th on free. (Members & Non-Members)
Double Klipdrift and Coke only R30 for Non-Members. Members R28.
Buy a Mitchell’s Forester Lager 500ml at R20 for Members & R23 for Non-Members the whole weekend.
CLUB DRAW SPECIAL
Buy a Castle Lite 500ml Draught at R23 for Members Only on Friday night only.
FROM THE KITCHEN
Grab a plate of Nacho’s for R40
Chicken Schnitzel, Chips & Salad for R65
PIRATES DEVELOPMENT PLANS
You will be aware of the Pirates Development Plan which was implemented last year.
An update on the progress of the Plans approved by the Club Council to date:
- New POS system installed and paid up member pricing benefits implemented
- Interior revamp in process with the increase of serving area to meet growing demand, in process. The bar counter moves across a reasonably ‘dead’ area of the lounge to give staff more work and service area, plus add the opportunity to serve members and guests from outside as well. There will be more work done in this project, including extending the deck in due course as funds allow (or sponsors step up to the Rats plate!).
- Security upgrade with new high tech mesh security fencing to be installed this year (a formal announcement to follow acknowledging the great input from various members and the supplier/installer).
- Improvement of the parking lot to be undertaken shortly (again a formal announcement of acknowledgement to follow)
- Hockey Astro upgrade in process…. hopefully some exciting news still this year (the largest project by far as the cost is in excess of R5m)
- Upgrade of catering facilities and services in discussion process… watch this space
WE NEED YOUR HELP:
We need YOU to volunteer to be part of making one of the approved Plans come to fruition…..
FROM THE OFFICE
LADIES DAY LUNCH
The Club would like to thank everyone who supported our lunch on Saturday. It was a massive success and much fun was had by all the Ladies.
Our Guest Speaker Mandy Ramsden was terrific and kept the ladies quiet for over an hour which is no mean feat!
We raised money for Pirates and for the Guild Cottage which was fantastic and this is all due to the generosity of all our guests.
Thank you so much to Jeanne and Cheryl Van Kerckhoven for all the hard work on the décor, the Main Bar was transformed. To all the other ladies, Hayley, Pippa, Glynis Mauldon and Nadine Robertson thank you so much for all their hard work in making it such a success. You ladies ROCK and the Club would not survive without this wonderful volunteer work.
Looking forward to seeing everyone again next year – watch the space for something fantastic once again!!!
A MESSAGE FROM NON
I am sure many of you have seen the changes to bar – these are looking great and will make a huge difference to serving behind the bar and avoiding our guests having to wait too long for drinks when the Club is very busy, like the weekend when the Rugby Boys take on Wanderers.
Change is always good and the Main Bar is really looking fantastic now – thanks very much to Clem Jenje who did all the hard work for us in 3 days.
Please can I encourage our members to join our RWC Superbru – this is such fun , you get a chance to win money and so does the Club make some money so it is a win all round and you have fun with it. Please click on the link and sign uphttp://www.superbru.com/club/piratessportsclub
See you all this weekend
STAFF MEMBER OF THE WEEK
We’d like to introduce you to one of staff members – Elizabeth.
Elizabeth is one of the hardest working cleaning ladies. She does a stellar job around Pirates.
Elizabeth started working at Pirates in the gym last year March and then from this year February, Non moved her up to the main club. She said she is eternally grateful for her job and loves Non & Trishy for helping her get this job.
Elizabeth is married as has 3 kids aged 6, 14 & 23.
For fun she goes to church which she loves with all her heart.
Please say hi to her the next time you see her.
PIRATES SHOP
Here is what’s on special through the Pirates shop this week:
The running vests will be delivered by the 10th September 2015.
These are the sizes that will be coming in, they are R 225
Running vests ladies:
– Small x 10
– Medium x 10
– Large x 5
Running vests men:
– Small x 5
– Medium x 10
– Large x 10
– X Large x 5
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SAVE THE DATE
Club Draw – Friday 28th August
Craft Beer Sundays – Sunday 6th September
Comedy Evening – Friday 11th September
Rugby World Cup Springbok Game – Saturday 19th September
CLUB CARDS
If you haven’t already collected your club card, please arrange to collect it from the office.
Please also note that from the 1st of July you can only load money onto your card via EFT or credit card, no more cash will be accepted.
The following people still need to collect their cards:
Z
Hanno Zeeman
Jubz Zulu
NOW AT PIRATES GYM!
