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MARK MY WORDS with Mark Geyer
The third season of the Mark
Geyer Cup has just got underway
and, well to quote the inimitable Big
Kev, “I’m excited!”
This season a total and most high
schools across the Hawkesbury and
the Nepean have entered teams in
the round-robin competition.
Hawkesbury-based schools
contesting the 2015 Mark Geyer Cup
are Hawkesbury HS, Richmond HS
and Riverstone HS.
Teams will compete in three age
divisions – under 14 years, under 16
years and open age.
Hawkesbury High will field
teams in the under 14s and opens,
Riverstone competes in the under 16s
and Richmond will contest the opens
division.
The normal number of players
in each squad is 20 so at least 540
students will be playing this year
with many of them trying their hand
at the Greatest Game of All for the
very first time.
In other tremendous news out
of the MG Cup, two of its greatest
supporters are once again delighted
to be sponsoring prizes in 2015.
Frank Meduri, the proprietor
of McDonald’s franchises at
North Penrith, North St Marys
and Cambridge Gardens will be
providing $250 cheques to the best
and fairest in the 14s, 16s and opens.
The cheques can be used by
the recipients to spend on school
equipment such as books and
uniforms.
Chris Avent, the principal at
Master Coaching Learning Centre
Penrith, is equally delighted to come
back on board this year as a sponsor
of the 2015 Mark Geyer Cup.
Chris’ college will once again
provide tutoring scholarships for
players of the series across the
under 14 years, under 15 years and
open age competitions.
Each of the scholarships involves
10 weekly tutoring lessons in
mathematics and is valued at $550.
I am thrilled that both Chris and
Frank are on-board again.
Frank and Chris’s generosity
cannot be understated.
What they are doing to help
promote rugby league and
sportsmanship is to be commended!
The MG Cup has as its prime
objectives to introduce new players
to the Greatest Game of All and
promote good sportsmanship and
citizenship.
If a kid doesn’t perform well in
the classroom or shows disrespect
to his fellow students or teachers, he
is sidelined from playing in the Mark
Geyer Cup. Each of the competitions
will be played under a round-robin
format with each of the schools
playing each other once.
The under 14s has been split into
Barrier Rise
with Tony Brassel
ALIAS: Strong
individual yet to hit peak
in sprinting assignments.
He’ll be very competitive
for Joe Pride during the
winter period.
FARE WELL: Gorgeous
sort and cruised up with
her recent heat on home
turf. Clarry Conners will place her to
advantage.
FLAMINGO STAR: Easy second
in a trial at Warwick Farm and this
import is ready to fire for Chris
Waller.
HAUSSMAN: Loved the way
strolled around behind the placings
in trial. Likely to come to hand
quickly on that performance.
NUSRAH: David
Vandyke trains this strong
looking maiden. Will be
winning one after an easy
barrier trial hit out.
ROSE OF CHOICE:
Looking good in heats at
the moment and could be
one to launch into when
produced next time. Trained by
Peter and Paul Snowden.
SHARDS: Godolphin youngster
coming off a solid trial win. Stable
usually has them ready to fire when
fresh.
SHE’S CLEAN: Needs a bit of
speed on before she’ll cut loose but
the soft trial at Warwick Farm bodes
well for future assignments.
two pools with first in pool A tackling
2nd in pool B in one semi-final and
the winner of pool B facing 2nd in
pool A in the other semi.
The victors in the semi-finals
will then clash on Mark Geyer Cup
grand finals day at Penrith’s Pepper
Stadium on June 24.
The opens will also follow a
similar format in the lead-up to
grand finals day.
In the 16s, the schools will also be
split into two pools
but because of the
big number of
entrants in this
grade, pool
winners and
runners-up
will contest a
four match semi-finals series with
the four victors then clashing the
two finals to ]\