The Seniors will be coached by Shane Enright and Dave McCrea, with Wayne Ford and Murray Walsh taking up the managers roles again.  Pre season games have been penciled in against Prebbleton, Mackenzie Country and Timaru Celtic with dates to follow later.

The Killer B's will be coached by Geoff Rowe and Chicken with the Colts being taken by Paul Hurley and Paul Morrison. We will have good numbers through the grades this year but if you want to play social rugby the Senior B's are looking for numbers and also the U18s and U16s. Any questions regarding playing/coaching contact our coaching coordinator Mark O'Grady on 0274 393 381.

Ripper rugby this year will be held at Argyle Park from 24 February - 17 March for 2hrs a evening. More details will follow.

Important dates to remember for 2009 are the annual Forceback which is on 7 March at the showground's again, so get your teams entered and when you fill out your entry forms remember to put Celtic as your affiliated team to help the club out.

Also this year in association with the Ashburton Boxing Club we are running a "fight night" to be held at the clubrooms on 6 June. A boxing ring will be erected inside the clubrooms, and will include 8 fights with registered boxers that will help them earn point/rankings towards the national boxing tournament. This night is also the night of David Tua's and Shane Cameron's "fight of the century".  So keep this night free for a night of entertainment.

The MCRU AGM is on Wednesday 25 February at 7:30pm at the showground.

Any enquiries about the above, contact Stefan Brook on 307 1072.

Next committee meeting is on 16^th February, 7:30pm.