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It’s been five years since Silverdale Rugby Club held one of its popular fundraising luncheons and the club hopes for a great turnout when the event returns on May 3.
Club chair Terry Wilson says the fundraisers were started in 2003 by championship winning Premier coach Charlie McAlister, and proved an instant hit with the Hibiscus Coast public, selling out every year.
He says the luncheons ceased in 2014 because it was proving difficult to find volunteers to run them.
However, this year the Silverdale Old Boys have picked up the baton.
Proceeds from the lunch and auction will go to the club’s building project as well as its Endowment Trust. “Anyone driving past the club in recent months will have seen the major redevelopment of the clubhouse, so we are hoping to be able to generate some healthy funds to assist with that,” Terry says.
Guest speaker will be renowned sports journalist and broadcaster Phil Gifford (aka Loosehead Len).
Tickets are $100 per head and include buffet lunch and some complimentary beverages. Corporate tables are also available.
Up for grabs at the post-lunch auction are some special items, including a limited edition Mohammed Ali montage, a luxury lodge escape, coastal holiday home breaks and a 7-day campervan hire.
Tickets from the club manager, phone 426 5602 or email manager@silverdalerugby.co.nz
