Welcome to the home of the Gordon Stags
Golden Oldies Rugby Union.
We are the official Golden Oldies team of the
Gordon Highlanders, dedicated to continuing the traditions and promotion of the game of rugby not to mention a bit of fun,
friendship and fraternity, as well as a few beers, along the way.
We are always looking for, and welcome, new players. So whether your a Gordon Old Boy or not, if your over 35 and would love a game of rugby please Contact Us and we'll be only too happy to welcome you aboard. Alternatively, the Gordon Stags man the BBQ at all the Gordon home games so come along have a beer and talk to one of the players to find out what it's all about.
Why wait, subscribe to our
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Membership today!!
To learn more about us read about our History and be sure to check out the latest
News & Events and upcoming
Matches.
For all your Gordon Highlander and Gordon Stags gear you know where to shop,
Our Shop.
March 2008
World Golden Oldies
Festival
The Scotland trip
will soon be upon us and we've updated all the details of the
festival and pre-tour organised by the Gordon Stags.
We've managed to
get a great deal with
International Sports Tours
that not only gives us an extra night on the pre tour but also
reduces the cost from the originally quoted $5,900 to give everyone
more bang for their buck, here's the details;
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SPECIAL OFFER!!! -
MATES RATES!!!
Okay, before I
start let me preface this by saying it is going to be an advertorial
but this is one with a difference. In this one we both get
something.
The Gordon Stags
website is hosted through
Smarty Host. We've
got a great offer that has us hosted for the next 20 years for a one
off cost including all their power tools like the Photo Gallery,
Shop and Blog. I'm going to see about using the Blog during the
Festival to give all those at home daily updates.
So why am I
telling you this?
They have a
special offer called MATES RATES and we all know what that
means...........yep, discounts for our friends. The best part about
this off though is that we get a kick back too.
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September 2007
Deposits Now Due
For World Golden Oldies Festival
Scotland is only 12 months away
and we need to confirm our participation at the festival and secure
our accommodation. As you can imaging the cheap seats are selling
fast.
At this time we have budget
estimates, it's pretty hard to get tour companies and airlines to
confirm prices 12 months out. We will have final prices and
confirmation of the pre-tour by 1st December 2007.
Deposit Payable is $500.00 per person
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Someone Remembers !!!!
We finally found someone who
hasn't got Old Timers Disease or killed too many brain cells during
their Rugby tours to provide us with a history, and photos, of the
Gordon Stags from the start. As the Stags were formed for the first
Golden Oldies Festival we've added the story to our
History Page.
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April 2007
Players Insurance
With the season underway it's
timely to remind players of the importance of being covered by
players insurance, just ask Matt Prowse.
Each year the club plays an annual
premium to cover all playing members of the Gordon Stags. The $5.00
paid at each game by the players is a contribution towards this
premium and does not automatically ensure coverage.
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World Golden Oldies Festival Edinburgh, Scotland
Planning for the Edinburgh
Festival is well underway with various options for the pre-tour
being looked at. All these are aimed at reducing the overall cost.
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April Pheatured Photo
With the season underway some
great shots are being taken of the games thanks to our unofficial
photographer. Be sure to check out all the great action shots from
our
2007 Photo Album. It was a close call for the Pheatured
Photo this month with plenty to choose from. With some good games of
Rugby being played we thought it more fitting to show one of the
great photos of the boys in action.
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ACT Game Report
For our usual first game of the
season a group of Stags made the trip down the Hume Highway to the
ACT to play in the annual April Fools Day Tournament hosted by ACT
Veterans Rugby....
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Eastwood Game Report
The Eastwood Rugby
club had a very special day to celebrate 60 years since their first
game in the competition, which was against Gordon, and also 50 years
since the first televised game against Gordon. On the Saturday 7th
April 2007, Eastwood also played Gordon, which was very appropriate.
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Warringah
Game Report
Another great game of Rugby played in
the sunshine at Chatswood as we lined up against the Warringah
Wrinkled Rats.
Due to a referee not
being arranged for the match, just whose job is that?, Bob
Lollback, Matt Prowse and Karl Houghton took turns at controlling the
game with some fairly loose, some would say strange, interpretations
of the rules.
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Collaroy & Engadine Game Report
Collaroy & Engadine made the trip to
Chatswood on Sunday 22nd April for a game played in sunshine and
light rain that caused a lot of greasy ball action loved by all the
old forwards.
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ACT Post Game Function
As
part of the April Fools Day Tournament the ACT Veterans arrange
accommodation at the Olims Hotel Canberra and host the post game
function there. It's a great opportunity to get together with all
the other players from parts far and wide to swap stories and have a
few drinks.
The cost of this function is by donation and all funds raised on the
night go toward the
George Gregan Foundation which builds playgrounds for children
in hospitals around Australia. On the night $750.00 was raised and a
cheque presented to Mr & Mrs Gregan (George's Mum & Dad). ...
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February 2007
Newsletters
Our first
newsletter hit email and letter boxes in February and has been an
instant success. Each month we'll bring you the news on upcoming and
past matches and events as well as general information to keep all
the Stags in the loop.
Hope you enjoy the
newsletters and if you have anything
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World Golden Oldies Festival Scotland
The Scotland trip
will soon be upon us and we've arranged a payment plan for those
wanting to confirm their intention to go and make it a bit easier on
the pocket when the time comes.
The tour will cost
a total of approximately
AUD$5,900 per person including a 7 day pre tour
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Pheatured Photo
The Photo Gallery
is growing all the time and we've received some great photos.
Each month in our newsletter we'll show a Pheatured Photo from our
growing library of fond memories.
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Pre Season BBQ - 25th March
2007
With the season just about to
start what better excuse is there than a BBQ to get all the guys and
their families together for some "bonding". .......
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January 2006
On to Scotland 2008
With the end of the Wellington Festival it's time
to plan for the next. John Finch has already sent in our registration
and plans are underway for fund raising activities.
The festival will be held in September 2008 and the
trip includes a pre-tour for 7 days .......
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December 2006
Biennial Elections Held
As is usual after the World Golden Oldies
Festival the Gordon Stags Golden Oldies Committee meet to hold the
biennial (fancy word meaning every two years) elections to appoint
new committee members.
This year Bob Lollback was elected President. Bob
has been playing ........
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November 2006 
World Golden Oldies Festival 2006
The Gordon Stags attended the World Golden Oldies
Festival in Wellington, New Zealand, and were greeted in fine style
on a cold rainy day that left no doubt as to how the names "Windy
Wellington" or "The Land of The Long White Cloud" came about. Though
small on numbers we were big on enthusiasm and eager to get the
festival under way.
The festival began with the opening ceremony,
unfortunately because of the weather .........
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