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<\/p>\nThe Kiama Men\u2019s Shed has honoured Kiama Rugby Club\u2019s 2025 premiership win – their first in 22 years – with a specially made plaque commemorating the historic victory.<\/p>\n
The presentation was held at the Men\u2019s Shed on Tuesday, where committee member Steve Dalton presented the plaque to Rugby Club president Mark Redding.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis has been a collaboration by a number of people – and \u2018collaboration\u2019 is the key word for the Men\u2019s Shed,\u201d said Dalton.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
\u201cSometimes we’re at each other’s throats, but generally it\u2019s a good collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n
Dalton thanked fellow members Ralph Steel, who designed the plaque, along with members Phil, Alan Chris, and himself for their work in bringing it to life.<\/p>\n
The plaque features the Kiama Rugby Club coat of arms, an inscription of their 2025 premiership win and a Latin phrase:<\/p>\n
“Cave tauros nigros et albos incurrentes” – which translates to: “Beware of the black and white bulls charging,” in reference to the club\u2019s colours and mascot.<\/p>\n
Crafted from Kiama red cedar using the club\u2019s new BlueCarve CNC machine, it\u2019s also the Men\u2019s Shed\u2019s first-ever 3D carving.<\/p>\n
Dalton said he hopes this marks the beginning of a long-lasting relationship between the Men\u2019s Shed and the rugby club.<\/p>\n
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The commemorative plaque created by the Kiama Men Shed<\/p>\n
\u201cWe hope this is the start of a great connection between Kiama Rugby Union Club and the Kiama Men\u2019s Shed.\u201d<\/p>\n
Redding was clearly moved by the gesture.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat\u2019s pretty spectacular,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s the first time I\u2019ve seen the finished product – aside from a little prototype Ralph showed me a few weeks ago – but it\u2019s really impressive.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019ll find a great spot for it in the clubhouse, probably next to the team photo celebrating not only the first grade premiership, but also the club championship.\u201d<\/p>\n
The connection between the two clubs is already strong, with many Men\u2019s Shed members being former Kiama rugby players. Redding joked he may soon be joining their ranks.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m getting closer to Men\u2019s Shed age myself,\u201d he laughed. \u201cI retired last year, so I might be seeing more of you fellas soon.\u201d<\/p>\n
The presentation concluded with Men\u2019s Shed member Ian Yebbsley thanking Redding for his past support.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhen Mark retired, he donated all the hardware from his workshop to us – so we just want to thank you for that, Mark,\u201d Yebbsley said.<\/p>\n
The presentation was a fitting tribute to a historic season for Kiama Rugby Club.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Kiama Men\u2019s Shed has honoured Kiama Rugby Club\u2019s 2025 premiership win – their first in 22 years…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":170051,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[64,63,760,85],"class_list":["post-170050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-rugby","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170050"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170050\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170051"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}