Maheno sports club

Introduction

Maheno School 2007

I did this because I like playing rugby and I enjoy playing sports.

Colonel Nicholas donated the bowling green, where some enthusiastic locals built the bowling club and green. Originally the bowling club was handed over to the Maheno Hall Trust and still is. There was a men’s and women’s team. The woman’s team started in 1938. The bowling club closed in 1941-1949 for the war because most of the men went away to fight in World War 2. There was also an indoor bowling club in the Maheno hall and then there was the main outdoor green by the clubrooms. The indoor club at one stage had between 30-40 people playing for them.

The Maheno Rugby Club was first opened in 1896 and there were clubrooms built. They built new clubrooms in 1980 because of a flood but just after they had built the new ones there was a big flood that flooded right through the clubrooms. There is a mark on the bar where the water got up to. The old clubrooms are now the changing rooms. In 1921 Maheno Rugby Club joined the North Otago competition and won the shield. They also won in 1946 when they combined with Excelsior, 1961,1963,1989 and 1990.

In 1994 a women’s rugby team started and they played the Dunedin teams but it stopped 4 or 5 years later. These are the people from the local area who went on to play for the All Blacks: Jack Finlay, Colin Gillies, J.M Taylor, John Hotop (from Kakanui), Jeff Matheson.

Player Played for Maheno Played for the All Blacks

Jack Finlay 1930 (juniors) 1946

Colin Gillies 1938 1935

John Taylor 1938 1937

Jeff Matheson 1975 1972

John Hotop 1952

Maheno Tug of War Club

Maheno Basketball Club

Maheno Ladies Soccer Club

Maheno Ladies Hockey Club

Maheno Ladies Small-Bore Rifle Club

Maheno Miniature Rifle club