Small Blacks – Paraparaumu College Hi all, Just a quick reminder that Small Blacks is being held this Sunday at the Paraparaumu College Pavillion, starting at 10am. Small Blacks is a compulsory course for all Junior Rugby coaches. There is also a Small Blacks course in Levin on 19th April. There is also a police…

Did you know???? Hi all, Did you know there is five months until the Pink Batts Heartland Championship kicks off? Horowhenua Kapiti will be hosting local rivals Wanganui, who will be looking for some revenge after last year’s fixture in Wanganui. In 2014, Horowhenua Kapiti travelled to Cooks Garden in Wanganui, coming away with not…

Hurricanes training in Shannon – Change of date   Hello All,   We have received news from the Hurricanes today that the date of the Hurricanes training in Shannon has been changed from Wednesday the 8th of April, to Friday the 10th of April.   Unfortunately, there has been a scheduling change for the Hurricanes players…

Hurricanes to train in Shannon The Hurricanes are set to train at the Shannon Domain on Friday 10th April. The Hurricanes have got off to an undefeated start to 2015, with four wins from four games putting them top of the NZ Conference. The time and running order of the session is yet to be…

Four months to go!!! It felt like yesterday that the six months to go post was written!!  We have been working closely with the Hawkes Bay Rugby Union, and unfortunately the date of the Ranfurly Shield Challenge has been changed to Thursday the 16th of July, from the original date of Friday the 17th of…

Strapping Course The Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Union held a strapping course last Thursday at Levin College Old Boys rugby clubrooms. The strapping course gave our Club and Secondary School coaches, managers and strappers a general understanding of how to strap some of the common injuries in rugby. A massive thank you to our Heartland physio,…

Girls Skills Workshop  Last Wednesday, the Horowhenua Kapiti Rugby Union held a Girls Skills Workshop at Playford Park. The aim of the workshop was to help develop the basic skills of our female players. We were lucky enough to have three Manawatu Women’s 7’s players, Crystal Mayes, Ebony Low and Rebekah Tufuga, help run the…