OTML Tabubil Cats Schoolboys win Plate at Scots College 7s

The young cubs of Tabubil – the Ok Tedi Mining Limited Tabubil Cats Schoolboys Rugby Team successfully returned from Sydney on Monday 1st April after winning the Plate Final in the Scots College Schoolboy Rugby Sevens tournament held in Sydney, Australia during the Easter weekend on 30th March.

The OTML Schoolboys defeated Sydney’s Cranbrook School 38-5 in what was an entertaining and hard-fought final.

OTML Schoolboys Results - Investec Scots College Schoolboys Sevens 2013

Tour Number: 13
Date: March 30, 2013
Venue: Scots College, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Plate Winners

Team:

Shane Haro (Captain), Ezekiel Toma (Vice Captain), Sauto Yokim, Gino Steven, Jefferson Francis, Karl Wanjiman, David Iveho, Issachar Kara, Salaiau Manoi, Jim Gissua, Shane Auakai, Varo Jimmy (non-travelling), Phillip Kautete (Liaison Officer), Anthony Aruha (Coach), Vuvu Ruing (Assistant Coach), Kelly Kesawe (Manager).

Scots College Schoolboys Rugby Sevens Results

POOL

	POOL A	POOL B	POOL C	POOL D
1	PNBHS	NZ RIVERVIEW	LLOYD MCD	SCOTS
2	BRISBANE SHS	WESTFIELDS	ARANMORE CC	OTML PNG
3	CANBERRA GS	ERINDALE	CRANBROOK	ST STANNIES

The Lloyd McDermott Development Team are Cup Champions of the Schoolboy Rugby Sevens 2013!

This year’s win over The Scots College makes it back to back wins for the Lloyd McDermott Development Team who combined speed and skill to overcome the host team.

Sydney delivered the perfect Easter Saturday for this third Schoolboy Rugby Sevens. An exciting line up, including international newcomers from New Zealand, Palmerston North Boys High, and Papua New Guinea, OTML Schoolboys, promised a day filled with great rugby. Closer to home, Western Australia was represented for the first time with a team from Aranmore Catholic College, joining Queensland, NSW and ACT teams in the Sydney tournament.

2013 Port Douglas Sevens Champions

The OTML Tabubil Cats are the champions of the 2013 Port Douglas Sevens, having just returned from the tournament which was held on February 23rd.

The tournament is into its third year but this was the first appearance by the Cats, and the second leg of their annual Australian Rugby Tour. Fourteen teams assembled at the Sporting Complex on Port Street for the one-day tourney to battle for the cup and $2500 in cash. Despite the wet weather conditions, the games went ahead as scheduled and showcased great rugby.


Cats' Results - Port Douglas Rugby Sevens 2013

Tour Number: 12
Date: February 23, 2013
Venue: Sporting Complex, Port Douglas, Queensland, Australia

Cup Winners

Team:
John Tomba (Captain), Oala Rarua (Co-Vice Captain), Harold Bobo (Co-Vice Captain), Joel Poia, Izrael Lingham, Stanley Lingham, Elisha Lanis, Bubac Wakpi, Jack Tony, George Vanua, Gabbie Waim, Paul Yaglkop, Mark Kore, Anthony Aruha (Coach), Kelly Kesawe (Manager).

Cats' Results - Fi-Ta Bondi Tens 2013

Tour Number: 11
Date: February 9-10, 2013
Venue: Woollahara Colleagues Rugby Football Club, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Team:
John Tomba (Captain), Ryan Sambath (Co-Vice Captain), Harold Bobo (Co-Vice Captain), Lawrence Bannah, Oala Rarua, Joel Poia, Izrael Lingham, Christian Aruha, Richard Mabiria, Paul Marita, Elisha Lanis, Bubac Wakpi, Jack Tony, Ken Ray, Samuel Hageyo, Nolen Aeno, Samson Kale, Gabbie Waim, Andrew Vaso, Simon Hageyo (Photographer), Anthony Aruha (Coach), Kelly Kesawe (Manager).

Tabubil Cats sink their claws into Australian rugby tournaments

Our Exploration Drilling team recently chalked up its hat-trick as a major sponsor of the Tabubil Cats Rugby Union Club, giving the team the opportunity to compete in some of Australian rugby’s premier tournaments.

Fresh from the recent Australian tour, Tabubil Cats Coach, Anthony Aruha, from our client Ok Tedi Mining Limited, lets the cat out of the bag regarding all the tournaments’ big hits and misses…

A squad of 21 Tabubil Cats rugby players from Papua New Guinea (PNG) recently returned from a two-week long rugby tour to Australia. The team competed in the 2012 Fi-ta Bondi Tens rugby tournament held in Bondi, Sydney, from 10–11 February and the 2012 Palm Beach Alleygator Tens tournament held on the Gold Coast from 18–19 February.