Glenora Bears

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Glenora Bears
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Club information
Full nameGlenora Bears Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)Ora
ColoursBlue/White
Founded1931;93 years ago (1931)
Current details
Ground(s)
  • Harold Moody Park
Coach Tony Benson
CaptainPhil Kingi
Competition Auckland Rugby League
Records
Premierships1962, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017
Minor premierships 1982, 1988, 1998, 1999
Roope Rooster1960, 1978, 1999, 2017
Stormont Shield1960, 1962, 2011
Sharman Cup1971, 1985, 1996

The Glenora Bears are a rugby league football club based in Glen Eden, New Zealand who compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition.

Contents

History

The Glenora Bears club rooms in Harold Moody Park, Glen Eden 20230113 195742 Glenora Bears Clubrooms.jpg
The Glenora Bears club rooms in Harold Moody Park, Glen Eden

The club was established in 1931 when the Auckland Rugby League Junior Management Committee accepted their application for membership in June of that year whereby they would enter a team in the Third Grade intermediate competition. [1] Clubs had previously existed in the Glen Eden and New Lynn areas and played under those names and in 1929 the two clubs amalgamated to form Glen Lynn. Glenora lost their first ever match versus Akarana 0–16 at Glen Eden. [2] The club is based at Harold Moody Park in Glen Eden. [3]

Their first ever grade win came in 1935 when they won the Hospital Cup for winning the 4th grade competition. In 1962, Glenora tied with Eastern United in the Fox Memorial Grand Final. In 1975, the club controversially signed All Black Joe Karam, then one of the All Black's major players. [3]

The first time the club won the Fox Memorial outright was in 1997. [3] Glenora repeated this in 1998 and 1999. Between 2000 and 2005 they competed in the national Bartercard Cup.

They won the Fox Memorial in 2017, 18 years since their last title. [4] In 2022 Glenora lost the final to Point Chevalier Pirates 14-12.

Notable players

The following is a list of Glenora Bears players who went on to represent New Zealand and the years in which they did so. [5]

Bartercard Cup

The Bears competed in the Bartercard Cup between 2000 and 2005.

The Bears were probably the least successful of all the Auckland stand alone clubs in the competition, only making the play-offs in 2000 and never really posing a serious threat to the championship in their six-year Bartercard Cup history.

They were the only Waitakere City team in the competition and were replaced by the Waitakere Rangers, a franchise that represented all five Waitakere clubs.

Glenora Bears Senior Team Records (1931-33, 1982, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-05 & 2020-2023)

The season record for the most senior men’s team in the club including lower grade teams.

SeasonGradeNamePldWDLPFPAPDPtsPosition (Teams)
1931 3rd Grade IntermediateGlen Ora700503744808th of 8
1932 3rd Grade OpenGlen Ora1220719108-8946th of 7
1933 3rd Grade OpenGlen Ora145041024755105th of 8
19821st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears251708512374138%34Won Rukutai Shield
19881st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears141103379194195.4%221st of 8
PlayoffsGlenora Bears21011622--Won SF, lost GF to Te Atatu 16-22
19891st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears144010361359100.6%87th of 8
19901st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears2110110474418113.4%114th of 8
PlayoffsGlenora Bears10011837--L 18-37 v Ōtāhuhu in minor SF
19921st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears18211521541651.7%59th of 10
19931st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears18401437843786.5%114th of 8
19941st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears22511643160271.6%1112th of 12
2000Bartercard CupGlenora Bears221309608519117.1%265th of 12
PlayoffsGlenora Bears1001??--lost elimination play off
2001Bartercard CupGlenora Bears22901363067593.3%189th of 12
2002Bartercard CupGlenora Bears1652939451576.5%128th of 12
2003Bartercard CupGlenora Bears16511045851489.1%118th of 12
2004Bartercard CupGlenora Bears16331034153064.3%911th of 12
2005Bartercard CupGlenora Bears16411138848679.8%910th of 12
2020Fox PremiershipGlenora Bears8305172164104.9%910th of 12, season cancelled after round 8 (Covid)
2021Fox Prem Phase 1Glenora Bears111001312212147.2%202nd of 12
Fox Prem Phase 2Glenora Bears7502174144120.8%102nd of 8, season cancelled prior to playoffs (Covid)
2022 1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears980147276621.1%161st of 9 in sect. 1
PlayoffsGlenora Bears32016642--W v Te Atatu 26-12 in QF, W v Otahuhu 26-18 in SF, L v Pt Chev 14-12 in GF.
2023 Fox QualifyingGlenora Bears3102667983.54%23rd of 4 in Pool C
1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)Glenora Bears1140717625668.75%89th of 12
1931-33, 1982, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-2005, +2020-23TOTAL466213152281098210007-435

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  2. ↑ "League Replay". Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 133. 8 June 1931. p. 12. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
  3. 1 2 3 Logan, Innes (2009). "Game On". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 418. ISBN   9781869790080.
  4. ↑ "Glenora power past Pt Chevalier to claim SAS Fox Memorial Premiership title". www.aucklandleague.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
  5. ↑ "Glenora's Kiwis". Sportsground. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
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