Club History
The idea to formulate the Clovelly Club was confirmed at a meeting in 1961 chaired by Wally Meager, then president of the Randwick Rugby Club. Both Bill Marchant, who remained as President for 10 years and our first Life Member in 1971 and Tony Blomberg (then president of Coogee and also of Easts/Randwick Juniors) were instrumental in helping create the new Clovelly Junior Rugby Football Club.
In 1962 the Club fielded a single Under 10 team. The next season this grew to five teams and by 1969 there were 11 teams. The original jersey was black and white hoops with a red eagle and ball motif but these colours changed soon after to blue and white. The motto “Play to win….Learn to Lose” has never changed and a Club song was introduced in 1967. Training was initially at Coogee Oval but switched to Burrows Park and to this day the Eagles train at Burrows.
The Club has continued to grow over the years and remains one of the premier village clubs in Randwick Junior Rugby. In season 2015 Clovelly fielded 22 teams from U6s to U16s. In season 2025, Clovelly fielded 23 teams from U6 to U12. And in season 2026, we fielded a record 30 teams from U6 to U12, with 367 registered players and 142 registered volunteers.
Some of the great names in Australian rugby have played for the Eagles. They include Gary Ella, Chris Whitaker, Shawn Mackay, Eddie Jones, Shaun Foley, Morgan Turinui, Tim Clark, Ben O’Donnell, Jason Jones-Hughes and two current Wallabies Tom Wright and Ben Donaldson.
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Club Presidents
| 1962-1970 | Bill Marchant |
| 1971-1976 | Rex Coventry |
| 1977-1980 | Barry Johnson |
| 1981-1983 | Robert Morris |
| 1984 | Stan Ball |
| 1985-1988 | Ron Lanham |
| 1989 | Ken Robinson |
| 1990-1994 | Graham Geering |
| 1995-1996 | Pat Thompson |
| 1997 | Graham Geering |
| 1998-1999 | Glen Fitzpatrick |
| 2000-2001 | Glen Joseph |
| 2002 | Graham Andrews |
| 2004-2005 | Mick O’Connor |
| 2006-2008 | Michelle Hanrahan (O’Shea) |
| 2009-2012 | Andrew Dyster |
| 2013-2014 | Michael McSweeny |
| 2015-2018 | Tony Sheppard |
| 2019 | Toby Gardner |
| 2020-2024 | Luke Mann |
| 2025 | Matt Dawson |
| 2026 | Mary Weaver |
Club Patron
Glen Joseph
Life Members
Ken Robinson
Scott Doble
Pat Collins
Sarah Collins
Bruce Jones
Tony Sheppard
Tasman Tanner
Mary-Ann Tanner
John Andrews
Ron Lanham
Geoff Andrews
Marea Lanham
Nada Andrews
Charles McNamara
Stan Ball
John McKay
Julie Blomberg
William Marchant
Ron Booth
Michael McSweeny
Les Church
Robert Morris
Joe Conway
Mick O’Connor
Rex Coventry
Michelle O’Shea
Gil Darby
Patrick O’Shea
Michael Di Navi
Paul Pemberton Snr
Paul Pemberton Jnr
Anthony Dooley
Fay Dooley
Arthur Swan
Andrew Dyster
Michael Tate
Glen Fitzpatrick
Pat Thompson
Len Haddock
Nelson Warner
Mark Jenkins
Jeremy Whitaker
Pauline Whitaker
Barry Johnson