PADDING UP: The Rāhui Sports Club received a new set of pads (blue at left) for its goalposts recently, thanks to the generosity of New World Ōtaki. At the club’s grounds on a bleak winter morning were, from left, New World Ōtaki owners Steven and Janine Cole, Rāhui patron Rex Kerr and Rāhui president Slade Sturmey.