PRESIDENT'S GRADE
The Presidents Grade is North Otago's secondary Men's senior club competition.
Teams in this grade are made up of a mixture of youth and the experience of older players stepping down from premier level.
Athletic-Marist are the current holders of the Burns Shield, having defeated Kurow by 22-15 in the 2024 Final.
Round 1 - 05 April 2025
Teams | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Kurow | Excelsior | Kurow | |
Union | Old Boys | Ngapara | |
Valley | Athletic-Marist | Weston |
Round 2 - 12 April 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Excelsior | Valley | WCS2 | |
Old Boys | Kurow | TBC | |
Union | Athletic Marist | Ngapara |
Round 3 - 26 April 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Kurow | Union | Kurow | |
Athletic Marist | Excelsior | WCS 5 | |
Valley | Old Boys | Weston |
Round 4 - 1 & 3 May 2025
Teams | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Kurow | Valley | Kurow | |
Union | Excelsior | Ngapara | |
Old Boys | Athletic-Marist | TBC |
Round 5 - 10 May 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Athletic Marist | Kurow | WCS5 | |
Excelsior | Old Boys | WCS2 | |
Valley | Union | Weston |
Round 6 - 17 May 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Excelsior | Kurow | WCS2 | |
Athletic Marist | Valley | WCS5 | |
Old Boys | Union | TBC |
Round 7 - 24 May 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Valley | Excelsior | Weston | |
Athletic-Marist | Maheno | WCS5 | |
Kurow | Old Boys | Kurow |
Round 8 - 7 June 2025
Teams | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Union | Kurow | Ngapara | |
Old Boys | Valley | TBC | |
Excelsior | Athletic-Marist | WCS2 |
Round 9 - 14 June 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Athletic-Marist | Old Boys | WCS5 | |
Excelsior | Union | WCS2 | |
Valley | Kurow | Weston |
Round 10 - 21 June 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
Old Boys | Excelsior | TBC | |
Kurow | Athletic-Marist | Kurow | |
Union | Valley | Ngapara |
Quarter Finals - 28 June 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
BYE | BYE | BYE |
Semi Finals - 5 July 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
1 | 4 | TBC | |
2 | 3 | TBC |
FINALS - 12 July 2025
Team 1 | Result | Team 2 | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
WSF1 | WSF2 | TBC |
2024 Results
Team | P | W | L | D | BP | PF | PA | Dif | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Old Boys B | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 236 | 197 | 29 | 32 |
Kurow B | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 312 | 196 | 116 | 31 |
Union | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 212 | 221 | -9 | 24 |
Athletic-Marist B | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 197 | 280 | -83 | 19 |
Excelsior B | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 8 | 190 | 253 | -63 | 12 |
Top Points Scorers
Top Try Scorers
Burns Shield Champions
The Burns Memorial Shield was originally subscribed for by the North Otago Rugby Sub-Union and Affiliated Clubs, and presented to the Sub-Union in 1924 for competition amongst Junior teams. This Shield commemorates the services rendered to Rugby Football in North Otago by Mr J.S.Burns, an ex-President of the Sub-Union.
Traditionally, the Burns Shield has been awarded to the Champions of North Otago's second tier senior men's club competition, formerly Senior B grade and currently Presidents Grade.
1903 - 1939
1924 – Old Boys
1925 – Waitaki Boys'
1926 – Waitaki Boys'
1927 – Waitaki Boys'
1928 – Waitaki Boys'
1929 – Old Boys
1930 – Old Boys
1931 – Atheltic
1932 – Waitaki Boys'
1933 – Athletic
1934 – Old Boys
1935 – Southern
1936 – Southern
1937 – Athletic
1938 – Athletic
1939 – Old Boys
1940 - 1959
1940 – Waitaki Boys'
1941 – St Kevin's
1942 – Waitaki Boys'
1943 – Waitaki Boys'
1944 – St Kevin's/Waitaki Boys'*
1945 – St Kevin's
1946 – Waitaki Boys'
1947 – Waitaki Boys'
1948 – St Kevin's/Waitaki Boys'
1949 – Old Boys
1950 – Old Boys
1951 – St Kevin's
1952 – St Kevin's
1953 – Athletic
1954 – Old Boys
1955 – Old Boys
1956 – Waitaki Boys'
1957 – Waitaki Boys'
1958 – Waitaki Boys'
1959 – Waitaki Boys'
1960 - 1979
1960 – Waitaki Boys'
1961 – Waitaki Boys'
1962 – Waitaki Boys'
1963 – Waitaki Boys'
1964 – Waitaki Boys'
1965 – Waitaki Boys'
1966 –
1967 – St Kevin's
1968 – St Kevin's
1969 – St Kevin's
1970 – Waitaki Boys'
1971 – Waitaki Boys'
1972 –
1973 –
1974 – Union
1975 – Union
1976 –
1977 – Athletic
1978 –
1979 – Old Boys
1980-1999
1980 – Weston Pirates
1981 – Athletic
1982 – Weston Pirates
1983 – Kurow
1984 – Maheno
1985 – Old Boys
1986 – Old Boys
1987 – Excelsior
1988 – Athletic
1989 – Old Boys
1990 – Maheno
1991 – Maheno
1992 – Valley
1993 – Valley
1994 – Old Boys
1995 – Old Boys
1996 – Old Boys
1997 – Maheno
1998 – Excelsior
1999 – Athletic/Valley*
2000 - 2019
2000 – Athletic
2001 – Valley
2002 – Valley
2003 – Valley
2004 – Athletic
2005 – Valley
2006 – Maheno
2007 – Athletic
2008 – Old Boys
2009 – Athletic
2010 – Valley
2011 – Valley
2012 – Valley
2013 – Excelsior
2014 – Excelsior
2015 – Valley
2016 – Valley
2017 – Kurow
2018 – Kurow
2019 – Valley
2020 - Current
2020 – Valley
2021 - Union
2022 - Union
2023 – Old Boys
2024 – Athletic-Marist
