Club, school come under tag attack

GUTTED: George Rodger, Carterton Rugby Club captain in front of the tagged clubrooms. PHOTOS/LYNDA FERINGA

Spraypainted graffiti met with shock and disappointment

Vandals this week hit Carterton Rugby Football Club and Carterton School with spray cans.

George Rodger, club captain of CRFC, said the graffiti was done some time after 6pm on Thursday when he left the club and 8am when he arrived back on Friday morning.

Normally there would have been "at least 50 cars" parked at the club for training on Thursday night but there was no training this week due to the long weekend.

The green paint appears along two walls of the club building with tags along the length of both walls.

The vandals left their spray cans at the scene of the crime, and police collected them on Friday.

Mr Rodger said the club was "gutted" about the tags. "We take good care of this place."

He said the club was after any information from the public that might help police catch the culprits.

Meanwhile, vandals also tagged Carterton School.

Police were not sure at this stage if it was the same people who tagged the rugby club building.

Principal Alison Woollard said she could not understand why people would choose to tag a school where people were there to do good.

She said the children took pride in their school and the graffiti had upset them.

"We are extremely disappointed. The children were shocked and upset."