Te Awamutu College alumnus and former professional golfer Phil Tataurangi and his family have gifted Te Awamutu College Rugby Club the T.W.M. Tataurangi Award trophy for coach of the year.
The award is in memory of his father Te Roi Wiremu Mikaera Tataurangi, who was a coach and assistant coach of the Te Awamutu College First XV during the 1980s.
Sadly Te Roi Tataurangi passed away in 1990, aged just 47.
Te Awamutu College Rugby Club president and Under-55kg team coach Mark Harrison was the inaugural recipient of the award, handed out last Tuesday night.
“Being part of a First XV family and a rugby family here at the college was a great period of time for our family,” Phil Tataurangi says.