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Glenora Bears
Club information
Full name	Glenora Bears Rugby League Football Club
Nickname(s)	Ora
Colours	Blue/White
Founded	1931; 94 years ago
Current details
Ground(s)	Harold Moody Park;
Coach	Tony Benson
Captain	Phil Kingi
Competition	Auckland Rugby League
Records
Premierships	1962, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2017
Minor premierships	1982, 1988, 1998, 1999
Roope Rooster	1960, 1978, 1999, 2017
Stormont Shield	1960, 1962, 2011
Sharman Cup	1971, 1985, 1996

The Glenora Bears are a rugby league football club based in Glen Eden, New Zealand who compete in Auckland Rugby League's Fox Memorial competition.

History

The club was established in 1931 when the Auckland Rugby League Junior Management Committee accepted their application for membership in June of that year whereby they would enter a team in the Third Grade intermediate competition.^[1] Clubs had previously existed in the Glen Eden and New Lynn areas and played under those names and in 1929 the two clubs amalgamated to form Glen Lynn. Glenora lost their first ever match versus Akarana 0–16 at Glen Eden.^[2] The club is based at Harold Moody Park in Glen Eden.^[3]

Their first ever grade win came in 1935 when they won the Hospital Cup for winning the 4th grade competition. In 1962, Glenora tied with Eastern United in the Fox Memorial Grand Final. In 1975, the club controversially signed All Black Joe Karam, then one of the All Black's major players.^[3]

The first time the club won the Fox Memorial outright was in 1997.^[3] Glenora repeated this in 1998 and 1999. Between 2000 and 2005 they competed in the national Bartercard Cup.

They won the Fox Memorial in 2017, 18 years since their last title.^[4] In 2022 Glenora lost the final to Point Chevalier Pirates 14-12.

Notable players

The following is a list of Glenora Bears players who went on to represent New Zealand and the years in which they did so.^[5]

Bill Sorensen (1951-52-53-54-55-56-57-60) Hall of Fame Legend of League
Tom Reid (1960–61)
Maunga Emery (1961-62-63-64-65-66)
Roger Tait (1965-66-67-68)
Bob Mincham (1966–68)
Henry Tatana (1967-68-71)
Eric Carson (1968–70)
Wayne Redmond (1970) (father David Walker Redmond, Kiwi 1948-49)
Don Mann (1971-72-74) (son Duane Mann, Kiwi 1989-94)
Dennis Williams (1971-72-74-75-77-78-80-81) Kiwi Captain 1975 & Hall of Fame Legend of League
Joe Karam (1975-76-77)
Dane O'Hara (1977-78-79-80-81-82-84-85-86) Kiwi Captain 1980
Glenn Taylor (1978)
Dean Lonergan (1986-87-90-91)
Duane Mann (1989-90-91-92-93-94) Kiwi Captain 1994
Kelly Shelford (1989-90-91)
Phil Bancroft (1989)
Mike Patton (1990–91)
Jarrod McCracken (1991-93-94-95-98-99) Kiwi Captain 1999
Brian Jellick (1999–2000)
Henry Perenara (2000)
Sione Faumuina (2003–04)
Wairangi Koopu (2004–05)
Shontayne Hape (2004–05-06)
Fuifui Moimoi (2004-)
Epalahame Lauaki (2006 & 2017)
Josh Aloiai (2016)
Hafu Vake (2016)
Nathaniel Peteru (2010–11)
Chris Satae (2015)

Bartercard Cup

The Bears competed in the Bartercard Cup between 2000 and 2005.

The Bears were probably the least successful of all the Auckland stand alone clubs in the competition, only making the play-offs in 2000 and never really posing a serious threat to the championship in their six-year Bartercard Cup history.

They were the only Waitakere City team in the competition and were replaced by the Waitakere Rangers, a franchise that represented all five Waitakere clubs.

Glenora Bears Senior Team Records (1931-33, 1982, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-05 & 2020-2024)

The season record for the most senior men’s team in the club including lower grade teams.

Season	Grade	Name	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Position (Teams)
1931	3rd Grade Intermediate	Glen Ora	7	0	0	5	0	374	48	0	8th of 8
1932	3rd Grade Open	Glen Ora	12	2	0	7	19	108	-89	4	6th of 7
1933	3rd Grade Open	Glen Ora	14	5	0	4	102	47	55	10	5th of 8
1982	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	25	17	0	8	512	374	138%	34	Won Rukutai Shield
1988	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	14	11	0	3	379	194	195.4%	22	1st of 8
	Playoffs	Glenora Bears	2	1	0	1	16	22	-	-	Won SF, lost GF to Te Atatu 16-22
1989	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	14	4	0	10	361	359	100.6%	8	7th of 8
1990	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	21	10	1	10	474	418	113.4%	11	4th of 8
	Playoffs	Glenora Bears	1	0	0	1	18	37	-	-	L 18-37 v Ōtāhuhu in minor SF
1992	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	18	2	1	15	215	416	51.7%	5	9th of 10
1993	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	18	4	0	14	378	437	86.5%	11	4th of 8
1994	1st Gr. (Fox Memorial)	Glenora Bears	22	5	1	16	431	602	71.6%	11	12th of 12
2000	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	22	13	0	9	608	519	117.1%	26	5th of 12
	Playoffs	Glenora Bears	1	0	0	1	?	?	-	-	lost elimination play off
2001	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	22	9	0	13	630	675	93.3%	18	9th of 12
2002	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	16	5	2	9	394	515	76.5%	12	8th of 12
2003	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	16	5	1	10	458	514	89.1%	11	8th of 12
2004	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	16	3	3	10	341	530	64.3%	9	11th of 12
2005	Bartercard Cup	Glenora Bears	16	4	1	11	388	486	79.8%	9	10th of 12
2020	Fox Premiership	Glenora Bears	8	3	0	5	172	164	104.9%	9	10th of 12, season cancelled after round 8 (Covid)
2021	Fox Prem Phase 1	Glenora Bears	11	10	0	1	312	212	147.2%	20	2nd of 12
	Fox Prem Phase 2	Glenora Bears	7	5	0	2	174	144	120.8%	10	2nd of 8, season cancelled prior to playoffs (Covid)
2022	Fox Memorial	Glenora Bears	9	8	0	1	472	76	621.1%	16	1st of 9 in sect. 1
	Playoffs	Glenora Bears	3	2	0	1	66	42	-	-	W v Te Atatu 26-12 in QF, W v Otahuhu 26-18 in SF, L v Pt Chev 14-12 in GF.
2023	Fox Qualifying	Glenora Bears	3	1	0	2	66	79	83.54%	2	3rd of 4 in Pool C
	Fox Memorial	Glenora Bears	11	4	0	7	176	256	68.75%	8	9th of 12
2024	Fox Qualifiers	Glenora Bears	3	1	0	2	48	132	-84	2	3rd of 4 in Pool A
	Fox Memorial	Glenora Bears	11	1	0	10	176	496	-320	2	11th of 12
1931-33, 1982, 1988-90, 1992-94, 2000-2005, +2020-24	TOTAL		480	215	15	240	11206	10635	+571	439

References

^ "Junior Management/New Club Accepted". Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 129. 3 June 1931. p. 12. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
^ "League Replay". Auckland Star, Volume LXII, Issue 133. 8 June 1931. p. 12. Archived from the original on 22 October 2019. Retrieved 2 September 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c Logan, Innes (2009). "Game On". In Macdonald, Finlay; Kerr, Ruth (eds.). West: The History of Waitakere. Random House. p. 418. ISBN 9781869790080.
^ "Glenora power past Pt Chevalier to claim SAS Fox Memorial Premiership title". www.aucklandleague.co.nz. Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 21 July 2018.
^ "Glenora's Kiwis". Sportsground. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2023.