If you have any feedback on how we can make our new website better please do contact us. We would like to hear from you.		Not only did Simmer & Jack Rugby Club win the Pirates Grand Challenge competition in 1921, 1922, and 1931 but to show that they could compete with they best in the country the beat Ikeys 14—8 in 1921 and drew with Maties 6—6 in 1923. With time Simmer & Jack proved to be the dominant club, especially also because it had the backing of the Simmer and Jack gold mine, who also created job opportunities for rugby players, a practice which took place and enhanced the status of rugby along the entire Witwatersrand. After these early developments the rugby being played was confined to two clubs, Germiston and Simmer & Jack. Already in these early days both clubs performed well with Germiston playing first league from 1907 —1915 and winning the league both in 1907 and 1910. On the other hand Simmer & Jack won the “Survivor’ competition in 1919 when rugby was again resumed after the First World War. Traces of these origins has manifested itself in the present day Germiston Simmer Rugby Club because not only does the name of the Club reflect its origins, but the head of the Eland buck, stemming from the farm Elandsfontein, is still until today the proud emblem and badge of the club. The discovery of gold led to an influx of young men and as early as 1886 the first rugby game was played between Johannesburg and Pretoria. In 1961 Simmer & Jack lost in the final of the Pirates Cup by one point. In 1962 Simmer & Jack were severely affected in that approximately twenty of their best players crossed over to join the professional code. The club Germiston experienced the same loss at the time when nine of their best players also joined league. This impacted severely on the strength of both clubs and the amalgamation of the two clubs was the obvious solution in an effort to become a force to be reckoned with again. With the unification of Germiston and Simmer & Jack in 1963, Germiston Simmer Rugby Club came into being. Initially the combined senior team struggled to overcome the consequences of the amalgamation process. This is reflected in the statistics showing 13 consecutive losses that year and a second last position on the log. In 1967, 1968 and 1969 however the club recovered well and came second in the Pirates League. In 1978 and 1979 Germiston Simmer won the Pirates League, the pinnacle in the history of the club that could not be repeated since. During this time it was nothing strange to attract in excess of 6 000 spectators and supporters at the club games that were played at the then home ground, Driehoek. Hereafter the club lost its Pirates status and was relegated to the President League. In 1990 a number of the “elder members” of the club became actively involved in an effort to recover the lost status and esteem of this once proud and respected club. The reward for this immense effort was reaped in 1992 when Germiston Simmer, under the coaching of Gert Schutte, obtained the distinctive achievement of winning all 14 their league matches convincingly and winning the President League. The average score margin of 47— 10 in favour of Germiston Simmer Illustrates their sheer dominance in the league. Germiston Simmer also went on to win the promotion relegation match that year, thereby regaining its Pirates League status.
	Practice will start in May every Monday and Wednesday between 18:00 and 19:00 @ Germiston Stadium

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