On the loveliest of August Saturdays, the Kiama RUFC hosted Ladies Day in celebration of all the wonderful women within the club. 

The players’ partners, wives, girlfriends and mums gathered for the popular annual event, which featured food, drinks, music, dancing and – of course, rugby. The upper floor of the club had been transformed for the occasion with a delicious buffet, red roses and candles on tables, and pink ribbons tied around the lucky draw prizes.

Jenny Hart and Linda Smith during Ladies Day at the Kiama Rugby Union Football Club.

Linda Smith organised this, and last year’s, event. “I’ve had a lot of help. We all pitch in,” she says. For today’s event (10 August), nearly 40 people are confirmed but usually a couple of extras show up too, Smith says.

On the club’s balcony, overlooking the Kiama Showgrounds, stand Renae Sukavakarua and Sophia Dylan. Dylan’s daughter Philippa sits in her stroller. 

Renae Sukavakarua, Sophia Dylan, Dylan's daughter Phillipa on the balcony of the Kiama Rugby Club during Ladies Day.

With their husbands playing for the club, Sukavakarua has been to several Ladies Day and for Dylan, it’s her second time. Both agree that it’s nice to be spoiled.

“This event makes us feel appreciated,” says Sukavakarua. “We do the hard work, such as care for the kids,” adds Dylan with a big smile.