Woollahra Colleagues has a new Club Captain in 2016. Mark “Blacky” Blackmore (second from the right).
After a great year as Club Captain, Damon “Dingo” Holmes made the decision to stand down. Dingo has been a tremendous asset to the club over the past 12 months, but due to increasing work commitments taking him out Sydney he decided to put the grubber through for the next magnificent man to pick up and run with. Great effort on and off the field each week and weekend.
Mark started at Colleagues in 2012 originally starting at number 8 however… after a number of coaches heard of his pedigree he has now found himself a home at loose head prop… under protest.
Studying Civil Engineering at Newcastle University, Blacky played 5 Seasons for Merewether Carlton winning a couple of premierships in the Colts and 2 grade sides. Following Uni he moved to London and played for Esher for 3 years before moving back to Sydney where he came down to Blue Giant Stadium.
Some may not know but Blacky has spent a large part of his childhood growing up in Buckinghamshire on the outskirts of London, he started his rugby career playing in England for Beaconsfield under 6’s through to under 12’s before his family moved back to the family farm in Stroud, located about an hour north of Newcastle. Itching to get back to rugby Blacky signed up for the Gloucester Magpies and had the privilege to play two seasons with his old man, Blacky was the youngest at 16 (flanker) while his Dad was the oldest at 48 (loose head prop), some photos attached!
Outside of rugby Blacky works as a Risk and Compliance Manager for Lendlease, a national role where he works on developing and auditing governance systems on new civil projects across the country. He is also a Surry Hills local with his girlfriend Cara.
