The club’s top team recorded a perfect season with 18 wins from 18 games — possibly a first for the Southern league.
It was Caversham’s third title in a row, while its second-tier team won the Fletcher Cup for the third consecutive time as well, completing a rare double triple for Caversham.
But success off the field, and further afield, has not been as easy to achieve.
The club continues to tread water financially and some of its wins in Football South’s top league perhaps came a little too easily for the club’s own good.
While the perfect season was a major achievement, club president Steve Fleming felt it was also an indictment on the strength of the competition.
"Caversham always had the team that was going to win it," Fleming said.
"But 18 games out of 18 is a little bit farcical isn’t it? No other team does it. Even in club rugby the top teams have lows.
"But even when Caversham was not playing its best, it was still better than anyone else which is a little bit sad.
"We are more than happy, don’t get me wrong. But sometimes stronger competition can help you more in the long term.
"I think that is the problem we’ll have this weekend [against Cashmere Technical in the South Island Championship]."
Player-coach Tim Horner felt the standard of the league was on par with what he had experienced in recent seasons.
However, he acknowledged Caversham would benefit from playing stronger opposition more often.
"The stronger the league the less chance you have of going unbeaten, there is no question about that," Horner said.
"I’ve been involved with some pretty decent sides and we’ve always slipped up somewhere. But despite the league not being as competitive as you would hope or like, at the same time not to drop a point is still quite impressive."
Caversham has won 14 titles since 2000, so its dominance is certainly not a new phenomenon.
Finances, though, remain a struggle.
Caversham was forced to take out a $10,000 loan two years ago and is still considering shifting from its base at Tonga Park in order to reduce its overheads.
"Another season has gone and we have not made any inroads as such but we are not leaking anymore either," Fleming said.
Caversham has had talks with Dunedin Rugby Football Club in the past about using its facilities as a base.
Those talks stalled during the season but Fleming said the club would focus on the big issues during the off-season.
He did not see how the club could remain based at Tonga Park.
