Junior Sign On Numbers are Building
Junior player numbers are building with quite a few new faces at our first sign-on held last Wednesday evening. Those who have already signed on are encouraged to talk to your mates at school to get them to sign up as well. It doesn’t matter if they have never played before as we have a strong coaching panel in place this year to look after that side of things. Having fun playing rugby with your mates is what junior rugby is all about.
The Junior club is pleased to announce that the coaching panel includes a number of 1st graders from the senior club, and this year there will be several guest visits from the senior playing group.
Junior Players: Don’t forget to give the sign-on committee your shirt size at sign-on so that we can order your 2010 club polo shirt. All players will receive socks, shorts and club polo shirt.
There will be another sign-on day held at the club accompanied by a sausage sizzle on next Saturday the 6th of March from 1:00pm – 3:00pm. For junior players and their families wanting an early season taste of rugby, the senior club will be playing a trial match against Moree later that day with kick off during the afternoon, this will give you a good chance to enjoy some good local rugby and see some of the coaches have a run around.
Training will commence on Wednesday the 10th of March and the season kicks off a few weeks later.
We are still looking for volunteers to help out with some afternoon coaching sessions at a couple of the local schools during March. It is a great way to get some coaching experience and to promote the junior club within the Ballina schools. Please email the club on info@ballinarugby.com.au if you are able to spare an hour here and there.
PARENTS:
Remember there is a Coaching Kids Rugby clinic on at our club house on Tuesday March 23 starting at 6:00pm. It is run by the ARU Development Manager, is FREE and it automatically covers the Smart Rugby requirements for coaching juniors. We would urge as many parents as possible to come along and take advantage of this free course. Accreditation lasts for 2 years after which time it can be renewed on-line.
