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Roos News – January 2023

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Welcome to Roos News

We hope you had a wonderful holiday break with your family and friends – can you believe we are starting to talk footy already?

Welcome to the first Roos news for the 2023 Season.

2023 will be a big year of footy for the club, as we head into our 110th year!   No other club in the North Sydney or Manly competitions have such a proud history as the Roos and we are one of the oldest surviving Junior Rugby League clubs in the country.

Of course, we plan to celebrate this in style, with a limited edition 2023 player kit, a birthday party and plenty of other events throughout the year.  We can’t wait to get the party started.

To kick off the celebrations, we are offering for all our competition age groups (u9s +) the opportunity to have their names on the back of their playing jersey.  Register before 31st January to take up this offer.

In other exciting news, the Roos are pleased to announce that it will be fielding a Senior’s team in the competition for the first time since 2016.  This re-introduces Sunday afternoon footy to Willoughby Park which has been sorely missed over the year.  Another great way to celebrate our 110th birthday and our proud history.

Lastly, we would like to say a thank you to all our players, parents and volunteers who give up their time to each year to help make the Roos the wonderful community it is.  The feedback we get from parents is amazing (and appreciated) when we get compared to other winter sports and as a committee, we will strive to make that community even stronger in the years to come.

To quote the great Tony Bellia, Look Left, Look Right, Watch Out!  ROOS ABOUT!

David

Come & Try Day

Our first Come & Try Day will be on SUNDAY 5 FEBRAURY at Willoughby Park #2 from 11am to 1pm.    We welcome all new and returning players to come down for a run around and BBQ.

It is always a great morning of FUN, FOOTY and making new FRIENDS!

We hope to see you there!

 

 

Registrations for 2023

2023 registrations are now OPEN! 

Currently there is an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL of a $25 DISCOUNT until 5 FEBRUARY 2023.

Click here to register for tackle and league tag:  https://bit.ly/3mbqrn8

 

Pre-Season Fitness Training

It is time to start getting back to training after the holiday period.

Calling all boys and girls from Under 11s and up to join in with pre-season training (new players welcome)!

Starting TUESDAY 24 January 5pm – 6:30pm.

These 90 minute sessions will be about fun & fitness which will be run by Hayden Gregory. Hayden is the Strength & Conditioning coach for the North Sydney Bears junior representative teams.

These sessions will focus on strength, conditioning and core league skills.

Cost for the 5 sessions is $40 (see link below) or can be paid for individually for $10 per session (either cash or card on the day)

https://bit.ly/3XIuLLb

Keep an eye out for info on upcoming sessions for our younger players and parents!

Calling all LITTLE ROOS!

Our Little Roos Program will be commencing on 2nd February 2023 @ WILLOUGHBY PARK with Coach Hayden!   3 to 5 year olds will learn the basics of passing, catching and having FUN!

It is just $50 for the 6 weeks!

Parents can register their Little Roo here:  https://bit.ly/3mbqrn8  and by selecting “PLAYER SOCIAL” when prompted

2023 Seniors Team

As previously mentioned, the club will be fielding a Senior’s (18+) team for the first time in 8 years linking us back to our proud history and players from the past.

It will be a great opportunity for all our supporters to come up to Willoughby Park on a Sunday afternoon and watch some quality football.

The team have done an amazing job recruiting but are always on the look out for players, so if you, or you know someone who may be interested in playing then please reach out co-ordinators Hayden Gregory 0405563577 or John Gerber 0410741452

Merchandise

ADULT TRAINING SHIRTS

These are a great addition to be worn during these summer months, whether you are pounding the pavement or getting ready for our January pre-season training.  These are $45 and come in sizes Small to 2XL.

You can buy your singlet here.

 

WR FOOTY

After our Presentation Day we did a stocktake and have a number of Roos footys left for SALE!

Mini (SIZE 3):  $30

Mod (SIZE 4): $30

League (SIZE 5): $30

You can buy another Roos footy here

Any orders can be collected within a day or two at Willoughby Park or we are offering free delivery around the Willoughby area.

 

Go Roos!

Please, if you have any questions please reach out to one of our committee members.

Regards

 

Roos Committee



Roos News 2022 Grand Final Edition

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Welcome to Roos News

Roos make it 4 from 4 on Grand Final Day

Well, what an awesome way to finish the 2022 season! 

After a severely rain interrupted season, all eyes where on Hills Grammar School in Dural for the North Sydney District Grand Final, and the location didn’t disappoint.

The Roos’ had four teams contesting in grand finals, and in what is now an historic day for the club, all teams walked away with premiership trophies.

It’s been a long time since the club has seen this level of success and it’s a credit to the work put in by our coaches, managers, trainers and of course our players, who shone throughout the day.

Please join me in congratulating the following teams:

  • u9 Blue defeating North Sydney Brothers 24 to 18
  • u11s defeating Kuring-Gai Cub 30 to 24
  • u14s Tag defeating Pennant Hills Staggs 26 to 18
  • u16s Tag (Blue) defeating Belrose Eagles 28 to Nil

It’s great to see such success for the club and we couldn’t be prouder of your achievements.

Special mention should also go to out to our u10s team, who put in an extraordinary season, finishing as Minor Premiers, and just missing out on the opportunity to play in a grand final.

With the u9s Blue and u11s who also finished their seasons as Minor Premiers, the club is in a strong position to see even greater success in 2023, which will also be the Club’s  110th Year.

Exciting times ahead!

I look forward to catching up with all parents of the club at the End of Season Event at the Fernery in two weeks’ time, and all of our players at the 2022 Presentation Day on 16th October.

Till then, enjoy a few sleep ins.

Go Roos!!!

David

Grand Final Winners

Under 9s BLUE

Under 11s

 

Under 14s Tag

 

Under 16s BLUE

Want to order your copy of a Grand Final game from Saturday on DVD or USB.
Order here: GO TO www.spotonvideo.com.au & select the ORDER PAGE.

 

End of Season Event

Parents let your hair down at the End of Season Function at the Fernery in Mosman.   Dress is SMART CASUAL with the option to BLING it up if you wish!

We have not been able to get together for a celebration like this since 2019.   Your ticket includes canapes and a drinks package.   If you do have any Parent NSW vouchers left you are able to use them too!

The kids get to celebrate at their presentation day, so we should be able to celebrate with a parents SPECIAL EVENT!   Come mingle with other Roos parents, volunteers and sponsors.

Only ONE week left to get your TICKETS:  https://events.humanitix.com/willoughby-roos-end-of-season-celebration-2022

Presentation Day

Please save the DATE!  More details to come!

The season may be over, but there is still fun to be had!

 

If you have any questions please let us know by emailing willoughbyroos@gmail.com OR contact one of our committee members!

GO ROOS!

Regards

Roos Committee



Roos News August

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And just like that our regular season games are over and it is FINALS time!   We have had many a round washed out due to La Nina and her consistent rain as too with our training sessions. However we are out the other side, hopefully, and ready for more footy!

While most of our teams get to play finals footy, we want to make a special call out to the u9s Blue, u10s and u11s players and coaching staff for respectively taking out minor premierships in their age groups. It’s the most successful we have been in recent memory and is an awesome achievement for each team as well as the club. Also a special mention to the u14s Tag who narrowly missed out on their minor premiership.

 

 

Under 15s 

With the regular season over for another year, we would like to shout out to our u15s boys who sadly have wrapped up last week after narrowly missing out of the 2022 finals series.

It was the season that could have been for our u15s team.

As our most senior team in a long time and with plenty of new faces in the squad this year, there was excitement around the team for the season ahead.

Starting the season strong with 5 wins on the trot, the team became a victim of their own success and were promoted into the Gold division to take on the best of the Manly Comp.

Some strong performances were put on early which  gave hope that the team could continue through to the finals plus seven players were selected for representative duties in the Bears Development Squads.  Congratulations to James, Taj, Archie, Jaykob, August, Harrison and Nathan for an awesome representative season.

Despite the team struggling to get a consistent squad on the field each week they continued to turn up and put in some brave performances against the stronger Manly teams. Ultimately a number of close losses took its toll on the ladder and the boys have just missed out on playing finals footy this year.

We are extremely proud to have this squad and their achievements! Our club can’t thank you enough for pulling on the Roos Jersey this year.

We are super excited for next year and what will come as the team moves to Sunday footy.

Thanks to Brett, Craig, Mary and John who have been integral in keeping this team on the park each week.

 

 

End of Season Event

After two years of lockdowns and Covid restrictions we are finally able to organise an end of season event! The players will get their presentation day so why shouldn’t the adults get to celebrate too!

 

Come join us at the Fernery in Mosman for canapés and drinks which are all included in the ticket price. There will be celebration, music and we will be awarding our Club Person of the Year and our Coach of the Year.

 

You can use a $50 Parent NSW voucher when you book. So rather than letting them expire in October put it to good use! 💪🏻

 

Tickets are limited due to venue’s room capacity.

 

 

 

Sponsors

Our Sponsors are our #1 supporters, and the best way we can say THANK YOU is to support them back!
We can do that in many ways:

 

🦘 Hop on over to their website
🦘 Follow them on their socials
🦘 Buy their products
🦘 Use their services
🦘 Recommend them to your friends and family

 

We as a club are so grateful as we have able to grow year on year with the generous contributions from these sponsors!

 

On game day you will see Bali Flags lining the path of our GOLD sponsors along with our media wall.  With one more home game left on 20 August we encourage anyone who would like to, to take a photo of their child at our media wall and share it!  It is a great way for our community and surrounds to get to know who these wonderful businesses are.

 

 

 

If you have any questions please contact us at willoughbyroos@gmail.com OR contact one of our committee members directly!
GO ROOS!
Regards
Roos Committee


ROOS NEWS MAY 2022

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How great was it to see footy being played again last weekend.  After two washed out rounds and the Easter break it was a long time coming.

The smiles from the kids told the story along with their muddy jerseys!

Some great wins by our teams:

U9s Yellow – 32 to 22
U9s Blue – 50 to nil
U10s – 50 to 8
U11s – 38 to 6
U12T Pink – 40 to 10
U14T – 20 to 8
U15 – 40 to 4
It was also wonderful to see some of our Under 6s running out for their very first game!   We also had our Under 12s Tag BLUE play their first ever game and our newly formed Under 9s BLUE had a great first game with the Roos too.  We had lots to reflect on and celebrate after this weekend.

Home Game Volunteers

A HUGE shoutout to those that assisted in the running of our game day last week by putting their hand up to volunteer in our canteen or BBQ.  All assistance is greatly appreciated, as without help we are unable to run either of these things successfully.

So this week for the majority of our teams it is a home game, so if you can spare an hour before or after your Roos’ game please sign up to assist in keeping the day running!

We will be announcing shortly on how we want to THANK our volunteers towards the end of the season, and not just the ones who coach or manage teams, we are talking about the ones too who help us to cook the snags and serve in the canteen.

https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10c0c4ba8ae2fa3f8c34-roos

 

Sponsors

Our Sponsors are our #1 supporters, and the best way we can say THANK YOU is to support them back!
We can do that in many ways:
🦘 Hop on over to their website
🦘 Follow them on their socials
🦘 Buy their products
🦘 Use their services
🦘 Recommend them to your friends and family
We as a club are so grateful as we have able to grow year on year with the generous contributions from these sponsors!
On game day you will see Bali Flags lining the path of our GOLD sponsors along with our media wall.  We encourage anyone who would like to, to take a photo of their child at our media wall and share it!  It is a great way for our community and surrounds to get to know who these wonderful businesses are.

If you have any questions, queries or feedback please contact one of our committee members or email us at willoughbyroos@gmail.com

Regards

 

Roos Committee

GO ROOS!



Roos News – 2022 SEASON KICK OFF

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Welcome to the 2022 Willoughby Roos Juniors Rugby League Club Season.

On behalf of the Club we would like to welcome all families, new and old as well as the players, coaches, managers, trainers, committee members and volunteers.

A big acknowledgment to all of our sponsors – we are welcoming both new and thanking current sponsors for their return.  We will be sending out further information soon about all the businesses who have chosen to support us in 2022.

We welcome any ideas or comments on how we can make your time at the Roos even more memorable and enjoyable.  You can contact our committee members directly or send communication through to willoughbyroos@gmail.com

Please see below for the season draw:

Registrations for 2022

If you have not registered already please use do, remember Active Kids Vouchers accepted.  Click here to register for tackle and league tag:  https://bit.ly/3mbqrn8

Training Times

Training will commence from next week at Willoughby Park!

Coaches and Managers should be in touch regarding training day/s and time/s for your Roos’ team and when training will commence for the team – please keep an eye out for an email or WhatsApp.

We do have Willoughby Park booked for both Tuesday and Thursday (on Thursdays both ovals have been booked).

Tuesday

U11s, U14s Tag – 5:00pm – 6:00pm

U12s, U15s – 6:00pm – 7:00pm

Thursday

U6s, U7s, U8s –  4:30pm to 5:30pm

U9s, U10s, U11s, U12s Tag, U14 Tag –  5:30pm – 6:30pm

U12s, U15s, U16s Tag – 6:30pm – 7:30pm

 

Mouthguards

We have always encouraged our Roos to wear mouthguards to protect them whilst they play, so with that in mind, for convenience we have coordinated with a company called Mobile Mouthguards to attend our Thursday training session on 10 March from 5pm, to take impressions for mouthguards.    This company only needs two weeks to turn around the mouthguards so they will be ready in plenty of time before the first game of the season.

Mobile Mouthguards take fully digital impressions of your child’s teeth rather than using the usual dental putty.  Custom mouthguards provide over 10 times greater protection to the standard boil and bite “chemist bought” mouthguard.

Mobile Mouthguards is:

✓ Health Fund Redeemable (Anthony J Adaimy. Provider No 4465211X. Item No 151 – Mouthguard)
✓ Convenient – we come to you!
✓ Fully Digital and custom design, name and number labelled within!
✓ Best fit, comfort and quality available
✓ Exclusive Price of $200 (inc GST)

To book your mouthguard please use this link  https://bit.ly/3vbroRU

Payment for mouthguard will be done at time of impression.

Come and Try Sunday 6 March 11am – 1pm

Our second Come & Try is on Sunday 6 March at Willoughby Park. We will be running a similar program to last year where we will be running different stations for our Under 10s+ players to test different metrics, from 40m sprints, agility test, sit ups, push ups etc.

It will be a great morning, which will be followed by a BBQ. If your child has any friends who are keen to join the Roos please bring them along.

Roos Footy Tipping!

Who loves footy?  Who loves to support their NRL team?  Who would love to win some money?

We will yet again be running a footy tipping competition, last year however it was done just for FUN!  There was no money involved, it was just for bragging rights.

We will change it up this season and make it more competitive.  Please keep an eye out for details!

 

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to reach out!

Regards

 

Roos Committee