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Roos News 2022 Grand Final Edition

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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

 

 



Roos News – January 2022

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After what feels like a marathon summer school holidays, fighting COVID, masks and QR Codes, family holidays, road trips and BBL on every night, all of a sudden it’s the end of January and its time to shine those school shoes ready for this week.

It also means that after a long hot summer it’s time to start thinking about footy.  It has been over seven months since we played our last game and we can’t wait to see all of our players and families back out on the playing field.  We are as excited as you are to get out our first Roos News for 2022 and can sense the anticipation in the air for the return of the greatest game of all.

As we launch into season 2022, here is what we’ve been focusing on over the last 4 weeks.

 

Registrations for 2022

2022 registrations are now OPEN!  Currently there is an EARLY BIRD SPECIAL of a $30 DISCOUNT until 6 FEBRUARY 2022.

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

 

Come & Try Day – 6 February 11am

Our first Come & Try Day will be held on Sunday 6 February from 11am – 1pm at Willoughby Park.  This will be a great opportunity for the kids to come and have a run around with their friends.

If your child has a friend who is keen to learn more about Junior Rugby League (or Tag) bring them along!

 

Key Recruitment Areas for 2022

Our early indications is that most of our Roos will return for 2022, but there are some areas where the club needs help from the Roos Community to fill our potential gaps for this season.

For these age groups the club will be offering a $50 Rebel voucher for any Roos player that refers a mate, and they register with the club for this season.

  • U13s Boys Tackle – As these boys head off to high school, the age group always struggles to compete with private school sport and the club has struggled to retain in recent years.
  • U16s Girls Tackle – The club is still actively pursuing this history making team for the Roos and to date we have half a team that want to play the tackle variant.

If you know or your Roo knows any kids that may want to play in either of these teams, bring them down to the Summer Squads, our Come and Try Days or normal season training and let David know you’ve brought a referral to claim your $50 Voucher!!

 

Key Season Dates

We have some dates for your diaries regarding the 2022 season:

  • All divisions and ages this year will start Round 1 on 2nd April 2022, with Round 2 the 9th April
  • A two week break will be observed for Easter and Anzac Day
  • Round 3 games resume Saturday 30th April. 
  • There will be no games on the Queens Birthday Long Weekend, or the middle week of the July School Holidays.
  • The season is planned to run through until 27th August,

Pre-Season Training

We have an update on our hugely popular and most anticipated pre-season training.

Willoughby Council is currently upgrading some of their other parks and playing fields around Willoughby, due to this the Roos have been unable to secure any preseason ground bookings prior to 6.30pm on either a Tuesday or a Thursday

That, along with the challenges that have been presented January with Omicron, has forced the club to abandon the preseason program for Parents and Younger players this season.  This is obviously deeply saddened to do this and we plan to be back in 2023 bigger and better than ever!

For our older kids, (Under10s+) we will be opening up our Summer Squads for the month of February, free of charge.  The first free session will be Thursday 3rd February, from 6.30pm at Willoughby Park, so players from U10s and UP are all welcome to attend.

 

And that is it for the first Roos News for 2022!  Please contact anyone on our committee if you have any questions or queries or please email willoughbyroos@gmail.com.

Go ROOS!

Regards

 

ROOS COMMITTEE