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Hi Guys,
Great to see you supporting Country Rugby in WA. I am actually the Development Officer in the Southwest covering Bunbury, Margs, Dunsborough and Collie Regions. Would Just like to update the progress we have made down here in the year I have been working to promote rugby down here..
We are hitting primary schools pretty hard with over 25 schools in the district been introduced to rugby in the form of clinics. We have also held a couple of Gala Days with around 350 kids playing Walla Rugby on the days. High Schools are coming along nicely with the results of some heavy promoting over the last 10 weeks being 6 high schools participating in rugby in the annual winter carnival with year 8 and year 9/10 divisions. this is a great result and will become an annual event.
A 8 week junior competition was held at the start of the year in Bunbury following a 6 week try rugby program with over 65 kids participating in U8's, U13's U 14's and U17's. The highlights of this comp was sending two U8's teams to play at Half time at the Wallabies V Ireland Test Match and a Gala Day Vs Mandurah Pirates Juniors with our U14's coming away victorious...
For the near future the 23rd of September will see SOuthwest U13's and U14's play Perth-Bayswater Juniors and a Bunbury/Harvey/Collie U17's side play a Dunsbourough/Margs/Busselton Side. Games will kick of at 130pm at Leschenault Leisure Centre for those wanting to have a look at some Southwest Junior Rugby... We are also in the process of organising a trip to Denmark in the great southern for October with a SW Combined U17's to play Neddies, Associates and Great Southern U17's.
I am really pushing rugby in the SW and there has been great levels of interest from school and kids alike and hopefully next year will see further steps taken to create a SW colts side and a sustainable Junior Competition.
Seniors was a development year in the SOuthwest with Narrogin moving to the Great Southern Comp and New SW side Collie and Bunbury developing a SW side creating a 4 team comp down here... Further plans are afoot to make this comp and even better and permanent fixture in the SW...
For any details on rugby in the Southwest drop me a line on 0407233864 or at callan.hatchman@rugbywa.com.au
Look forward to Updating the forum further as rugby progresses in the Southwest..
Yours In Rugby
Callan