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NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIOR RUGBY UNION INCORPORATED ANNUAL REPORT & FINANCIAL STATEMENT 2019 NSWJRU – 2019 ANNUAL REPORT NEW SOUTH WALES JUNIOR RUGBY UNION INCORPORATED AFFILIATED WITH NEW SOUTH WALES RUGBY UNION & AUSTRALIAN JUNIOR RUGBY FOOTBALL UNION INCORPORATED PRESENTS FOR ADOPTION THE SIXTY-THIRD ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT AT THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING TO BE HELD AT NSWRU BOARD ROOM, WARATAHS HQ – DAVID PHILLIPS FIELD, DACEYVILLE ON SATURDAY 23rd NOVEMBER COMMENCING AT 1.00PM NSWJRU – 2019 ANNUAL REPORT NSWJRU INCORPORATED EXECUTIVE MEMBERS 2019 PATRON Not Awarded PRESIDENT Mr B.J.Gregory VICE PRESIDENT COMMERCIAL Mr T.Fisher VICE PRESIDENT REPRESENTATIVE Mr G.Paton HONORARY SECRETARY Mrs K.Brady VP SJRU VP CJRU Mr A.Hunt Mr M.Melino SJRU Delegate CJRU Delegate Mr L.McCormack Mr S.Burke LIFE MEMBERS Messrs J.S.Carroll, D.T.Andrews, R.Allan, P.H.Joseph, K.J.Mulherin, N.Murray, N.A.Williams, R.Leavett, K.Clifford, J.Russell, J.C.Degotardi, A.S.New, B.J.Mawer, R.Faulks, J.Goddard, B.Killham, D.Paul, K.Brady. DELEGATE TO NSW RUGBY UNION Mr B.J.Gregory HONORARY AUDITOR Mr Duncan Barber 2019 Annual General Meeting Meeting Date: Saturday, 23rd November 2019 Meeting Time: 1.00pm Meeting Location: NSWRU, Daceyville TBC AGENDA Attendees Apologies Proxies Confirmation of Minutes of 2018 AGM. Presidents Report Commercial Report Representatives Report Election of Office Bearers for 2020 President Commercial Manager Representatives Manager Appointment of Committee Vice President (SJRU) Vice President (NSWCJRU) Delegate (SJRU) Delegate (NSWCJRU) Nomination of Auditor for 2020: NSW Country Juniors Report Sydney Juniors Report Composition of NSWJRU…Invitation to NSW Schools to join Appointment of NSWRU Board Director of Youth Sponsors Council relationships (Orange, Dubbo and Central Coast) Venues for 2020 NSWJRU State Championships NSW JUNIOR RUGBY UNION NSWRU, Banks Ave., Daceyville. Locked Bag 1222 Paddington NSW 2021 Telephone: 02 9323 3401 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nswjuniors.com.au General Business ñ Change to U16 format ñ City Vs Country venue? ñ Supporters gear 2020 ñ Website and Facebook NSW JUNIOR RUGBY UNION NSWRU, Banks Ave., Daceyville. Locked Bag 1222 Paddington NSW 2021 Telephone: 02 9323 3401 E-mail: [email protected] Website: www.nswjuniors.com.au Presidents Report 2019 It is hard to believe that another rugby season has just flown by - and what a season it was! The national landscape for junior rugby changed again in 2019 and this has certainly created a whole new range of opportunities (and challenges) for NSW Juniors and our affiliate unions of Sydney Juniors (SJRU) and NSW Country Juniors (CJRU). Plus, we have also once again worked closely with NSW Schools Rugby (NSWSRU) in 2019 to promote and facilitate the growth of rugby and pathways in NSW. In 2019 we continued our prime objectives to provide substantial and vibrant club competitions and pathways to representative rugby for our player base of over 20,000 junior club players across the state. Both SJRU and CJRU ran very healthy club competitions across the age groups of U10 to Opens (U18) as well as providing a fantastic introduction to the game our youngest players via their mini rugby programs. The SJRU inter-district minis gala days were a superb new introduction for the minis. I’d like to congratulate both SJRU & CJRU on successfully running their various club competitions across the state, which culminated in Grand Finals across August and September to anoint this year’s premiership teams. As always this is an immense task and not without its challenges, but the hard work of SJRU President Tony Cooper and his team, and CJRU President Mick Melino and his team have helped make this another stellar season of club rugby. One of the features of the season has been the growth of the girl’s game, which continues to thrive as we establish more and more competitions and opportunities for them. The SJRU Frosty and Sizzling 7s are just one example of growing regular competitions for our female players and this only adds to the fledgling Rep programs we have been growing for a few years now via SJRU & CJRU. NSW Schools have also been active in this area with such programs as the CHS Girls and PLC Pymble tournaments. One of the most important aspects of the 2019 season was the assistance we received from our fantastic sponsors at NSW Juniors. I’d personally like to thank Nick Scarf from Genesis Proprietary Trading, Steve Tulevski and Dean Michniewicz from Estilo Travel, Greg Mumm from the NSW Positive Rugby Foundation and Adrian Skeggs, Angus Stewart and Alex Lyus from Rugby 1st. The support and assistance that you have all given to junior rugby in NSW is greatly appreciated and we are extremely grateful and proud to be associated with you and your companies. I’d also like to acknowledge the support we received from Gilbert, Sinalli, Central Coast Council and Orange Regional Council in making the 2019 season a successful one. On the Representative side of the equation it has been a big year of change. In 2019 Rugby Au moved to the Academy model for the Open (boys U18) age group which opened the pathway to ALL players in Australia that are under 18 (not only those in schools). This has meant that for players in NSW that the new pathway to make the Australian Schools & U18s team was via the NSW Gen Blue Academy. The U18 Gen Blue Academy was essentially made up of the NSW Schools I & II team, the NSWJRU U18 team and certain elite players that were identified along the pathway. This squad was then narrowed to the Final Gen Blue U18 team which played Qld & ACT for the chance to be selected in the Australian Schools & U18s team. So essentially the initial priority for players is to get into the GEN BLUE Academy via whatever pathway they can. See below diagram for explanation of the roadmap for U18 players in NSW via both the club and school’s pathway. Congratulations to the following players whom made the final NSW GEN BLUE U18 team NSWJRU State Championships One of highlights of our calendar is the Positive Rugby Foundation NSW Junior State Championships and the Rugby 1st 2019 Girls NSWJRU State Championships. This year we managed to avoid the usual weather issues and our hosts were (as per usual) amazing in providing fantastic venues for a wonderful weekend of representative rugby across multiple venues. I’d like to thank all our State Championship hosts and their wonderful volunteers. I’d also like to congratulate this year’s State Champions in each age group. For the record this year’s host venues and champions were; June Long weekend (8th – 10th June, 2019) ñ U12 – Camden Rugby Club, Camden Rugby Park at Camden – State Champions = Penrith ñ U13 Boys – Maitland Blacks Rugby Club, Marcellin Park at Maitland – State Champions = ACT Brumbies ñ U13 Girls – Hunters Hill Rugby Club, Boronia Park at Hunters Hill. Finals at Wests Juniors, St Lukes Ovals at Concord – State Champions = Two Blues / Eastwood ñ U14 – Orange City Rugby Club, Waratahs Sports Club at Orange – State Champions = Gordon ñ U15 Boys – Wests Juniors, St Lukes Ovals at Concord – State Champions = Penrith ñ U15 Girls – Hunters Hill Rugby Club, Boronia Park at Hunters Hill. Finals at Wests Juniors, St Lukes Ovals at Concord – State Champions = Brisbane Juniors ñ U16 – Narrabeen Tigers Junior Rugby, North Narrabeen Reserve at Narrabeen – State Champions = Warringah ñ U17 Girls – Hunters Hill Rugby Club, Boronia Park at Hunters Hill. Finals at Wests Juniors, St Lukes Ovals at Concord – State Champions = West Harbour ñ Opens (U18) - Narrabeen Tigers Junior Rugby, North Narrabeen Reserve at Narrabeen – State Champions = Hunter This year saw a slight change to the State Championship format where we moved the under 11 age group to join the Under 10’s on their own dedicated Rep weekend. The Positive Rugby Foundation NSW Juniors State Development Gala was held at the new Tuggerah Sports Complex and it was a smashing success – 7 ovals running non-stop for two days. The complex was ideal and the vibe over the whole weekend was exactly what junior rugby should be all about. This is now my new favourite event and will quickly become one of our most iconic and signature events – a weekend away on the Central Coast that will be booked into calendars for years to come. Thanks to Central Coast Juniors and Central Coast Council for their assistance in helping get this event started. Saturday & Sunday 20th‐21st July, 2019 ñ U10’s – Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation Complex, 20 Lake Road, Tuggerah ñ U11’s – Central Coast Regional Sporting & Recreation Complex, 20 Lake Road, Tuggerah NSWJRU Regionals After avoiding the wet weather for the long weekend, we were hit hard over the regionals weekend with ovals closing everywhere due to the wet grounds. Blacktown Rugby club stood up and hosted us at Grantham Oval. Many thanks to Teki Tuipulotu and his crew for hosting a great weekend. These games are primarily trials for the respective Sydney and Country teams in the U14, U15 & U16 age groups. This carnival is always one of the most enjoyable with high quality rugby and further selections opportunities adding to the drama. As this is predominantly a selection tournament the results are somewhat secondary but for the record the MWZ U15 and NSWJRU U16 Pres XV both went through the tournament undefeated. Sydney vs NSW Country Due to the nature of this year’s representative calendar the U18 Sydney vs NSW Country game was played on a Saturday night at Chatswood Oval following the Shute Shield game.