p1 18/6/09 10:03 Page 1 2009 p2 15/6/09 11:15 Page 1 CARNEGIE CHALLENGE CUP FINAL Saturday 29th August, kick off 2.30pm, Wembley. Tickets £21 - £76. For Tickets, Call 0871 226 1313 or visit www.rugbyleaguetickets.co.uk For Hospitality call 0871 226 1311. For Disabled enquiries call 0871 226 1313 or e-mail [email protected] p3 15/6/09 17:14 Page 1 Welcome to the Carnegie Champion Schools Finals ON behalf of the RFL, I would like to Year 7 Boys Final to Wembley stadium. welcome everybody to the 2009 finals of This year’s match is between Castleford the Carnegie Champion Schools. The High and Outwood Grange and will be tournament has enjoyed another year of played as a curtain raiser to the Carnegie growth and success, and it continues to Challenge Cup Final in August. This and be the largest Rugby League knock-out all the other exciting finals are sure to competition in the world. provide fantastic experiences for all those Carnegie Champion Schools is a great involved. way to introduce more and more young I would like to thank all the teachers people to Rugby League, as well as and volunteers who have been a part of creating exciting opportunities for them to Carnegie Champion Schools in 2009. play alongside their school friends and The tournament would not be such a enjoy a fantastically beneficial sporting success without your input. experience. I would also like to thank Leeds We have seen that many previous Metropolitan University for the support players involved in these finals have gone they have given Champion Schools via on to have very successful careers within the Carnegie brand. This is an element of the sport and some have even reached a competition continues to develop and the highly successful partnership between professional playing level. This is grow, with a total 490 schools participated Carnegie and our sport. something I hope will inspire young in the tournament this year. This number All that remains is for me to say ‘best players to continue with the sport of included 1,470 separate boys’ teams and of luck’ to those involved in the finals and Rugby League and make them aspire to 208 girls’ teams. Both figures represent a a massive thank you to every player, similar levels of success. I’m sure that year-on-year increase. coach, match official, teacher, parent and some of the boys taking part in these I congratulate the teams who have guardian who has participated in the finals are Rugby League stars of the reached the finals in their respective age 2009 Carnegie Champion Schools. future. groups. This year will again see the Richard Lewis It is pleasing to know that he return of the Carnegie Champion Schools Executive Chairman - RFL Leeds Met Carnegie - University of Rugby League AS the Chief Executive of Leeds Davies, a celebrated Welsh on their journey to Uxbridge. Met, the Education Partner of the International captain and British Many talented school stars we RFL, it gives me great pleasure to Lion, to our involvement in Rugby will see today will take on the see the University involved in the League from the grass roots level Carnegie elite challenges in the third year of the Carnegie to the elite competitions. years to come and many will take Champion Schools Tournament. It is interesting to see four new up academic courses including at I have enjoyed our involvement schools as finalists in this year’s Leeds Met to develop their talents at the elite level with the Carnegie competition; two schools from to the full. We wish you all good World Club Challenge at the Settle, Hollingworth from luck today and best wishes for beginning of the season and the Rochdale, De La Salle from St your continuing journey to success final of another world class event, Helens and Brooksbank for in the future. the Carnegie Challenge Cup. Calderdale. Congratulations to the Dr. Geoff Hitchins It will be a great introduction for coaches and the parents who have Chief Executive our new Dean of Carnegie, Gareth supported all the talented teams Leeds Metropolitan University www.carnegiechampionschools.co.uk 3 p4 18/6/09 10:11 Page 1 THE Carnegie Champion Schools Tournament is the FUN AND GAMES - world's biggest Rugby League The Carnegie knockout competition and one Champion Schools of the greatest success stories tournament is a for Rugby League. national hit with girls The RFL in partnership with and boys alike English Schools Rugby League re-launched the competition in 2002 and since then it has continued to grow each year. Rugby League has seen an immense growth in schools which will support the development of the sport in the future. Carnegie Champion Schools has played a vital role in introducing Rugby League to an ever increasing number of young people throughout the United Kingdom. In this year’s tournament a total of 1,678 different teams took part, 175 more than last year. The number of boy’s teams is up by 152 and the girls saw an increase of 23 teams. Yorkshire has seen the biggest increase in the number of teams taking part, up 88 teams on last year to 639. Other areas that also saw a dramatic rise in teams were London, Wales and the North West. London’s number of teams increased by 27, Wales saw an additional The kids 17 teams taking part and the North West had an extra 31 teams. Overall, 27,537 students took part in this year’s Carnegie Champion Schools Tournament. This is an extra 2,911 players from last year and an increase of are alright! 22,369 players from when the competition was re-launched in 2002. working well with the RFL and English “It also provides young players with The RFL’s National Development Schools Rugby League and this is the chance to enjoy competing together, Manager, Andy Harland said: “The demonstrated by the progress of the learning skills and generating memories Carnegie Champion Schools Tournament competition.” that may well stay with them for the rest has been a huge success again this year Harland added: “The tournament has of their lives and Rugby League careers”. and I would like to thank all of the players, grown and developed at a rapid rate and In 2007 a group of young players teachers, parents and volunteers from the has given thousands of young people became the first teams to play Rugby schools that have contributed to this opportunities to participate in Rugby League at the new Wembley Stadium competition. They are committed to League for the first time. after its re-opening. West Yorkshire schools Castleford High and Freeston High met in the 2007 Carnegie Champion Schools Year Seven final. The same teams feature in this August’s Carnegie Champion Schools Year Nine Final at Uxbridge and for the third time they will battle to be Champion School winners. Last year, Standish defeated Pickering at Wembley in the Carnegie Champion Schools Year 7 Final. The Standish team will feature again in this August’s Year 8 Final against Brooksbank at Uxbridge. This year, the two teams taking to the Wembley Stadium turf for the Carnegie Champion Schools Year 7 boys Final are Castleford High and Outwood Grange. WHISTLE HAPPY - The match will be played as a curtain There are opportunities raiser to the Carnegie Challenge Cup to referee games too! Final on 29th August. www.carnegiechampionschools.co.uk 4 p5 15/6/09 13:50 Page 1 th ROYAL AIR FORCE RUGBY LEAGUE 8 2 y Welcome from a ASSOCIATION 1992 - 2009 rid VENUEF Ian Szwandt ESRL Chairman WE have reached the exciting final stages of the 2009 Carnegie Champion Schools Tournament which is now in its seventh year. The competition, which is a joint initiative between the RFL and English Schools Rugby League, is open to every secondary school across the UK and continues to grow each year. Last year, the competition returned to Wembley as the Year 7 Boys Final took place as a High flyers curtain raiser to the Carnegie Challenge Cup Final. WELCOME to RAF Uxbridge! The base has a very The match between diverse history, dating back to its inception in 1917 Pickering School as a Royal Flying Corps armaments school. and Standish The Station consists of the house and land School proved to formerly known as Hillingdon House and estate. be an exhilarating Originally built as a hunting lodge, Hillingdon House After becoming Royal Air Force Station Uxbridge in and entertaining was destroyed by fire in 1844 but was rebuilt much 1941 the Station continued to play a prominent role encounter suitable for to its original design. throughout the remaining war years and post war the venue and proved a brilliant Purchased by the Government in 1915, the era. It provided accommodation for competitors and match to promote the location was intended to be used as a Prisoner of officials participating in the first post-war Olympic competition. War Camp; however, objections from the local Games held at White City in 1948. This year the Carnegie community meant it became a convalescent home In 1965 Headquarters Military Air Traffic Champion Schools Year 7 Boys for Canadians and then the Armaments School. Operations arrived at the Station where it remained Final will again be played on the In 1918 it was renamed The Royal Air Force until its disbandment on 31 March 2000. Wembley turf as a curtain-raiser, Depot and became the home of recruit training RAF Uxbridge has been the ‘Home’ of RAF with Castleford taking on which was the central role of the Station in the inter- Rugby League since its acceptance as an officially Outwood in the Stephen war years.