News and Events 2013

(Please note this will be updated throughout the coming weeks)

TRY RUGBY & REGISTRATION Friday 1 March is cancelled.

Due to the wet weather and the state of Taplin Park, the Try Rugby session and registration are cancelled. Stay tuned for a new date!

If you wish to register, then please complete the rego form (click HERE) and return to the club via email and pay by providing your credit card details or submitting an EFT to the club’s bank account.

Registration fees: $150 per player, with a $15 discount for each subsequent player in the same family.

Referee and Assistant Referee education Courses

Ladies and Gentlemen

The referee education series is about to start and we do not have a game if we do not have referees.
The courses we are running are listed below

Refereeing Kids Rugby

RKR Easts Randwick 20/3 Latham Park 6pm to 9pm
RKR 26/3 Ella Centre, 58A Dalhousie Street Haberfield 6pm to 9pm
RKR 4/3 AR Hurst Oval, The Promenade, Sylvania Heights 6pm to 9pm

Assistant Referee (touch judge)

Assistant Referees Course 7/4 Waverley College 9am to 12pm
Assistant Referee Hudson Park Strathfield 3/4 6:30pm to 9:30pm
Assistant Referees Course 25/3 AR Hurst Oval, The Promenade, Sylvania Heights 6:30pm to 9:30pm

All courses can be registered at

http://myrugby.rugby.com.au/myrugby/courses_listState.asp?state=NSW

Try Rugby

We will be running the TRY Rugby program again this year on 3 consecutive Friday nights from 5.30pm-7pm, at Taplin Oval Drummoyne. The program is designed to introduce players U6-U9 to rugby prior to them register for the season. There is the opportunity for parents to ask coaches questions about playing rugby. We welcome both boys and girls to play.

The program dates are: 15th Feb, 22nd Feb and 1st March. It will cost $20 (for all 3 sessions) and includes some free items (e.g. water bottle, ball) and a sausage sizzle.

Registration

There are a number of ways you can register your son this season, some of you will have received an email giving the you opportunity to complete your registration on line. This is a simple and quick way to do it.

Alternatively you can register a new player or re-register a 2012 player the following ways:

1. Come to the club’s registration days on the next 3 Fridays (15^th and 22^nd February and 1^st of March) from 5pm at Taplin Park (Drummoyne). Bring the attached form and pay using cash, chq, credit card or EFTPOS.

2. Complete the rego form (click HERE) and return to the club via email and pay by providing your credit card details or submitting an EFT to the club’s bank account.

Registration fees: $150 per player, with a $15 discount for each subsequent player in the same family.

Fees cover - insurance, training top, shorts, socks. You will need to provide your own boots and mouthguard. Head & chest gear are optional and at the discretion of parents and players.

2013 will be an exciting year for the club with lots of new initiatives and events being planned. We are looking forward to having you back.

News just in from NSW Rugby.... spread the word!!!!

Junior Waratahs Memberships

Waratahs will be issuing Junior Membership Cards to all 2012 Registered player and all new players in 2013 registered prior to 1st March. The Membership card will allow players free access to all Waratahs matches throughout the 2013 season (Finals & Lions match excluded).

To receive the cards, the players will be sent a link to register which will involve a $9.95 registration fee. The cards will then be mailed out to the players. This process takes about 7 days so players must have registered 7 days prior to the upcoming Waratahs match to receive their free entry. Any new players registered after 1st March will miss out.

Training

Training is held on a Thursday evening at Taplin Park, the first one being on 14th March at 5pm (for 1 hour). At the discretion of players and managers training could be held on another night in the week but is subject to the council providing lighting on that night.

Trial games for U10-U16 will be held on Sunday 24^th March at Drummoyne Oval, Drummoyne where we will hosting other teams in our competition.

Competitions & Draws

Games draws are not known at the moment but we will post them as soon as we know them

Our U6-U9 teams are part of the Inner West Mini competition. Game day matches are played at St Luke's Oval, Concord on Saturday mornings. We only play in school term.

The Inner West clubs of Balmain, Canterbury, Drummoyne, Hunters Hill, Petersham and Wests will participate once again this season. The competition has been established with the full support of both the Australian (ARU) and NSW Rugby Unions. Inner West children and parents will have access to a local competition involving local teams and clubs.

The competition is been established;

With the strong purpose of fostering junior rugby development in the greater Inner West area of Sydney;
To provide young girls and boys the opportunity to experience the game of rugby and the best values associated with rugby union; and
To promote healthy participation in a team sport and the resultant fun, enjoyment and friendships that team environments provide.

Once again all games for teams aged U6 to U9 areplayed at a single venue. Initially games will be held at Wests Juniors home ground of St. Luke’s Park, Concord. It is also intended that some rounds may also also be held at Drummoyne Oval and Taplin Park. The great news is that because of the single venue every round will have a gala day atmosphere, allowing players and parents across grades to catch up with one another every week.

Competition start dates and the season draw will be available soon on our website.

Our U10-U16 play in Sydney Junior Rugby Union Sunday competition (there are no zones as previous demarcated in years past). Games follow school terms but some games occur in the last week of school holidays.

Communication

We will be publishing a regular newsletter Please keep a look out on our website which we'll be refreshing as regularly as possible. Or become a member of our facebook group as we update this as our first port of call.

http://www.facebook.com/groups/Drummoynedirtyredsjuniors/

DIRTY REDS Supporter gear 2013.

Details of new items will be available in term II 2013. Apologies for the delay.

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