Going down a real Storm Festival for youngsters is a class act
RUGBY SET-UP HAILS ITS YOUNG STARLETS – AND NEEDS THREE CEREMONIES TO DO IT JUNIOR RUGBY LEAGUE
GATESHEAD Storm Rugby League Club had to hold their annual presentation night on three different dates due to a big increase in players who have joined the top amateur set-up in the North East.
The presentations were held at the Legion Club in Gateshead to help celebrate the club’s achievements over the last year.
Each player was also given a trophy as a thank you from Storm for their on-field efforts.
The evenings also offered a chance to honour Storm’s new and rapidly-growing touch rugby team.
Over the three nights, each of the team coaches reflected on their squad’s year and handed out awards.
Under-eights: Coaches’ Player – Luke McDonald. Most Improved – Nathan Munro. Man Of Steel – Harry Stephenson.
Under-nines: Players’ Player – Connor Armstrong. Man Of Steel – Elijah Hylton.
Under-10s: Most Improved Player – Daniel Wilson. Coaches’ Player – Kyle Palmer. Players’ Player – Will Nicklin. Top Trainer – Will Nicklin.
Under-11s: Players’ Player – Joseph Hindmarch. Man Of Steel – Kyle Palmer.
Under-12s: Man Of Steel – Osian Bodman. Players’ Player – Ewan Brown. Most Improved – Jake Reid. Coaches’ Player – Lewis Urwin/Kye Patterson.
Under-14s: Man Of Steel – Jake Anderson. Players’ Player – Tyler Hepple. Most Improved – Chris Brown. Coaches’ Player – Aaron Moore/Tristan Somersall.
Under-16s: Man Of Steel – Harry Leyland. Players’ Player – Matthew Hurst. Most Improved – Brand Riley. Coaches’ Player – Ethan Lloyd.
Players’ Player – Andrew Morris. Coaches’ Player – David Cash. Man of Steel – James Pocklington. Top Try Scorer – James Pocklington. Biggest Impact – Chris Parker Junior.
Players’ Player – Neil Emmerson. Coaches’ Player – Ryan Crowson. Man Of Steel – Charlie Chau. Most Improved – Sam Jones.
Most Improved – Dan Credland. Players’ Player – Paul Sowerby.
THE Storm would like to thank 2016 sponsors North East Refurbishment Ltd, Dianna Kaye Florist, Shaun Matthias Painting Decorating Contractors and Charlotte and Craig Bodman. ROCKETS Community and Cramlington School Sports Partnership held their annual rugby league festival for year four students in Cramlington.
With 300 children taking part, the day was supported by year eight sporting leaders from Cramlington Learning Village (CLV), who had undergone extensive training in the lead-up to the event.
Starting the day with a coaching carousel, the youngsters then took part in a huge touch rugby festival, and medals were given out to those who admirably represented their school on the day.
Gill Smith of Cramlington School Sports Partnership said: “We love seeing so many children taking part in this festival and everyone had a great time.
“We believe in promoting a healthy lifestyle and we know Cramlington Rockets Community shares that belief.
“The opportunities they provide are always fun and wellorganised and we look forward to working with them again in the near future.”
Rockets Community manager Steve Beaty (right) added: “We really appreciate the help Gill provides making this happen, and also Mr Best at CLV for givng us access to the sporting leaders, who were fantastic again.
“We are very proud of the fact this was a free event which reached so many.
“To see this many children playing rugby league makes us very proud, and there was impressive talent on show across the whole day.
“We would encourage anyone who enjoyed it to come and see us at the Rockets as we are recruiting for the 2018 season.”
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