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Monthly Archives: February 2012
Prize of a lifetime on offer with Pride membership drive
Skill360 Northern Pride has officially launched the 2012 Membership Drive with a trip of a lifetime on offer to one lucky member. The Pride is targetting 5,000 members this year, and have produced a new brochure detailing all the exciting membership packages. As part of the launch, a 2012 Member will win an all-expenses paid [...]
Northern Pride Academy Teams prepare for Week 1
The Northern Pride Under 16′s and Under 18′s teams “hit the ground running ” in the first round of the Cyril Connell and Mal Meninga Cup competition which kicks off this weekend. The Pride teams fly out of Cairns early Saturday morning travelling to the Sunshine Coast for a “double header” weekend first taking on the Ipswich [...]
Junior Teams invited to join with the Pride
Skill360 Northern Pride are inviting junior teams from throughout the region to join with the Intrust Super Cup team and play at Barlow Park at any of the 11 regular season home games. The teams will play lead up games to the Intrust Super Cup game, an experience which many juniors have enjoyed over the past four [...]
Cowboys stars in flight from hell
SEVERAL North Queensland stars were involved in a mid-air drama yesterday when their charter plane was hit by lightning twice and had to make an emergency landing in Cairns. Cowboys Cory Paterson, Kalifa Faifai Loa, Joel Riethmuller, Luke Harlen, Ricky Thorby and James Segeyaro were travelling from Cairns to play a game in Moranbah with the [...]
Pride’s Lightning Strike
The Northern Pride team travelling to Moranbah for the final trial game against Mackay Cutters tonight was forced to return to Cairns when their plane was struck by lightning twice enroute. After the first strike the Skytrans charter flight had begun the return to Cairns as a safety requirement when the plane sustained a damaged windscreen as a [...]
Nona determined to win Pride’s halfback job
NORTHERN Pride halfback Shaun Nona hopes a commanding performance against the Mackay Cutters in Moranbah today will secure him a spot in the starting 13 for his side%u2019s round-one clash on March 10. Nona made his Queensland Cup debut last season and went on to play three games, but the Tully junior wants to become [...]
Intrust Super Cup finals revamp
INTRUST SUPER Cup will follow in the NRL’s footsteps by revamping its finals format in 2012. The new management at Queensland Rugby League has scrapped the existing six-team finals series in favour of a five-team qualifying format. Under the new system the minor premiers would have a bye in the first week of the finals while [...]
Cowboys quintet give Pride big trial boost
THE Northern Pride have been bolstered by the inclusion of five North Queensland Cowboys for their final trial of the preseason against the Mackay Cutters in Moranbah on Saturday. Forwards Cory Paterson, Luke Harlen, Joel Riethmuller, Ricky Thorby and hooker James Segeyaro have been included in the Pride’s 19-man squad, which will take on a [...]
Channel 9 to Broadcast Intrust Super Cup
THE Intrust Super Cup’s standing as one of the leading second-tier sporting competitions in the country has been further enhanced today by confirmation that Channel Nine’s Wide World of Sports would broadcast live matches on Sundays at 2pm. The announcement coincides with an exciting new era for the Queensland Rugby League (QRL), which has [...]
Northern Pride at best for Cutters trial
NORTHERN Pride coach David Maiden will unleash a full-strength side for the club’s final trial against the Mackay Cutters at Moranbah on Saturday. The Pride scored their second win of the preseason at the weekend when they romped to a 94-0 victory over the FNQ Indigenous All Stars at Barlow Park. With the exception of [...]
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