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Pride Academy Staff & Player Applications Open

Saturday, 14 August 2010 07:39

The Northern Pride, in partnership with the Cairns District Rugby League, invite applications for positions for both staff and players within the Northern Pride Academy for the 2011 Cyril Connell (Under 16) and Mal Meninga (Under 18) Cup squads. All interested individuals are encouraged to apply providing they can meet the minimum standards as detailed. You can apply by filling out the relevant form attached to the bottom of this story.

For staff it is a QRL ruling that all personnel associated with under age teams must hold or be eligible to obtain a Working with Children Blue Card prior to commencement. Positions available include coaches, managers, first aid officers, trainers, gear stewards etc. If you are interested in a career path in any of these areas we encourage you to apply by clicking on the link below, filling out the form and returning to the details provided.

For players open trials will be held with anyone able to register to trial. Trial dates are Wednesday 8th September for the Under 16's and Wednesday 15th September for the Under 18's. Both of the trials will be from 5:30pm onwards at Jones Park, Mann St.

The Northern Pride Academy has provided pathways for local junior rugby league players and staff to progress in their chosen field. The extensive, sustained and professional exposure to quality competition and training has seen 17 players from the 2009 & 2010 squads go on to play in the CDRL “A” Grade competition, 6 have represented Queensland and 6 have secured NRL contracts.

Players from all local competitions (Cairns, Eacham & Innisfail) as well as remote communities from the Gulf, Cape and Torres Strait Islands are all welcome to trial. To register clink on the player registration link below, fill out the form and return it via your preferred method to the details provided.

The closing date to receive applications is Friday 20th August for staff and Friday 3rd September for players.

To download and complete an Application Form click the relevant form below and return to the details provided.

Attachments:
File	File size
Player Registration Form for Academy Trials	183 Kb
Northern Pride Staff Application Form	425 Kb

Academy

Wednesday, 14 January 2009 19:30


Southern	Northern
Easts Tigers	Northern Pride
Ipswich Diggers	Townsville Stingers
Norths Devils	Mackay Cutters
Redcliffe Dolphins	Central Comets
Souths Logan Magpies	Northern Territory Titans
Wynnum Manly Seagulls
Toowoomba Clydesdales
Sunshine Coast Sea Eagles
Gold Coast Vikings

The Northern Pride Academy will again compete in the Cyril Connell & Mal Meninga Cups (U16 & U18 respectively) in 2010.

The Northern Pride teams have been training with the Pride Queensland Cup team since November and have progressed steadily building up to the 2010 season.

The Academy teams will play a trial against the Townsville Stingers in Mareeba on Saturday 13th February before the Pride take on the St George/Illawarra Dragons.

The regular season kicks-off the week after with a tough opening schedule coming up for the Academy with away games against Rockhampton (Bowen Sat 20th Feb), Mackay (Mackay 27th Feb) & Rockhampton (Rockhampton Sat 6th March) before playing a home game at Barlow Park on Saturday 20th March against the Northern Territory. Over the Easter Weekend Cairns will host a gala weekend with the Pride Academy will play a double header against Townsville at Pride Oval on Friday night 2nd April and then back up to play the Mackay Cutters on Saturday 3rd April at Barlow Park. The season will be rounded out on Sunday 11th April when the Pride travels to Townsville to take on the Stingers.

This is a fantastic opportunity for young players from Far North Queensland to play top level football from their home town with players and most importantly mates they have grown up playing football with.

This opportunity has never before been available and it will provide exposure to more professional coaching, training, weights, recovery and other techniques crucial to progressing to the elite level of Rugby League as a player, coach, manager, trainer, administrator and so on.

It is common knowledge that that city kids (Brisbane, Gold Coast and Sydney) develop faster once they reach the 14 – 18 age bracket and in fact this is when the country kids start to fade away unless they have tireless determination, quality coaching and often parents with enough resources to “chase the dream. This drop off has been down to a number of factors including the lack of infrastructure in country areas; the lack of quality coaching in line with up to date techniques and methods; the lack of body development; travelling distances between towns and the lack of opportunity.

We feel nearly all these issues can and will become non existent. This competition if conducted professionally by all franchises will narrow the gap that currently exists between the city slickers and country Queensland. The professionalism with which the Northern Pride has structured the Academy will provide the best opportunity for participants to develop and progress as Rugby League players. This has been made possible mainly through the efforts of the Northern Pride and the generous support of the Cairns District Rugby League (CDRL). The Northern Pride would like to formally acknowledge and express our gratitude to the CDRL for the opportunity they have made possible for all participants.

Sponsors of the Northern Pride Academy in 2010 include Michael Aw The Good Guys, Leightonmac Plumbers, GATA Plastering and Pacific Coaches.

“Go the Pride”

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