U9s Cootamundra League Tag Junior Girls
League:
Group 9 Junior Rugby League
State / Area:
NSW / Regional
Funding Requested
$1500
Voting has now finished.
Recipients will be announced on 6th June 2016.
About U9s Cootamundra League Tag Junior Girls
Cootamundra is a rural community in south west NSW. The u9's Cootamundra League Tag team is a new team to our club and competition. League tag is a new concept involving girls with a variation to traditional rugby league rules introduced to our competition which previously was a boys only rugby league competition. It was introduced to provide families with a winter sport that could involve the entire family and to avoid the split travel that happened in the past with girls & boys in differing winter sports & locations. The league tag concept has been building for 4 years now and we currently stand at 4 teams. We would like to see this grow to 5-6 teams in the next 2 seasons. Currently the 4 teams have approx 20-30 girls registered per team.
Value to the Community
The teams provide an opportunity for females in the community to participate in sport in a rural NSW town. Other than league tag there are very few sporting options for females in winter and no other option that keeps the family at the same venue. Females in the past often missed out all together due to the burden of travel. Participation in organised sport is an important part of a child’s social development. As a subset of broader physical activity, participation in organised sport is also important for the development of motor coordination skills, teamwork and physical fitness. In recent years, increasing awareness of the incidence of childhood obesity has highlighted the desirability, on health grounds, for children to participate in regular activity. Therefore there is value to the community by providing a healthy past time to young females in the community which will continue through to their adult lives.
Why the funds are needed
The funds would assist to purchase uniforms. Being a new team the club has not as yet purchased uniforms. They will share the u10's uniforms for the time being until funds are sourced. A set of jumpers for a team of 30 would cost approx $750, shorts $450 & socks $175 plus freight to rural NSW. Other funds would be utilised to train coaches, league safe officers and first aid officers that are all required for a game to take place. A coaches course is $55 per person, a league safe course is $20 while a first aid officer's course is $180. Ideally with 20-30 kids we would normally have 2 coaches, 2 league safe officers and 1 first aid officer. Total cost around $330.
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