Newton Storm Funding Success
Newton Storm ARLFC are delighted to announce that Awards for All have approved a grant application for the club at a value of nearly £9,000.
The funding will pay for the delivery of coaching sessions for Y1-Y6 children in all 11 primary schools where we have an official school/club link. Within the next 12 months, over 500 children will be taught rugby league skills by Newton Storm coaches, who in the past have needed to take time off from work to undertake schools coaching a voluntary basis.
Coaching sessions can start in September 2008 throughout the next school year and the funding also includes for a summer rugby festival in June 2009.
We put a lot of hard work into the application and are delighted with the news from Awards for All. This is a great catalyst for our player recruitment over the next 12 months and will certainly help raise awareness of Newton Storm ARLFC amongst the children in the town.
Thanks to Malc Hankey for putting the application together, Treasurer Ken Tinkley for providing the supporting information and to Steve Sexton (St Helens RLFC) who kindly acted as a reference for the club.
An announcement has been made by Awards for All about an number of successes in the area, with Storm the lead story. The news has been picked up by the St Helens Star website:
u9's Secure New Kit Sponsor!
Newton Storm u9's are delighted to announce the signing of Hattons Solicitors as their new kit sponsor for 2008/9 season. It is fanstastic to see such a high profile company involved with junior rugby league at our club.
Newton Storm ARLFC would like to thank Hattons Solicitors for their invaluable support.
For links to all our club sponsors, please CLICK HERE
Open Age win St Helens 7's
Newton Storm Open Age picked up their first silverware of the season by winning the St Helens 7's competition organised by St Helens RLFC. After five weekly rounds, Storm finished top of their league playing teams from Pilks, Blackbrook, and two from Portico. Four top teams from the nine who entered then went on to the Finals at the St Helens Festival - held at Sherdley Park.
Open Age coach Craig Bailey would like to thank all the players who took part and the club would like to extend its congratulations to the team. Well done guys!
A BIG Welcome!
Newton Storm ARLFC would like to extend a big welcome to new players recently joining our junior teams. Pre-season training has started, a new under 7's team has now formed and with player numbers increasing considerably for all junior and open age teams, things are looking really positive for the forthcoming season.
WELCOME TO THE FOLLOWING NEW PLAYERS:
Under 11's - Ross Hankinson, Elliot Leicester & Ged Millard
Under 10's - James Hayes, Thomas Kryger, Mathew Barker, Ashley Barlow, Jack Babbs, Jack Davies, Nathan Lau & Lewis Goulding
u7's Chorley Festival Winners
Well done to Newton Storm U7's who competed in the Chorley festival today.
The team were the overall winners at their age group
Results as follows:
Storm 5 Chorley 1
Storm 4 Atheron 1
Storm 2 Halton 3
Storm 3 Shevington 3
Another excellent weekend for Newton Storm and the u7's players
Benjamin Tinkley, Adam Curtis, Sam Darwin, Zac Cooper, Christian Szalk, Will Boyers,
Rhys Goldsmith & Jake Horan.
Keep up the good work for the new season well done & thanks to all the parents for their excellent support!
Newton Storm ARLFC are currently recruiting players at all junior age groups available for children currently in reception through to year 5.
u8's win St Helens Festival
Newton Storm u8s produced some fantastic performances at this years St Helens festival to remain unbeaten throughout the day.
The tournament organised by Saints RL was a fantastic advertisement for junior rugby league and attracted large crowds.
The team were presented with the trophy by the Mayor of St. Helens and were a great credit to the club. Well done to all the players involved including the opposition teams from Blackbrook, Clock Face and Portico.
Newton Storm ARLFC are currently recruiting players at all junior age groups available for children currently in reception through to year 5.
u10's London Tour
Newton Storm ARLFC u10’s have just completed a very successful tour, playing three matches against under 11s teams from London and the Midlands. On Saturday 5th July, Storm players were delighted to be welcomed to London by Harlequins coach Brian McDermott who kindly spent the day with the team, watching both games against Elmbridge Eagles and Whitton Warriors. Brian even took the time to give the players a rousing half time team talk during their second match, which they really responded to. The team were invited to the Twickenham Stoop to watch the Harlequins v St Helens game on Saturday evening and were surprised to have the opportunity to meet Saints coach Daniel Anderson before the game! On Sunday 6th July, Storm travelled 120 miles north to face Northampton Knights u11s team in another fantastic game and a great advert for junior rugby league.
Storm coach Malc Hankey said: “The players and parents have worked extremely hard for the last few months undertaking numerous fundraising activities to pay for the tour in full. Everyone had a fantastic time, some great experiences, and I would like to thank the individuals and local businesses who supported the team over the course of the season.”
The Storm under 10s players would also like to thank Malc and Karen Hankey for all their hard work and organisation, which made the tour possible.
Newton Storm ARLFC are currently recruiting players at all junior age groups available for children currently in reception through to year 5.
Newton Storm Forthcoming Events
ANNUAL EVENTS - NEWTON SPORTS CLUB
Halloween Party - Saturday 25th October 2008
New Years Party - Wednesday 31st December 2008
Player Recruitment
Our junior teams are looking to recruit players for the 2008 season, regardless of experience or ability.
Please contact one of the following coaches for further information on training days, times and locations.
Children eligible for these teams are currently in school years 1-5
For more information please contact:
Under 7's - Ken Tinkley (Coach) on 07515 329311
Under 8'S - Paul French ( Coach) on 07791 155002
Under 9'S - Ian Wynn ( Coach) on 07714 517520
Under 10'S - Mark Thomas (Coach) on 07941 133536
Under 11'S - Malc Hankey (Coach) on 07917 321303
