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Roos News – December 2021

Welcome to Roos News
Hello and welcome to the last Roos news for the 2021 Season,
it is crazy to think that we are here “already” and that it
has been six months since a football was last kicked in anger.

Let me start off by saying a big thank you to our outgoing
2021 committee members, Brett Matthews, Sunil Gopinath and of
course, Tony Bellia.

Tony has served the club with passion and dedication that is
unmatched and he will be sorely missed by the committee, as
well as all of our players and parents. We do know that Tony
won’t be able to help himself and we look forward to seeing
him at 8.30 each Saturday once the BBQ is firing to get some
quality early morning air.

We were all undoubtedly disappointed with how the season came
to a screeching halt back in June, and after now two broken
seasons, the club is very much looking forward to a sense of
normality in 2022. Hopefully the footy gods will be kind and
we get a full season of games under our belts in some awkward
type of new normal.

2022 will be a big year of footy for the club, with the
committee developing plans on how we achieve the following
goals:

     Retention of all of our 2021 tackle teams
     Continue to expand the number of Girls League Tag teams
     Push to launch u16s Tackle Teams for both Men and Women
     Break the 250 mark for registered players
     Launch Summer Training Squads for our Senior Players

Of course we can’t do it without our players, parents and
volunteers who give up their time to each year to help make
the Roos the wonderful community it is. The feedback we get
from parents is amazing (and appreciated) when we get compared
to other winter sports and as a committee we will strive to
make that community even stronger in the years to come.

Lastly, can I say what a huge honour it is to be appointed as
Club President of the Willoughby Roos.

The club enters its 110 t h year in 2022, which is a huge
achievement if you think of all the people involved over its
history to reach this milestone. They would have had no idea
the legacy that they have created. The club now has a rich
and proud history in the North Sydney and NSW Junior Rugby
League competitions thanks to them and I hope to work with our
committee, and the Roos community, to ensure that we are
around for the next 110 years.

With that, I hope that you all have a wonderful and well
deserved festive period, and look forward to seeing you all at
our preseason training in early January.

To quote the great Tony Bellia, Look Left, Look Right, Watch
Out!    ROOS ABOUT!

David

Registrations for 2022

2022 registrations are now OPEN! Currently there is an EARLY
BIRD SPECIAL of a $30 DISCOUNT until 6 FEBRUARY 2022.

You are able to use any 2021 Active Kids Vouchers for this
registration too.

Click   here   to   register   for   tackle   and   league   tag:
https://bit.ly/3mbqrn8

Last season we did trial the “Volunteer Bond”, after much
discussion at committee level we have decided not to pursue
with this again next season.

Presentation Day
On Sunday 28 November we were lucky enough to be able to get
together to celebrate the season that was.      We were very
grateful to be able to host some sort of event even though it
was slightly different to previous years as we did have to
adhere to restrictions.

However it was a great day nonetheless, the smiles on the kids
faces and the pride they showed with their trophies made it
all worth it!

Congratulations to those players who attained their 50 games
Awards:

Liam Baumont, Matteo Borovac, Eddie Burke, Thomas Chan, Harvey
Hafer, Samuel Hage, Teddy Hall, Kai Nunn, Lincoln Taylor, Alex

Trent, Anthony Abdo

A special shoutout to Matthew Bigg who was achieved a 150
Games Award for the Roos.

NEW Merchandise – Training Shirts
We have recently stocked adult training shirts in our
merchandise store.   These are a great addition to be worn
during these summer months, whether you are pounding the
pavement or getting ready for our January pre-season
training. These are $45 and come in sizes Small to 2XL.

You can buy your singlet here.

Any orders can be collected within a day or two at Willoughby
Park or we are offering free delivery around the Willoughby
area.

Summer Squads

Our Summer Squads wrapped up with a BBQ last night to end a
great few weeks of training with Hayden.

They will recommence again on 6 January 2022. We are offering
a discounted rate on the Jan – Feb sessions, which is $70,
includes weekly 90 minute sessions, a personalised training
shirt and bucket hat!

Since we have had some interest from the younger age groups we
will be opening this for any player going into Under 11s and
above in the 2022 season.     This too is OPEN for BOYS and
GIRLS.

Click   here   to   register      for   Summer    Squads:
https://bit.ly/3q2LXfg

We wanted to take this time to wish all our Roos a Very Merry
Christmas and a Safe & Happy 2022!

Go Roos!

Please, if you have any questions please reach out to one of
our committee members.

Regards

Roos Committee