We have been notified by Council that no vehicles or stalls are permitted onto the grounds this weekend.

Unfortunately we will not reschedule the day this year.

Can you please pass the word, and we wish all our clubs good luck with your individual rego days.

Kind Regards

Fun from last years Junior League sign up day

It's on, come to Kareela Park at 11:00 am on Sunday the 10 th Feb for the Cronulla junior league sign up day

Harold Matthew's Cup Vs Trial Games - 2 nd FEB '08 Venue : Blaxland Oval 3:30 pm kick off

Harold Matthew's Cup Vs Trial Games - 2 nd FEB '08 Venue : Blaxland Oval 5:45 pm kick off

This will be the second hit out for the junior Sharkies with the Matthews Cup kicking off at 3:30 and the SG Ball at 5:45 Saturday arvo.

Sharks SG Ball squad at training (Photo : ourfooty media)

Story By : Sharks.com.au

The young Sharks have been training since well before Christmas, with the first hit out of the new season being welcomed by both the players and by coach Mick Marton.

"The guys are very keen to get into it," Marton said. "We’ve done a fair bit of contact work over the last couple of weeks and the boys are jumping out of their skins.

"It’s been a long off season so they are certainly looking forward to getting out onto the field and having a game."

In his first season in charge of the Sharks SG Ball team after learning his trade coaching both senior and junior teams at the local Gymea club, Marton has inherited a squad with plenty of previous junior rep experience, with the game against the traditionally strong Canberra side set to give everybody concerned a pointer towards the Sharks chances in 2008.

Marton will also have the benefit of two experienced campaigners as his assistant coaches in former NRL players Les Davidson and Steve Hardy. Davidson enjoyed an illustrious career, playing for the Sharks, Souths, NSW and Australia, while Hardy also played more than 100 first grade games in total for the Sharks and Roosters.

Recruitment manager Craig Wilson was eagerly anticipating this weekend’s trials for both squads and earmarked a number of the youngsters as players worth watching.

Steve Lemone hurries the play the ball ( Photo : ourfooty media)

"In the SG Ball, the likes of Blake Williamson, who is coming back from injury, Joel Johnson, Cameron Dunstan, Sean McDonagh and Mikahere Tepania all have experience at the junior rep level and I expect them to make an impact in the SG Ball competition this season," Wilson said.

"Then there are others taking the step up after playing in the Matthews Cup last year like Stuart Mills, Hayden Peacock, Chad Townsend and Callum Tatahua, all local juniors and contracted players here at the Sharks who we are also eager to see perform at the higher level."

"In the Matthews Cup there has been a number of players who have trained well in the pre-season, players such as James Hasson, Daniel Moroko, Steve Lemone and Aaron Bruce, just to name a few, young guys who we are keeping our eye on for the future."

The Sharks Matthews Cup side, will be coached by Dave Howlett and Kevin Farquhar.

Cronulla Sahrks U15 Dev players at the NSWRL academy (Photo : SHARKS)

Ten local juniors identified by the Sharks as players of the future, this week attended the annual January rugby league development camp at the NSWRL Academy at Narrabeen in Sydney’s northern suburbs.

The ten under 15’s year olds joined over 125 boys from the Sydney metropolitan area, NSW country divisions, Wellington in New Zealand and from around Queensland in an effort to enhance their Rugby league skills.

Stacey Morell, Zac Wedesweiler, Reece Davidson, Luke Dodge, Harry Day, Dion Beattie, Michael Morris, Jeremy Saville, Rea Pittman and Ryan Giles were selected from the Sharks junior development squad to attend and experience the four-day annual camp.

The boys enjoyed four days of rugby league skills and activities and also spent a half day at North Narrabeen beach during the week.

Sharks recruitment manager and Cronulla Cobras coach Craig Wilson also delivered a presentation to the young players attending the camp.

The NSWRL Academy has been conducting school holiday development camps for the past 14 years with camps traditionally scheduled for the last week of January for 12 – 16 year olds, the Easter Blues camp is in the April/May school break for 12 – 15 year old junior players and the Winter Mod camp in the July school holidays for 10 – 12 year olds.

Many current NRL players over the years have attended the camps as young players with many famous names of the NRL among the graduates including Craig Wing Luke Lewis, Jarrod Sammut, Brett Stewart, Ben Roberts, Daniel Conn, Matt Hilder, Liam Fulton and Dene Halatau.

The under 15’s development squad, of which the 10 boys are a part, along with the under 14’s and under 17 development squads, will be presented with their training gear prior to the Sharks SG Ball and Matthews Cup trials on Saturday.

Ricky Stuart talk to the Sharks '08 Harold Matthews Cup Squad

The Sharks Harold Matthews Cup and SG Ball teams will host the first trial for 2008 on Australia Day against the Canberra Raiders.

The games will be played at Gymea High School, Hotham Rd & Princes Hwy, Gymea NSW 2227, where Harold Matthews Cup will kick the day off at 4pm with SG Ball to follow at 5.30pm

Also on the day, the Junior League Development Squads will gather, meet their coaches and outline their year ahead.

Spectators are welcome, so hope to see you all there!