Push to restore East's juniors

[chook 56]

There are some great names mentioned here that probably don't get the credit they deserve in Eastern Suburbs juniors.
Syd Eckstein is a legend and did an absolutely wonderful job getting Clovelly to its great heights. In the early to mid 2000s the crocs were one of the fastest growing sporting clubs in the country, they are still going strong. Steve Yeates is still involved and doing a great job with the u12s.
There are some great people running Bondi Utd, St Charles and Paddo. They are all striving for the best for the Roosters juniors.
While it would be great to have our own comp the priority is getting kids playing and playing at an appropriate level.

Turk I am not a sydney lad, but I get involved everynow and then helping at Clovelly.
Our friend backwards, well his vintage is extremely unique and furry

That's him.
Thanks to his uncle Billy.

[milanja]

And then there's St George Illawarra: take Brighton Le Sands and radiate outwards, virtually all the way to the coastal Victorian border. But don't include west of sydney to Canberra and beyond - those 1000's of square kilometeres are Raider's heartland. Of course we shouldn't complain, I mean consider poor Newcastle: a small wealthy, upperclass city with virtually no league players, and a piddly junior territory from which to develop talent, spreading west and north virtually untouched for the rest of the state.

It beggars belief, the way others perceive the Roosters.

I remember some clown somewhere crapping-on about Cordner being pinched from under Newcastle's nose. Old Bar is like a 2 hour drive from Newcastle - laying claim to territory that distance would be akin to the Roosters claiming Canberra City.

i thought we did treat canberra as our junior base? Carney,jcarney, graham, soward, monahan, pongia,mullins,finch,barnhill, ricky stuart;-), cant think of anyone else at the moment.

[Salvatori Grubber]

It goes both ways: Don Furner, Scott Logan, Shillington, um... Sandor Earl.

[Hawkeye]

i thought we did treat canberra as our junior base? Carney,jcarney, graham, soward, monahan, pongia,mullins,finch,barnhill, ricky stuart;-), cant think of anyone else at the moment.

Gary Wurth, Brendan Hall, Nigel Gaffey ..... Barnhill I think we got from St.G

[Jacks Fur Coat]

i thought we did treat canberra as our junior base? Carney,jcarney, graham, soward, monahan, pongia,mullins,finch,barnhill, ricky stuart;-), cant think of anyone else at the moment.

Gary Wurth, Brendan Hall, Nigel Gaffey ..... Barnhill I think we got from St.G

What about terry raygun ?

[milanja]

Gary Wurth, Brendan Hall, Nigel Gaffey ..... Barnhill I think we got from St.G

gee i even see brendan hall on occasions down here and totally forgot about him! Used to love gaffey for us. Did get barnhill from saints but was a raider before that so had to throw him in.

[Guest]

It goes both ways: Don Furner, Scott Logan, Shillington, um... Sandor Earl.

Terry Fahey.....though he played for some other two bit club before us....

[bondi paul]

Terry Fahey.....though he played for some other two bit club before us....

Yeah he had hands like SKD

[Guest]

Chicka Ferguson and Nigel Plum went from us to the Raiders.

[horrie hastings]

Yeah he had hands like SKD

But found the try line a lot easier

[horrie hastings]

Chicka Ferguson and Nigel Plum went from us to the Raiders.

Ron Giteau also

[stsae]

Sounds good, whats your and KB's vintage old fella?

My old fella is young enough Gherkin.

[Vasco]

The Easts comp will never be the same.

I remember Waverley Oval having high quality games with big crowds.

The Easts comp was thriving. Not sure what happened but it died so quickly.

Most of my mates that still live in the area have their kids playing soccer or AFL. It is now also OK for kids to prefer music and art, which wasn't the case a generation ago.

That's just how it is.

[Guest]

It is now also OK for kids to prefer music and art, which wasn't the case a generation ago.

LOL do you come from a tribe of cavemen? What a goose.

[Vasco]

LOL do you come from a tribe of cavemen? What a goose.

You obviously missed my point.

Not sure about you but when I grew up you had to play sport to be accepted.