Push to restore East's juniors

[Guest]

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.

Mate the same is happening everywhere, rugby league is no longer the preferred sport with plenty of options for kids. Juniors are chosen from everywhere and anywhere by all clubs in the NRL.

[Guest]

You obviously missed my point.

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

Sorry mate. I got your point but was just being a smart arse You are right though. long gone are the days when young guys had to prove their toughness by playing sport. Well at least compared to 20-30 years ago.

[stsae]

You obviously missed my point.

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

The only recorder I was allowed to play with was wearing a collar at Our Lady's Mount maaaaaaaaaaaaaate.

[Guest]

Sorry mate. I got your point but was just being a smart arse You are right though. long gone are the days when young guys had to prove their toughness by playing sport. Well at least compared to 20-30 years ago.

There's no way anyone would have considered being a linguist in Hong Kong 20-30 years ago ay mate?

[Guest]

King Billy's comments are as my understanding of junior football in the eastern suburbs isvery much on the money. Interestingly when my kids were playing for Clovelly the crocs at that time were one of the fastest growing clubs in the state under the committee there at the time led by Syd Eckstein.

I have a firm belief that the Easts junior base can be a much more substantial base than it currently is and through investment by the Senior club into its development with minor structural changes and it is not all about cash i believe this can be achieved.

The other element that's needs some debunking is this notion of the myth of the South sydney junior base which has been perpetuated for years. When you take out the four Easts clubs, the junior Newtown Jets and Marickville RSL (Newtown historic juniors) and the geographic eastern suburbs teams ie the Coogee Dolphins, the Maroubra Lions , Coogee Randwick, South Eastern, Navy based in Woolloomooloo and Moore Park you are left with 10 clubs with only six participating across the majority of age groups. Their participation rates are higher though Clovelly and Bondi united are up there with the best of them.

Having said all of the above the development of the junior game in the eastern suburbs - south sydney - newtown junior bases can only operate in a meaningful way as a combined competition at certain stages of the competition. The need for matched competition using the system of divisions will keep the maximum number of kids playing and this is what we are largely talking about is critical to development of the game as a whole. Which is at the end of the day the overarching goal for everyone in the game.

Rugby league is full of mythology which forms is part of its history and is an essential part of the make up of the game however for those who have to operate within the development of the game the hard wiring of the framework that the game operates in needs to be part of the growing of the game.

The problem for the mainstream commentators there is no separation of the two and myth, hearsay and general opinions becomes the facts

Great stuff, Frozen chook (note the comma after 'stuff' not 'Great')

I'm currently involved with a junior side in this comp and find we are very competitive against other districts.
We are even competitive at "primary school level" footy.

A very good read, and viewpoint Frozen chook.

[bondi paul]

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.

Socio demographic changed - Paddo and Bondi for example as well as there were many pubs playing such as the Nelson Astra Kinghts the Royal the Denison ( mill hill pub ) the sheaf in the local comp and many Polynesian who moved over to the northern beaches or went back to NZ whilst locals were forced out due to rentals and costs of owning a home - most of my mates from Bondi who where 2nd or 3rd generation no longer reside there .up easts

[Vasco]

Socio demographic changed - Paddo and Bondi for example as well as there were many pubs playing such as the Nelson Astra Kinghts the Royal the Denison ( mill hill pub ) the sheaf in the local comp and many Polynesian who moved over to the northern beaches or went back to NZ whilst locals were forced out due to rentals and costs of owning a home - most of my mates from Bondi who where 2nd or 3rd generation no longer reside there .up easts

That's pretty much it.

[Guest]

The only recorder I was allowed to play with was wearing a collar at Our Lady's Mount maaaaaaaaaaaaaate.

Good old waverley college...

[stsae]

Good old waverley college...

The good part is debatable mate.

[bondi paul]

The good part is debatable mate.

I agree thankfully I changed schools

[Guest]

The only recorder I was allowed to play with was wearing a collar at Our Lady's Mount maaaaaaaaaaaaaate.

Thankfully the good Father is now in a Long Bay jail cell!

[stsae]

Thankfully the good Father is now in a Long Bay jail cell!

I heard at least one of the old carnts got chased overseas mate.

I won't say who cos I don't like jeans.

[Guest]

Great stuff, Frozen chook (note the comma after 'stuff' not 'Great')
I'm currently involved with a junior side in this comp and find we are very competitive against other districts.
We are even competitive at "primary school level" footy.

A very good read, and viewpoint Frozen chook.

Thanks gaz and thanks for putting in the time into our junior roosters I live in the country and am involved in the CRL comps back in the junior ranks at the moment and over the years have noticed how well particularly clovelly primary does in the school comps my kids played for the clovelly crocs great model junior club