Quote ="snowie"Not sure its always the parents that influence kids in what they participate in, take my lad for instance I have asked on a number of times if he'd like to play union or football to gain more fitness but has snubbed both.
Union because it doesn't appeal to him when he has played it at school and football was always played at the same time as rugby league.
He has proven to like other games like badminton and tennis so may see if that may appeal to him.
just sometimes it does well to take a break from the norm
by the way everhopeful do I know you as MG a buddy I know that has shown interest in Cas RU
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You are correct, always was a shame we couldn't get Lewis down for a few games, we could do with the height in the line out.
I know what you mean about breaks, I think if you have lads like the Stanley lot who are competing at the highest level week in week out, then club and scholarship training it can be overkill. It is really down to the parents, coaches and players to take responsibility. And also the schools with the timings of games.
Quote ="bren2k"Quote ="Everhopeful"Please don't discount Union as a winter alternative, plenty of teams around like Cas who would welcome any new players, like Sandal, Morley, Goole, Corinthians and many more.'"
Tried that with our local RU club and were roundly snubbed - seems like there's just as much politics in jr RU as there is in RL.
Oh well - we're keeping our lads fit and busy over the off-season with a programme of multi-sports activities; they're doing weight training, running and martial arts for starters, with a couple more things still to be confirmed.'"
Real shame you had a bad experience, I can assure you that you would have been welcome at Cas. RU is the same as RL some clubs are elitist and others more welcoming. A real shame you didn't try us first as your age group is the one we don't have, if you ever fancy coming down to the club for a chat with our DOR ( I think you know him) you would be more than welcome. Apart from the Yorkshire Cup and Plate we only play friendlies until under 17 so still plenty of time for us to arrange a few games against similar experience teams to keep you going through winter.
Quote ="El Rey"Once went down to Sandal RU with some juniors to have a look at playing in our off season, the lads could not understand why all the players were called "george" or "charles" and decided not to bother.'"
Reading between the lines i presume you didn't feel welcome, ( hope it wasn't just the kids names that put you off) it would have been different at Cas, the bulk of our kids are local comp kids from Cas, Ponte, Garforth, Outwood, Kippax, Rothwell and surrounding areas
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