The Jetstar Gold Coast Titans have helped boost the number of juniors playing rugby league in the region following the club’s assistance with a recent junior sign-on day.
A fortnight ago, more than 30 Jetstar Titans players visited every Gold Coast District Junior Rugby League club across the region in the interest of promoting the game to youngsters.
Jetstar Titans players participated in a host of different activities – ranging from being dunked underwater in the dunk machine to handling live snakes and cooking barbeques.
For the kids, the chance to interact with their heroes clearly did the trick with the Gold Coast District Junior Rugby League recording 1074 new registrations for the 2009 season.
The success of the sign-on day followed several weeks of promotion by the Australian Rugby League Development team, who have visited over 6000 school children in the region since the resumption of term one.
About 400 kids also attended Titans coaching clinics throughout the school holidays while others also tried their hand at TitanTag – a new non-contact sport aimed at young boys and girls.
GCDJRL Operations Manager Gary Phillips said the number of new registrations was well up on the same time last season.
“We’re extremely pleased with the result,’’ said Phillips. “It’s more than 300 compared to the same time last year.’’
“The Titans impacted on that enormously with their involvement in the sign-on day and their promotional work in the lead-up.
“It’s great for our game. We had 4500 players last year and we’re on track to get to our target of 5000 this year.’’
The sight of big prop Aaron Cannings being dunked underwater in the dunk machine at the Mudgeeraba Redbacks JRLC proved a success, with the club recording 83 new junior players including 61 new players between under-6s and under-10s.
The Runaway Bay Seagulls also celebrated a significant increase in registrations, with 130 new players signing up – a 20 per cent rise on 2008.
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