Two trialled for State team

Two junior rugby league players from Woy Woy were among 65 players chosen to trial for the NSW team recently.

Blake Arahill and Jason Uptin, two local Woy Woy Junior Under-12/1 players from St John the Baptist, Woy Woy, were selected to play in the Catholic Schools (Broken Bay Diocese) Rugby League Open Primary School Team.

The Broken Bay Diocese extends from Sydney Harbour to Newcastle.

The selections were made at Narrabeen over a period of weeks.

Two other Woy Woy Juniors, Luke McIntyre and Kieran Callaghan, were also in contention but "narrowly missed out" in the final selections, according to Woy Woy Junior Rugby League Football Club co-editor Ms Gayle Downey.

"With Saturday training at Manly leading up to the event, the boys forged new friendships with players from this larger circle," Ms Downey said.

"Overall, there were six players who made the team from the Central Coast.

"This was a great honour for them, their team, their school and Woy Woy JRLFC itself.

"Last week they travelled to Tamworth and played against teams from around the State.

"Some games were won and some lost."

While they were not selected for the State team, "Blake and Jason both agree that the experience was certainly memorable", said Ms Downey.

Press release, 7 May 2007 Gayle Downey, Woy Woy Junior Rugby League Football Club