Umina Bunnies fight suspension

The Umina Bunnies Rugby League Club is fighting suspension from the 2016 Central Coast Rugby League competition.

The club has started a campaign on the website communityrun.org called Rally Round the Banner of Umina.

It hopes to gain community support for an appeal against the club's suspension.

The club says it will appeal a decision suspending it from the 2016 Central Coast Rugby League competition.

Vice president Mr Troy Mansell said the committee had met for over two hours with the club's solicitor and the club would be "100 per cent appealing the decision to suspend our admission into this year's competiton".

"We are extremely confident, and I will say again to emphasise, extremely confident that we will be successful in this appeal," Mr Mansell said.

"We have a plan and we are working overtime to make this happen," he said.

Mr Mansell said that plan included steps to ensure outstanding payments would be made to players and creditors.

"We will push forward with what we have been doing currently, fundraising and planning for this year's competition and promoting our club in every way possible," he said.

According to the online campaign, the club has acquired old and new sponsors this year.

"To be removed from the competition not only causes undue suffering for the players and club management but also for the community members and organisations that the club is supporting and working with this year," the petition stated.

"It hinders the partnerships planned between the seniors and juniors of the club as well as the Netball Bunnies.

Comments from residents who have signed the online petition included as their reasons for signing: "The Peninsula wouldn't be the same without the Umina Bunnies."

The Umina Bunnies facebook page links to the communityrun.org online petition.

Websites, 21 Jan 2016

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