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COACH EDUCATIONLevel I CO:Khing Courses were held at Kurri Kurri,Valentine and Marathon Stadium. The Coaching Panelassisted the Group 21 Coaching Director conduct a Level ICourse at Singleton. We again conducted a CoachingCourse for school teachers as well as one for PhysicalEducation students at the Hunter Institute of HigherEducation. Regrettably, a small minority of clubsattempted to flaunt the system by employing unqualifiedsmff. All were detected and will be placed under closescrutiny as the Newcastle Rugby League conducts as auditof its active coaches in March 1993.The Level I Sports Trainers courses have been wellreceived with over 120 people attending the fOUf coursesheld thus far. A major highlight has been the "guest SportsTrainer", where a successful candidate from one of thecourses is invited to spend a week with the Knights bothat training and on match day. The program has been wellreceived by all participants and attracted local mediapublicity. Chris Kozaczynski has done an enormous jobco·ordinating the Sports Trainers program.DEVELOPMENT AND COACHING COUNCILACTIVITIESThe work being done at the "grass roots" level is mostsatisfying. The number of participants at Mini and Modlevel is a credit to both the Newcastle and Maitland JuniorAssociations.The OAK.Buttercup Easter Vacation Coaching Clinicsagain brought together players, coaches andadministrators from our junior clubs across the HunterValle)'. A totOlI of 530 youngsters attended the clinics atOlympic Park, Muswellbrook and Marathon Stadium. Ourclub was well represented at both venues and I thank theplayers who attended.Coaching Forums have been conducted at Kurri Kurri,Cessnock and Raymond Terrace. The Coaching Forumprogram has been used by the N.S.\V Rugby LeagueAcademy and distributed across the State.The annual Women in Rugby League Skills day wasattended by 20 participants and received local mediaexposure.The addition of Mark Sargenr and Paul Harragon to theprogram added a new dimension to school liaison andother development activities.Steve Fulmer and Ashley Gordon leave the Club after fiveseasons of outstanding service. Universally popular, theyhave assisted the Development Office on so manyoccasions, their knowledge, enthusiasm and personalityalways appreciated. We wish them well in the funlre.Throughout the year Adrian Drunker and Greg Flemingwere always willing to lend a hand. The co·operation ofour senior players and coaching staff, given the demandson their time, is more than pleasing.The success of the Senior Club can be largely auributed tothe First Grade Coach. There is no doubting that Davidwas worth the \Vait(e), A fine effort!!Congratulations to the Newcastle Rugby League onanother successful season at both representative and clublevel. To Tom Ellis, Kym Ellis, Geoff \Vright, the NewcastleRugby League Directors and General Committee, thankyou for your continued suPPOrt and assistance.In closing, I take this opportunity to thank all those whohave in any way assisted in making 1992 a year toremember and for playing their part in helping to makeNewcastle the Rugby League capital of Australia.THE DEVELOPMENT OFFICEMARKETING REPORT FORTHE 1992 SEASON1992 will be remembered ilS the year of credibility. \Vehave now displayed to all and sundry that this club is atthe door of creating a football dynasty, right from its top toits junior ranks.Our club had two shared Club Championships in Seniorand juniors, two Junior titles and five out of six teams inthe semis.Matthew Rodwell received the Dally M and Press \VritersRookie of the Year Awards and the Norwich Rising StarAward. Robbie McCormack was equal second in theRothmans Medal. junior "Best Player" awards werepresented to Stuart CoHins, Grant McW'hirter and SteveValentish and of course we had three players selected inthe World Cup Squad to tour Great Britain - PaulHarragon, Mark Sargent and Brad Godden, along withState and Country selections.Some would say "not a bad year". In fact it has been abetter year overall than some clubs have ever enjoyed andthey have been in it for years.The onfield performances are the domain of the plilyers,coaching and ancilliary staff but made possible by manyothers. To our sponsors the credit must also flow.To BP's Chris Phyctin, Peter Moate and Peter Noakes, aspecial thanks and to Dab Constantine the AustralianRetail Manager, a thank you for taking an interest in usand for attending as often as his busy schedule allowed.To the McDonalds Hunter Region franchisees, thanksonce more for your great and continued support.Dave \Villiams and his professional staff at Tooheys knowwhat we think of them and their product, Theirgenerosity and support is exemplary.The same applies to the Coca Colil personnel. Joe Haydenand his people once again supported us in the usual highstandard.\Ve are also proud to be helped in every way by Ourfriends from Tyrrell's \'\Iines. To Murray and Bruce Tyrrell,Mick Goldman and Bob Hughes and all in "God'sCountry", thank yOll.The "Buttercup Boys", Maurie Begley, jeff Evans and BobBalks, know what they are about and it was a pleasureonce more to work with them. Nothing is a trouble andwe hope to continue our great relationship.Knights milk hit the market and exceeded allexpectations. The OAK Company (part of AustralianCo-operative Foods Group) was one of our very firstsponsors and chose to help our development area. Theyhave been excellent and to Alison Smith and Tony Brown,all the best.The media support is the envy of every club. I thought theNewcastle Herald's support was unbelievable. To StewartRoach, his staff and the management, a special thanks.To the Newcastle and Lake Macquarie Post and KnightNews people, thank yOll with a special mention to VicLevi, a friend, keen supporter and a pace setter in theenthusiasm stakes, Happy retirement "Lance", Leo DellaGrotta is a professional and a pleasure to work with, hissupport is much appreciated. A special thanks toGoodfellows who so capably outfitted all of Our senior andjunior teams again thiS season.To NBN's Denis Ledbury, Peter Browne, Mike Rabbitt andthe newsroom gang, a special thank you for yoursponsorship and coverage.Radio 2HD enjoyed great success with their coverage andwe thank them once again.To all others, Telegraph Mirror, Maitland Mercury,Newfm, 2KO, Prime and NRTV, thank you for interest.To Art Ryan from Admak and John Flaherty, bothmembers of our Marketing Committee and bothadvertising professionals. thanks a million.There is no doubt that il fresh and different fOrmal for ouryearly Knights Ball is very welcome and this years "nightout" on the South Styne was fantastic. A special thanks toDrian McDermott, Craig Reeves and Francene Farragherfor their help.PAGE7