Broncos And RFL Launch New
Competition in West London

London Broncos have today announced that The Ealing Cup will be a new competition for secondary schools in 2004.

The Ealing Cup will be contested between The Guru Nanak School, Featherstone Sports College, Villiers High School and Elthorne Park.

All of these schools have been introduced to Rugby League through the Active Sports Development Scheme and the London Broncos coaching programme.

After only one term of rugby coaching all of these schools entered the national competition "Champion Schools" and they are now ready to step up to a new challenge. The four schools entering The Ealing Cup will play each other once in an all-day tournament provisionally booked for February 2nd.

Broncos Development Officer Suzanne Stirton is delighted with this new concept: "It really provides a pathway for these kids to follow. Through intensive schools coaching, our key objective is to introduce new kids to our game."

The challenge then is to keep them within the game as either participants, fans, or ideally both."

This type of initiative is designed to encourage greater involvement with rugby league and with London Broncos."

I would say that some 90% of these kids are from Asian backgrounds. The vast majority are new to the sport, so it's very encouraging from a development viewpoint."

WEST LONDON SERVICE AREA TRAINING STARS BACK

Training for the West London Service area teams has started back on Wednesday nights, 6.30 - 8.00pm.

The current 60-strong training squad has been selected from those schools teams taking part in the national competition "Champion Schools" and are training at U/14 and U/16 age levels.

Playing fixtures will start on the 6th March so there is still time to start training if you think you have what it takes.

If you are interested, or want to find out more call James Massara on 07968 423997 or email James.Massara@rfl.uk.com.

For London Broncos Membership & Season Ticket enquiries, call - 0871 222 1132.

London Broncos first home game in Tetley's Super League IX is against St Helens at 6pm on Saturday 6th March at Griffin Park - tickets for this big season opener can now be bought online at www.londonbroncos.co.uk or through the ticket booking hotline: 0871 222 1657