The 2005 Frank Hyde Shield Series
kicks off this Saturday!

The first leg of the 2005 Frank Hyde Shield series will be played on Saturday evening (February 12), when the Sydney Airport Jets and North Sydney square off at Henson Park at 6.00pm.

This official NSWRL VB Premier League trial match will be preceded by a game between the Newtown Jim Beam Cup squad and the North Sydney Jersey Flegg team, due to start at 4.30pm.

Bears CEO Greg Florimo warns that North Sydney will be enormously stronger in 2005, as a result of their feeder club arrangement with the Melbourne Storm. The Bears are hell-bent on regaining the Frank Hyde Shield, and the 2005 battle starts on Saturday evening at Henson Park!

Full catering services will be available at Henson Park, and it will be the last chance for supporters to see the Sydney Airport Jets Premier League squad in action prior to the commencement of the 2005 competition rounds. Newtown still has two ?away? Premier League trials remaining at Parkes and Gosford.

Many thanks to all those Newtown members who have already renewed their memberships and bought merchandise and/or took out the innovative player sponsorship deal. Please note that we are awaiting another consignment of Newtown caps from the manufacturer, and this is causing a delay of several days in attending to your merchandise orders. Please be patient ? your membership renewals and merchandise orders will be attended to as soon as possible by our busy volunteer staff.

If you have still to renew, we really do value your membership so please get your renewal form in and stay with us. Your collective membership gives the club greater bargaining power with government bodies and increases the club?s marketability to current and potential sponsors. Be sure to remind any of your family members or friends who haven?t renewed their memberships as yet to please do so.

If you receive these emails and you?re not a member, why not join up with us? It?s a great way to prove your commitment to the survival of this grand old club, and your membership makes us stronger as an organisation in so many ways. Contact the Newtown RLFC on 1300 36 36 90 or email jets@newtownjets.com with your full contact details and request for membership application forms to be sent out. You can also download a membership application form from our website at http://www.newtownjets.com

See you all at Henson Park on Saturday afternoon!