Jayden Brown, Curtis Hughes, Simon Whatman and Makk McNaught travelled to St Marys, Sydney last week as western region representatives in the State Open Schoolboy Rugby League competition. The team played six games over a three day period. Simon Whatman was named Player of the Team at the conclusion of the competition. The boys were chosen through a selection process at Cowra then travelled to Bathurst. Once selected in the eastern team they then proceeded on to Dubbo before being named in the Western Region team.
The members of the Western School Sports Association Open PSSA Rugby League team are back at school today after a tough and challenging campaign at this year's State Championships in St Marys.
The Western team, which included Canowindra Public School students Simon Whatman, Jayden Brown and Curtis Hughes, played a total of six matches over three days as the championships were played out in cold and wet conditions.
After a promising start to the carnival with a narrow loss to North Coast and a resounding victory over Polding on the first day, our Western squad found the heavy grounds and strong opposition much tougher on day two. Playing three games on the second day, Western suffered losses to South Coast, Sydney South-West and Hunter ruling them out of semi-final contention.
With a strong desire to complete the championships on a positive note the Western boys finished strongly to defeat traditional rivals North-West 10 points to 6.
"All team members rose to the high standards required at this level of football. Simon was tireless in defence throughout the carnival, as was Curtis, while Jayden made the most of the limited opportunities the outside backs had in the conditions," stated Western coach John Freebody.
Steve McAlister
Team Manager.
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