THE fund-raising has paid off – the Noosa Pirates Young Guns have touched down in Sydney this week ahead of a non-stop tour of popular NRL Clubs to learn the ins and outs of professional sports.
Noosa Pirates committee member Tony Rutledge said the Young Guns program had been a huge success with many of the boys showing “massive improvements”.
“Most importantly it is not only the skill level that has improved but the interaction between a group of boys that have come together as a team much better than expected,” Tony said.
“It was always a risk to put a group of boys of ages between 13 and 16 together but the end result is that they are all interacting better than expected and over a couple of months have become mates.”
The Young Gun Program is an initiative of the Noosa Pirates Club and is aimed at local boys aged between 13 and 17 years who learn Rugby League skills as well as life skills. The group fund-raises throughout the year to fund their end-of-program trip to Sydney.
