By JONATHON HOWARD
THE Noosa Pirates Rugby League Football Club has had a cracking start to the year with the annual Honky Tonk Rodeo proving popular with locals on Saturday 5 January.
The annual rodeo, which took place at Pirate Park on Butler Street, was designed to give The Pirates a much-needed financial boost as they kick start the season.
Noosa Pirates club president Nick Webster said the rodeo was a huge success.
“The rodeo is an important annual event for the club and it went really well this year,” he said.
“We had about 2000 people through the gates, which meant a great start for the club to keep up with running costs.”
Mr Webster said the Pirates were back into training this week and were looking forward to a big season.
“We’ve just started training and the season is looking positive for The Pirates,” he said.
Mr Webster said he would also like to extend a big “thank you” to the hard working volunteers.
“It takes all week to set up the event and there’s a lot of work behind the scenes,” he said.
“It’s important we acknowledge the hardwork of our volunteers and I’d like to thank them once again for the their continued support.”
Anyone wanting to get involved with the Noosa Pirates club this year can phone the club on (07) 5447 1366 or email noosapirates@bigpond.com
