Wynnum Manly Seagulls Football Club Queensland Australia

Academy

The Seagulls Rugby League Academy is part of the Wynnum Manly Seagulls commitment to help develop Rugby League in and around the Bayside area. The Wynnum Manly Seagulls Junior Rugby League Development program is the combined initiative of the Wynnum Manly Leagues Club and the Wynnum Manly Seagulls RLFC is heavily supported by its Major sponsors Bianco - Construction Supplies and Nairn Constructions, and our NRL affiliate the Brisbane Broncos.

The program has been implemented to improve, participation numbers in the Sport of Rugby League as well as working with Junior clubs and Schools throughout the bayside area to improve the overall standard of players and coaches. We hope this will enable our local junior players to develop a strong skill base and improve their selection possibilities for representative sides. This in turn, will allow these players to get the recognition they need to enhance their prospects to play in the Qld Cup and the NRL competitions in the future. Paul Green, Development Manager of the Seagulls will drive the strategies of the development program.

THE DEVELOPMENT TEAM

Development Manager- Paul Green
Development Officers - TBA
U-16 Academy Coach - Wade Bachmann
U-18 Academy Coach - Nigel Roy
Talent Identification - Bob Isles
Junior Rep Coordinator - John Earle
WMLC Sports Development Officer - Roy Wyatt

Major Sponsors

DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2009

The Seagulls Development Program is a major focus for our club. The development of junior players will ensure the growth of the senior club and hopefully we will see young players from the program filter through to the senior ranks in the future.

The introduction of the U16 Cyril Connell and U18 Mal Meninga Cup statewide competition has given the development program a real presence. The Seagulls Academy sides participated well in the inaugural year. New and improved training initiatives and resources will be added to ensure these teams are competitive.Academy Sponsors

We would like to acknowledge the support of our sponsors of the Seagulls Academy. Their funding enables us to provide a quality program for the benefit of young players throughout the Bayside and Redlands district.

These sponsors include Wynnum Manly Leagues Club; Brisbane Broncos RLFC; Nairn Constructions; Bianco Construction Supplies; Kip McGrath Education Centres; and Harcourts Bayside Property Group

Academy Staff

A big thanks to all Seagulls Academy staff which included Shane McNally, Kristian Wanka, Nigel Roy, Bob Isles, Steve Heymer, Catherine Solah, Wade Bachmann and Laurent Garnier along with development staff from the ARL, QRL and the Brisbane Broncos your support throughout the year was appreciated.Affiliate Junior Clubs

Redlands Junior Rugby League Club returned as an affiliate under the Seagulls Academy program along with Beenleigh and Slacks Creek boosting our junior catchment to approx 2500 juniors. Team coaching sessions and coaching updates were conducted at our junior member clubs. Traditional affiliates the Wynnum Manly Juniors, Capalaba Warriors, Cannon Hill Stars and Stradbroke Island Sharks all had strong years. Congratulations to the Wynnum Manly Juniors U18 Nev Blair Shield premiership winning side. Capalaba also had a strong showing of teams competing in the finals and the Cannon Hill Stars continue to grow with now over 120 registered players and fielding teams in the under 12/15/16 age groups.

For the upcoming 2010 Season and new structure will be in place to take us forward. A major focus will be to improve the Wynnum Manly High Schools excellence program. Development Staff will work closely with the High School to improve the program and provide the best possible development support. Improved support structures will be in place for the U16 & U18 Academy Teams to help them remain competitive and new initiatives will be implemented to strengthen our association with each of our junior affiliates. Bob Isles will take on the role as our Talent Scout focusing his attention on all young players from our development catchment area. His responsibility will be to identify talented young players and bring them to the attention of the development coaches to ensure these young players have a path way from the junior program through to senior football.

In summary 2009 has been another successful year for the Seagulls Academy. Young players continue to progress through the ranks and we look forward to continuing this trend into the future.

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