Foundation celebrates success of schools finals

The stars of rugby league's future are showcasing their talents at Oldham's Netpar Training Centre this month, with the sport's power to inspire again in evidence with a huge turnout for the region's schools finals.

This week saw 90 talented Year 9 players across seven schools compete at the Roughyeds' regenerated Melrose base, with Saddleworth School coming out on top watched by over 100 family and teachers.

Next week will see the climax of the Year 8 finals on May 14th, with the best of Year 7 competing at the Netpar Training Centre the following week, May 19th.

"It's fantastic to see so many Year 9 students from across the Oldham borough competing in these rugby league finals at Melrose, Netpar Training Centre in Chadderton," said Chris Chamberlain, CEO at Oldham RLFC 1876 Foundation.

This event showcases the strong passion for rugby league in our community and ORLFC 1876 Foundation's commitment to providing opportunities for young people to engage in healthy, active competition using the power of rugby league to engage and inspire. We thank the players, parents, volunteers, teachers and Oldham Schools Sports Partnership for making it a success."

Wednesday saw schools including Royton and Compton, Newman, Saddleworth, Brian Clarke Academy and The Blue Coat School competing in the Year 9 event, including players new to rugby league who will now be signposted to Oldham's local community clubs.

All players competing received a free match ticket for Oldham's huge Championship clash with Toulouse at Boundary Park this Saturday (kick-off 5pm)