Lions no match for Bears in home game

BY JESSE HAMILTON

THE REDBANK Plains second season game in damp conditions, with Redbank adjusting better to the wet conditions.

Bears U14s were in full throttle on March 24, downing the Laidley Lions in an emphatic 46-4 win at the Laidley Recreational Reserve.

Bears coach Boyd Mareko said the team changed their approach to wet weather games.

“In this sort of weather you just got to be more patient,” Mareko said.

“We try to come in closer and not throw the ball around as much.”

Both sides started with a solid defensive game, with plenty of denied opportuni- ties in a nil-all opening 10 minutes.

Some strong out in out running from the Bears forwards later in the half started to show cracks in the Lions defence. opened late in the half, with plenty of barge-over tries and in the away sides favour.

The second half began with the Lions hitting back with a brilliant team try.

Both sides grinded it out in defence early in the second until normal transmission resumed for the Bears in thehensive victory. game, it took a bit of time for the boys to get into it.”

Mareko said the performance was an improvement upon last week’s.

GATTON Hawks Junior home game day of the season on Saturday March 25.

We hosted Toowoomba Brothers in a trial game in preparation for our season.

The sun was shining and the day the children had been waiting for had arrived.

It was fantastic to see

Cahill Park – the energy was high.

The day kicked off at 8:30am and we had throughout the day.

It was an action packed day with some awesome footy at every age level.

We cannot wait for the season to begin at the end of April.

The Hawks welcomed special guest Australian, State of Origin and

Broncos NRLW superstar Shenae Ciesiolka fo a coachinc clinic on Friday evening, March 24.

All of the children had an amazing, very informative session and she was not

Even once it started raining, she took the time to sign autographs and take photos with every single child.

We are still encouraging new registrations especially in our older grades U13, U14, U15, U16 and U17s.

This year we are really excited to announce that we have girls U13, U15 and U17 teams. We are really wanting to encourage more girls to come down and give it a go.

We are all about having fun, making friends and trying our best.