“We are grateful to all of our girls and women and recognised them publicly online on the day,” he said.
With female rugby league the fastest growing sport in Australia, Clay says his club certainly has something to hoot about too.
“We were losing girls around the age of 12 but now we’re retaining them since there is so much interest in the game which is booming,” he said.
“This season, apart from the mixed juniors from U6s-11s, we’ve got two U14s and U16s teams but will be fielding at least four next year, hopefully more.
“We really want to hear from other girls keen play in 2023 so we can start organising summer camps and are actively recruiting girls in the U12s age group.”
Those girls keen to play in a summer competition, can also sign up to play OzTag which is a no-contact game.
Clay says there are only a few weeks left in the winter season to go and results have been strong.
“If any girls want to play in 2023 (six to 17-year-olds) they can contact us via Guildfordowlsjrlfc.com.au, email info@guildfordowlsjrlfc.com.au or find ‘Guildford Owls Juniors’ on Facebook and message us,” he said.
