By Clayton Pursche
Last Thursday, May 15, was the start of the Narrabri Clontarf’s three-day Years 7 and 8 camp and rugby league carnival.
The camp kicked off with an early morning training session – a captain’s runs with some of the older boys helping out.
Narrabri Clontarf are very proud to have hosted the north west regional carnival for the second year running.
This year, all seven academies participated in the camp and carnival.
They included Narrabri, Moree, Inverell, Gunnedah, Quirindi and Oxley High Schools, as well as the latest addition of Tamworth High School.
A massive 110 students attended the camp, which is more than double than last year.
The camp would not have been the success it was without the help of local supporters and partners of our academy. Thank you for your support.
The carnival was a lot of fun.
All teams played with Clontarf spirit (playing by the rules, good sportsmanship, respecting each other and valuing inclusivity over winning).
Some stand out performances from Narrabri Emus included Rydell Kelly, Jessie-James Quinn, Sonny French and CJ Lamb.
Narrabri Clontarf Academy is proud of all of the boys for getting in and having a go.
It was fitting to see Moree win the newly-named Ed John Saunders trophy.
The trophy is named after Ed, who was an operations officer at Moree that sadly passed away last year.
Narrabri were unfortunate to lose in the grand final for the second year in a row. Fingers crossed for 2026.
Thank you to Cody and Levi French and Lucas Summers-Lawler for being the referees on the day.
The Clontarf spirit award went to Sonny French for his actions on and off the field.
Last Thursday night following the carnival, there was a presentation and dinner at the Narrabri RSL, after which, the group returned to the school hall to watch NSW’s women’s state of origin team beat Queensland.
The camp was capped off with a morning training session involving all academies plus some local partners and supporters.
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