The Cowra Blues are gearing up for the 2025 season with their U17s preseason training, offering local youth the chance to get active, improve their fitness, and make new friends.
Training sessions are held every Tuesday at 6p, at Geoff Day Oval, and all U17s interested in learning how to play AFL or just having a run around are encouraged to attend.
Coach Paul Basham is excited to reintroduce the team, as this is the first year in three or four years that an under-17s team has been formed.
“I guess would be just get them out of the house doing something, get a bit of fitness and make a few friends, hopefully,” Paul said.
“For the next few weeks, a little bit of fitness and then more drills of learning the basics of the game.”
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With all players being new to the U17s team, the focus for the next few weeks will be on basic AFL skills and improving fitness.
Paul is optimistic about the progress of the team, saying, “at the moment, it's doing really well”.
“If we can get more people there, that just may get even better.”
“Other than that, it's not going too bad.”
The preseason training aims not only to get players fit but also to foster friendships and team spirit.
“Everyone will be a new face,” he said.
“We haven’t had a team for an under-17s, I think it’s three or four years.”
Anyone interested in joining the training sessions is welcome to attend.
“It’s a new challenge, and bringing back a team that we haven’t had for a while, and hopefully get the youth involved in sport a bit more,” he said.
“If anyone wanted to come down, we do training on Tuesdays at six.”
