Premier men aiming for success

all here and ready to go,” he said.

“…If we can get more families back into rugby league and enjoying it and have that family atmosphere it’ll be perfect, I’ll be really happy.”

Ref said with the arrival of many new senior players and the re-signings of club favourites such as the Kidd brothers and Blake Hill, the senior sides will be very competitive this year.

“The experience re-signings and new signings will have, will really unlock the potential of our senior sides,” he said.

“We also have other new signings from Noosa and Brisbane, and even three players from the Falcons coming to play for Beerwah this year.”

Reed said he was thrilled by his appointment alongside Matt Burton.

“I’ve never really been involved in a leadership group before,” he said.

“It took me a while to sort of feel comfortable in that, but I just based everything around my actions and training hard.”

FORMER BeeGees

captain James Beckmann will once again captain the premier men’s team this season, with the team’s shared goal to make it into the top 4 and even snag the title win.

Beckmann says some fresh faces have joined the squad and the team is confident they will perform well as a collective.

“As a team, our goals are to finish in the top 4 and looking to win the title again, it’s been a few years since we have won…” he said.

“We always hear about the golden era of the BeeGees, and we want to create our own modern success, so everyone is working hard to recreate that, and I think that’s a big goal for everyone.

“Everything has been positive so far; we are all just willing and keen to get out there and have a good go this year… the team’s goals match everyone’s personal goals.”

Although the 23-year-old says he’s still young, he is excited to lead the premier men’s team to the finals this season and hopes he can inspire the team through his role.

“I get seen as an older player but I’m still their age, so I can relate to the younger generation compared to some of the older boys in our team,” he said.

“So, when everyone else is a bit rough, I give the boys a shoulder to talk to.”

James is passionate to rebuild the club’s family presence too, through playing premier games earlier in the day to attract more families and players to stick around after the juniors play, to watch their matches.