By Bryson Luff

The 2024 Christie and Hood Castlereagh League season got underway with the
annual Youth League and League Tag knockouts being played at
Coonabarabran on Saturday.

With two fields in action a combined total of 24 games were played in front of
a sizeable crowd which enjoyed the action.

The Binnaway Bombshells gained some degree of revenge for their narrow
2023 Youth League grand final loss to the Narromine Jets when they over-ran
the red and whites in the final to the tune of 24 to 4 much to the delight of the
Binnaway faithful.

In the League Tag the Dunedoo Swannettes and the Narromine Jets again
showed their class by making it to the final, and in another 2023 grand final
replay the Jets, after a quality game, the Jets again prevailed with a hard
fought and entertaining 6 points to nil victory to claim the KO Shield.

Attention now swings to the first grade rugby league knockout next Saturday
which will be hosted by the Coolah Kangaroos in what is their comeback year
to the Castlereagh League competition after being in recess for a number of
years.

The first game at Coolah will kick off at 11.00am, with that game featuring the
Roos up against last year’s premiers and Clayton Cup winners, the Gulgong
Terriers.

Scores from the Christie and Hood Castlereagh League League Tag and youth
League Knockouts which were played at Coonabarabran Saturday 13 th April.

Youth League

Preliminary round games: Narromine 12 defeated Gulgong 6, Binnaway 10
drew with Cobar 10, Binnaway 24 defeated Narromine 12, Cobar 18 defeated
Gulgong 10, Narromine 18 defeated Cobar 8, Gulgong 12 defeated Binnaway
10.

Final: Binnaway Bombshells 24 defeated Narromine Jets 4.

League Tag
Pool A:
Gilgandra 14 defeated Coonabarabran 0, Dunedoo 28 defeated Coonamble 0,
Coonamble 30 defeated Coonabarabran 0, , Dunedoo 10 defeated Gilgandra 0,
Dunedoo 34 defeated Coonabarabran 0, Coonamble 8 defeated Gilgandra 0.
Pool B:
Baradine 4 drew with Coolah 4, Baradine 8 defeated Binnaway 4, Narromine 18
defeated Binnaway 0, Narromine 28 defeated Coolah 10, Narromine 30
defeated Cobar 0, Cobar 14 defeated Binnaway 0, Coolah 6 defeated Binnaway
0, Narromine 8 defeated Baradine 4.

Final: Narromine Jets 6 defeated Dunedoo Swanettes 0.

Next Saturday; Christie and Hood Castlereagh League first grade knockout at
Coolah. First game at 11.00am.

Cover Photo courtesy of Peter Sherwood Photography