After spending my youth growing up in Oldham and playing for clubs such as Oldham Saint Anne's, Saddleworth Rangers and Royton Tigers I had such a good opportunity to get involved in rugby league and now I have moved to Oxford I am hoping to give youngsters a chance to have the same opportunities.

I am currently looking at taking the next step with developing our great game at grassroots level after having a very successful 18 months going as far as I can without funding. I now have two sides playing at Under 12's (Bartholomew Bulldogs school team) and at Under 13's level (Oxford Cavaliers) but I am struggling to manage this on my own now.

It is therefore my hope to link in with the Universities and put strong sports coaching students through their Level 1 and 2 badges so we can build a community team of quality coaches to deliver sessions to young players wanting to get involved in the game. In 3 years time I will have teams at Under 12's through to Under 16's and without the support of more coaches this will not be allowed to happen. It is for this reason why I am looking for your support.

To find out more please visit my project at the following link http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/community- ... -project/?, alternatively if you want to know more please don't hesitate to get in touch with me at john_connaughton@hotmail.com

Thank you in advance for any support you can offer.

Kind regards

John Connaughton

After spending my youth growing up in Oldham and playing for clubs such as Oldham Saint Anne's, Saddleworth Rangers and Royton Tigers I had such a good opportunity to get involved in rugby league and now I have moved to Oxford I am hoping to give youngsters a chance to have the same opportunities.

I am currently looking at taking the next step with developing our great game at grassroots level after having a very successful 18 months going as far as I can without funding. I now have two sides playing at Under 12's (Bartholomew Bulldogs school team) and at Under 13's level (Oxford Cavaliers) but I am struggling to manage this on my own now.

It is therefore my hope to link in with the Universities and put strong sports coaching students through their Level 1 and 2 badges so we can build a community team of quality coaches to deliver sessions to young players wanting to get involved in the game. In 3 years time I will have teams at Under 12's through to Under 16's and without the support of more coaches this will not be allowed to happen. It is for this reason why I am looking for your support.

To find out more please visit my project at the following link http://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/community- ... -project/?, alternatively if you want to know more please don't hesitate to get in touch with me at john_connaughton@hotmail.com

Thank you in advance for any support you can offer.

Kind regards

John Connaughton