Coach's Corner

I'm 46 and I've had triple heart bypass surgery but I could still put in a pretty good performance at international rugby union. I wouldn't last two minutes in rugby league. - Graeme Lowe

On the biggest change after returning to the Union code: "It's the first time I've been cold for seven years. I was never cold playing rugby league." - Jonathan Davis, A Question of Sport BBC TV (1995)

If you would like to help within the club, Juniors or Seniors or both.

We need help with match day preparations, ie marking pitches out,, checking pitches for unsafe objects (cans, dog mess, glass, etc), putting post protector's up and corner flags.

Run team care (kit preparation, washing kit, laying kit out in changing rooms)

Referee's/linesman/coach, if your a qualified rugby league ref or coach and are wanting to help out please get in touch with Ken Sykes at ken@wbbrl.com or 07977803783.

Eligibility Criteria

Available to all ages

Must subscribe to the club philosophy, and it is not whether you win or lose but how you play the game.

Additional Info

Our opening hours are 9.30 am to noon, on Saturday mornings from the beginning of September each year until the end of the school summer term the following year. We are not open on the weekends on which Christmas & New Year fall, or are adjacent to.


The club is supported, in terms of provision of vounteers and admin support, by the Pyramid Rugby League Foundation, registered charity number 1096546, whose motto is "Fun, Friends, Fitness".

The club also promotes rugby league to the wider community; for example in schools, youth centres etc. Please browse our list of community partners:

• Rugby League Conference
• Whitley Bay Young People's Centre
• Whitley Bay Cricket Club
• Seghill RFC
• Whitley bay High School
• Massage and Exercise Therapist

Whitley Bay Young People’s Centre

The Centre is managed by Brian Dean, who has held the post since…….The Centre has existed on it’s present site, Rink Way, Hillheads Road, Whitley Bay, NE25 8HR, since the early 1960s. The centre is a registered charity providing various services for children in north Tyneside & beyond. It also caters for other vulnerable &/or community groups via the provision of low cost holiday accommodation

Specific services provided  are a Kids Club, a Youth Club, in conjunction with North Tyneside Youth Service, a meeting place for the local MS group, sporting facilities for all age groups from young to elderly, including football & rugby league, martial arts. There is also an extensive computer room, & Hillheads Dog Club meet at the Centre every Sunday