Barrow Raiders’ hugely successful Junior Education Training Scheme (JETS) programme will make its return next month.

For the past nine years, the JETS programme has successfully taken place at the Northern Competitions Stadium.

As it celebrates its 10th anniversary, JETS will amalgamate with the club’s Lions Development Programme – an RFL-mandated programme which is already being delivered by the Advantage! Barrow Raiders Community Foundation.

JETS is an initiative which sees head coach Paul Crarey and his team provide an invite to amateur coaches in the area to gain insight and benefit from their professional coaching expertise.

Coaches from teams across the region – Barrow Island, Millom, Askam, Ulverston, Dalton, Roose Pioneers, Hindpool, Walney and Marsh Hornets – will be invited to the ‘Coach the Coaches’ sessions, offered free of charge to all part-time coaches on Monday 7 July.

In the weeks immediately following this, we will open the stadium to children from the area (must be secondary school age from September, so current school years 6-10), who are either from their corresponding amateur rugby league teams or from schools and colleges throughout Furness and Cumbria. The children do not need to be affiliated to a community club.

During these sessions, the coaches will implement what they have learnt in week one, with Paul Crarey overseeing the whole evening.

These sessions will take place at the Northern Competitions Stadium from 6-7pm.

On August 4 and 11, there will be some small-sided games, led by first team player and Advantage! coach Delaine Gittens-Bedward. The games are mandated as part of the Lions Development Programme delivery.

A number of well-known Raiders first team players past and present have progressed through this conveyor belt rugby league JETS initiative, including Luke Broadbent, Rio Corkill, Ryan Johnston, Jake Carter, Ellis Archer and Charlie Emslie.

Some found the JETS to be a pathway to Super League teams, whilst others were picked up for the Raiders’ first team squad.

Thank you to our sponsors

We would like to thank the sponsors of this year’s JETS programme:

  • Acrastyle
  • Bender UK Ltd
  • Digital Edge Subsea
  • Edmundsons Electrical
  • Furness Building Society
  • Green Cooling Ltd
  • Paul’s Carpets of Dalton
  • Smiths Metal Centres
  • Super Lotto
  • Unite the Union
  • Wardgroup

2025 JETS schedule

  • Monday 7 July: ‘Coach the Coaches’ session
  • Monday 14, 21, 28 July: Sessions from 6-7pm for players in school year 6-10
  • Monday 4, 11 August: Small-sided games, led by Delaine Gittens-Bedward

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