This month our KOE NSW Cup Head Coach, Pat Weisner, joined the Melbourne Storm NRL camp in Geelong alongside two of our Cup players, Jake Toby and Tui Katoa, and local junior and Bears Harold Matthews Cup player, Ben Stringer. Weisner spent the week engulfed in all things footy, canvassing for information, techniques and tactics that can be implemented back at the Bears. When he returned to Sydney, we caught up with our main man to find out some of his learnings and to see how the red & black are tracking five weeks out from comp kick off.

Announcing our 2024 Harold Matthews Cup (Male U17s) final squad and leadership group. Congratulations to all selected and we look forward to watching you represent the red & black when the competition kicks off on Saturday 3rd February with home games at Hills Grammar.

This month we have three Bears contracted players who have earned their spot to train alongside Melbourne Storm. Jake Toby (left) and Tui Katoa (right) have joined the Storm's famous Geelong NRL summer camp. This camp is known for its intensive regime that primes the players for the season ahead. These opportunities with our pathway partner, Melbourne Storm, allows the Bears to attract the highest level of player to the club and gives the selected players valuable NRL experience that they then bring back to the red & black. 

Joining our 2024 Tarsha Gale and Lisa Fiaola Cup squads this season are eight remarkable young women who have jumped at the opportunity to train with the Bears. These ladies have relocated from Townsville, where they have been attending boarding school, to join our female junior representative teams for the summer period. Nyeema Tuua is part of our Lisa Fiaola Cup (U17s) team and Bronte Morrison, Charlize Barrett, Lalita Kris, Latisha Kaitap, April Major, Lynette Bosuen and Ebony Sotheren-Hatton bolstering our Tarsha Gale Cup (U19s) squad. The group of talented indigenous players originate from across Far North Queensland and the Northern Territory, with some coming from as far as Moa Island in the Torres Strait Island archipelago.

As the clouds darkened and threatened to unleash on Tuesday afternoon, the guys started to roll in for the first training session of the new season. A buzz was in the air, some new faces, returning players and a new Head Coach. It's always exciting to get a new season underway, and off the back of such a successful 2023 season for our Knock-On Effect NSW Cup team this one was filled with a sense of even more promise of what is installed for the mighty red & black in 2024.

We are pleased to announce the extension of our partnership with Sinalli for the next two years as our on-field and training apparel supplier. Sinalli has been an integral part of the Bears success over the last 16 years and helped our teams excel both on and off the field via innovative quality apparel and accessories. “It is great to have a partnership that recognises the strength of the Bears brand and the importance of apparel innovation and quality. We look forward to building our already successful merchandise program even further over the next two seasons” stated Gareth Holmes, CEO North Sydney Bears.

Be the first to own the new release Bear Park Gin, a gin born from a collaboration between two North Sydney locals - Finders Distillery and the North Sydney Bears. Bear Park Gin pays homage to our iconic club and the place we call home, North Sydney Oval. As you enter Bear Park, you are welcomed with the smell of freshly cut grass and the sight of the majestic Moreton Bay Fig Tree standing pride of place. This gin see’s Finders Distillery’s Internationally Acclaimed Australian Dry Gin re-imagined with the addition of sweet fig & vibrant lemongrass to encapsulate the spirit of Bear Park. These will be a great memorabilia piece and make a wonderful gift.