Junior rugby was one of the youth team sports that benefited from a Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund Grant last year.
Junior rugby was one of the youth team sports that benefited from a Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund Grant last year.
The latest application round of the Sport NZ Rural Travel Fund (RTF) which assists Ruapehu youth sport teams attend regular local sport competitions is now open.
The grant which is managed by the Ruapehu District Council on behalf of Sport NZ has $10,000 a year to help local sport teamswith young people aged between five to 19 years with travel expenses.
Customer Services Officer Vivek Bhuria said that at a time fuel costs are on the rise grants like the RTF played an important role in helping to ensure all our youth had the opportunity to take part in regional sport competitions.
"The previous funding round assisted teams representing boxing, netball, rugby, football and from local schools," Bhuria said.
"Although the Ruapehu RTF has a relatively modest amount to distribute every year we try and ensure that we spread the available funds around as many teams as possible while ensuring the teams can make it to their competitions."
Anyone involved with a sport team whose members fall within the age criteria, and who requires financial assistance for travel to take part in local competition, should definitely make an application. he said.
The current application round closes on Friday December 14 with forms available from all RDC offices and online from www.ruapehudc.govt.nz
