Hope is on the horizon for the Junee Diesels after a rough season and doubts about the club's future.
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The club held their Annual General Meeting last week to establish the committee, with a big turnout and commitment from old and new members.
Existing club president Simon Vanzanten kept his presidency for the coming year, and said there were exciting times ahead.
"It's looking like we will be able to fill all the positions of coaches and things, we've had a really decent amount of interest this time which is great," he said.
While not yet finalised, plans are well in motion to get teams sorted and into training.
"We will finalise all the divisions next Tuesday with their coaches, but everything is definitely looking a bit more positive this time," Vanzanten said.
"People are interested, we've got the numbers and we are well on the way to making final decisions for the season."
Training for all grades will kick off next Thursday, getting players into gear ahead of a solid season.
"We have a few extra Fijian players on board now but are trying to wrap up all the teams in the next week or so," Vanzanten said.
After the visit from rugby league legend and Junee man Laurie Daley recently, Vanzanten said he felt it did gain some traction for the club.
"Daley's visit definitely got the kids in particular talking and sussing out the club, so we think that will really help draw them in because they can see the potential of playing rugby league," he said.
The AGM also saw Geoff Bush named senior vice president, Tom Brandon as junior vice president, Vicki Smith as secretary, Graham Besley as treasurer, plus an executive committee for 2020 of about an additional 12 members.