Huddersfield Giants staff are hailing the positive impact throughout the area of the club’s Community Trust Sky Try programme.

The scheme, which is backed by Super League Broadcast Partners Sky TV, has gone from strength-to-strength over the last 12 months, with former Giants star David Faiumu one of the big names working day-to-day on the campaign.

Sky Try is a seven-year programme aiming to ‘make a difference by increasing the amount of viewers, spectators and participants to Rugby League’, and Giants Head of Community Jonathan Timms believes the campaign has been well received across the board.

“Sky Try has been massive for us. It has allowed us to expand our delivery capability, helping to engage more children in the local area with high quality Rugby League delivery through a team of inspiring Giants development officers,” he said.

“Word of mouth has spread about the quality of coaching we’re able to provide, which has made people aware of what we’re doing.

“Our recent Embed the Pathway programme in conjunction with Giants performance staff saw local clubs sending entire age groups to us, which is testament to the people we’ve got at the Huddersfield Giants Community Trust.”

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Timms added that he hopes to see Sky Try get bigger and more successful at the club: “Looking ahead, we are going to be more strategic and look to engage even more people. ‘Bigger and better’ is our plan.

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“We’re all really optimistic about the future and have big hopes for what impact we can have in the long term, especially with someone like David Faiumu on board.

“David joined us in October and Sky Try played a big part in his arrival. He’s been a fantastic addition to our team and he’s been proactive in helping us grow the game in our area.

“He ran some Haka lessons, which went down well with the kids, and the cultural elements of it added something new which we have never been able to deliver before, helping us get important contact time with around 20 new schools in two weeks.

“We spoke about England’s Test series with New Zealand too, which was topical, and hopefully drew some new spectators to the sport.”