Feeder Club

[Twizzle]

I know its only early days, but they have to announce this matter eventually.

The obvious choice would seem to be the Burleigh Bears beign a very strong club, and with the Tweed Heads Seagusll being the Eels feeder club.

Redcliff Dolphins may also want to throw their hat in the ring.

 

[coldhardbitch]

Seagulls and Burleigh

 

[Spike]

Runaway Bay for colts

 

[Shifty]

Not entirely sure, but I think the Bulldogs already have an arrangement with Burleigh.

 

[yankeeboy]

For some reason, I don't think Redcliffe will throw their hat into the ring--they wouldn't even let the NRL club use the name Dolphins.

 

[pennywisealfie]

f**k redcliffe. and i think we will be associated with Burleigh, in fact we should use there mascot, how about Gold Coast Bears what a slap in the face thatd be

 

[mightybears]

Seagulls and Burleigh

the former is owned by the north sydney bears
the later are called the bears

imagine, location wise burleigh works best for the robina stadium

 

[Hindyscrack]

Seagulls Leagues Club is owned by North Sydney Leagues the Football Club is a different entity that has an alliance with the Eels. Chalky (Luke O'Dwyer) made his way to the eels through this alliance

The Burleigh Bears have a similar alliance with The Bulldogs

Runaway bays colts are terrible, they currently get spanked week in week out in Mixwell

I think you will find a new Qld Cup team may enter to feed the Coast, or utilising both Tweed and Burleigh.

 

[mightybears]

Seagulls Leagues Club is owned by North Sydney Leagues the Football Club is a different entity that has an alliance with the Eels.
I think you will find a new Qld Cup team may enter to feed the Coast, or utilising both Tweed and Burleigh.

but the football is funded by the leagues club, which is effectively norths leagues ltd, [same board and legal entity as seagull leagues] which is norths leagues at cammeray, norths bowls cub at north sydney and seagulls leagues
from the annual report
"for the year ending 31st december 04...........
NSDRLFC Ltd received grants to the total of $459,237.00
SRLFC Ltd [seagulls footy team] received grants to the total of $371,595.67
from the leagues club "

seagulls feed to parra will probably be dropped pre 07?
i doubt a new qld cup team will pop up, burleigh will do the job as feeder, seagulls may play a part, but the GC 'reserves ' will be burleigh

 

[DIEHARD]

I don't want a new Gold Coast team in the QLD CUP.

The QLD CUP needs to settle down after many many years of teams coming and going.

IMO Burleigh and Tweed Heads will be perfect feeder clubs.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Runaway Bay must be doing something right they did bredd Tim Smith ;-)

 

[Coaster]

Tim Smith

Scott Sattler

(The late) Peter Jackson

Brett Horsnell

all come from Runaway Bay juniors,
Its been in financial trouble for the last few years, but now everything is back on track, and the club would make a good colt breading side.

 

[Willow]

I don't want a new Gold Coast team in the QLD CUP.

The QLD CUP needs to settle down after many many years of teams coming and going.

IMO Burleigh and Tweed Heads will be perfect feeder clubs.

Dont about the Tweed but Burleigh are currentky the feeder club for the Bulldogs. I'm not aware of any plans to change that.
But from the Northern Rivers to Logan, the GC certainly have a large footprint to draw on.

 

[Hurriflatch]

Twwed Heads are more or less a feeder club for Parramatta. It's not the same as Norths is for Melbourne but Luke O'Dwyer did come from them and there are a few players who were playing in the lower grades for Parra now in the Tweed Heads 1st grade side players like Brad Davis and Ben Hill.

 

[knights04]

Burleigh and maybe even Easts Tigers. I don't think they have an NRL associate atm.

 

[yankeeboy]

Why not bring back the Vikings--would go well with a 'Pirates' theme.

The best move would be to either add a new team or to merge two teams into one, so that the QLD Cup will once again have an even number of teams.

One thing that might be nice would be for the GC NRL club to take over the NRL affiliation of either Burleigh or Tweed, and whichever NRL club loses the feeder could affiliate with Brothers Valleys, so that they could return to the QLD Cup.

 

[Sydney Carton]

You people astound me! Dont you know anything about your club?

The Gold Coast franchise announced they would feed through Burleigh and Tweed sometime last year. Except for the few weeks of bullsh*t where they offered it to Redcliffe and were told to shove their offer up their arseholes nothing has changed.

They specifically said they would not enter a new club in the Qld Cup so as to not adversely affect the current coast clubs in the comp.

 

[Kingytek]

I hope the seagulls get more of a go at it....

 

[DIEHARD]

Coast clubs to share in NRL spoils

Courtesy of the Tweed Daily News
By Adam Wratten

TWEED Heads Seagulls and Burleigh Bears could share the feeder club role for the NRL’s new Gold Coast club.

The prospect will be discussed at a meeting later this week where Gold Coast officials will map out their strategy to prepare for the Coast’s NRL entry in 2007.

Tweed Heads currently has an affiliation with the Parramatta Eels, where former Seagull Luke O’Dwyer now plays and youngster Curtis Fin has signed a scholarship contract.

While there is no financial benefit for the Seagulls from this arrangement, it has been an avenue for players to break into the NRL.
Burleigh has been aligned (mainly in junior development) with reigning NRL premiers the Bulldogs for the last three and a half years.

Tweed Heads Seagulls president Tom Searle, whose son Michael is the driving force behind the yet-to-be-renamed Gold Coast club, and his Burleigh counterpart Scott Clark, will discuss their options at a planning meeting later this week.

Both presidents said yesterday while they were keen to discuss possibilities, it was still early days.

"We have not even spoken about it (the issue) at a board level yet," Clark said.

"But, it will be one of the main things on the agenda when we next meet."

Searle said: "Obviously having an NRL team on the Gold Coast will be an advantage for the region," he said.

"But, we have to work out the best path forward.

"If you look at Melbourne Storm and Norths (who play in the Queensland Cup and are the Storm’s feeder club), with the number of players called up for the Storm recently, it has left Norths in a precarious situation," Searle said.

"There really is a lot to be looked at."

He said it was imperative the incoming club was well supported through strong local competitions.

 

[Lego_Man]

Coast clubs to share in NRL spoils

Courtesy of the Tweed Daily News
By Adam Wratten

TWEED Heads Seagulls and Burleigh Bears could share the feeder club role for the NRL’s new Gold Coast club.

The prospect will be discussed at a meeting later this week where Gold Coast officials will map out their strategy to prepare for the Coast’s NRL entry in 2007.

Tweed Heads currently has an affiliation with the Parramatta Eels, where former Seagull Luke O’Dwyer now plays and youngster Curtis Fin has signed a scholarship contract.

While there is no financial benefit for the Seagulls from this arrangement, it has been an avenue for players to break into the NRL.
Burleigh has been aligned (mainly in junior development) with reigning NRL premiers the Bulldogs for the last three and a half years.

Tweed Heads Seagulls president Tom Searle, whose son Michael is the driving force behind the yet-to-be-renamed Gold Coast club, and his Burleigh counterpart Scott Clark, will discuss their options at a planning meeting later this week.

Both presidents said yesterday while they were keen to discuss possibilities, it was still early days.

"We have not even spoken about it (the issue) at a board level yet," Clark said.

"But, it will be one of the main things on the agenda when we next meet."

Searle said: "Obviously having an NRL team on the Gold Coast will be an advantage for the region," he said.

"But, we have to work out the best path forward.

"If you look at Melbourne Storm and Norths (who play in the Queensland Cup and are the Storm’s feeder club), with the number of players called up for the Storm recently, it has left Norths in a precarious situation," Searle said.

"There really is a lot to be looked at."

He said it was imperative the incoming club was well supported through strong local competitions.

The perfect solution - weakens the Bullscum, strengthens the Gold Coast.