Why little mention of the CQ NRL bid?

[CQ Italia]

population can sustain a team now because people here support rugby league want want top flight rl. As seen with 5000 tickets sold over the first 2 days of the Mackay NRL match a month away Tuesday-Wednesday last week.

The boom is occurring now.

 

[gyallop]

each week is a different story and Mackay is north qld....just ask them!!

Mackay has a population of 120,000 and Rocky 75,000.

 

[Perth Red]

Reading between th elines of Grants statement it would seem that they are just going to pick the two places of most TV value. No way they are going to put in two Q'land teams so it is hard to see CQ having much hope.

 

[Bro Bear]

Keep up the good work CQLD - I am sure if admiited a stadium will be built.
One aspect with your bid - you can depend on your local juniors to be quality NRL players, whereas another bid has limited juniors and will rely on QLD, NSW and NZ players for a long time. Also like the CC you have fans that are passionate about league.

Hopefully, the NRL will admit you and the CC Bears along with another two bids from 2015 - 2018/2020.

 

[gyallop]

What part of too many teams in NSW don't the Bears Get?

Didnt the Bears only survive their last years filled with players from NZ and Qld? Off their last squad only Florimo and Stuart and three blokes who played a handful of games off the bench were Norths juniors so its a bit much to bag Perth as a start up where the Bears failed to build a junior foundation in over 100 years!

If the north of Sydney is such a pool of talent waiting for 3rd team to share in the riches why does Manly have to recruit from Qld?

If CC cant get a team to relocate then logically the bid wont get up.

If Grant makes the call he has intimated they wont even get an invitation to bid.

 

[CQ Italia]

Loomans visits Bundy kids

29th May 2012 5:10 AM

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Tags: bundaberg, children, development workshop, rugby league, sport





Bundaberg South State School student Zac Ambertel gets some tips from former NRL player and Central Queensland NRL Bid representative Justin Loomans.
Max Fleet BUNNRL


BUNDABERG students turned into footy stars yesterday, showing off their skills at a development workshop hosted by the CQ NRL bid crew.
Students at Bundaberg South State School and Bundaberg High School were given some rugby league tips by former Cowboys and Rabbitohs player Justin Loomans.
"They were wonderful ambassadors," Bundaberg South principal Chris Brittain said of the visitors.
"All the kids were totally engaged and enthralled.
"All the kids had a great time."

http://www.news-mail.com.au/story/2012/05/29/bundy-kids-get-a-kick-out-of-footy-player-visit/

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"Bundaberg SHS U/14s after a great session today. Followed up by a fun visit if the QR National Schools Program to Bundaberg South Primary School. Should be good story in the Bundaberg NewsMail tomorrow."

 

[CQ Italia]

The Spotlight – CQ Deserves the STADIUM!



http://www.cqnrlbid.com.au/2012/05/the-spotlight-cq-deserves-the-stadium/

 

[applesauce]

The Spotlight – CQ Deserves the STADIUM!



http://www.cqnrlbid.com.au/2012/05/the-spotlight-cq-deserves-the-stadium/

Jesus, this bid is more delusional than I thought.

 

[Perth Red]

What the report fails to mention is the sports minister didn’t refer to our stadium,

so which potential new stadium in Q'land did they think he was talking about when he said:

""As far as spending $200 million on a stadium, it's not going to happen as there is no money for that," new Sport Minister Steve Dickson told The Courier-Mail."

 

[gyallop]

That is an embarrassment to the bid , the author was either drunk or heavily concussed. I don't mind the bid but I think they are losing me in this fantasy ....the state of Qld will be shocked to learn that the population of CQ has grown from 227,475 to 600,000. .. Bruce Springsteen has visited Perth so that must make their bid compelling...stop the presses an ex player has visited a school ... I bet they are pleased they have hired a PR company to take them to this new low!!

 

[CQ Italia]

so which potential new stadium in Q'land did they think he was talking about when he said:

""As far as spending $200 million on a stadium, it's not going to happen as there is no money for that," new Sport Minister Steve Dickson told The Courier-Mail."

“The Newman Government have always said they would be happy to work
with Central Queensland NRL to provide an appropriate stadium should they be successful in their license bid” Qld State Government Sports Minister Steve Dickson
http://www.cqnrlbid.com.au/2012/05/state-government-backing-rock-solid-for-cq-nrl-stadium/

 

[CQ Italia]

the state of Qld will be shocked to learn that the population of CQ has grown from 227,475 to 600,000. .. I bet they are pleased they have hired a PR company to take them to this new low!!

yes the full catchment from Mackay to Burnett and west is 600k. Keep trying
PR companies clearly haven't even started yet as last month it pointed out "engaging of PR companies", but you'll see.

 

[CQ Italia]

CQ licence can stem AFL surge

Griffith Thomas and Griffith Thomas | 30th May 2012 8:40 AM

Hervey Bay’s Joshua Sander is one of many junior players on the Fraser Coast who could one day be playing for Central Queensland in the NRL.
Alistair Brightman


ONE of rugby league's favourite sons believes a National Rugby League team based in Central Queensland would do wonders for the Fraser Coast.
While in Maryborough yesterday, retired Gold Coast Titans star Preston Campbell said if the CQ NRL Bid was awarded an NRL licence it would be beneficial to regional junior players wanting to play at the elite level.
"I think it would be great to have a team around this area," he said.
"You look at Brisbane down south and the Cowboys up north, that's a long way in-between.
"You do get a rare guy from around here that gets to go down (to Brisbane) and show their wares, whether it's at summer training or with a squad, but it would be good to see if there were more opportunities for them.
"Obviously more opportunities gives them more of an opportunity to make it."
Central Queensland is among several locations vying for an NRL franchise, including Perth, Ipswich and a second Brisbane-based team.
Although it has produced current NRL players Nick Emmett and Maurice Blair, the Fraser Coast isn't regarded as a fertile breeding ground for rugby league prospects.
But Campbell believed a Central Queensland team would quickly change that.
"It would give the young fellas in and around the area something to aspire too," he said.
"They'll know that when they're playing for their local club, their community and their families."
A country boy himself hailing from Inverell in northern New South Wales, Campbell said another reason why the NRL should consider expanding to Central Queensland was so it could curtail any future plans the AFL might have of making a push into the rugby league heartland.
"There is always going to be talk about that and the AFL is of course massive and has a lot more money than rugby league," he said. "But hopefully when they (ARL commission) have the TV (rights) talks, that brings a boost to the game."
But he said no amount of money would ever see the AFL win over the hearts and minds of rugby league diehards.
"The AFL can afford to give all these giveaways to kids and that's what draws them in, but the thing rugby league has on its side is that people still love the game and they want to play it," he said.
"They feel it in their hearts and that's what keeps them turning up."


http://www.frasercoastchronicle.com.au/story/2012/05/30/cq-licence-can-stem-afl-surge-fraser-coast/


This was from his own accord (for anyone with theories out there)

 

[gyallop]

Mackay isnt part of central Qld. Never has been , never will be.

I am quoting the State's own figures from their own data for what the state calls CQ. If the bid is using their own version of what is CQ be honest and say that. This statement is a lie

the STADIUM will be a massive boost for 600,000 Central Queenslanders

How about the roll call......Mt Isa is now CQ, I guess the Foley shield was a CQ competition and Townsville and Cairns are now CQ.

Scott PRINCETitansMt. Isa




Finally if you havent engaged PR companies I guess they are fraudulently sending press releases on your behalf, perhaps you should sue?









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[CQ Italia]

Mackay isnt part of central Qld. Never has been , never will be.

I am quoting the State's own figures from their own data for what the state calls CQ. If the bid is using their own version of what is CQ be honest and say that. This statement is a lie

the STADIUM will be a massive boost for 600,000 Central Queenslanders

How about the roll call......Mt Isa is now CQ, I guess the Foley shield was a CQ competition and Townsville and Cairns are now CQ.

Scott PRINCETitansMt. Isa




Finally if you havent engaged PR companies I guess they are fraudulently sending press releases on your behalf, perhaps you should sue?

So because Toowoomba etc from South West are now in the Central Div they are considered Central Queensland?

Mackay is also considered Capricornia, which is the Rockhampton region and other areas.

Fact of the matter - most of the "local government areas" from Mackay to Burnett are supporting the bid (pubiclly/officially or even monetary wise in various cases). Virgin Australia Stadium is in support of the Bid. Fans and juniors are apart of the bid.

One of the staff members of the Bid sends them out (press releases being different to blogs or paper's independent stories). PR companies major focus will be coming at the right time (they are helping spread what CQ are doing however to major media entities more often, but not to what it will reach)

 

[Perth Red]

A country boy himself hailing from Inverell in northern New South Wales, Campbell said another reason why the NRL should consider expanding to Central Queensland was so it could curtail any future plans the AFL might have of making a push into the rugby league heartland.


That old Chestnut, so the AFL are planning to put a team in Rockhampton for these jnrs to aspire to are they? Or is it just RL jnrs that will switch codes without an NRL team in their district?

 

[gyallop]

CQ Italia you need to check your intel Major League Corporate Marketing have issued 2 press releases for you during May.

and Mackay isnt part of Capricornia it is Nth Qld , go ask them or the federal and state gov'ts. Whenever I have been there and asked at the footy or a pub if they will stay Cowboys or switch to CQ I have been lucky not to have been belted...maybe I have asked a bad cross section but its been 100% and Cutters and Mackay RL are staunch Cowboys.

You are a CQ bid that may attract some game day support in Mackay . You will have supporters through Australia but you cant 25m people as part of the bid.

I actually like the bid but seriously you going down the Bomber's path and it didnt take long for everyone to realise that they were inventing rubbish to stay current. You have a strong bid stick to whats real.

I see you had sense enough to not try to justify the Bids claim that Mt Isa is CQ!

 

[Lockyer4President!]

and Mackay isnt part of Capricornia it is Nth Qld , go ask them or the federal and state gov'ts. Whenever I have been there and asked at the footy or a pub if they will stay Cowboys or switch to CQ I have been lucky not to have been belted...maybe I have asked a bad cross section but its been 100% and Cutters and Mackay RL are staunch Cowboys.

You are a CQ bid that may attract some game day support in Mackay . You will have supporters through Australia but you cant 25m people as part of the bid.

If Mackay's council and the MDRL is supporting the CQ bid then I honestly don't see what the problem is...
It's really a non-issue.

 

[CQ Italia]

CQ Italia you need to check your intel Major League Corporate Marketing have issued 2 press releases for you during May.

and Mackay isnt part of Capricornia it is Nth Qld , go ask them or the federal and state gov'ts. Whenever I have been there and asked at the footy or a pub if they will stay Cowboys or switch to CQ I have been lucky not to have been belted...maybe I have asked a bad cross section but its been 100% and Cutters and Mackay RL are staunch Cowboys.

You are a CQ bid that may attract some game day support in Mackay . You will have supporters through Australia but you cant 25m people as part of the bid.

I actually like the bid but seriously you going down the Bomber's path and it didnt take long for everyone to realise that they were inventing rubbish to stay current. You have a strong bid stick to whats real.

I see you had sense enough to not try to justify the Bids claim that Mt Isa is CQ!

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The few MR's i've seen have been from a staff member (so most of them are sent by the bid), but I don't doubt that the PR company also send some on. The PR companies major objectives are to spread what the bid are doing in Brisbane/Sydney and another that will have national attention.

Mackay is apart of Capricornia - i.e. schoolboys rugby league proves that, but also apart of Northern QRL.

Mackay RL bodies and league indentities are supportive of the bid.
But it's more about giving the fans a choice and keeping talent closer to home (fact is alot of Mackay players relocate to NSW or Brisbane- Gagai, Hoffman, O'Hanlon, Barbas, DCE for starters).

I'll have to see the opinions of fans up there on June 24.
Mackay would be similar to Rocky with their current fan "team choices". I.e. Rocky fans many support Broncos, than Cowboys, than every other team. If they choose NQ or CQ - it's purely up to them. I've had a few Mackay people say it would be great for region.

 

[Perth Red]

In reality the catchment for game attendance is a 2hr drive radius. The number of fans willing to do more than a 4hour round trip to see a game will be minuscule. What is the population in that radius?