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2010 Season; Combined Competition
Topic Started: Jan 4 2010, 06:44 PM (37,363 Views)
Brownie
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Orana87
May 22 2010, 08:44 AM
Any Campbelltown locals on here should get down to C'town Stadium tomorrow to watch some great footy between City and East Campbelltown. We miss our old local rivalries against the Warriors and Collies, but tomorrow will still see one hell of a battle in Reserve Grade (1pm) and First Grade (2.30pm).
Good Game in the reserve grade EAST CAMPBELLTOWN still undefeated winning 28 16

GO EASTS
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Camden-nite
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good on the Saints honestly do not understand why they don't win more games, watched Camden beat Oakdale today an entertaining game Zac Besant for Camden my player of the day, Oakdale could have had more points if number 3 used the players around him, Camden deserved winners. Who else watched games played today? any scores?
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Pretty poor observation, your obviously a Camden man, so you know who number 3 for Oakdale is. Take your cheap shots elsewhere
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Brownie
May 23 2010, 06:46 PM
Orana87
May 22 2010, 08:44 AM
Any Campbelltown locals on here should get down to C'town Stadium tomorrow to watch some great footy between City and East Campbelltown. We miss our old local rivalries against the Warriors and Collies, but tomorrow will still see one hell of a battle in Reserve Grade (1pm) and First Grade (2.30pm).
Good Game in the reserve grade EAST CAMPBELLTOWN still undefeated winning 28 16

GO EASTS
Well done to Easts beating us all in all 3 grades yesterday, we are establishing a strong cross town rivalry there. It's great we are playing senior footy again in a top local competition.
Magpies diehards would be interested in the debut of 'Krakatoa' Asa for our club yesterday, he was brilliant in leading our forward pack.
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Moss Vale had good wins yesterday winning 36-6 in reserves and 24-10 in first grade, lost the u/18 ,25-18. Was an average game in first grade , more stoppages than a gridiron game , no continuity both teams were never settled. Mossy have bragging rights in the highlands now. :yeah:
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charlie boy
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must say the easts and campbeilltown city game was a cracker maybe the next time they play they should advertise it abit more n play it on a friday night. Cause i definately think it would bring a massive crowd and other teams would want them to bash it each other. they should also make a heritage round too i think that would also be a great concept to have but thats just a though wat do u guys reckon
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Well done to everyone involved in the city v East game, we can see many grudge matches in the future, shame it was played infront of an ordinary crowed, Eagles all three grades but will be another good hit out in round 2, maybe at Waminda international Stadium in front of a large hostile crowed.
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charlie boy
May 24 2010, 05:14 PM
must say the easts and campbeilltown city game was a cracker maybe the next time they play they should advertise it abit more n play it on a friday night. Cause i definately think it would bring a massive crowd and other teams would want them to bash it each other. they should also make a heritage round too i think that would also be a great concept to have but thats just a though wat do u guys reckon


have to put more into the local rags again.
Edited by Warriors78, May 25 2010, 07:25 AM.
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Brownie
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May 24 2010, 08:28 PM
Well done to everyone involved in the city v East game, we can see many grudge matches in the future, shame it was played infront of an ordinary crowed, Eagles all three grades but will be another good hit out in round 2, maybe at Waminda international Stadium in front of a large hostile crowed.
GO EASTS

Will we see retired NOW OUT OF RETIREMENT player Damien Kennedy take the field in the 2nd round against the roos for the MIGHTY EAGLES
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GO EASTS
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Camden-nite
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tc6 it's a game of football the program never showed any names of the Oakdale squad, i support all local sport and do reside in the Camden area. lets just enjoy the sport.
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charlie boy
May 24 2010, 05:14 PM
must say the easts and campbeilltown city game was a cracker maybe the next time they play they should advertise it abit more n play it on a friday night. Cause i definately think it would bring a massive crowd and other teams would want them to bash it each other. they should also make a heritage round too i think that would also be a great concept to have but thats just a though wat do u guys reckon


have to put more into the local rags again.
Edited by Warriors78, Today, 7:25 AM.

The local rags have done there best to support the local competition, but frequent changes and poor communication from competition organisers have left the local papers questioning what they may put in, it's the clubs efforts that is getting and promoting the competition, organisers could do so much more, every week there should be a game of the week in Liverpool, MacArthur and wollindilly papers, get bums on seats.
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charlie boy
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yeh i know wat u mean it would be great if the clubs could work together in promoting the games of the week i reckon it would be the best idea to get bums on seats or in crowds great idea let just hope the club in the comp can realise this and work together for once cause they can all benefit from it
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footy shorts
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On the subject of newspapers The District Reporters Billy Boots has written a really interesting
report this week, have a read you can get it on line.
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footy shorts do you have an online link mate?
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you can download the current edition here

http://www.tdr.com.au/
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Highlander
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WOW that guy dont hold back i had a read of a few of his comments.
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May 26 2010, 12:23 PM
WOW that guy dont hold back i had a read of a few of his comments.
sounds like one of the former members on this forum :letmesee:
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Well at least he can make a comment without fear of recriminations. He's just voicing what a lot of people are thinking.
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Camden-nite
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Part two of Billy's solution to the problems
plaguing Group 6. Last week I offered that
Group 6 needs to have control of the Joint
Competition, more should be done to promote
the local game, new sponsors be sought and
clubs build their membership. Clubs, supporters
and players need to be on board, but it starts
from the top.
Pro-active: The Management and administrators
of rugby league in the area and the state need to
be more innovative and not be sitting on their
hands. Whilst the competition merger was seen
as a marriage of convenience for 2 dying competitions
it has alienated clubs and officials. If
Wests are to be seen as Group 6's savior they
need to come to the party with some sponsorship
dollars and some access to the Wests Tigers juggernaut.
Likewise the CRL, who took the
unreasonable threat of sacking any new
Management Committee that was against a
Wests merger, needs to be seen to be assisting
and supporting one of their blue ribbon areas.
The NRL takes pre season games out to the
country, has the idea of a pre season game
played in Group 6 been floated as a possible
money earner for the competition? Has the CRL
and NSWRL opened the coffers to fight the so
called AFL war? Has the CRL had talks to
councils about putting aside land for future
footy fields, especially in the new Oran Park
corridor? Has Wests Magpies considered
approaching CRL/Gr 6 and going in together in
their search for a new HQ?
Community: There was once a time where the
Sunday game was a great day out for the locals
who could get together, have a beer, support
their club and then go to the pub afterwards for
dinner. With the shift in demographics, other
forms of entertainment and live NRL games on
TV the rugby league at this level has lost its
mojo. Go to a Saturday afternoon Rugby Union
game at Camden and the atmosphere is ten times
more exciting, the mood jovial and positive and
the crowd go home happy. It's time again for
clubs to get out there and take back their town!
Enthusiasm: Go to any Group 6 game and you
will not see a Management Committee member.
If they are there they are sitting in their cars. To
be fair dinkum about improving the competition
they need to see the standard of footy on show,
hear the comments the supporters are raising,
view the referees, count the numbers in the
crowd and get an overall view of the state of the
code. Sitting at home and going to meetings
isn't doing anyone any good. Some of the Group
6 Management Committee are there for show as
their input is minimal and it's about time a new
broom is swept in with fresh ideas, a commitment
to succeed and a desire to make Group a
leading competition again.
Common Sense: Unfortunately this is lacking in
a number of areas. Easy issues where a simple
solution can solve a problem have been complicated
by a view that rules are rules and petty politics
play a part in the decision making process.
Take the Oakdale and their loss of competition
points, the 2 byes each weekend, East
Campbelltown officials barred for making private
comments in a pub, life members being
banned and the grand finals host being decided
on the whim of Management. The Management
Committee needs to lose its veto power at
AGMs and General
Meetings where their
block of 7 votes stifles
any chance that clubs
have of implementing
change.
Next weekend there is no
local football due to the
Southern Senior
Championships being
conducted at Pambula.
That's right, we have a
Group 6 team in the
seriesagainst Groups 7, 9,
10, 16 & 20. Who is in
the team? Nobody knows,
not even the organisers
who have been quoted on
the CRL website as saying:
"The Group 6 side is
unknown at this stage,but
I would expect it to contain
some high profile
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Camden-nite
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sorry guys this is the first issue
As promised, this week I present the solutions to
Group 6's problems, or so I think. Once I started,
I realised there are more ideas than space, so
this week is Part One. I'm mindful that I have
been critical lately and it must be pointed out
that management committees generally are volunteers,
though some members are paid a stipendiary
and therefore are accountable to the clubs.
Ownership: Group 6, Wests, the CRL and
NSWRL need to work out who is to run the
Combined Competition. As it is at the moment
clubs from both districts virtually have different
rules, different entry fees, different player payments
and different ideologies. My view is
Group 6 needs to take control as it is the stronger
entity in terms of playing strength and numbers
of players and clubs in first grade. Once that is
sorted out a business plan can be created to build
finances and club profitability and a holistic
approach to media, promotions, development
and game operations can be formulated and carried
out professionally.
Promotion: As it is no-one knows who is playing
who, where and how much it is going to
cost. Publicity officers should be working very
hard distributing information to the media,
updating websites and generally trying various
promotions such as local derbies, double headers,
2 for 1 entry fees, heritage games, kids in for
free etc to get more people to games, even if that
means even reducing the entry fee further from
$6 to $5. Clubs need to take ownership of this
as well, as they are the ones which will benefit
from more people through the turnstiles. The
competition is stale, there is no buzz and players
aren't attracted to the district.
Memberships: The NRL has seen the light and
followed AFL's lead and have enthusiastically
increased the membership of clubs. As more
members sign up crowds increase at games, supporters
take ownership of their local club, businesses
jump on board and coffers are filled at
games. With grants from leagues club diminishing
a new income stream was needed to be
developed by NRL clubs, and local clubs can
certainly follow the lead shoring up their future.
Sponsors: A quick look at the Group 6 website
tells a sorry tale with only four sponsors on
board. Either the
management committee
has sat on its
hands over summer
or businesses don't
won't a bar of Group
6, and both are real
probabilities. A
competition covering
the area from
Warragamba to Moss
Vale in one of the
fastest growing areas
of Australia must
surely be attractive
to a multi national
company. Together
with the Wests district
that doubles the
exposure and the
competition has a
nursery and demographic
market equal
to any district in the
state. Use this potential
to sell the naming
rights to a market
leader.
Keep the letters
coming in to editor
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