Mariners plan major complex

[~Floss~]

Not including the velodrome.

and just quietly the velodrome spot would be a pretty neat spot for a from the ground up multipurpose stadium

Multi-purpose? How about a ground-up football stadium? Fence 3m from the backline. Rectangular, steep, covered. Standing sections...

 

[dibo]

Not including the velodrome.

and just quietly the velodrome spot would be a pretty neat spot for a from the ground up multipurpose stadium

Multi-purpose? How about a ground-up football stadium? Fence 3m from the backline. Rectangular, steep, covered. Standing sections...

now you're bringing sexy back...

is this the tune you were thinking of?

how bout our new home end:

you're gonna have to give me a minute...

























ah, yeah...

 

[Rowdy]

No something a bit 'boutique', say 2000, 2500 on each side, giving a total of 4 to 5k seating. Terraces on either end (dibo's getting hard).

Used as a first class training ground by the boy's, home games for State League / Pre-season games / visiting Internationals that wouldn't necessarily draw a crowd conducive for it to be at the btongue, but still generates some serious ca$h at this smaller ground.

Local GF's played there, to take the pressure off the BTongue wear and tear, NRL will still play some games out of the Tongue  :-\

Maybe even an artificial 'Tiger Turf" like Southerland has? now I'm really hitting the crack pipe hard 

 

[fish]

you 2 are out of control but I like it lol

Is it AJAX stadium where the pitch gets removed on a lift so they can use it for Ice Hockey/Skating. Id like to see something like that but maybe a hard surface for when we get an NBL side up here lol and that would let the Moto X have it whenever they want and not f**k the drainage

 

[Rowdy]

you 2 are out of control but I like it lol

Is it AJAX stadium where the pitch gets removed on a lift?

FCUK Yeah!

We'll hack out the mangroves at the back of Adcock, piss-off the EPA and Bob Brown, get in one of those sliding-sucker's, where the pitch rolls out under the grandstand, but we'll float ours in the mouth of narara creek behind the railway bridge.

So when the home games are on and FOX do that lovely shot out over the palm trees to Iggy's, you'll see the training pitch doubling as the Marina with Pete's & Singo's cruisers moored there.

 

[~Floss~]

As long as the seats don't spell "BEARS" behind the commentators when they do their pre- and post-game reports.

 

[offtheball]

Yes I know the 7 sports u mentioned aren't League, using Adcock and the CCLC as a base for training and administration of the club sends a clear message to the NRL, 'this is our stadium, we've been here for 3/4 years and were here to stay'.

People walk out of the tongue and see a 15 ft Mariners logo, back-lit on the front/side walls of the CCLC would also add to the sense of 'turf'.

Away fans drive out over Brian McGowan bridge heading to the F3, see Mariner Headquarters and or Mariners Training Facility on a massive sign at the racecourse rd intersection and they go 'hmmmm, nod, nod'

I'm excited just thinking of  that vision.


Just can't see it happening with the lack of infrustucture on the coast for all of the sports mentioned.

 

[midfielder]

If you are really serious about killing off an NRL team setting up on the CCoast,

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  CCLC would ultimately throw money at the club competing for the major sponsorship. Imagine 'massive' Mariners login lights on the front/side of the CCLC 'the home of the mariners',. 
  

I not about killing league, it will in time kill itself. But the AFL identified a long time ago you need to get the best sports people as the top AFL & league players could also play football, also top footballers can play other sports. Remember Steve & Mark Waugh played for NSW in Football before going to cricket (old NSL cannot blame them) Wyong is an area with a lot of talented league players, move them over to football is one of the advantages of the Wyong location.

Your point on the CCLC becoming a football club I believe is in our hands, my guess is Mariners supporters would make up a fair percentage of the clubs membership and over time if Mariner supporters combine their votes they could vote in a football board.

But Rowdy it is an excellent idea you have and has a great feel to it, coming out if Bluetounge and seeing "Central Coast Football Club". Also I think there would be much less community resistance to it today,  perhaps seen as a natural move to reflect the changing club usage and football new status.

 

[dru]

Your point on the CCLC becoming a football club I believe is in our hands, my guess is Mariners supporters would make up a fair percentage of the clubs membership and over time if Mariner supporters combine their votes they could vote in a football board.

But Rowdy it is an excellent idea you have and has a great feel to it, coming out if Bluetounge and seeing "Central Coast Football Club". Also I think there would be much less community resistance to it today,  perhaps seen as a natural move to reflect the changing club usage and football new status.

midfielder when did anyone talk about changing the name of the leagues club? the leagues cub is a league of clubs and will remain that way, it has nothing to do with league so unless Rowdy becomes el presidentay of the bowls club we would never get the support to even consider renaming it.

frankly it is a silly idea and in a way something that a number of us prevented from happening in season one when we gave up half a game to stop the bowlers attempted take over of the board of the leagues club.

as for redeveloping adcock park, do it for sure, the fun I had on the terraces of Perth means I'd love our trial game being played there.

 

[midfielder]

midfielder when did anyone talk about changing the name of the leagues club? the leagues cub is a league of clubs and will remain that way, it has nothing to do with league so unless Rowdy becomes el presidentay of the bowls club we would never get the support to even consider renaming it.

Idea from Rowdy in his post.

I am apart from a member of CCLC, have little nay none really of CCLC internal working.

However living on and off the coast for a number of years you are the first person I have heard say it is not a leagues club, rather a club of leagues. I have no doubt you are right but it's not how I, and those I attend matches with perceive CCLC.

We all believed it was a leagues club, so its good to know its not however if I and everyone I know was unaware then maybe Central Coast Sports Club would be a more apt name.

TBH it does not worry me that much at all, Rowdys idea to convert a leagues to a football club  had appeal, but I hear what you are saying so thats the end of it for me, except to say as before CCLC as league of clubs has never been my understanding before.

 

[dru]

Idea from Rowdy in his post.

I am apart from a member of CCLC, have little nay none really of CCLC internal working.

However living on and off the coast for a number of years you are the first person I have heard say it is not a leagues club, rather a club of leagues. I have no doubt you are right but it's not how I, and those I attend matches with perceive CCLC.

We all believed it was a leagues club, so its good to know its not however if I and everyone I know was unaware then maybe Central Coast Sports Club would be a more apt name.

TBH it does not worry me that much at all, Rowdys idea to convert a leagues to a football club  had appeal, but I hear what you are saying so thats the end of it for me, except to say as before CCLC as league of clubs has never been my understanding before.

I read rowdy's post as just put the logo on not renaming the club.

Something that we helped protect 2 years ago was limiting directors with links to a certain sport at two

for more information on what we helped two years ago old forums

Looking back it appears my recollection was a little rusty and it had been a predominetly league board up until 2 years ago.

 

[midfielder]

Thanks Dru, for the past history, I was totally unaware of its recent history. Given CCLC has changed so much in a small period maybe we have something to thank the bowlers for as they indirectly I guess forced the management of the day to appreciate football & support it, in return for footballs support.

However an even bit of older history is in my younger days I played semi professional rugby leaguer for a club called Guildford in Sydney and we had a trail game against the Entrance in the mid 70s and that was my first time in CCLC, everything was sunshine, lollypops and sugar candy lemon drops we played league. My next visit was in 1978 with two football teams and we were made feel decidedly unwelcome, very very unwelcome we played soccer. Never went back until last year when one of our match group said its all changed mate.

So the appeal of converting a league club to a football club resinated something with me.

As an aside part of my day job is strategic planning and a symbolic take over of  what is still viewed by most as a leagues club especially in Hal 1 to 5  would invite perhaps unwelcome attention from the NRL and many of its media .friends / connections.

I am also well aware of the sponsorship by CCLC of the Mariners, in what form and how much I have no idea, so I accept if the support is there from CCLC know in football areas but unnoticed by others thats fine, its a small price to pay.

However the 1978 incidents still stir deep within and I have surprised myself at  how much anger I had held over all these years.

All this does digress from the main theme of this thread which is the training complex at Wyong.

As we all have said G 8.

 

[~Floss~]

I have always thought any "Leagues Club" was supposed to be relatively all-encompassing, as opposed to a "Rugby League Club". ???

 

[Rowdy]

To clarify,

Dru is correct, i didn't advocate 're-naming' or 'converting' CCLC to something else, just proposed that in the future CCLC could increase it's level of sponsorship from what it is currently, to being perhaps the major sponsor.

This could (i believe would) enhance the CCLC's own greater business interest's, coupled with the CCLC's future plans of developing a first class hotel, conference centre, etc on the site of where Froggy's roller skating rink and the old CC Youth Club currently sit. That development would bring bigger revenue for the CCLC, meaning more money for local sporting clubs, which was one of the reasons why the CCLC (Leagues not Rugby League) was formed (hat's of to the Maher's), as well as as providing a place for people in the community to meet and socialise.

If they did become a major sponsor, having the huge club logo/sign on the side/front of the CCLC would be no different then having the CCLC logo on the front of the Mariners jersey. Two businesses in a business partnership.

 

[tyson]

yeh im pretty sure manly and manly rsl (or it might be leagues club) is still just the local leagues club but has the manly sea eagle logo on it to kind of associate the too. im assuming its a HQ for the club, like mingara is for us at the moment.

i think this is going to be at wyong though, regardless of how good these ideas are, because of the relationship they have with wyong. wyong is wetting their pants over the attention the mariners are bringing.

the whole concept is pretty intriguing though.

 

[offtheball]

What about redeveloping Pluim? Buying the paddocks across the road to put in the extra fields.

 

[offtheball]

Thanks Dru, for the past history, I was totally unaware of its recent history. Given CCLC has changed so much in a small period maybe we have something to thank the bowlers for as they indirectly I guess forced the management of the day to appreciate football & support it, in return for footballs support.

However an even bit of older history is in my younger days I played semi professional rugby leaguer for a club called Guildford in Sydney and we had a trail game against the Entrance in the mid 70s and that was my first time in CCLC, everything was sunshine, lollypops and sugar candy lemon drops we played league. My next visit was in 1978 with two football teams and we were made feel decidedly unwelcome, very very unwelcome we played soccer. Never went back until last year when one of our match group said its all changed mate.

So the appeal of converting a league club to a football club resinated something with me.

As an aside part of my day job is strategic planning and a symbolic take over of  what is still viewed by most as a leagues club especially in Hal 1 to 5  would invite perhaps unwelcome attention from the NRL and many of its media .friends / connections.

I am also well aware of the sponsorship by CCLC of the Mariners, in what form and how much I have no idea, so I accept if the support is there from CCLC know in football areas but unnoticed by others thats fine, its a small price to pay.

However the 1978 incidents still stir deep within and I have surprised myself at  how much anger I had held over all these years.

All this does digress from the main theme of this thread which is the training complex at Wyong.

As we all have said G 8.

"Hoot with the Owls!"