In those consolidating years of the 50's, games were played in a very competitive basis against teams from Caboolture, Kilcoy, Woodford, Brisbane All Blacks, Aspley/Bald Hills, Sandgate, Zillmere, Pine Rivers and Dayboro. Pearce. Don McLennan was propositioned to take up a permanent position of Secretary, in the first instance this offer was declined, but after a similar offer from Norths President Bob Bax, a career with the club was launched and it lasted until December 1989. premiership. Graham said the 24-18 victory against the Western Suburbs Panthers was a huge event for the Redcliffe Peninsula. Kodi Nikorima 15. And on the field it couldn?t have been any better. This service may include material from Agence France-Presse (AFP), APTN, Reuters, AAP, CNN and the BBC World Service which is copyright and cannot be reproduced. On February 27, the club celebrates its 75 th birthday and everything it has achieved since that initial meeting. Welcome to Redcliffe Leagues Club | Corner Klingner & Ashmole Roads, Redcliffe QLD 4020 | 07 3203 7333 | Elite Rewards. A young player from Roma named Arthur Beetson stars before being enticed to Sydney to become an international and legend of the game. Oct 14th, 2021. Under the control of full-time junior coordinator Bob Crossley, this transition period was achieved with as little disruption as necessary and firm policies were in place for coaches and managers to be guided by. The Golden Five were believed to be Dick Turner, Eric Keam, Kevin F. Simpson, Des Webb and Don McLennan. Edrick Lee 6. All Rights Reserved. September 11 1994 will go down as possibly the greatest day in the club?s history. Redcliffe players to make the team were Leslie Hala, Adam Connolly and Terry Jones and each did his club proud. When construction work at Parliament House dried up, an increasingly hungry and broke Graham borrowed money to get his car fixed and headed home to make history. 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Dolphins Past Players Reunion Calling all PAST AND PRESENT SENIOR PLAYERS AND COACHES The night will be a great chance to catchup + Celebrate 1981 & honour the Reserve Grade and Third Grade . But the team still only finished one game short of yet another grand final and can be very proud of their efforts. Without a doubt the decision to affect the 1960's most dramatically was taken in 1959 on November 19 when the delegates of the Brisbane Rugby League voted unanimously to support Northern Suburbs notice of motion to sponsor Redcliffe into their competition with full district club status. The Australian Rugby League Commission confirmed on . He has been a member of the Redcliffe Leagues Club since 1980. [4][5] In 2018, Redcliffe won their sixth Queensland Cup title, defeating Easts Tigers 36-22.[6]. The assets of Langdon Park clubhouse and a percentage of floodlights came in for lengthy discussions with the council, but were eventually resolved amicably. Redcliffe Dolphins currently play in the InTrust Super Cup, a competition that meanders up Queenslands east coast from the southern-most point in Tweed Heads, through Mackay, Townsville, Cairns and across the Arafura Sea to Papua New Guinea. They had a proud history to begin with! I was the auditor there for 30-odd years, and Redcliffe has never ever not paid a bill. The team that represented the Club on this historic day was; Ken McCrohon, Kevin Benson, Peter Haggett, Buddy Hunter, Bernie Robinson, Keith Howard, Noel Gardner, Col Weier, Tommy Green, Jim Graham, Neville Edwards, Bob Kilmer, Dick Boxsell. The club could arguably be called the club of the decade. He said there was "no doubt"having a financially secure club influenced the success of the NRL bid. But with stage two of Redcliffes new stadium set for completion later this year, Jones believes the club will have better facilities than many of the NRL sides. Redcliffe Dolphins players to watch in 2023. Alf worked tirelessly as President of the club until he resigned in 1971. It has been a fait accompli since the club was given the new licence, but Bennett was officially confirmed as coach on Thursday. This forward planning precluded objections in the years ahead when the club would eventually build and served to notify intending housing developers that a licensed club was on line for that particular area. Redcliffe has always paid its way., PNG Hunters prove popular as they blaze a trail for a rugby league-mad nation | Patrick Skene, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Sun Cable: How Australia's biggest renewable energy project hit a snag, Why community batteries could be the next step in the solar power revolution. Pressure to build a licensed club at Dolphin Oval was mounting, but to leave the old club which was a financially viable operation and to go into large debt had to be met with a great deal of caution. The off to the club was made by local timber miller and businessman Kevin Krebs, whose mill covered where Peninsula Fair is today. While it was so necessary to have first and foremost players and coaches the Club enjoyed in the 60?s, it was just as important to have leaders to guide the Club. Bunny passed away in tragic circumstances in a freak road accident. "At the end of 80 minutes of rugby league, we would flood the field with our autographbooks, just trying to get the names of our heroes inscribed on those pages," he said. 2006 The Dolphins again win the Queensland Cup. There was something about the dyed-in-the-wool, salt of the earth, grassroots connotation that came with being a Dolphins fan.". That . He achieved this goal by playing a possible 109 out of 111 games from 1960 to 1964. And also soon to strike the thriving bar trade was the heavily publicised ?Don?t dink and drive? Redcliffe threatened legal action, so the team was alternatively named the Gold Coast Titans. I knew your mum loved her footy, Leis told McInnes simply. The Redcliffe Dolphins have a proud history of player development. Jesse Bromwich 9. Current chairman Bob Jones said while the club was making money from gambling, after a tax change it decided it should diversify its income streams so as not to rely on gambling. Suffice to say the club only barely kept it?s doors open and it?s creditors at bay until the advent of poker machines in 1992, but proudly the club was always able to meet it?s financial commitments. "I remember Dessy Webb assembling the whole club before the training session kicked off and saying, 'listen, guys, things aren't travelling that well financially for the club'," Murray said. A team which made its home on the site of a redeveloped dump. Currently the chief executive of the Redcliffe Dolphins' Qld Cup entity, Cleal has experience as a former player, coach and football manager for the club. The Dolphins respect and honour the Traditional Custodians of the land and pay our respects to their Elders past, present and future. Redcliffe beat Valleys 15 points to two that day with Kevin Yow Yeh, an explosive Indigenous winger from Gladstone, scoring two tries. . Jamayne Isaako 3. Dolphins set to win Bennett with Redcliffe to be unveiled as NRL's 17th team BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 02: Coach Wayne Bennett gives a smile as he watches on during a South Sydney Rabbitohs . Graham captained the 1994 BRL grand final win for the club, the team's first since 1965. Redcliffe are a very successful club and they certainly have got the facilities and the talent pool to warrant an NRL bid. The club begins its history in the Sandgate Suburban League. . Ed Chisholm. Weve had quite a few meetings with the NRL, just to let them know that we were keen and ready to go. A system was then set up whereby for the first time in Queensland, Queenslanders could qualify at Redcliffe. The Queensland Rugby League had no accreditation courses available and to become qualified one had to do it by correspondence with the New South Wales Rugby League. Reader is a former commercial director at the Broncos, and exudes confidence that the Dolphins could stand on . Its big enough for people not to know all your business, but small enough for you to know a lot of people. "He just came and gave me a bear hug. He was also the Brisbane Rugby league player of the . In return for the Old Boys building a solid can booth at the northern end of the ground, they were granted to sell liquor on a commission basis. The long awaited change came in 1952 when, on our first visit to play in the Kilcoy competition, three Hornibrook buses including the detached semi-trailer bus moved off in convoy from the Redcliffe Showgrounds to make the trip to Kilcoy. The first club unofficial club emblem or at least nickname was the Shellgrit, no doubt spawned by the abundance of shell grit on the peninsulas beaches. Since the competition was established in 1996, Redcliffe have qualified for 11 grand finals, lost six and won five. 2022 Players | QRL Players / Hostplus Cup All Teams Trending Tyrone Roberts Five-Eighth Devils Alan White Halfback Capras Jaleel Seve-Derbas 2nd Row Seagulls Wyatt Reynolds Prop Falcons Ryan Jeffery Lock Falcons Tom Farr Centre WM Seagulls Josh Chudleigh Hooker Blackhawks Callum Eggerling Hooker Magpies Whyatt Barnes Lock Pride Ezra Mam Halfback Gains: Adam Cook (Mackay Cutters), Liam Hampson (Tweed Seagulls), Kyle Paterson (Cronulla Sharks), Jack Aiken (Sunshine Coast Falcons), Jayden Corrigan (Northern Pride), Valynce Te Whare (New Zealand Rugby), Ethyn Martin (rugby union), Ed Burns (Wynnum Manly Seagulls), Dunamis Lui (Canberra Raiders), Jeremiah Simbiken (Canberra Raiders) He approached two local men Tom Maule and Hughie Harvey to their interest in helping form and play with a new Rugby League based in Redcliffe. 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