$30 Million boost for Campbelltown Stadium Centre of Excellence.

[Lestronge]

Good to hear! Those things make a difference.

Growing up in the 90s there was magpies stuff everywhere in Leumeah. Tommy went to every School fete in the area and would sign footy posters almost non stop. He was NSW origin coach at the time as well. He'd ride around on a flat bed truck barking people to come to the game. Leumeah station had footy decals all over it. It reached it's Zenith in 1996 when Wests made the finals. It was getting really legit around that time, and then Super League took all the oxygen out of the project / area. Also Tommy R was a sugar hit for the area but not a long term pro coach.

That great Campbelltown footy generation, (Fulton, Gibbs, Lawrence, Jarryd Hayne, Ben Roberts, Collis, Gallant), grew up in and amongst all of that. There was a really solid connection to Campbelltown in Wests Tigers when we had all those westie juniors in the side. Gibbs and Fulton especially brought a lot of Campbelltown humour and personality into the team, and when we had all those local lads (+ Skando and Hodgo) it didn't seem such an outlier or so soulless to play at the Stadium.

Not sure where they lived but most of those boys went to westfields . They were definitely in and around my life due to the connection and interplay between the parra JRL and wests JRL , amongst other things . . I always thought they were from Liverpool area. But I’ll take your word for it . Can’t say I like that crew very much . On a side note Corey Payne was the biggest douchebag I ever met . And it was a dagger to my heart the day the tigers signed him .
When playing against him I have to admit I would often try to start fights . When I was on the same team as him , I often thought about launching the nearest blunt object at his head. No surprises at all what happened at the riff .
Lol 😂 I probably gave away TMI there . Whatever . He was a dick growing up . And he was a dick as an adult . One of those dudes you wonder why the powers that be would give such a POS that much talent lol .

 

[Bellend]

Not sure where they lived but most of those boys went to westfields . They were definitely in and around my life due to the connection and interplay between the parra JRL and wests JRL , amongst other things . . I always thought they were from Liverpool area. But I’ll take your word for it . Can’t say I like that crew very much . On a side note Corey Payne was the biggest douchebag I ever met . And it was a dagger to my heart the day the tigers signed him .
When playing against him I have to admit I would often try to start fights . When I was on the same team as him , I often thought about launching the nearest blunt object at his head. No surprises at all what happened at the riff .
Lol 😂 I probably gave away TMI there . Whatever . He was a dick growing up . And he was a dick as an adult . One of those dudes you wonder why the powers that be would give such a POS that much talent lol .

Still a ego know.

 

[Dr_Ice]

CommBank

Plenty of soul on Monday

 

[Tigerdazz2]

I hope the new improved dressing rooms instill familiarity with the Tigers theme (ala the Centre of Excellence) & player comfort lifts them for game days.

Don't y'all have a go at the place or the players if they drop one to Newcastle (Dog Forbid 😉)

I don't think they will, but Newcastle, like the Wests Tigers are on fire despite missing key players. Just look at how Fletcher Sharpe & Sandon Smith are going, their forwards are winning the battles up the middle, big Dom Young is killing it on the wing.

However that's now compounded by the HUGE loss of Bradman Best so I reckon Tigers by 12

 

[tiger_one]

I hope the new improved dressing rooms instill familiarity with the Tigers theme (ala the Centre of Excellence) & player comfort lifts them for game days.

Don't y'all have a go at the place or the players if they drop one to Newcastle (Dog Forbid 😉)

I don't think they will, but Newcastle, like the Wests Tigers are on fire despite missing key players. Just look at how Fletcher Sharpe & Sandon Smith are going, their forwards are winning the battles up the middle, big Dom Young is killing it on the wing.

However that's now compounded by the HUGE loss of Bradman Best so I reckon Tigers by 12

And as long as they turn off the hot water in the Away sheds .... 😉

 

[balmain boy]

We really need the Coe to get built down in ctown. Our Juniors are effectively homeless .

Having some pretty lockers is nice. Step in the right direction. But the real work is still to come

 

[Merlot]

I hope the new improved dressing rooms instill familiarity with the Tigers theme (ala the Centre of Excellence) & player comfort lifts them for game days.

Don't y'all have a go at the place or the players if they drop one to Newcastle (Dog Forbid 😉)

I don't think they will, but Newcastle, like the Wests Tigers are on fire despite missing key players. Just look at how Fletcher Sharpe & Sandon Smith are going, their forwards are winning the battles up the middle, big Dom Young is killing it on the wing.

However that's now compounded by the HUGE loss of Bradman Best so I reckon Tigers by 12

listened to the Ambush podcast with Meilankchamp last week , spruiked WT's spent money on putting the boys up in a hotel s, incidentally got built by parra;s sponsor, and for went NRL cash to be bused in from 20 minutes away - bad hearing think they said Magenta shores
way to early to pile on if / when they faulter,just gotta ride the wave

 

[Tigerdazz2]

We really need the Coe to get built down in ctown. Our Juniors are effectively homeless .

Having some pretty lockers is nice. Step in the right direction. But the real work is still to come

They're building a COE in the upgrade, it will be incorporated within the proposed new Northern grandstand.

Within the framework of the WT organisation there will then be 3 centres of excellence, Concord (Zurich Centre), Campbelltown (Leumeah), Campbelltown (Uni of Western Sydney - Wests Tigers Centre of Rugby League). Maybe the club should ask the NRL & the government for a grant to build another one or two at Rozelle or Gladesville?? 😆😆

 

[Tigerdazz2]

And as long as they turn off the hot water in the Away sheds .... 😉

I know the old Magpies away teams sheds & Lidcombe were given a good old flooding early game day to keep the bare floor cold 🥶 for the day. They did a similar trick at the not quite as Spartan away team room at Campbelltown Stadium. 👍😆

 

[innsaneink]

They're building a COE in the upgrade, it will be incorporated within the proposed new Northern grandstand.

Within the framework of the WT organisation there will then be 3 centres of excellence, Concord (Zurich Centre), Campbelltown (Leumeah), Campbelltown (Uni of Western Sydney - Wests Tigers Centre of Rugby League). Maybe the club should ask the NRL & the government for a grant to build another one or two at Rozelle or Gladesville?? 😆😆

I thought it was originally a pathways COE but that was scrapped.to get the funds for a northern stand...not sure both are happening...hopefully I'm wrong here

 

[BlackWhiteGold]

Best in world: Tigers' bold Campbelltown pathway plans

Wests Tigers CEO Shaun Mielekamp has revealed long-term plans for south-west Sydney, after setting the ambitious goal of having the sport's best pathway system.

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