Wests Tigers CEO in Tamworth
TICKETS for West Tigers’ clash with the Canberra Raiders at Scully Park next year are set to go on sale in the coming weeks.
Tigers members will get first crack at the tickets for the May 9 clash (on sale from December 9). The rest of the public can buy tickets from December 11.
The round-nine clash will mark the Tigers’ third in as many years at Scully Park, after first playing the Newcastle Knights at the venue in 2018 and the Gold Coast Titans earlier this year.
The round-nine clash will mark the Tigers’ third in as many years at Scully Park, after first playing the Newcastle Knights at the venue in 2018 and the Gold Coast Titans earlier this year.
Tigers chief executive officer Justin Pascoe said he was confident next year’s game “could be the biggest yet” for Tamworth
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NOVEMBER 21 2019 - 6:00PM
Wests Tigers CEO Justin Pascoe visits Tamworth
Billy Jupp
Billy Jupp
Local Sport
STRONG BOND: Wests Tigers’ Justin Pascoe and Wests Entertainment Group’s Rod Lang are ready for next year’s game. Photo: Peter Hardin
STRONG BOND: Wests Tigers’ Justin Pascoe and Wests Entertainment Group’s Rod Lang are ready for next year’s game. Photo: Peter Hardin
TICKETS for West Tigers’ clash with the Canberra Raiders at Scully Park next year are set to go on sale in the coming weeks.
Tigers members will get first crack at the tickets for the May 9 clash (on sale from December 9). The rest of the public can buy tickets from December 11.
The round-nine clash will mark the Tigers’ third in as many years at Scully Park, after first playing the Newcastle Knights at the venue in 2018 and the Gold Coast Titans earlier this year.
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Tigers chief executive officer Justin Pascoe said he was confident next year’s game “could be the biggest yet” for Tamworth.
“This is our third year playing in Tamworth and we are really committed to this area,” Pascoe told the Leader.
"As a club, we think it’s a big part of our responsibility to make sure we can influence communities like Tamworth really positively.
“I think next year will be bursting, I think people will be clambering to get in.”
Pascoe will meet with Tamworth Regional Council representatives on Friday to discuss the club’s economic impact on the region.
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During the first two years of its involvement in the Tamworth region, the club has helped pump, on average, between $1.7 and $1.8 million into the local economy.
“The numbers we have say to us that it is really beneficial economically,” Pascoe said.
"From what I understand, there was over 4000 people who travelled into the Tamworth region to attend last year’s game.
“For us to be able to generate that sort of influx of money into a community, which is clearly being impacted by drought, is outstanding.”
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As well as playing a game for NRL points, the Tigers and the Raiders will be actively involved with the community in the days leading up to the game.
“Much like this year, we will be running things like an all-abilities clinic, a school blitz and an open training session for the public,” Pascoe said.
"For the first time ever, with the support of KARI, an indigenous support organisation, we’ve got an indigenous clinic and trial pathway, which will lead to a camp we host in Sydney.
“That’s aimed at bringing juniors in and giving them an opportunity to come through an elite pathway.”
Pascoe said he was confident the relationship between the Tigers and the Tamworth region would continue in the future.
“We’re in a commercial agreement at the moment and we are in discussions to see if that can continue past 2020,” he said.
“Those conversations will be had with [Wests Entertainment Group CEO] Rod Lang and the council.”
As for whether star player Latrell Mitchell would be among the Tigers’ players to grace Scully Park next year, Pascoe said anything was possible.
“Like all teams we are always looking at complimenting what is really talented squad at the moment,” he said.
"We’ve just had some great news throughout the course of the week with the resignings of Luke Garner and Alex Twal, and the signing of Tommy Talau, who Benji Marshall came out and touted as the best talent seen since Teddy [James Tedesco].
“We’re always on the look out for new talent to compliment that and certainly he [Mitchell] is a talented player that we, as our chairman said earlier this week, we are in the market for.”
