18th March,2002. Article by www.r2k.info

 The Return To Kogarah (R2K) group held a successful Information Night at Kogarah RSL on Saturday. A motion was successfully carried for the establishment of a taskforce between Kogarah Council, St.George Leagues Club and R2K to investigate financing an upgrade of Kogarah and to investigate the NRL ground criteria issues.

The highlight of the evening was Frank Hyde. Hyde, who spoke as a posthumous gesture to Ernest 'Tiger' Black, was completely in favour of a return to Kogarah Oval by the Dragons and stated that fans have a right to a St.George based homeground.

Apart from Hyde's address, over 500 Dragons supporters witnessed passionate and entertaining speeches from Dick Caine, John Dowling, Tony Squires, Peter Bryant and Shane Millard.

Robert Stone provided St.George-Illawarra's viewpoint and informed the audience that a shortage of corporate boxes at Jubilee Oval was the main factor in the Club's decision to abandon Kogarah. However, as other speakers pointed out, an additional grandstand at Kogarah would remedy this problem.

The Mayor of Kogarah, Jim Taylor, provided a statement confirming that he would be delighted to see the Dragons return to Jubilee and would consider any future development applications for an upgrade of the oval.

R2K also endorsed the 'Red & White' ticket which is running for three vacant positions on the Leagues Club board. The main policy of the 'Red & White' ticket is to return the Dragons to Kogarah in 2003 and to work closely with Kogarah Council on a redevelopment of Jubilee Oval.

The three candidates, Lachlan McLean, Zoran Mitrevski and Fay Samuel gave well received campaign speeches. The voting for the three vacant positions takes place from Monday, the 18th of March to Thursday, the 21st of March between the hours of 10 AM to 8 PM at the St.George Leagues Club.
 

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