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Rugby
League News:
R2K
snubbed as Kogarah working group is established
8 April,
2002 Report from Steven
Williams
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- Source: RETURN TO
KOGARAH site at: http://www.r2k.info/
On March 16th, R2K (Return to Kogarah) held a Kogarah
Oval Information Night at Kogarah RSL. The meeting
was well attended and had many notable speakers.
These included football legends Frank Hyde, John
Dowling and Robert Stone (St George Football Club,
CEO). The meeting was organised by R2K representatives
headed by Lachlan McLean.
A motion was passed for there to be a 'working group'
established. The purpose of the taskforce would
be to accelerate a return to Kogarah by the Dragons
through investigating the relevance of the NRL ground
criteria and how an upgrade of Jubilee Oval could
be financed.
R2K representatives then made a hasty attempt to
get elected to the St George Leagues Club board
and put in a good showing.
R2K has since learnt that the St George Football
Club and Kogarah Council have set up their own working
group to review the maintenance and long-term use
of Kogarah Jubilee Oval. However, neither party
has yet invited R2K representatives to become involved
within the new working group.
The motion to establish the working group (that
R2K is yet to be included in) was moved by the Mayor
Of Kogarah, Councilor Jim Taylor. The Kogarah Mayor
stated that there needed to be “a long term
plan on the future uses of the ground for the remainder
of the current lease”, which expires on January
31, 2011.
However, Councilor
Nick Katris moved to include an express condition
that the working group was not to make any decisions
about any increase in intensity in use or expansion
of the ground.
R2K is concerned about
Councilor Nick Katris’ stipulation and will
seek a full explanation from both Kogarah Council
and the St. George DRLFC on this limitation and
will also seek the inclusion of three R2K representatives
within the working group.
Lets hope that something
good comes of this latest development. If it leads
to some games at Kogarah then I'll join others in
congratulating the club on a job well done. But
I'm more than a little cynical about the true aims
of this 'working group'.
At this stage, we can only keep our eyes and ears
open.
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