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  GOLD COAST HONOURS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
She is constantly working to promote the Gold Coast and is the type of tourism stalwart who is always stopping to help out tourists with directions or point them in the direction of the best hot spots in town.
The RSL club has taken out the Gold Coast Best Club Award for the past four years running, was awarded a special achievement award for responsible gambling for the past two years, and a community service award and rated the best licensed club in Queensland this year.
A Gold Coast institution, yoga guru Roma is well known for her tireless work promoting yoga to the world and for her unstinting support for a range of charities.
www.gcbulletin.com.au /content/HonoursMain.htm   (4732 words)

  
 Gold Coast Chargers Seagulls Giants Dolphins Rugby League
It was hoped the Gold Coast could provide the corporate support, while the Tweed would provide a strong Leagues club and ground (at the Seagulls Stadium complex), supporters and vibrant local club competition.
The Chargers performed well in the twelve team 1997 ARL competition, achieving their best ever result by securing 7th position and earning a spot in the play-offs.
The Chargers were included in the NRL's twenty team competition for 1998 and with their finances now in a sound position, home crowds improving and pleasing on field results the club seemed on the rise.
rl1908.com /Clubs/Gold-Coast-Chargers-Seagulls.htm   (1422 words)

  
 1998 Gold Coast Chargers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Gold Coast mangement lived on a high from coming 7th in a split comp.
Gold Coast put in a big 26-12 win and played for the entire 80 minutes with disipline and good attack.
There is a big chance that there be no Gold Coast in 1999, so we have to wait and see.
archive.rleague.com /1998/australia/nrl/goldcoast.html   (781 words)

  
 Penrith Panthers - Panther Power   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
It’s official - Preston Campbell is the inaugural Gold Coast NRL Team’s first signing and the news has Gold Coast team management excited — the news setting the benchmark for future prospects for the Gold Coast team.
Campbell, on the Gold Coast for the announcement said, “It is special, the fact that they still think of me up this way and it is a big honour for me to be the first player the club is signing.
Gold Coast coach John Cartwright is over the moon with the club’s first signing.
panthers.rleague.com /news/index.php?id=18788   (489 words)

  
 Gold Coast's new NRL team signs Campbell - Breaking News - Sport - Breaking News
Campbell, who made his first grade debut with the now defunct Gold Coast Chargers in 1998, said the lure of finishing his career where it started was too good of an opportunity to pass up.
Gold Coast managing director Michael Searle said the club would cap their player signings for this year at 10 with a halfback, a fullback and two marquee props high on the hit-list.
While the Gold Coast celebrated its new signing, Melbourne was again left in limbo after halfback Matt Orford failed to commit to the club.
www.theage.com.au /news/Sport/Gold-Coasts-new-NRL-team-signs-Campbell/2005/06/22/1119321780150.html   (769 words)

  
 Articles - Gold Coast Stadium   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gold Coast Stadium is the name of the main stadium on the Gold Coast, Queensland.
At this present stage, the current Gold Coast Stadium is located at Carrara.
This stadium will be replaced however by the new Gold Coast Stadium to be built at the satellite city of Robina, near Robina train station.
www.voiprealfan.com /articles/Gold_Coast_Stadium   (170 words)

  
 Sportal.com.au - Rugby League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The stand-out for admittance is undoubtedly the Gold Coast, with the Central Coast a respectable second.
Sure, Gold Coast teams (Giants, Seagulls and Chargers) of yesteryear have had their faults, but take out poor management and the Super League war and the Gold Coast Chargers at least, would still be running around today.
When the Gold Coast originally entered the national comp in 1988, they were essentially a New South Wales team based out of the South-Tweed area with the backing of the then-rich Seagulls Leagues Club - not exactly strategically placed to take advantage of the growing south east Queensland population.
www.sportal.com.au /league.asp?i=news&id=49114   (652 words)

  
 Crikey Website - 16th NRL team for the Gold Coast?   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Today the Gold Coast City Council is likely to provide the land needed for the stadium, either the re-development of the Carrara stadium used by the former Gold Coast Chargers or a new stadium at Robina, a few kilometres south.
While this news will be welcomed by Gold Coast backers, and many rugby league fans in South East Queensland who want competition for the Broncos, it won’t be appreciated by John Singleton and other backers of the Gosford proposal.
The case for a new NRL team at Gosford is a strong one, as is that for a Gold Coast based team.
www.crikey.com.au /articles/2005/04/29-0905-6348.html   (907 words)

  
 National Rugby League Season 2005   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gold Coast push to become the 16th National Rugby League team has been backed by a pledge by mayoral candidate Ron Clarke to upgrade Carrara Stadium.
Clarke, the former champion distance runner standing for mayor in the March 27 Gold Coast City council election, said today Carrara could be redeveloped to accommodate 40,000 fans, double the current capacity.
Former Gold Coast Chargers CEO Paul Broughton is heading the latest bid to get a team into the major rugby league competition.
www.nrl.com /news.cfm?id=7936   (263 words)

  
 Sports Australia - AFL/NRL News Article: Gold Coast - the new hot property [Aug 11, 2004]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
However, as profitable and tantalising as the Gold Coast sounds for the two major football codes of Australia, who ever breaks in first will have to encounter and overcome the many demons of the past – which includes many failed franchises in all kinds of different sports.
However, Dolphins directors were shocked and sent into panic mode recently when the Gold Coast Bulletin reported that the AFL has had lengthy discussions with the Gold Coast City Council discussing the possibility of a struggling Victorian-based AFL club relocating to Carrara Stadium in 2006.
The Gold Coast Rollers, The Gold Coast Seagulls, The Gold Coast Chargers and the struggling “Brisbane” Bears who relocated from Carrara in 1993 are just some of the ghosts of the past in this perennial sporting graveyard.
sportsaustralia.com /articles/aug04/artid1907.html   (765 words)

  
 SignOnSanDiego.com > Sports -- Gold Coast football game has record of unpaid bills
When the Gold Coast Classic started in 1997, it was billed as a weeklong cultural event and a way to tap into the multibillion-dollar fl tourism industry.
Like the Holiday Bowl and other San Diego-based events, the Gold Coast Classic applied for the money and was approved by the City Council and the county Board of Supervisors on the basis that it enhances the local economy.
The Gold Coast Classic did not provide receipts for expenses, and the city did not require it to, said Penni Takade, special promotional programs administrator for the city.
www.signonsandiego.com /sports/20050211-9999-1s11gldcoast.html   (1886 words)

  
 Queensland Rugby League
When the Chargers were axed from the NRL late 1998, the Vikings also departed from the state competition.
The Vikings are now a representative team for the Gold Coast -Group 18 competition.
The Burleigh Bears are now tagged the 'Gold Coast' club of the Bundy Gold Cup and it's unlikely there will be another Gold Coast club in the state competition.
queensland.rleague.com /clubs/vikings.php   (145 words)

  
 Gold Coast bid getting close | LEAGUE | SPORT | tvnz.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gold Coast backer Paul Broughton expects the National Rugby League will flag his group as an expansion team this year.
The Gold Coast bid boasts some powerful supporters, including former Australian great and ARL selector Johnny Raper and current NSW Origin coach Phil Gould, both of whom believe a second Queensland team on the tourist strip is a must.
The Gold Coast consortium is well down the track in planning with a re-built Carrara as its home ground, and Ozemail as its major sponsor.
tvnz.co.nz /view/page/411317/256715   (447 words)

  
 Articles - Gold Coast Chargers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Gold Coast were a rugby league team who played in the NSWRL competition from 1988-1997, and the NRL in 1998.
The least successful of the three 1988 NSWRL expansion teams (with Brisbane and Newcastle), the Gold Coast were originally known as the Gold Coast-Tweed Giants, and their home games were played at Seagulls Stadium, Tweed Heads.
Financial troubles in 1995 saw yet another incarnation, the Chargers, and home games from 1996-1998 were played at Carrara Stadium, Gold Coast.
www.mountainbikescenter.com /articles/Gold_Coast_Chargers   (190 words)

  
 Gold Coast bid talking to Tuqiri | LEAGUE | SPORT | tvnz.co.nz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Gold Coast is vying to become the competition's 16th team and revealed to the NRL it had held extensive talks with Tuqiri's management in the hope he would become the tourist strip franchise's star player.
The Gold Coast believes it would be one of the few teams able to afford Tuqiri's wage - a reported $400,000 a season - under the NRL salary cap.
The Gold Coast, Gosford and Wellington are vying for the 16th NRL licence.
tvnz.co.nz /view/page/411317/425913   (450 words)

  
 Carrara Stadium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia.
It is the home ground for the Gold Coast Titans in their debut year in the National Rugby League competition.
22688 on 18 March 1994: Gold Coast Chargers v.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Carrara_Oval   (141 words)

  
 MATCH REPORT ROUND 8
Weight of possession and lethargic Gold Coast defence contributed to Parramatta's second try, a neatly crafted move which saw Paul Carige cross out wide after a brilliant off-load from Dean Pay earlier in the piece.
On the other side of the coin, the Chargers performed admirably and were always a threat when second-rower Scott Sattler and half Wes Patten got involved.
His massive kicking game kept the Gold Coast pinned in their half and contributed to their demise.
www.geocities.com /Colosseum/Stadium/7699/match8.html   (1048 words)

  
 Gold Coast (Sport Centre)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Gold Coast is close to signing its fourth player, with officials from the new NRL club hopeful of making a player announcement on Friday.
Gold Coast chairman Paul Broughton confirmed the franchise was currently negotiating with Wests Tigers forward Anthony Laffranchi, Brisbane centre Steve Michaels and Sharks fullback David Peachey.
The Gold Coast NRL Consortium has received another major boost in preparing for its entry into the NRL with this afternoon’s confirmation that Robina will be the home ground for the fledgling franchise.
scforums.co.uk /ar/t2848.htm   (1800 words)

  
 The Australian: Gold Coast ready to roll (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
On the end of the phone was NRL chief David Gallop, whose words ignited emotional scenes among the Gold Coast bid group and its supporters which continued well into a big night of celebrations.
The Gold Coast team, to be coached by Sydney Roosters and New South Wales State of Origin assistant coach John Cartwright, will be officially named by fans through an internet competition in July.
When Broughton set up the first Gold Coast rugby league side as the Giants under Bob McCarthy in 1988 with Ron Gibbs as their big name signing, he said they found it hard to attract quality players, finishing 15th.
theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15422513%255E23214,00.html   (737 words)

  
 National Rugby League   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
Struggling Newcastle Knights have approached the Gold Coast Chargers to borrow half a million dollars in a bid to secure the financial future of the well-supported club.
It is understood negotiations with the Chargers have been taking place for months, with their board of directors meeting yesterday on the Gold Coast to discuss the approach.
The Chargers were kicked out of the competition in 1998 after turning out to be a highly profitable club (despite losing funding in 1995 from the Seagulls Leagues club), and are ready if the NRL is willing to let in a third Queensland team in the near future.
nrl.rleague.com /news/index.php?id=824   (287 words)

  
 Print Article: Gosford wins favour in sweet 16th debate
Gallop insisted his support for Gosford should be balanced against the claims of the Gold Coast.
However, there has clearly been a major philosophical shift from late last year, when the choice seemed to be between the status quo of 15 teams or the Gold Coast as a 16th.
Paul Broughton, former chief executive of the Gold Coast Chargers, who were wound up following the Super League rationalisation, is the spearhead of the northern bid.
www.smh.com.au /cgi-bin/common/popupPrintArticle.pl?path=/articles/2004/03/09/1078594368495.html   (737 words)

  
 The Border Mail
THE new Gold Coast NRL franchise will turn its attention to securing NSW prop Luke Bailey by next week after the club unveiled Preston Campbell as its inaugural signing yesterday.
Campbell inked a three-year deal with the Gold Coast on Tuesday night and will spearhead the club into its debut season in 2007.
Gold Coast managing director Michael Searle said the club would cap their player signings for this year at 10 with a half-back, a full-back and two marquee props high on the hit-list.
www.bordermail.com.au /newsflow/pageitem?page_id=988866   (449 words)

  
 Rleague Grandstand Forums - Gold Coast vs Central Coast
Gold Coast and the Central Coast appear to have the fan base, The backers and the grounds.
Gold Coast will be the team because Queensland doesn't have the same pokie tax as nsw.
Gold Coast seems like the logical team for the 16 expanded competition....New South Wales already has around 11 teams and another one would decrease supporters from one club in order to boost the support for another.
forums.rleague.com /archive/index.php/t-3194   (1147 words)

  
 Gold coast marina Information   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
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gold.6infostorm10.info /gold-plated-rose/gold-coast-marina.html   (132 words)

  
 Media Spy > Gold Coast TV Changes
The first thing we should consider is that nearly all gold coast suburbs are included as part of the "Brisbane" ratings survey, meaning the coast is critical to a ratings win at 6pm.
Trust me that in 10 years there wont be much left between the Gold Coast and Brisbane, GC is already counted in OzTam surveys (and Neilsen before that) Basically the only reason the Hick stations turned up was to make some extra money by extending their Northern Rivers transmission and selling cheap commercials.
Nine's Gold Coast bulletin wasn't introduced until 1995, however, I think that it was more succesful than Prime's owing to the Gold Coasters acquiring a habit of watching the Brisbane based news services nightly, rather than that of NRTV's.
mediaspy.org /forum/lofiversion/index.php/t1404.html   (7652 words)

  
 Gold Coast hitlist (Wests Tigers Forum)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
The Gold Coast's entry will queer this year's deals in that many players wanting to go there will not want to commit themselves elsewhere, yet clubs may well want to offer longer-term deals to get past the period of market activity the new club's generation will bring.
The Gold Coast bid was approved the week after the NRL bosses held meetings with rival television companies at which significantly increased broadcast earnings were forecast for 2007 and beyond.
There's already been a quote by the Gold Coast management posted which states that they will not be chasing Marshall after he made it clear that he has no intention of signing with the Gold Coast and will seek to extend his contract with the Tigers.
s4.invisionfree.com /Wests_Tigers_Forum/ar/t5091.htm   (2855 words)

  
 The Australian: Coast nabs Campbell, hunts Bailey (archived)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-18)
THE new Gold Coast NRL club will turn its attention to securing New South Wales prop Luke Bailey by next week after unveiling Preston Campbell as its inaugural signing today.
His manager Allan Gainey, who also manages Campbell, has been on the Gold Coast since early this week, and he will continue talks with club officials on behalf of his client tomorrow.
Gold Coast managing director Michael Searle said the club would cap its player signings for this year at 10, with a halfback, a fullback and two marquee props high on the hit-list.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au /common/story_page/0,5744,15694515%255E23214,00.html   (566 words)

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