Leon Cameron, coach of the GWS Giants, was in town last week with the Giants CEO David Matthews, Football Operations Manager "Gubby" Allen, recently retired player and now stoppage coach Dean Brogan (pictured below with Ray Brown), Stephen Silvani and Football Operations Liason Sam Riddington. Also along were some AFLQ representatives including "our own" Dayne Frew.
The purpose of their visit was to develop a relationship with the Noosa Tigers and to discuss holding their training camp here from the 15th to the 21st of December.
They walked around Weyba Road and inspected the oval and club facilities and were quite impressed. They thought that the oval might need a bit of work to bring it up to scratch for them to train on but, after talking with Damien Walsh and some Sunshune Coast Council representatives, who offered to provide a considerable amount of assistance to the club, they left confident that it would be in shape by the time they arrived in December.
There will be 48 players and 22 officials here, staying for the week at Hotel Laguna, thanks to Tony Jedynak who instigated the idea when talking with David Matthews when he stayed at Hotel Laguna recently.
The Giants were considering going to Cairns but our beautiful Noosa weather, club facilities and what Noosa has to offer as a community won them over.
They will be in Noosa for a serious training camp as it will be their last hitout before a short Christmas break. They will be training at Weyba Rd, training in a local gym, using local pools and the beach and dining in different venues throughout the week.
Leon said, "I hope it is hot while we are here as I want the players to feel the effects of intense training under intense conditions." Leon also mentioned that the Giants want to fit in with the Noosa community and contribute what they can in return for the town hosting them.
All training sessions on the oval will be open for the public to come and watch and there should be plenty of opportunities for the kids to get autographs and pics with the players.
There is also talk of holding a Sportsman lunch or dinner here and we may even be able to persuade Kevin Sheedy to attend.
Keep your ear to the ground. As they confirm more details we will keep you up to date with what's happening.
As a club lets welcome them with open arms and take advantage of a great opportunity. RB
Last Modified on 07/03/2014 15:35