Tigers off to Craigieburn

[bojangles17]

craigieburn access via western ring and tulla freeway would be exponentially better than the monash...Not the least bit surprised to hear this...cranbourne is bloody miles away and would hardly be an enticing prospect

[the_boy_jake]

Brock McLean has used it as an excuse to leave the Dees for Carlton:

Pretty pisweak excuse.

Think the drive would be less of a worry if they weren't getting flogged. What is it anyway, a 3-4 hour day turned into a 5-6 hour day?

[WilliamPowell]

My only comment....

Grow up Brock you sook and welcome to the real world and you wonder why people think footballers are overpaid brainless fools

OVer an hour in the car - didums.... 

 

[WilliamPowell]

While heading home from our holiday up North on Friday we were travelling along the Hume Highway and I decided to make a slight detour to check out what's happening happening out at Craigieburn

Here a couple of pics:

The Playing surface is ready and looks a treat 



Here is the new building:

[WilliamPowell]

Here's the new building from the carpark



another of the new building:



And yes that big pole in front of the building is a light tower 

Finally this sign is on the corner and shows what the finished building should look like 




NB: if you want to highlight/mention these on other sites - please remember to link them correctly to OER - appreciate it 

[Gigantor]

Thanks for the update WP ,much appreciated

[Hellenic Tiger]

Can't wait for that to be finished.
Can't wait till the Punt Rd redevelopment to be completed also.
Off field things are looking up.

[bojangles17]

thx wp, going forward, will be great for tiges to make a presence in this growth area..in years to come , should be a TIGER stronghold

[Ramps]

thx wp, going forward, will be great for tiges to make a presence in this growth area..in years to come , should be a TIGER stronghold

The club should also consider ways of ensuring a long lasting presence in the SE suburbs. We cannot just give up a traditional heartland like that, especially to the hawks. Club needs to look at solutions, ie. sponsoring some school leagues in the area, having sister club relationships with some local clubs and schools especially primary schools, maybe look at playing the odd practice game at a venue like Central Park in Glen Waverley.

[WilliamPowell]

The club should also consider ways of ensuring a long lasting presence in the SE suburbs. We cannot just give up a traditional heartland like that, especially to the hawks. Club needs to look at solutions, ie. sponsoring some school leagues in the area, having sister club relationships with some local clubs and schools especially primary schools, maybe look at playing the odd practice game at a venue like Central Park in Glen Waverley.

Doubt it will happen Ramps - the relationships you are suggesting would already be established by the Hawks. They (Hawthorn) would have those sort of arrangements with various schools.

As for playing practice games at Central Park - I am not familiar with the area but the place would need to be up to a certain standard.

[Ramps]

The club should also consider ways of ensuring a long lasting presence in the SE suburbs. We cannot just give up a traditional heartland like that, especially to the hawks. Club needs to look at solutions, ie. sponsoring some school leagues in the area, having sister club relationships with some local clubs and schools especially primary schools, maybe look at playing the odd practice game at a venue like Central Park in Glen Waverley.

Doubt it will happen Ramps - the relationships you are suggesting would already be established by the Hawks. They (Hawthorn) would have those sort of arrangements with various schools.

As for playing practice games at Central Park - I am not familiar with the area but the place would need to be up to a certain standard.

The hawks probably have established relationships with some schools, but I doubt that they have secured every school. Even if we established a link with some of them - maybe 1 or 2 in Glen Waverley, 1 or 2 in Mount Waverley, 1 or 2 in Vermont/ Vermont South and 1 or 2 in Wantirna/Wantirna South then atleast we can keep up a fantastic presence, and make sure that the hawks dont end up monopolising the area. Id go further and probably even like to see a South Eastern Suburbs Supporters group established to make sure that things happen in the area and that we keep our presence. As for an annual practice match, plenty of places not only Central Park, Wesley College have just developed some fantastic sporting facilities on High Street Road, would be a great place to have a scratch match.

[mightytiges]

Great pics WP  . Looks like it is coming along nicely. Hopefully it'll be finished and ready for use by early next year.

The architectual firm must love us as they came up with the designs for both this and the Punt Rd development.

Just out of curiosity is the RFC logo on the sign or somewhere the premises? I see the AFL and State Government logos are on the sign. It is Richmond's facility even if the others mentioned put $$$ in.

[WilliamPowell]

Just out of curiosity is the RFC logo on the sign or somewhere the premises? I see the AFL and State Government logos are on the sign. It is Richmond's facility even if the others mentioned put $$$ in.

No RFC logos MT

However as you are driving via Grand Boulevard there is a large billboard thats says something like "come & see our AFL grounds' with a picture of a kid in a Tiger jumper (it's the kid out of the TV ads for the "Highland Estate" the one where ther say "I'm a highlander")

[mightytiges]

From WP's photos in the training thread the ground surface at Craigieburn looks in good nick. How is the pavilion coming along?

[WilliamPowell]

From WP's photos in the training thread the ground surface at Craigieburn looks in good nick. How is the pavilion coming along?

Fenced off and still being finished. Although no work was being done on Monday

They seemed to have alot more of the "internals" done this time round. What I would assume is going to be the kiosk had a number of things in it waiting to be connected (eg fryer etc)

Re the pic below:





That is all basically filled in now

On the otherside (facing the ground) there are still no seats but all the windows seemed to be in and the walls finished (you cannot see the blue insulation anymore)

As it is a construction site the pavillion is fenced off.

If they "bust thier chops" then it maybe finsihed for family day; which would be a good day to officially open it I suppose