{"id":7372,"date":"2012-07-27T22:46:38","date_gmt":"2012-07-27T12:46:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=7372"},"modified":"2021-01-29T16:40:28","modified_gmt":"2021-01-29T06:40:28","slug":"afl-team-moves-a-step-closer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/07\/27\/afl-team-moves-a-step-closer\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Team Moves A Step Closer"},"content":{"rendered":"
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AFL Darling Downs Club Co-Ordinator Christopher Davis and Development Manager Keith Webb with local Aussie Rules enthusiasts Daniel Clacy and Will Reid<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 27, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

The first public meeting of the fledgling group aiming to get a local Aussie Rules team into the Darling Downs competition in 2013 attracted a small crowd of supporters to the Kingaroy Cricket Club this week.<\/p>\n

There were parents and children interested in a junior competition as well as seniors who had experience playing with the South Burnett’s last AFL team, the Kingaroy Bulldogs.<\/p>\n

AFL Darling Downs representatives Christopher Davis<\/strong> and Keith Webb<\/strong> explained the process that would have to be followed to allow the South Burnett to field a team in the competition.<\/p>\n

One of the local residents pushing to form the team, Will Reid<\/strong>, told southburnett.com.au<\/strong> the next step would be holding an Annual General Meeting however the group was moving slowly as it “didn’t want to get ahead of ourselves”.<\/p>\n

“The meeting tonight is to gauge interest from the community in having a team,” he said.<\/p>\n

An Aussie Rules team from Chinchilla is also under development and could join the Darling Downs competition at the same time as the South Burnett.<\/p>\n