Stingrays Awards Dinner

The 2008 Stingrays awards dinner was held on Saturday the 22nd of November at Southport Sharks Function Centre. Over 100 players, families and friends attended the fantastic night. The full list of winners can be found below. A huge thanks goes to the Stingrays Social Club for there hard work and organisation.

Stingrays GQ Champions Again

The Gold Coast Stingrays have created some history with wins in both the Junior and Senior Divisions at Sunbowl 24. Stingrays EAGLE took out the junior division with a hard fought win over the Rhino's 8-6. The win was the Fourth Consecutive Sunbowl.

The Senior Stingrays beat the Northside Rhinos 21-0 to win the 3-pete. The win takes the overall Sunbowls won by the Senior Stingrays to 7, making the rays the club with the most in Sunbowls in GQ history. A big Congratulations to the entire Stingray Organisation and the wins were a testament to everyones hard work.

Stingrays Visit Sick Kids

Some members of the Gold Coast Stingrays visited the Gold Coast Hospital Childrens Ward to meet with some sick kids and try to brighten up there day even just a little by visiting and handing out Stingrays merchandise. Members of the Stingrays community have been assisted in recent times by the Childrens Ward so the rays saw fit to give back. The Stingrays are hoping to make it an annual event and donate money where possible. The Stingrays are pictured below with Lochlan Bacon.


Stingrays Win Season Awards

Several Gold Coast Stingrays players won awards at the Recent GQ awards Lunch at HQ Lytton. Congratulations to the following

Senior Division - MVP Kyle Low
Senior Division - Defensive Lineman Rob McKinnon
Junior Division - Defensive Player Lance Tongakilo
Junior Division - Offensive Lineman Ewan Edwards

Stingrays Make Playoffs

Stingrays Eagle took out the minor premiership in the 2008 GQ Competition while the Senior Stingrays came in second. This means that both teams will have the chance to go straight through to the Sunbowl with a win in the semi finals. Stingrays Seniors take on the Rhinos and will look to come out firing having several keys players fully healthy after missing the last few weeks of the season. Stingrays Eagle will use the combination of fast offence and stingy defence to beat the Ravens. Games will take place at Ipswich with the Junior game kicking off at 12pm and the senior game at 4pm. Best of luck to both teams.

Stingrays Nominated for Gridiron QLD awards

Several GC Stingrays players have been nominated for the Gridiron QLD awards being held on 26th October at HQ at Lytton. The nominess include

JUNIORS
Ashley Graham - Stingrays Eagle
Ewan Edwards - Stingrays Eagle
Jason McKay - Stingrays Eagle
Joshua Sing - Stingrays Manta
Lance Tongakilo - Stingrays Eagle

SENIORS
Ben Walker
Kyle Low
Rob McKinnon
Daniel Collins

Best of luck to all nominees!

Stingrays Awards Dinner 22nd November

Stingrays Awards Dinner has been booked in for November 22nd at Southport Sharks. Tickets are $55 and inlcude 3 course meals, DJ and awards. Be sure to RSVP to the social club at social@gcstingrays.com as soon as Possible.

Stingrays HOMECOMING GAME

The Stingrays HOMECOMING GAME will be played on October the 4th at Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre. This is good chance to come along and watch the last home game of the season and say hello to some new and old friends. All Stingrays Alumni, Stingrays Families and Friends are invited to attend what will be a great day and night. The day will inlcude the the Gold Coast Brass Band.

Where:

Runaway Bay Sports Super Centre, Morala Ave, Runaway Bay

Game Times :

Stingrays Eagles (Jnr) vs BP Bears (Jnr) 1pm
Stingrays Mantra (Jnr) vs Ravens (Jnr) 3 pm
Stingrays (Snr) vs Raven (Snr) 5pm

Post Game Function (everyone welcome):

Runaway Bay Rugby League Club(across from field) 7.30pm (post Snr Game)

(Cost $10 to cover food platters. RSVP social@gcstingrays.com by the 20th Sept)

Stingrays Social Club

The newly formed Gold Coast Stingrays Social Club has formed and is open to all. More information in regards to becoming a member will be available shorly. For more info contact Richie Hay at social@gcstingrays.com

Stingrays Mini Camp a Success

The Gold Coast Stingrays recently completed there mini camp at Tallebudgera and the camp was deemed a huge success by all that attended. The camp helped iron out any pre season wrinkles and the Stingrays are ready to start season 2008.

A huge thanks from all the players goes to the coaches that helped out and a special thanks to Coach Groth for organising the weekend.

Blast from the past

Justin Fernley who used to play for the Centurions has some copies of game film from some of the Centurions games from 1985 - 1996. If you are interested in getting a copy of these for little cost contact Justin direct on justinfe@dodo.com.au. Thanks to Justin for contacting us with this information!

Stingrays 2007 Awards Dinner

The Stingrays held there 2007 Awards Dinner at the Southport Sharks Function Centre on Saturday December 1st. The awards were attended by over 150 Stingrays friends and family and a great night was had by all. Congratulations to all the winners.

Stingray Blue

Encouragement Award – Adam Alexander
Rookie of the Year – Tim Horder
Lineman of the Year – Ewan Edwards
Coaches Choice – Marnel Van Heerden
Defensive Player of the Year – James Hawkins
Offensive Player of the Year – Kyle Williams
MVP – Mark Winter

Stingray White

Coaches Choice - Ewan Moody
Encouragement Award - Ashley Graham
Rookie of the Year - Chris Plant
Lineman of the Year - Paul King
Defensive MVP - Alexander Hilland
Offensive MVP - Jeremiah Uzelpasachi
MVP - Marcus Kemp

Senior Stingrays

Stingray of the Year - Kyle Low
Coaches Choice - Jai Pawlowski
THOMAS B RIFRORD ENCOURAGEMENT  CUP - Damon Malloy
Rookie of the Year - Robbie Edmonds
Defensive MVP - Dane  Holmbaeck
Offensive MVP - Jeff Moate
MVP - Stingray Offensive Line Gerry Wiley, Andy Farrell, Dan Collins, Noah Parker, Scott Rawcliff, Glen Collins, Carl McFeat

Stingrays in the News

The Stingrays have been featured in a few news articles in the past few weeks. Coach Groth was on Channel 9 Gold Coast news in regards to the Sunbowl. Running Back Jeff "Pony" Moate was featured on the back page of the Tweed Daily (article can be viewed here). The Stingrays were also featured in the Gold Coast Sun Wednesday 7th November (article can be viewed here) as well as the Gold Coast Bulletin (article can be viewed here).

JIM MINOGUE

It is with great sadness that we advise that long time Stingrays Jim Minogue lost his 18 month battle with cancer recently. Jim (#51) has been a prominent member of the Stingrays for many years playing offensive guard not only for the Rays but also Queensland and Australia. Jim was also our Defensive Coordinator in 2005.

Most of all Jim was a good friend to many of us and he will be truly missed. He was a dedicated member of the Stingrays and his contributions to our great club on and off the field will always be remembered.