Tweed Heads Seagulls

Infobox_nrl_club | clubname = Tweed Heads Seagulls


fullname = Tweed Heads Seagulls Rugby League Football Club
emblem = Seagull
colours = Black, White
founded = 1909
sport = Rugby league
league = Queensland Wizard Cup
FOGS Cup & Colts Challenge
ground = Piggabeen Sports Complex
capacity = 3,500
ceo=
captain = Andrew Moroney/Matthew King
coach = Steve Murphy
season = 2005
position = 1st 2007
premierships = 2007
runners = nil
minors = nil
spoons = nil
win = 58-10 v central Piggabeen Sports Complex 2007
loss = 44-4 v Burleigh pizzy pk 2005

The Tweed Heads Seagulls, often referred to simply as Tweed or Seagulls, is a rugby league club based in Tweed Heads, New South Wales, and is the only non-Queensland team to play in the Queensland Cup.

History

After originally being formed as a rugby union club in the 1890s, it, along with other north coast New South Wales clubs switched to the professional code.

In 1990 the Seagulls Leagues club bought out the license for the Gold Coast - Tweed Giants, and renamed the club the Gold Coast Seagulls, although it continued to play its home games in the New South Wales town of Tweed Heads. In 1995 the club sold its license to businessmen Jeff Muller, who changed the club's name to Gold Coast Gladiators.

Prior to 2005, the team played in the Gold Coast - Group 18 competition; however, at the end of 2004 this was disbanded and split, with the Queensland-based clubs playing in a dedicated Gold Coast competition and the remainder playing in an expanded Group 1 competitionThe Tweed Heads Seagulls was formed in 1909 and is one of the oldest Rugby league clubs in Australia. Tweed applied for the 2002 Queensland Cup but were unsuccessful. Following the exit of the Logan City Scorpions at the end of 2002, Tweed re-applied, successfully, for the 2003 competition.

In 2006 Tweed Heads successfully entered the FOGS Cup and FOGS Colts Challenge

Crest and Colours

The Tweed jersey is traditionally black and white butcher stripes, similar in design to that of Past Brothers. The Gold Coast Seagulls initially played in a similar jersey, with the addition of two red lines horizontally through each wide black stripe on the jersey.

Home Ground

Tweed Heads originally played out of Seagulls Stadium on Gollan Drive, West Tweed Heads. However due to financial trouble, the club sold the ground in the late 1990s and the stadium was demolished. Currently, Tweed play their Queensland Cup games nearby at the Piggabeen Sports Complex.

External links

* [http://www.seagullsclub.com.au/default.aspx?id=201 Official Site]