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it's OK, it's only for a community camp in Feb. 
Welcome mat set for Cats on Gold Coast
Brad Green
15Dec07
THE Gold Coast will roll out the red carpet to welcome Geelong when the AFL premier heads there for its community camp in February.
The Cats will base themselves in the popular south-east Queensland tourist attraction from February 6-9 and Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke said they were looking forward to their visit.
``I can assure them they will be made to feel most welcome,'' Cr Clarke told The Geelong Advertiser.
``We have a huge junior and senior football league up here so there will be plenty of things that we can put them to good use doing in our community.
``It's tremendous to have the AFL premiers here and I know that people are already pretty keen to get out and meet them.''
Geelong visited the Gold Coast for its 2004 community camp and Cats' CEO Brian Cook said next year's camp would be a good chance for the club to strengthen its regional Australia supporter base.
``We've already got a fair bit of support up in Queensland, with a few of our past players now living up there,'' Cook said.
``The AFL is really trying to push hard into the Gold Coast and this is an AFL exercise and the club are really trying to develop our brand in communities across Australia. We're looking forward to getting up there.''
The Gold Coast has a population of 507,000 that is continuing to grow all the time.
Cook said players would visit schools, hospitals and SeaWorld during the camp as well as holding a super clinic for the youngsters.
Plus, on the final day the players would be involved in an intra-club match at the Carrara Stadium, a week before their first game in the NAB Cup.
Cr Clarke said the visit by Geelong and Essendon early next year would help generate excitement about the proposed new AFL team for the Gold Coast, that is planned to be up and going by 2010.
``I don't think the AFL can afford to lose more ground because the other codes like the (NRL side) Titans have already done an excellent job to promote themselves in the area,'' Cr Clarke said.
``That's why I reckon the Kangaroos would have succeeded up here.''
Brad Green
15Dec07
THE Gold Coast will roll out the red carpet to welcome Geelong when the AFL premier heads there for its community camp in February.
The Cats will base themselves in the popular south-east Queensland tourist attraction from February 6-9 and Gold Coast Mayor Ron Clarke said they were looking forward to their visit.
``I can assure them they will be made to feel most welcome,'' Cr Clarke told The Geelong Advertiser.
``We have a huge junior and senior football league up here so there will be plenty of things that we can put them to good use doing in our community.
``It's tremendous to have the AFL premiers here and I know that people are already pretty keen to get out and meet them.''
Geelong visited the Gold Coast for its 2004 community camp and Cats' CEO Brian Cook said next year's camp would be a good chance for the club to strengthen its regional Australia supporter base.
``We've already got a fair bit of support up in Queensland, with a few of our past players now living up there,'' Cook said.
``The AFL is really trying to push hard into the Gold Coast and this is an AFL exercise and the club are really trying to develop our brand in communities across Australia. We're looking forward to getting up there.''
The Gold Coast has a population of 507,000 that is continuing to grow all the time.
Cook said players would visit schools, hospitals and SeaWorld during the camp as well as holding a super clinic for the youngsters.
Plus, on the final day the players would be involved in an intra-club match at the Carrara Stadium, a week before their first game in the NAB Cup.
Cr Clarke said the visit by Geelong and Essendon early next year would help generate excitement about the proposed new AFL team for the Gold Coast, that is planned to be up and going by 2010.
``I don't think the AFL can afford to lose more ground because the other codes like the (NRL side) Titans have already done an excellent job to promote themselves in the area,'' Cr Clarke said.
``That's why I reckon the Kangaroos would have succeeded up here.''

