The Bombala Blue Heelers are having a barbecue and refreshments family fun day on Sunday at 12.30pm at the Bombala Showground.
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President of the Blue Heelers Colin Ryan said the club was hoping to field three teams in next season's Group 16 competition and the day will help gauge numbers.
If it can get the players, Bombala is hoping to have first grade, reserves and ladies league tag teams.
“We are hopeful that we will have all three teams,” Ryan said.
“I am a bit dubious, but others have told me that the numbers are there.
“It’s a bit early to be predicting these things, though I do know you have to start early,” he said.
At a recent meeting of Group 16, both the Tathra Sea Eagles and the Mogo Warriors were denied access to the competition as they did not satisfy the admittance criteria.
The Tathra club initially tossed around the idea of entering into a portability arrangement with Bombala, but it has now appealed its case to Group 16.
Group 16 requires clubs to field three teams including a first grade side, or to enter a portability agreement with a first grade club.
“Geographically it would have been very hard to organise training and games if we had a portability agreement with Tathra,” Ryan said.
“We will see what happens on Sunday when the committee and players are at the barbecue day and we will talk about the Tathra portability arrangement.
“Tathra is financially viable and they do have a junior rugby league which is something in their favour in their appeal to Group 16,” he said.
Group 16 president Dean Lynch praised Mogo and Tahra representatives for their ambition, but said the clubs’ inability to field a first grade team was the big issue.
The lone successful applicant was the Bermagui-Cobargo Eels combine, which formed a portability partnership with the Eden Tigers.