BYPASSED: Push to get Bundy off the bench for AFL tour
Bundaberg Mayor Jack Dempsey has sent a letter to AFL after discovering the Premiership Cup tour was “bypassing” the region.
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With the 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup Tour set to start tomorrow, Bundaberg mayor Jack Dempsey is calling on the AFL CEO to throw the region a ball and include us in the tour.
Mr Dempsey wrote the letter addressed to chief executive Gillon McLachlan, once it had come to his attention the tour was "bypassing" the Bundaberg region.
The 2020 Toyota AFL Premiership Cup Tour, an official 10-day tour of Queensland which will start in Cairns and stop in Townsville, Mackay, Rockhampton, Gladstone, Toowoomba, and the Gold Coast, before going to the Gabba on Saturday, October 24 for the 2020 Toyota AFL Grand Final.
The Toyota AFL Premiership Cup Tour will start tomorrow, with the cup flying to Cairns and will be escorted by the official Premiership Cup Ambassador for 2020 Simon Black.
In the mayor's letter he suggested it would benefit the code in the Bundaberg region if the Premiership Cup could visit Gin Gin, Bundaberg and Childers on its way from Gladstone to Toowoomba.
He said Bundaberg Regional Council was able to assist with co-ordinating arrangements and
providing venues.
He wrote, Bundaberg was one of the major regional centres in Queensland and proudly supports two senior clubs in the AFL Wide Bay competition.
"We also have strong and vibrant clubs playing junior and women's AFL," he wrote.
"Emma Zielke, who captained the Brisbane Lions women in their first two seasons, was
born at Bundaberg.
"Former Western Bulldogs and GWS Giants grand final player Sam Reid was also born at
Bundaberg."
The NewsMail has contacted the AFL for comment.
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