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1963 The Year that was!

Round 1 - 31/3/63Wynnum Manly 13 d Wests 12 (Lang Park)Wynnum Manly playing a man short for 30 minutes outlasted a strong second half challenge by Wests at Lang Park yesterday to win their opening match of the season 13-12.  The Baysiders new five-eighth, brilliant...

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1965 The Year that was!

Round 1 - 28/3/65Wynnum Manly 35 d Easts 13 (Langlands Park)A 31 point scoring ‘feast’ by Wynnum Manly in the second half enabled the Baysiders to beat Easts 35-13 at Langlands Park yesterday.  One of the biggest crowds seen in years at Langlands Park saw Clive...

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2006

He's the last player remaining in the Queensland Wizard Cup from the competition’s very first game and this week Ron Troutman finally reaches 100.  That’s 100 Cup games, not 100 years, although even Rockin Ronny would admit it’s been a long time coming.A cult figure...

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2006 The Year the was!

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20 Questions with Gordon Haigh

Question 1: Phil you grew up in Wynnum as a local kid, where did your love for Rugby League start?Jim: Question 2: Did you make any representative sides when attending Wynnum North Primary School?Jim: Question 3: You played your first year for the Wynnum Manly Juniors...

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1997 The Year that was!

Round 1 - 30/3/97Wynnum Manly 32 d Souths 14 (Davies Park)Wynnum produced a convincing 32-14 win over Souths at Davies Park in the first round of the Channel 9 Queensland Cup last Sunday.  Three Seagulls players were forced to miss the game because of the flu, but...

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1967 The Year that was!

Round 1 - 2/4/67Wests 17 d W/Manly 13 (Lang Park)In one of the toughest openings to a season seen in years, Wests had to withstand a withering barrage of sustained attack for the last 15 minutes to hold out 17-13 against an unlucky Wynnum-Manly at Lang...

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1976 The Year that Was!

Round 1 – 28/03/76Norths 26 defeated Wynnum Manly 22 (Bishop Park)The Wynnum Manly A Grade side opened their premiership chase on a dull note, when they went down to Norths 26-22.It was a hard-fought close match which saw both sides score four tries.  A feature of...

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1982 QRL Winfield State League Stick Pins

In the season of 1982, the Brisbane Rugby League competition took on a totally new look.During a normal Brisbane Rugby League season we would have three rounds played, which involved 21 home and away fixtures, unless you were the match of the day which was held at...

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1976 Jim Shuns the Seagull Star Role

“Please don’t lay it on, mate.  I don’t go for that stuff at all.”  This sincere request came from Wynnum Manly coach Jim Lewis and the message was that he did not want publicity around himself.For the team, yes.  They were the ones out there, trying like mad, copping...

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20 Questions with Jim Geraghty

Question 1: Jim where did your love for Rugby League start?Jim: Well my father was one of the founders of the Wynnum Manly Football Club, so when I was a kid I went to all the football games with him naturally.  I didn't play much, because early in my career I broke...

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