Greatness thrust on seven Tigers

SEVEN Noosa Tigers have been inducted into the Sunshine Coast Hall of Fame including Noosa Today Tigers columnist Julian “Pittsy” Pitts.
The 2015 Hall of Fame presentation was held at the Maroochydore RSL last Saturday and celebrated people who gave outstanding service and made a wonderful contribution to local AFL on the Sunshine Coast.
Three current and four past Noosa members were inducted into the Hall of Fame including Frank Bates, who played 225 games for the Tigers in the ’70s, plus former club person of the year in 2005 and life member, Greg Gibbs, and Julian “Pittsy” Pitts who played over 140 games for the club and took out the leading goal kicker award no less than four times.
Pittsy described fellow inductee Frank Bates as a well-respected junior coach and football person within the community, while Greg Gibbs was described as a well-deserved inductee.
“Gibbsy’s work not just in designing our fantastic new clubrooms has been immense,” Pittsy said.
Other inductees included the late Wayne Dover who was a 1997 senior premiership player and U18 premiership coach, plus former senior captain, coach and club champion Brett Maloney, former player and junior coach Paul Meehan and 1997 senior premiership player Hugh Stewart.
Steve Moody was also elevated to Legend status.
“Moods is a fantastic footy person,” Pittsy said.
“He was a very slow but handy senior footballer himself who has involved himself in almost everything footy over the past two decades. Congrats mate.”