- Open 7 DAYS 10am-4am
- 24-32 Armstrong Street Edmonton
- (07) 4045 4757
- Open 7 DAYS 10am-4am
- 24-32 Armstrong Street Edmonton
- (07) 4045 4757
Located on Armstrong St in Edmonton, Fuller Sports is the sister property of Brothers Leagues Club on the south-side of Cairns and the home of the ever-popular Edmonton Bowls Club.
Fuller Sports Club was first known as Edmonton Bowls Club, who closed their doors in August 2002 after going into voluntary administration. On 10th June 2005, Brothers Leagues Club acquired their second licensed venue and officially bought Edmonton Bowls Club.
The Club was then renamed Fuller Sports Club to reflect the name given to the adjacent public park named in honour of Charles Daniel Fuller, a local resident who had served with the Australian Light Horse Regiment in Egypt in World War 1.
In 2011, Fuller Sports Club was given a major facelift to modernise the whole facility. This included, a brand-new undercover passenger drop off and pick-up area, reception, bottle shop, kitchen and dining area, lounge area, gaming room, bar and TAB, children’s room, toilets and car park. The renovations were greatly received by the Edmonton community and shortly after the club was recognised in the 2011 Clubs Queensland Awards, with Fuller Sports winning the best Bowls Club in Queensland! This was just the start for the club, as three years later, Fuller Sports Club was recognised for another three awards; Best Club Far North Queensland, Best Club in Queensland, and Best Queensland Bowls Club!
Proud to be a not-for-profit organisation, Fuller Sports Club provides assistance back to the local community through its various development projects and initiatives throughout our region, showing continued commitment to grow their capacity to nurture the future of sport in the Tropical North.
Current recipients include:
Brothers, as sporting organisations, started popping up throughout Queensland from around 1919. They were formed independent of each other by past students of Christian and Marist Brothers Colleges located throughout the State, hence many adopted the term “Past Brothers” in naming their Clubs. The close friendships formed by those whilst attending the Catholic colleges was the common bond that underpinned these fledgling Clubs and which resulted in them being referred to as, “the Brethren” and/or ‘Fish Eaters’, the latter reflecting the Catholic Church’s requirements at the time for devotees to abstain from eating meat on Fridays. Whilst over time the Brothers Clubs became more and more inclusive of the whole community these nicknames including ‘the Fish’ have stuck.
Traditionally, the Clubs wears a predominantly navy or light blue jersey with white butcher stripes (irregular hoops), and the numbers on the backs of the players’ jerseys are normally red or blue on a white background. The Leprechaun mascot is also common to the Brothers Clubs and was chosen to reflect the fact that, initially, most of the Religious Orders teachers (“Brothers”) came from Ireland.
It took until 1975 for the individual Brothers Clubs to decide to form a mutual association which was named the “Brothers Confraternity”. The inaugural meeting was held at Brisbane Brothers and the second at Cairns Brothers. The Confraternity meets bi-annually with the aim of exchanging knowledge and ideas amongst the various Brothers Clubs throughout the State and its membership today includes:
The Brothers Confraternity boasts some 38 Junior and Senior Clubs with over 7,000 registered rugby league players which demonstrates the significant opportunity and responsibility that Brothers Clubs have in developing the next generation of your Australians.
A more detailed history of the Club is available in the publication “Earning Our Stripes – 90 years of Cairns Brothers Rugby League” which covers all facets of the Club’s development between 1926 and 2016.
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Brothers Leagues Club (Cairns) Ltd Notice of Annual General Meeting 6 pm on Tuesday 24...
Brothers Leagues Club (Cairns) Ltd Notice of Annual General Meeting 6 pm on Tuesday 24...
Brothers Leagues Club (Cairns) Ltd Notice of Annual General Meeting 6 pm on Tuesday 24...
