Bachelorette to Belmore: High-profile pub barons pour millions into Bulldogs
Canterbury-Bankstown’s new major sponsor is Laundy Hotels, the pub empire run by multi-millionaire family patriarch Arthur Laundy along with sons, Stu and Craig.
Arthur Laundy is a lifelong Canterbury-Bankstown supporter who has long admired the way Sydney Roosters king pin Nick Politis has transformed the Tricolours into the NRL equivalent of Manchester United.
Sons Stu and Craig are also immensely successful in their own right and want to be a part of rebuilding the Bulldogs into the family club.
The Laundy family have been in negotiations about becoming more involved in the Bulldogs for the past month and negotiated the new two-year major sponsorship at the club’s Belmore headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
Arthur Laundy has been a close friend of incoming coach Trent Barrett throughout the former NSW and Australian five-eighth’s career and the family intend to try and fix the factionalism at Canterbury-Bankstown.
Plenty of people will say good luck but when you look at the Laundy family’s success in business their track record speaks for itself.
The family owns more than 60 venues along the eastern seaboard including the Manly Pacific, the Sofitel at Noosa, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Northies, the Watson’s Bay Hotel, Mona Vale Hotel and the Twin Willows at Bass Hill.
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Stu Laundy is the architect who has helped his father put the deal with Canterbury-Bankstown together and has already begun the process of trying to improve the Belmore club by picking up the phone to some of the most influential figures in rugby league.
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The Laundy’s will need all of their business wits and negotiating skills to master the job of trying to guide Canterbury-Bankstown back towards the pointy end of the NRL ladder.
Thankfully Arthur Laundy is great mates with football club board member John Ballesty who can provide a crash course on who’s who in the zoo at Belmore.
At their best, the Bulldogs can be an absolute powerhouse club.
But the agendas and the infighting needs to end.
The club’s new major sponsor can be the first step towards fixing the mess.
- July 24, 2020 1:51pm
- JAMES HOOPER
- Source: FOX SPORTS
Canterbury-Bankstown’s new major sponsor is Laundy Hotels, the pub empire run by multi-millionaire family patriarch Arthur Laundy along with sons, Stu and Craig.
Arthur Laundy is a lifelong Canterbury-Bankstown supporter who has long admired the way Sydney Roosters king pin Nick Politis has transformed the Tricolours into the NRL equivalent of Manchester United.
Sons Stu and Craig are also immensely successful in their own right and want to be a part of rebuilding the Bulldogs into the family club.
The Laundy family have been in negotiations about becoming more involved in the Bulldogs for the past month and negotiated the new two-year major sponsorship at the club’s Belmore headquarters on Thursday afternoon.
Arthur Laundy has been a close friend of incoming coach Trent Barrett throughout the former NSW and Australian five-eighth’s career and the family intend to try and fix the factionalism at Canterbury-Bankstown.
Plenty of people will say good luck but when you look at the Laundy family’s success in business their track record speaks for itself.
The family owns more than 60 venues along the eastern seaboard including the Manly Pacific, the Sofitel at Noosa, Crowne Plaza Terrigal, Northies, the Watson’s Bay Hotel, Mona Vale Hotel and the Twin Willows at Bass Hill.
. . .
Stu Laundy is the architect who has helped his father put the deal with Canterbury-Bankstown together and has already begun the process of trying to improve the Belmore club by picking up the phone to some of the most influential figures in rugby league.
. . .
The Laundy’s will need all of their business wits and negotiating skills to master the job of trying to guide Canterbury-Bankstown back towards the pointy end of the NRL ladder.
Thankfully Arthur Laundy is great mates with football club board member John Ballesty who can provide a crash course on who’s who in the zoo at Belmore.
At their best, the Bulldogs can be an absolute powerhouse club.
But the agendas and the infighting needs to end.
The club’s new major sponsor can be the first step towards fixing the mess.
