Toowoomba Clydesdales' Zac Alexander gives chase to Norths' Tom Collins in FOGS Cup Colts Challenge rugby league at Gold Park, Sunday, June 14, 2015.

Toowoomba Clydesdales' Zac Alexander gives chase to Norths' Tom Collins in FOGS Cup Colts Challenge rugby league at Gold Park, Sunday, June 14, 2015. Kevin Farmer

YOU can't help but be impressed by the way the Townsville Blackhawks have joined the Intrust Super Cup and gone on to top the ladder in the first season.

There is still plenty of footy to be played this season, but it is impressive for a club in its first year to be topping the table so deep into the season.

It gives hope to the Toowoomba Clydesdales in their quest for readmission that they too can build a strong club and enjoy success early on.

This week I thought I would speak with the Townsville Blackhawks and see how they put together their club.

Talking with Townsville chief executive Justin Wilkins was insightful and at the same time quite familiar.

Many of the areas he saw as key to the make-up of the Blackhawks, the Clydesdales were also doing.

Wilkins thought it was important to work with the local clubs and the Clydesdales are doing that, with the under 20s occasionally playing games in conjunction with a TRL club's game day.

They have also allowed players not required in the under 20s to play for their club team.

Having a good player base was also important and the Clydesdales have been building that up by having teams in under 16, under 18 and under 20s competitions.

Some of the Clydesdales 20s graduates have gone into the TRL and are key players with their clubs.

Community involvement was another area Wilkins mentioned along with giving back to sponsors.

The Clydesdales have helped out sponsors at community events, run fitness sessions with sponsors and have helped clean up the yard of a Toowoomba heritage-listed house.

A link with an NRL was also imperative according to Wilkins, with the Clydesdales and Toowoomba Rugby League already having a relationship with the Gold Coast Titans.

The Clydesdales have also got a few people in mind for key positions at the club so they are ticking off plenty of boxes that the Blackhawks did.

So if momentum continues to build and a strong business plan can be submitted to the QRL, the famous Clydesdales could be back in the Queensland Cup.