OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 10 JUNE 9, 2018 $3.00 » Pickering keeps Swans on the rise CONTENTS Every Week 7 Tipping 8 AFL Teams 18-19 WAFC 20 Club Notes 21 Stats 22 Scoreboards and ladders 23 Fixtures Features 4-5 Pickering settles into Steel Blue Oval 6 Collectables Game time 9 Game previews 10-11 Claremont v Swan Districts 12-13 Peel Thunder v West Perth 14-15 Perth v South Fremantle 16-17 Subiaco v East Fremantle 3 Pickering keeps Swans flying a winning course Adam Pickering was but believed the delay in rising to league coaching happy to bide his team ranks made him a better fit for Swans. awaiting a WAFL league “I was coaching for seven years before I got a senior gig, but I needed a bit of time to find my feet coaching opportunity. and try to draw on other people, picking the good As soon as his playing and bad stuff out,” Pickering said. Publisher career ended at East Perth in “By the end of last year I felt I was ready to take This publication is proudly produced 2010, Pickering stepped into the job on.” for the WA Football Commission by an assistant coaching role. The Swan Districts league squad has a strong Media Tonic. And he also spent time at blend of youth, league experience and former AFL Phone 9388 7844 Perth honing his mentoring players returning to WAFL ranks. Fax 9388 7866 By Ross Lewis skills. However, Pickering still rates his unit as “really Sales:
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