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MARCH 2016 CLAREMONT FOOTBALL CLUB TIGER TALK WHAT’SWHAT’SWHAT’S INSIDEINSIDEINSIDE SANDALWOOD EXCITING MURPHY MITCHELL IS GIANT JOINS TIMES AHEAD LEADS 2016 CLUB TIGERS FOR SAM TIGERS INTO LEGEND BATTLE WELCOME TO OUR NEW MAJOR SPONSOR TFS CFC WELCOMES BACK DALTON GOODING IN A MAJOR WAY! MAJOR SPONSOR SUPPORT SPONSORS player Dalton Gooding, have signed as the Parkinson, Jaxon Crabb and David Crawford. PRESIDENT’S REPORT major sponsor for three years Members/Sponsors. Chair - Kaye Maskiell. • Liquorbarons have signed a three- year Committee - Grant Povey , Ken Casellas , John agreement O’Connell and Ken Venables • EMCO Building have signed a one- year Community/Junior Clubs. Chair - Kevin Somes. agreement Committee - Denis Marshall, Stretton Joel, David Sponsorship for 2016 has been difficult as we Airey, David Pye, Bob Maher and Paul Donovan shift to a community based club and I encourage The final Paver plan is available for inspection members to help us come up with new sponsors and we are currently allocating Pavers in order of that we can develop over the coming years. purchase. That is, “first in best dressed.” As I stated last year, funding from the top down This is the year that the club needs your support (the WA Football Commission, the AFL and in all areas: the State Government) will continue to shrink. Therefore income must be replaced by bottom-up • the sale of Pavers and Memberships for Life funding from within our community. • sponsorship Our vision for the future, which is tied to our • as a volunteer Facility Management Plan, will be completed by • participating in the Corporate Classic the end of the year. The development of Claremont • encouraging new memberships Oval and the building of our new facility (which • supporting fund raising activities today is a large hole in the ground) is on track to be completed by the middle of December this year. This year will present the Claremont Football Club Our success relies on you, our members, so dig deep and give that little bit extra for 2016. with great challenges both on and off the field. The financial success of 2016 will depend on the Thanks to our Chief Executive Officer Graham sale of Pavers and Memberships for Life. The Go the Tigers! Moss and our new director Grant Povey we have board has formed three subcommittees to sell Kevin Somes achieved a number of new sponsors, the major Pavers and Memberships for Life, as follows: ones being: Players. Chair - Wayne Reynolds. Committee - PRESIDENT • TFS (Tropical Forestry Services ) which, Darrell Panizza, Sam Drabble, Barry Beecroft, John under the chairmanship of former CFC 2 | Claremont Football Club leader of the playing group. be working closely together to ensure that a CEO’S REPORT successful and long-term relationship is developed Congratulations to Michael Mitchell on his selection between our organisations. as this year’s match-day ball legend. Mitch and I will relive memories of the 1981 premiership It is also great to have EMCO back as a major year and the time I signed him up to Claremont on support sponsor. EMCO are doing a great job board a boat in Carnarvon fishing boat harbour. of constructing our new clubrooms that are I’m looking forward to renewing old acquaintances scheduled for completion in December this year. with former players, administrators, members and A big thanks to all our new sponsors and existing supporters. sponsors who have renewed for this season. It’s Off the field, the past two months have been great to have you all on board. extremely hectic in getting the right administration Our membership renewals are on track for the structure in place and operating efficiently. Marina start of the season and we also welcome many Manuel has been extremely helpful in enabling me new sponsors. Don’t forget about our new member to settle in quickly. Her wealth of knowledge has competition which runs through until our first proved invaluable. home game on April 23. Be in the running to win Jessie Fear was appointed in January as the a trip for two to Melbourne for the AFL grand club’s Business Development Officer and has final. brought a breath of fresh air to our sponsorship The new building project is progressing well. and membership activities. She understands By the end of March the two-level underground the modern method of communication and has carpark will be completed and the structural demonstrated in a very short space of time that steelwork will start rising out of the ground. The 2016 football season is underway and what she will be an extremely valuable asset to the club. a fantastic start it was. Congratulations to Michael Visible construction will accelerate from this time Broadbridge, players and members of the Football Marina, Jessie and I are working together to through to the completion in December. ensure that all our sponsors, members and Department for their professional preparation for We are looking forward to moving into the supporters enjoy a wonderful experience as you this season. magnificent new clubrooms early in 2017. I look support the Tigers during the year. Congratulations to Jake Murphy on his forward to seeing you at home games and at the reappointment as Captain of the League Team. In relation to sponsorship, I welcome our new various functions we will be holding this season. major sponsor TFS (Tropical Forestry Services). Despite being hampered by injuries over the past Graham Moss two seasons, Jake has continued to demonstrate TFS chairman is former club champion, Dalton his outstanding leadership qualities and is a great Gooding. It’s great to have Dalton back at the CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER communicator. I wish him all the best as the club representing our major sponsor. We will www.claremontfc.com Tiger Talk 2016 | 3 Morgan Davies and Eddie Simpson. we want to keep it. LEAGUE REPORT There will be keen competition for places in the I don‘t think that the fundamentals of our game league side and at the moment there are 32 plan are going to change. However, we definitely or 33 players vying for a spot in our side for need to improve our offensive output. We’re not the opening match against East Perth on March going to win enough games only scoring the 19. And that’s really healthy. We know that average points that we have been kicking in the we will play somewhere between 36 and 39 past couple of years. So we have worked hard on players during the season, depending on injuries. improving our offence during the pre-season and There will be some players who will bob up we need to make a two to three goal improvement unexpectedly and some recruits who will surprise in every game. us. Our defence was outstanding last year and we will Selection in round one will be very competitive be looking to improve on that this year. I have and there will be some very unlucky and highly capable guys as assistant coaches. Damian disappointed players. McMahon (midfield) brings a wealth of experience and we welcome Pat Litherland from East Perth In my first two years at the club we have had colts where he has had a strong development pretty similar seasons in terms of slow starts, good focus. He will be our defensive coach finishes and then not quite good enough at the end. We need to show improvement on fifth-place Chris Bolton is in his third year and we’ve re- finishes of the past two years --- and everyone is positioned him from the defensive coach to look acutely aware of that. So, we’re looking at perhaps after the forwards. Kepler Bradley takes over three or four more wins than we had last year and as coach of the reserves and he is a fantastic We’re on the March. I’m upbeat about our hopefully knocking on the door for a top couple of attribute for us. From a coaching perspective league side’s prospects this season and can positions. he’s a bit more contemporary than some of the promise our supporters plenty of excitement in the other coaches, a bit more in tune with the modern Last year we lost our first four away games and coming months. generation. were zero and five. We know that we have to win We’ve lost a lot of quality and experience over a couple of those early games. We know that it’s My final message to our members and supporters the past two years, but I think we’ve been able to not ideal to have to play our first four games away is that we have a fantastic club, with a strong cover these losses better than we have in that time from home after having been unable to train at one-team motto. When the players run out in our and I’m confident that we have the right blend of the Showgrounds in the pre-season. But that’s the jumper they play with a lot of pride and passion. youth and experience to be a significant force in cards we’ve been dealt and we can’t do anything Football is a good day out and I encourage the competition. about it. We live a nomadic existence during the everyone to get along and support us, and when pre-season and I think the players are becoming we get to the Showgrounds it’s a great place to The side will be strengthened by the return of used to it. In some aspects this has made the watch football.