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Feb 2010.Pub March 2010 Williamstown Senior List 2010 Williamstown Football Club The Williamstown Football Club Coaching Staff have finalised our 2010 list. The 42 players comprise the P.O Box 307 following 20 players who have returned to the Seagulls. Williamstown 3016 2. Josh Young 7. David Stretton 36. Matthew Cravino 51. Nick DiMartino Ph: (03) 9391 0309 Fax: (03) 9391 5497 3. Ben Davies 9. Luke Cartelli 38. Dane Rampe 52. Dean Muir E: [email protected] 4. Ben Jolley 10. Brett Johnson (Capt) 42. Jordan Florance 56. Trent Lee 5. Cameron Lockwood 25. Michael Tanner 46. Dylan Ayton 62. Jacob Graham 6. Matthew Little 28. Matthew Grossman 50. Richard Knight 65. Nathan Uren The Williamstown Football Club have recruited 22 new players in 2010. Listed below are the players, their ages, clubs they have been recruited from and their 2010 jumper number. No. Player Name Recruited From : Age 8. Peter Faulks Casey Scorpions 21 12. Phil Smith Box Hill Hawks 20 13. Stephen McCallum Calder Cannons 18 15. Jeremy Mugavin Collingwood (VFL) 20 17. Nick Sing Gippsland Power 18 Stephen McCallum Peter Faulks 21. Adam Marangon Old Melbournians 19 27. Jack Purton-Smith Sandringham Dragons 18 39. Michael Fogarty Western Jets 18 40. Dion Lawson Western Jets 18 47. Tom German Essendon 19 53. Brian Fenton Bendigo Pioneers 18 54. Jye Sandiford Bendigo Pioneers 18 Phil Smith Nick Sing 55. Jake Wilson Portland 18 57. Hayden Armstrong Marist College (ACT) 18 956 1958 1959 1969 1976 1986 1990 2003 58. Jake De Sousa Coburg 22 59. Josh Griffiths Northern Knights 18 60. Lee Spiteri Altona 20 61. Harley Lewis Geelong College 18 Ed Carr Josh Griffiths 63. Sam Mason Bendigo Bombers 20 64. Ed Carr Gippsland Power 18 66. Kwame McHarg Sandringham Dragons 18 67 Johnno Hevern Glenorden 20 Brian Fenton Kwame McHarg WILLIAMSTOWN FOOTBALL CLUB http://williamstown.aflvic.com.au http://williamstown.aflvic.com.au Jack Purton-Smith Jeremy Mugavin Tom German 2010 Sponsors ESTABLISHED 1864 PREMIERS 1939 1907 1921 1945 1949 1954 1955 1 Williamstown Football Club would like to thank all their Sponsors for their continued support of the Club. The Word From Williamstown — MARCH 2010 2010 MARCH — Williamstown From Word The We thank Joanne Royston from Hocking Stuart—Williamstown for their support as our Major Sponsor and Michael McCormick from Westpac Bank for their support as our Community Partner. New Sponsors to the Club in 2010 include— - Zaparas Lawyers - The Office—Williamstown - DCA Group - MACT Pty Ltd - Almond Tree Frames - Australian Aluminium Windows - West Suburban Taxis - Peter Lausch - J & L Fencing Coaches Corner with Peter German 1. From all reports the pre-season has been pretty tough and a step up from previous seasons. As the Senior Coach, how have you evaluated the pre-season period? The pre-season was designed to build up a solid fitness base plus just as importantly learn a new style of play. Luke Boyd has been outstanding in his role as Head Fitness Coach. The players have been required to commit more time to their physical preparation so hopefully we will see positive results with the squad. 2. 22 new players to the club this season, how have you viewed the changes to the playing list? Being my 1st season I don’t have any thoughts on the previous list. However the 22 new players have blended very well with the existing playing group. The most exciting aspect for the club is the majority of the new players are 18, 19 or 20 year olds. Williamstown Football Club now have the opportunity to build an exciting decade with many of these players. 3. A new coaching staff have been appointed this season. How have you assessed their contribution and support for you thus far and what qualities do they bring to Williamstown? Firstly to assemble Adam Potter, Ross Fisher and David Bourke as Senior Assistant Coaches is a great coup for the club. They all possess an outstanding commitment to their roles and all have experience and display high levels of enthusiasm. We have also gained some excellent new support coaches in Todd Clark and Cory La Forgia who will help form a strong coaching group with Darren Caddy and Shane Murphy who were involved last year. 4. What qualities and characteristics will supporters and members notice from a side coached by yourself? I’m quite pleased to say I coach more defensively than I played, however we hopefully will play a far more structured style of play. Players will need to understand their roles and knowledge of our ball movement as predictability is vital to our cohesive style of play. Finding the balance between attack and defence will always be the key to our success. 5. In your coaching career over the last 16 years you have had a hands on role at AFL Clubs Hawthorn, West Coast Eagles, Fremantle and Melbourne. How have you viewed the Western Bulldogs and where do you believe they are as a club as they aim to break a 56 year premiership drought? It’s been 12 years since I was at Hawthorn and football has changed dramatically in that period. In saying that all clubs are in different phases with their list and I would say that the Western Bulldogs and Rodney Eade have built this list over many years now. What I can say is that the players and staff are a professional outfit and are a driven group. 6. Coaching an aligned VFL club is an enormous challenge. How do you balance the development needs of the Western Bulldogs with the desire to contest finals consistently with a view to winning premierships at Williamstown? This is the toughest past of the job. The most important area for me is communication to both parties. If development is rapid with the Bulldog players then they will certainly help bring success to Williamstown but as I have already indicated to all parties concerned, the players who play their roles consistently well will get the good looks at selection. 7. You had great premiership success at Subiaco in the WAFL. What similarities do you see between Subiaco and Williamstown Football Clubs? They are both in very similar positions as both are financial and well administered plus both have over 100 years of tradition. The player group at Subiaco were an outstanding group who were loyal to the Club and totally driven to succeed. I’m still finding out more each week about our player group but the similarities between the two clubs off the field is very uncanny. 8. As we head into the 2010 season, what are your expectations and hopes for the Williamstown Football Club? I think it is important not to burden everyone with expectations and false hopes. My first aim is to set a culture and commitment by the players that will hopefully lead to sustainable consistent performance. The team has been around the mark over the past 3 or 4 seasons but I’m looking to find players who love the challenge of big games—when we find those players then exciting times will return. Vale—Kelly Brent The Williamstown Football Club was deeply saddened with the passing of our esteemed life member and long time trainer Kelly Brent. Kelly’s funeral was held on Friday 26th February and was a great tribute to a special man in the history of the Williamstown Football Club. A magnificent turn up of former players, officials and supporters saw Kel sent off in grand style. Pall Bearers included former coaches Max Papley, Terry Wheeler, Barry Round and former players in Ian Rickman and Jeff Ind. Club stalwart and long time friend Max Everitt was also a pall bearer. Obituaries were delivered by club games record holder Troy West who spoke on behalf of all past players and current Board Member Bernadette O’Sullivan who took over from Kel as Head Trainer when he retired. Both Troy’s and Bernadette’s moving tributes can be read on the Club’s website—www.williamstown.aflvic.com.au Life Members Day 2010 Our Life Members Day will be held on Saturday 1st May when all Life Members and their guests are invited to attend this luncheon when we play Port Melbourne. Cost is $20 for Life Members and $30 for their Guests. For more information please contact Brendan Curry—9391 0309. THE WORD FROM WILLIAMSTOWN— MARCH 2010 Page 2 Check us out at williamstown.aflvic.com.au Practice Matches at Whitten Oval VFL News Williamstown will play 3 practice matches at the Whitten Oval in upcoming AFL Hall of Fame Nomination weeks - The Board of the Williamstown Football Club have decided to nominate Club Legend Gerry ‘The Monster’ Callahan to the Australian * Friday 19th March Vs Sandringham 4pm (Seniors) & 6pm (Reserves) Football Hall of Fame Selection Committee. A detailed submission was * Friday 26th March Vs Box Hill 4pm (Seniors) & 6pm (Reserves) sent to AFL Victoria which also included written endorsement from the Beaumaris and Cheltenham Football Clubs. * Saturday 3rd April Vs Coburg 11am & 2pm State Game—VFL Vs WAFL Rex Dooley will also be in attendance to sell 2010 season tickets and the The VFL will play the WAFL in an interstate clash on Saturday 22nd Western Bulldogs Cheer squad is going to sell food and drinks. May in Western Australia. Whitten Oval—417 Barkly St, Footscray West (Melways Map Ref: 41 K4) VFL Grand Final Limited parking available. This year’s VFL Grand Final will still be played at Etihad Stadium but it has been brought forward a week and will be played on the Sunday afternoon after the AFL Preliminary Finals and a week before the AFL 2010 Presidents Luncheon Grand Final.
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