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Official Magazine of Fremantle Football Club fremantlefc.com.au Edition 1, March 2005 $3.95 inc GST PORT TO PORT NEW! WIZ PREMIERSHIP KIDZ MEMBERS FUN, REWARDS PLAYERS COMPETITIONS RETURN HOME WITH THE WIZ! TEAM TRIBUNAL POSTER REFORMS INSIDE! EXPLAINED EXCLUSIVE AFL OPERATIONS MANAGER ADRIAN ANDERSON AFL UMPIRE DEAN MARGETTS SEASON GUIDE LIFTOUT PP606264/1022 fremantlefc.com.au March 2005 Docker 1 2005 Phillips Fox/Starlight Purple Haze Game 22 May $1995 PURPLE HAZE PACK Pack consists of: FLAG, SCARF CAP or WIG Buy All 3 for $ 50 $2495 OR $2495 $19 95 RBK Onfield Polo: Sizes – S, M, L, XL, XXL Available in men’s $2 from and women’s designs every Purple Haze SUPER SPECIAL! Pack goes to 95 the Starlight $ NORMALLY $69.95 Children’s 54 Foundation Fremantle Football Club Team Store. Fremantle Oval, Parry Street Fremantle WA 6160 Tel: (08) 9433 7192 Fax: (08) 9433 7002 Email: [email protected] Online Shopping: www.fremantlefc.com.au Contents 4 From the CEO 5 Connolly Stays at Helm The Senior Coach remains in charge 7 until 2007 6 Bits and Pieces Port To Port Including the results of the 2004 Josh Carr and Jarrad Schofield return home member survey of playing guernseys with 2004 Premiership medals to an exciting new future with Fremantle 7 Port to Port Premiership stars returns home 12 Members Rewards 2005 Themed Games and Fremantle’s Helping Hand 13 Star Search Recruiting AFL stars of the future and introducing the new faces in 2005 14 Wizard Cup 22 15 A Quick Kick Season Guide Heath Black returns to where it all began, 21 again Your 8 page pull-out guide with all the facts and 16 All Stars Game figures for the year ahead Six Fremantle players help tame the Bulldogs in the 2005 Indigenous All Stars game 21 2005 Season Guide Your 8 page pull-out guide to the year ahead 27 The RBK Challenge An amazing treasure hunt launches Reebok as the club’s on-field apparel sponsor 33 29 Season Launch Member Rewards Premiership star entertains at the Now there are even 2005 Season Launch more benefits to being a Fremantle member 30 Tribunal Reforms How the new tribunal system works 31 Facing 20 AFL General Manager Football Operations Adrian Anderson 32 A Word From Our Sponsors 33 Member Rewards Get even more benefits from being a member 40 37 Facing 20 Wiz Kidz AFL Umpire Dean Margetts Join the Wiz for a heap of 39 Membership News fun, competitions and your chance to win sensational 40 Wiz Kidz Cadbury Ice Cream Packs Fun and Games with the Wiz 42 Community Development The 2005 AFL Community Camp in the Pilbara FREMANTLE FOOTBALL CLUB LTD A Product of the Fremantle Football Club Inserts And Flysheet Advertising Docker – Official Magazine of the Fremantle Communications Department. Communications Department, Fremantle Football Club Football Club. Edition 1, March 2005 Email: [email protected] © Fremantle Football Club 2005. All rights reserved. Parry Street, Fremantle WA 6160 Design & Production Printing Without limiting the rights under copyright above, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, stored in P.O. Box 381, Fremantle WA 6959 Scout Creative Lamb Print Administration: or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted 1 Wing Court 9 Robertson Street T (08) 9433 7000 F (08) 9433 7001 in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, Maylands WA 6051 Perth WA 6000 Membership: T (08) 9433 7111 photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior Marketing: F (08) 9433 7002 T (08) 9371 8257 T (08) 9328 1533 permission of the Fremantle Football Club. [email protected] [email protected] COVER PHOTOGRAPH: Josh Carr and Jarrad Schofield. www.fremantlefc.com.au www.scoutcreative.com.au Photo by Annaliese Frank. fremantlefc.com.au March 2005 Docker 3 From the CEO Welcome to the 2005 season. For anyone associated with the Fremantle Football Club it cannot start quickly enough. YOUR CLUB has been in the news for much of the off season, more recently in relation to the reappointment of Chris Connolly as Senior Coach for the next three seasons. Clearly this is a significant decision and many people have argued both the merit and the timing of the decision. Our response is straightforward. I have said many times that most people dare have spent much of the pre-season reminding Simply, we believe in what we are doing and to dream of winning a Premiership, but few us why we rated them so highly and a number in the people who have the responsibility of dare to plan. We do both. of these players will make their mark this year. doing it. Further, we are not about to let those The Club has never been better placed to I am convinced that there is a Premiership to who do not share our vision for our Club derail contend at the highest level. be won with our current generation of players. what has been three years in the making – a very positive group who have the highest There is no doubt that this year is more about The Club announced a $1.25m profit, amongst expectations, both individually and as a team. results, less about development, building on the highest in the AFL, and a few weeks later what we have achieved over recent three In many ways, for those on the inside of the confirmed that the Club was now debt free, years which is a strong, viable, and soon to be having paid back $8.1m in less than three Club, it was not nearly as tough a call as what formidable football club. people are making out. years. This was an enormously significant There will be setbacks and the closer you event, and a testament to both our planning We have worked too hard, achieved too much, get to where you want to go, the more they and single mindedness. to let a few naysayers and doomsdayers hurt. The disappointments will cut deep as we The Club also announced that it had achieved dictate the future direction of the club. learnt last season. But our pre-season has record membership. The fact that we grew Why wasn’t it that hard a call? Because it been overwhelmingly positive in just about all our membership by 27% in 2004, the highest is the right decision made for all of the right aspects of the organisation. increase in the AFL, makes this achievement reasons. It might not suit everyone, but it the Most importantly, as disappointing as the the more meritorious. correct call. last part of last year was, we got on with it. There are now almost 33,000 members of Fremantle will back its people. The coaches We learnt a lot and made some changes, and Fremantle, and plenty of time remains to build and the players, and all we have done is almost immediately renewed the positivity that on that number. confirm contracts to cement the commitment has been so evident for the past three years. that is already in place. The trading period was terrific. Good players, We also announced the signings of Reebok Chris Connolly’s name is simply added to a list good people who will play an important role and Mazda, two tremendous organisations with that already comprises of players and others in in both the balance of our team, and also add a great belief in the direction the club is taking. whom the Club has vested its future, including valuable experience to the player group. I welcome them to the Club. people such as President Rick Hart and his fellow Many of the young players drafted in recent So back your Club and its people, and enjoy directors. And we do so with great confidence. years who are yet to play regular AFL footy what will surely be a terrific season. 4 Docker March 2005 fremantlefc.com.au News Connolly Stays he club took a significant step forward in achieving its long term goals with the T appointment of Chris Connolly as Senior Coach until the end of the 2007 season, extending his current contract with the club by two years. AT HELM In making the announcement, club President Rick Hart said “I believe that stability is the most underestimated factor when it comes to building a successful club and with Chris’ appointment we now have in place long term commitments from our key staff and players, the people who take responsibility for the future success of the club.” “The Board has total confidence in the people it has in place, and from our position this is a relatively easy decision to make,” said Mr Hart. “It is about backing your people.” When the club began the search for a Senior Coach at the end of the 2001 season it was seeking a coach who would not only set about the difficult task of re-building the football team but also a coach with the energy, personality and commitment to help rebuild the club off the field. “Over the last three years, not only has Chris set about rebuilding the team and the football department but he has been tireless in his work off the field.” “We had a very clear plan at the beginning of 2002 and we have remained absolutely true to that plan.” “We now have a profitable and debt free club and Chris’ significant contributions to help the club reach that goal cannot be underestimated.” It was the first task that faced Chief Executive Officer Cameron Schwab when he took up his role in late 2001, to find a Senior Coach who could turn around a team that had won only two games and “Our focus has always been to build a team finished last the previous season.
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