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2012 OFFICIAL YEAR BOOK TO OUR MEMBERS AND SPONSORS… CONTENTS From the President .................................................4 From the Chief Executive Officer ..........................6 THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2012. Elite Training and Administration Facility ...........8 From the Senior Coach ..........................................16 From the Captain .................................................. 18 Club Operations Report ....................................... 20 2012 Records: Top 5s ...........................................23 Honour Board and Club Records .........................24 2012 Doig Medal ....................................................26 Doig Medallist: Ryan Crowley ............................. 28 Doig Medal Runner Up: Chris Mayne ..................30 Beacon Award: Lee Spurr .....................................32 Best Clubman: Tendai Mzungu ............................33 Season 2012 in Review ........................................ 34 2012 Player Profiles ............................................ 58 Farewells ................................................................73 Patrons, Life Members and Staff ........................74 2012 Sponsors ......................................................75 2013 Season Fixtures .............................back cover FREMANTLE FOOTBALL CLUB LTD Official Year Book of the Fremantle Dockers Football Club 2012 Parry Street, Fremantle WA 6160 P.O. Box 381, Fremantle WA 6959 T: (08) 9433 7000 – Administration T: (08) 9433 7111 – Membership [email protected] www.fremantlefc.com.au A product of the Fremantle Dockers Communications Department. Information correct at time of going to print. Email: [email protected] Editor: Kasey Ball Writers: Costa Kastanis, Rosie Duffy, Luke Morfesse and Kasey Ball. Photography: Fremantle Dockers Football Club and AFL Photos. Design & Production: Steve Horton, Scout Creative, 1 Wing Court, Maylands WA 6051 T: (08) 9371 8257 www.scoutcreative.com.au Printing: Abbott & Co, 21 Glassford Road, Kewdale WA 6105 T: (08) 9353 1166 www.abbottco.com.au © Fremantle Football Club 2012. All rights reserved. Without limiting the rights under copyright above, no part of this publication shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise) without the prior permission of the Fremantle Dockers Football Club. TO OUR MEMBERS AND SPONSORS… THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT IN 2012. Fremantle Dockers Football Club Year Book 2012 FROM THE PRESIDENT E STARTED THE 2012 season with a new coach and a new approach to our game. We ultimately finished the home and away season with 14 wins and eight losses. WIt was one of the club’s best ever on-field Steve Harris performances, but only good enough to take us to President, Fremantle Dockers Football Club seventh position on the ladder and then to play two consecutive away finals. This is no accident. It’s the result of hard work, good 4 In the rooms immediately after the Adelaide final, business skills, discipline and innovation. I acknowledge Ross Lyon emphasised the club’s position — that our and thank my fellow directors, and the club management achievements of 2012 were already history, that we and staff, under the leadership of CEO Steve Rosich, for needed to shift our focus to 2013 and the extra work and their hard work and achievement in the past 12 months. sacrifice required to improve and deliver success. We are a club with high aspirations and we are very From that very moment we began work on the next ambitious. We are willing to take the decisions and season. No settling for anything less than continued make the sacrifices and changes needed to continue to improvement and striving for success. improve and deliver our vision of sustained success. To our players, under the outstanding lead-by- example leadership of club captain Matthew Pavlich, This is why, after a thorough and exhaustive due congratulations on your season and thank you for your diligence process, we have made the decision to hard work and tireless effort on and off the field. establish a world-class elite training and administration This year has seen a transformation in our football facility at a 26,000sqm green field site in the City of operations and it is important to recognise the efforts, Cockburn, integrated with its $107 million state-of-the- achievements, dedication and commitment of our art regional aquatic and recreation centre at Cockburn football staff under the leadership of Ross Lyon, Chris Central West. Bond and Brad Lloyd. The club has been working on this important project The top half of the AFL ladder, especially the top four for more than four years. After an extensive consultation positions where we need to be, are dominated by the process with both the City of Fremantle and the City of strongest financial clubs in the AFL. Cockburn about their respective proposals, we arrived Just as we compete vigorously on field, off field we at a position that is undoubtedly in the best long-term strive to deliver a strong financial performance and to interests of the club and better meets the future needs operate as a professional well-run operation. of our players, members, supporters, stakeholders and I’m pleased to report that in 2012 the Freo Dockers the community. will yet again generate an above budget profit, and we To say that making a decision to base our new are recognised as one of the financially stronger clubs training and administration facilities away from our in the AFL. traditional home at Fremantle Oval was not easy is Year Book 2012 Fremantle Dockers Football Club 2012 BOARD OF DIRECTORS 5 Steve Harris Dale Alcock Ben Allan Grant Donaldson Kate Grieve Jenn Morris Brian O’Donnell Stephen O’Reilly an understatement. But when all the evidence and Dockers for the next 50 years and beyond, and which also information is taken into account there is no doubt best positions the club to achieve our ambitious aims. that the Cockburn Central West option presents The club is extremely proud of the fact that two an outstanding opportunity for the club to gain an members of the board of directors are elected by the advantage over its rivals in the increasingly demanding club’s membership for two-year terms. and competitive AFL landscape. The result of voting in the club’s annual election of It is also important to note that while we are moving a person to represent members on the board of directors our core operations for administration and football from was announced at the Annual Members’ Meeting on Fremantle Oval, we are not leaving Fremantle. 27 November. We now intend to work with the City of Fremantle The six-strong field of candidates included Kate to prepare a plan for the redevelopment of the club’s Grieve, who was seeking a third term as a member- existing facility at Fremantle Oval, including an ongoing elected director. 2391 people, or 9.87 per cent of the presence by the Freo Dockers at Fremantle Oval for club’s 24,237 eligible voting members, cast a vote. sporting, community, retail and commercial purposes. The successful candidate was former club captain and In addition to the Cockburn Central West option inaugural Doig Medallist, Peter Mann. allowing for the development of a world class training Peter joins inaugural club captain Ben Allan as one and administration facility, the site provides greater of two member-elected directors. On behalf of the club, prospects for future expansion, community engagement I also take this opportunity to acknowledge and thank and supporter interaction. outgoing director Kate Grieve for her contribution to the It’s worth noting that AFL powerhouses Collingwood Fremantle Dockers. (est. 1892) and Hawthorn (est. 1902) relocated their training and administration bases away from their Kate served two terms as a member-elected director traditional homes — Victoria Park (in 2004) and and during that time made a valuable contribution Glenferrie Oval (in 2006) — to new facilities, in the to the direction of the club, including representing Hawks’ case 21km away from their home ground. members’ interests on a number of important sub- Neither club has suffered because they expanded committees and membership initiatives. away from their traditional grounds, which in each Finally, thank you to our members for your unwavering case they played regular home games at. Indeed support. Your dedication and passion are matched only both have continued to thrive and survive, with both by the drive and determination of every player and staff winning premierships (Collingwood; 2010), (Hawthorn; member in their pursuit of sustained success. 2008) and both setting membership records since their respective moves. This is not just what is best for all associated with the club for the next five to 10 years. This is about providing a solid foundation for what is best for the Fremantle Steve Harris Fremantle Dockers Football Club Year Book 2012 FROM THE CEO ENIOR COACH Ross Lyon’s first year at the helm delivered one of the club’s best seasons on the field with 14 wins, including our first ever away final victory — a 16 point win over Sreigning premier Geelong at the MCG. Steve Rosich Chief Executive Officer, As Ross conveyed to the playing group after our Fremantle Dockers Football Club narrow second semi-final loss a week later to Adelaide at AAMI Stadium, we need to keep improving and we know the club at the absolute forefront of integrated