OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE WAFL ROUND 3 APRIL 1, 2016 $3.00 2016 INTERNATIONALFOOTBALL FESTIVAL AFL UNITING AUSTRALIA WEST PERTH V SUBIACO THE TLC GROUP THE LIFTING COMPANY www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Lifting,There Rigging is andAlways Height a Safety Solution Specialists Specialists in Lifting, Rigging and Height Safety Equipment TLC SURFACE TREATMENT www.TLCSurfaceTreatment.com.au Protective Coating Applicators Perth’s Industrial Spray Painting & Sandblasting Specialists TLC FABRICATION www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au Engineering, Design & Fabrication THE LIFTING COMPANY Professionals in Fabrication www.TheLiftingCompany.com.au There is Always a Solution Proud sponsors of the Perth Demons Football Club Ph: (08) 9353 4333 www.theTLCgroup.com.au CONTENTS 3 Every Week 6 Collectables 7 Tipping 7 Tweets of the Week 22-24 WAFC 27 Club Notes 28 Stats 29 Scoreboards and ladders 30 Fixtures Features 4-5 Falcons lay foundations for future 8 Entertainment 16-17 Perth poster Game time 9 Game previews Photo by Duncan Watkinson 10-11 South Fremantle v East Perth 12-13 Swan Districts v Peel 14-15 Perth v Claremont 18-19 West Perth v Subiaco 21 Fremantle v Gold Coast 21 C HawthornO v West CoastNTENTS 4 WESTFalconsWEST PERTH PERTH V S UBIACOV SUBIACO LAY FOUNDATIONSSaturday 27Saturday June 2015 27 HBFJune a rena,2015 HBF Joondalup arena, Joondalup WESTKidWESTS ZonePERTH oKidpenS ZoneS 1pmPERTH o • penFalcon VS 1pm SS a• rmFalconUBIACO SV open S SaSrm 1pmUBIACOS openS 1pm internationalforinternationalSaturday Food future S27SaturdaytallS June Food open 2015 S 27tallS 1pmHBF June • aopen mrena, 2015ain 1pmGame HBF Joondalup • am Srena,aintart GameS Joondalup 2.15pm StartS 2.15pm Publisher This publication is proudly produced For Free ticForKet FreeS ViS ticit KetS ViSit for the WA Football Commission by It is the one time of year when the West Perth WA Football Commission Community www.westperthfc.com.auwww.westperthfc.com.au KidSMedia Zone Tonic. oKidpenS SZone 1pm •o FalconpenS 1pmS a •rm FalconS openS Sa rm1pmS openS 1pm Phone 9388 7844 executive believes the weekend’s match isn’t Development Manager, Andrew Ridley, said 67 per Fax 9388 7866 just about the four premiership points. cent of the Falcons’ districts population was defined internationalSales: [email protected] Food StallS Food open StallS 1pmas multi-cultural • mopenain but nearly Game1pm 40 per cent• mS oftart ainthose GameS 2.15pm StartS 2.15pm Editor Sure, the Falcons are determined to defeat people migrated here. Subiaco in the Round 3 battle. But the fixture is just Tracey Lewis Many of those are English and brought up with Email: [email protected] as important to the WAFL’s most northern club in soccer. Photography terms of buildingF a orfoundation F reefor success downticF theorK et FSree ViS ittic www.westperthfc.com.auKetS ViSit www.westperthfc.com.au Andrew Ritchie, William Crabb, track. “We use schools to expose local children to Belinda Pike, Hans Wellinger & football. This is critical with many of our local The annual International Round battle between Duncan Watkinson children having recently migrated to Perth’s the WAFL foes is as much for tomorrow as today. Design/Typesetting northern suburbs,” Ridley said. 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Iran, Lebanon, Portugal, more than 20 per cent. Mauritius, Romania, Sudan our local children having “We have encouraging WAFL admission prices and Sweden, will become situations at clubs like $15 – Adult* recently migrated to Perth’s the Brighton Seahawks $12 – Concession* Australian citizens at this 2 for 1 offer – Student Edge Member* unique ceremony. northern suburbs,” and Quinns Bulls, which Free – Children U16 For the previous four – Andrew Ridley. are both in the English *Includes a copy of Football Budget seasons West Perth has heartland, where now taken on a new guernsey the parents are becoming Find us on for the fixture. This year actively involved as the Lions will also adopt a different jumper, also coaches and volunteers and that’s what we want to recognising the multi-cultural element to their see,” he said. “We won’t know for another five to ten years how Copyright © No part of this publication may recruiting zone. be reproduced or stored in a retrieval system The design was produced by the Edmund Rice many colts, reserves or league players our programs without the permission of the publisher. produce from the migrant population, but we know Opinions expressed in the Football Budget Centre Lions, a team of newly-arrived youngsters, are not necessarily those of the WAFC. with a strong African influence. this is a long-term commitment.” The WAFC or affiliated clubs believe that Almost 8000 attended last year’s International the material produced in this publication is Subiaco is very proud of the rise of Sudanese accurate, but gives no warranty in relation ruckman David Madut to league ranks. 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It’s not often I’m able to find definitive answers Of course, the Football Budget continues about particular WAFL collectables. to this day to print a supplement each July Usually, I’ve just got to come up with a for Country Week, but the last standalone “best guess” (based on plenty of research) program I have seen is from 1981. about when they were made, who made them In that series, WAFL players included Don and why. Rintoul (EP), David Hart (WP and SF), Chester So it’s always pleasing when some new Mackean (P) and Russell Aitken (WP). piece of evidence is found that finally solves a So, has anyone seen one of these programs mystery or confirms some details. dating to before 1972 or after 1981? This was the case recently when historian Although it’s still some way off, I thought Shane Burke pointed out that the Swan this might be an opportune time to let Districts team photograph that appeared Football Budget readers know that the Perth on set of a postcards made by tobacco Toy and Hobby Fair, which draws interstate manufacturer Michelides Ltd was from 1937. football collectable dealers to WA, is on again The cards have always been listed on this year. various collectables websites as being from The fair has been booked for June 12 at 1938. the North Beach Community Centre and, like But Steve rightly pointed out that Steve in past years when the likes of Barry Cable, Bravo, who appeared in the team photo, only Peter Spencer and Ross Glendinning have played for Swans in 1937.