Official Magazine of Fremantle Football Club fremantlefc.com.au Edition 1, March 2008 $3.95 i n c GST PP606264/1022 Fremantle Announces Innovations Partner BigPond, the Fremantle Football Club’s Innovations Partner, will bring Fremantle members and supporters access to exclusive content in season 2008! The partnership will also bring you the very latest from BigPond – so keep an eye on the club’s website www.fremantlefc.com.au and FTV. Season 2008 will see Des Headland provide members and supporters “exclusive” behind Is now available on podcast and is proudly brought the scenes access to see what’s to you by BigPond in season 2008. Now you can happening at the Fremantle listen to FreoRadio when you want – on demand!! Football Club. Using the Telstra “Next G™” mobile With FreoRadio podcasts you will be able to listen phone he will be bringing you the latest news from to player interviews, player and coach media the club as you’ve never seen it before. conferences, news headlines and much, much more. You can now subscribe and listen to FreoRadio when DJ’s Downloads you want to – sent directly to you so you will never Des Headland will also give you his Top 5 downloads miss a thing. Visit www.fremantlefc.com.au and each week from BigPond – his top selections from subscribe to FreoRadio absolutely FREE! movies, music, games sport and ring tones that can be downloaded directly from BigPond. Weekly E-mails from Des Thanks to BigPond, Des Headland will provide an BigPond brings you big time entertainment, all on “exclusive” e-mail following on from the weekend’s demand so you can watch what you want and when game, a game review as well as a preview of the you want it on Next G™ mobiles. Whether it’s Music, upcoming fixture. Movies, Sport and Games, as well as “Made for Mobile” shows that can only be seen on Telstra Next G™ Mobiles. Contents 4 Purple Shorts 9 5 President’s Column Out of Africa WAFC News All the highlights from the ten day lifetime experience in South Africa 6 News News from around the club 8 Facing 20 Docker fires 20 at new recruit Mark Johnson 9 Out of Africa All the highlights from the ten day lifetime experience in South Africa 19 A Quick Kick With 2007 National Draft selection Rhys Palmer 21 20 Facing 20 Season Guide Docker fires 20 at new recruit Your eight page pull-out Kepler Bradley guide with everything you need to know for 2008 21 Season Guide Your eight page pull-out guide with everything you need to know for 2008 29 A Quick Kick With 2007 National Draft selection Clayton Hinkley 30 NAB Cup 32 Member Rewards 32 Great deals exclusive to club members Member Rewards 36 A Quick Kick Great deals exclusive to With 2007 National Draft selection club members Chris Mayne 37 A Word From Our Sponsors 38 Family Fun Day All the action from the 2008 Family Fun Day at Adventure World 40 KidZone Just for kids 42 Member News 45 Community Goals 38 Your club in the community through Community Goals and the Community Family Fun Day Development Programme All the action from the 2008 Family Fun Day at 46 2008 Community Camp Adventure World This year’s AFL Telstra Community Camp in Albany 48 2008 Sponsors 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 2008 Writers: Keith Black, Katie Mitchinson, Andrew Bousfield. © Fremantle Football Club 2008. All rights reserved. Email: [email protected] Parry Street, Fremantle WA 6160 Without limiting the rights under copyright above, no part of P.O. Box 381, Fremantle WA 6959 Design & Production Printing this publication shall be reproduced, stored in or introduced Administration: Scout Creative Lamb Print into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any T (08) 9433 7000 F (08) 9433 7001 1 Wing Court 9 Robertson Street means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or Membership: T (08) 9433 7111 Maylands WA 6051 Perth WA 6000 otherwise) without the prior permission of the Fremantle Football Club. Marketing: F (08) 9433 7002 T (08) 9371 8257 T (08) 9427 3500 [email protected] [email protected] Photography: AFL Photos and Fremantle Football Club www.fremantlefc.com.au www.scoutcreative.com.au COVER: Smiles in South Africa fremantlefc.com.au March 2008 Docker 3 Purple Shorts Zoom Zoom into Mazda Park! The stars of the commercial Parking at Subiaco Oval takes on a whole new look in 2008 with the unveiling of Mazda Park for all Fremantle home games. The Mazda arch will welcome guests as they park for the game on what was previously known as Kitchener Park. Zoom Zoom into Mazda Park through the Mazda archway Lights, camera, action in 2008! Matthew stars in the Alinta TVC Click to Win! CLUB CaptaIN Matthew Pavlich was the star attraction “on set” recently when the upcoming Alinta television commercial was filmed at Fremantle Wherever you see Click nWin on Oval with the help of the students from Fremantle Primary School and the club’s web site is your chance Alinta staff. The commercial demonstrates Alinta’s proud partnership of to win a personalised signed the club’s Community Development Programme that delivers a range of photograph of your favourite exciting and innovative programmes to primary and secondary schools in Fremantle player, just click and win. WA. Alinta is proud to be your local energy partner supporting our local community. Super dollars for Super goals! Sixth Purple Haze To Hit JUNIor football was the winner from the NAB Cup with $1,000 from every super goal kicked going to the junior football club of each player The annUal Starlight Purple that kicks a nine pointer. Three Fremantle players kicked super goals Haze Game, proudly supported by Fremantle Ports, is on again which will see $3000 in total go back into grass roots football with David who will have the once-in-a-lifetime Mundy (Seymour Junior Football Club, Victoria), Des Headland (Karrinyup in Round 2 against Hawthorn. opportunity to meet the players Junior Football Club, Western Australia) and Matthew Pavlich (Sacred Heading into its sixth year, the in the change rooms before the Heart College, South Australia) all doing their bit for junior footy! Starlight Purple Haze Game has raised over $150,000 for the game. One special Starlight child Starlight Children’s Foundation will also have their wish granted to COMING SOON! Team toss the coin before the match. Store at Subiaco Oval with last year’s game setting a record $40,363.20. The money raised for Starlight ConstrUctIon IS currently Once again all members and will assist the granting wishes underway at Subiaco Oval for a supporters should DRESS UP for seriously ill or hospitalised second Fremantle Team Store. The KIDZONE online! AND DIG DEEP to help Starlight to children and help to continually new store is being built in what fremantlefc.com.au has launched also provide a magical game day improve the resources of the was formerly the Doig Room on the KIDZONE, dedicated purely for experience for eight lucky children Starlight Children’s Foundation. Roberts Road side of the ground. the club’s youngest and most The new Team Store will be open passionate supporters. Monday to Friday as well as at Each month KIDZONE offers junior home games and will carry the full members and supporters the range of Fremantle merchandise chance to win a signed photograph including the full range of official of their favourite Fremantle Reebok 2008 Fremantle on field player simply by guessing who apparel, accessories, glassware, the mystery player is in the ‘Who footballs, shorts, socks, jumpers am I?’ competition or by guessing and memorabilia. The Team Store which footy is the actual game at Fremantle Oval will continue to ball in the ‘Which Footy is it?’ operate as normal and will be your competition. place to kit yourself out with all the latest Reebok gear before the All you have to do is visit the season starts! And don’t forget to KIDZONE section of the website get your purple gear for the annual and follow the instructions to enter Starlight Purple Haze Game in the competitions. round 2 against Hawthorn. While you’re visiting KIDZONE, why not check out the wallpapers that are available to download, see which Fremantle players will celebrate their birthdays this month or print off heaps of fun Johnny ‘The Doc’ Docker’s Albany unveils a star! cool stuff! You can also listen Thanks to Telstra and the AFL, lucky Kyal Murdoch from Albany won the to Fremantle’s Club Song and opportunity to ‘Interview a Fremantle Star’ during the 2008 Telstra AFL download the lyrics to sing along. Community Camp for Fremantle’s multi-media channel FTV. The competition had an overwhelming response from Fremantle’s younger fans with nine year old Kyal winning the chance to conduct a one-on-one interview with his favourite player, Matthew Pavlich. A passionate Fremantle fan, Kyal was the consummate professional in his role as a guest reporter for FTV, coming along to the interview armed – it’s the fun place for kids! with some hard hitting questions for the star forward including, “Will you marry my Mum!?”. 4 Docker March 2008 fremantlefc.com.au From the President Prepared for the Challenges Ahead In OUR 2007 Year Leadership and Development and is working of South Africa.