Official Magazine of Fremantle Football Club fremantlefc.com.au Edition 3, Oct 2006 $3.95 inc GST earningtheir ripes st PP606264/1022 Contents 4 Purple Shorts 5 President’s Column Members Elections 8 6 News Earning Their Stripes Fremantle Anchors Balmain For seven young players, 2006 Players Push Prevention Campaign marked a year where they earned Cook Joins ‘be active’ Push their stripes in the big time 8 Earning Their Stripes Fremantle’s young players making their mark in the AFL 14 Milestones 16 Finals The 2006 Finals Campaign 14 27 Round by Round Milestones Week by week through rounds 13-22 Another year 30 Purple Haze of remarkable milestones as 2006 Starlight Purple Haze Game records fell supported by Fremantle Ports 32 WA State of Origin Peter Bell leads WA again 33 What A Mark! David Mundy’s great mark against Essendon and your chance to own a 16 fantastic framed memento of the great fly Finals The 2006 finals campaign 35 In 1996… ended with a gallant effort A look back at the club in season 1996 in the First Preliminary Final in Sydney 36 Shaun McManus Testimonial 37 What’s On Special events for the diary 38 A Word From Our Sponsors 39 Member Rewards Great deals for club members 35 43 Membership News In 1996… 44 Wiz Kidz A look back in time to Just for kids with the Wiz what happened 46 Community Development Fremantle’s Community Development Programme gets stronger 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 3, October 2006 Writers: Keith Black, Katie Mitchinson, Daniel Davini. 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After aNother of programs including defensive Steven Dodd likes to let his first outstanding season and driving, health and nutrition seminars, course go down for half an hour on the back of his fourth budgeting and financial seminars, before coming back for seconds All Australian selection, social behaviour training, etiquette training as well as weekly hospital Matthew Pavlich has been visits through Starlight Children’s awarded the Coca-Cola Foundation and hosting the Zero Player of the Year, Fremantle Hospital Bravery Awards. voted by Fremantle’s The group also have the opportunity members and supporters for special visits, and recently went via the club’s web site. to the WA Police Academy to spend Pavlich received top votes a couple of hours deep below one of Fremantle’s best known landmarks. in nine games during the Perched high above the outer wing home and away season, at Fremantle Oval sits the city’s including five best-on- historic gaol and the group took Table tennis is known to be ground honours as voted the opportunity to experience it beneficial for hand-eye coordination by the fans. above and below ground. Led by as well as providing plenty of The Coca-Cola Zero Player Lee Walker, Fremantle’s Welfare entertainment and healthy competition. The latter has certainly of the week competition has been running on fremantlefc.com.au all Manager, they took the tunnel tour proved true in the players lounge at season with fans entering their votes after each round. and somewhat predictably the boys engaged in some shenanigans in Fremantle HQ with all the players Other players to receive the ‘Coca-Cola Zero Player of the Week’ award the darkened passages. Walker and jumping at the chance to prove their multiple times were Jeff Farmer, Shaun McManus and Josh Carr (three young ruckman Warnock teamed dominance on the slick surface. times each) and Ryan Crowley and Michael Johnson receiving top votes up in one of the canoes and subtly Such is the quest for ping pong on two occasions. hooked themselves onto to the canoe supremacy that Paul Hasleby and of Drum and team manager Brent Byron Schammer have snuck in a few Matthew was presented with his award by Tanya McCracken, Sports Dawkins, and let them do all the hard lessons, while the natural instincts Sponsorship and Venue Manager for Coca-Cola Amatil (WA) prior to the work paddling through the tunnels. of Peter Bell, Antoni Grover, Steven first semi final. Congratulations Matthew and thank you to Gold Level It was a leisurely trip for Walker and Dodd, Jarrad Schofield, Brett Peake Sponsor Coca-Cola for their support of this award in 2006. Warnock. It wasn’t until they’d docked and Graham Polak (to name a few) Matthew finished first with 23 votes ahead of captain Peter Bell on 19 after the long paddle that Drum and have made for some classic clashes. followed by Michael Johnson (13), Josh Carr (12), Shaun McManus (12), Dawkins realised why their canoe But late this season their skills were Jeff Farmer (13) and Ryan Crowley (9). was so slow! They’ve promised to get really put to the test when some of one back on the practical jokers and Australia’s best table tennis players we’ll be sure to keep you up to date made a special visit to the club. It was a hectic week for defender job it was to match up on Andrew in future editions of Docker. Current Australian number one, Simon Michael Johnson in the lead-up to the Embley. During the first quarter, Gerada, and the number five ranked round 21 Carlton Mid Derby as he and Dodd was flattened in a marking player, 17 year old Kyle Davis took partner Dayna celebrated the arrival contest and was left dazed on the the boys through their paces. Much of their first child. The proud parents ground. The trainers and physio to the delight of the big contingent welcomed a daughter into the world, staff knew that Dodd could not looking on Hasleby had to swallow albeit a month earlier than expected. continue without a rest on the some of his own medicine as he bench to rid himself of the birds struggled to return the spinning serve circling his head. The tough young of the pros. The visit sparked renewed As the home and away season man returned to the ground and by competitiveness with the players and drew to a close, Robert Haddrill half time Embley had one goal to it is common place to hear the distinct and partner Micaela Grandison his name. As the players made their sound of the bouncing ball late in announced their engagement. way into the change rooms, Dodd Romantic Robert proposed at Kings the evening as extra practise was went straight up to Assistant Coach Mondays are one of the busiest Park on 1 September and described Mark Harvey to ask how he was squeezed in for the upcoming battles! the proposal to team mates saying days at the football club with going. The experienced coach saw a weights session, yoga, zone that he got down on one knee to an opportunity to give the young propose “while I still could”. meetings with assistant coaches, The demands of travel each man an added boost and said, game review, and training all being season is not restricted just to “Embley’s kicked four”. A concerned conducted from morning until the team. Fremantle’s Victorian Des Headland and partner Dodd replied, “!@#*&! I had better evening. But there’s one thing that Cheersquad travelled nearly Chantelle are expecting their third tighten up then”. Maybe there were players and coaches don’t have 11,000km in 2006 to ensure child in the new year. still a few birds flying around. to worry about on Mondays and that there has been a banner and that’s lunch. Each week a loyal support for the team at all games Many happy returns to the and passionate group of Fremantle on the Eastern Seaboard. The group General Manager Football supporters, known to everyone at has travelled twice to Tasmania and Operations Robert Shaw found out club’s property man Pat Watson, the club as the Café Ladies, are Adelaide, and once each to Sydney first hand how all-consuming the who celebrated his 70th Birthday on hand to provide a hot meal or and Brisbane. Of course they also Carlton Mid Derbies can be when on 26 August. It was another toastie for the players. made sure there was a big purple round 21 came around this year. remarkable milestone for Pat, After seven wins in a row, the test who also celebrated 50 years in Here are some of the interesting army present at the club’s games would come against West Coast in football.