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Lucky Lottery Winners - Week 4

Monday, May 19, 2014 - 3:41 PM

Congratulations to the following members who won in our fourth Lucky Lottery draw!

Frank Foster - 427
Jim Regan - 977
John Wilson - 1268
Craig Cumming - 277
Geoffrey Cole - 229


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Round 9 Preview v Peel Thunder

Friday, May 16, 2014 - 4:27 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle enters Saturday's clash with the winless Peel Thunder on a three-game winning streak and fresh off the bye, and a win at Bendigo Bank Stadium could see the Bulldogs move into the top-four heading into the WAFL State game.

A team not having won in 12 months up against one fresh and on a three-game winning streak might not ordinarily be a clash to look forward to, but Saturday's contest in Mandurah between Peel Thunder and South Fremantle looms as a fascinating one.
South Fremantle started 2014 slowly losing its first four matches but then turned things around with the Bulldogs scoring impressive wins over West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont.
That saw the Bulldogs improve to a 3-4 record before the bye last weekend and now they could head into the State game on 4-4 and potentially even be in the top-four depending on other results.
Peel has not won a game yet in seven attempts this season but has not been thrashed in any game with its biggest loss being by 35 points against Swan Districts and that was a game that it actually led by 34 points early in the third quarter.
The Thunder's average losing margin is only 21 points so they are competitive without being able to get over the line and that was never more evident than last Sunday.
Peel was terrific for most of the day at Arena Joondalup against West Perth, particularly in the second quarter, and led by 42 points at half-time.
The Thunder were still 30 points in front at three quarter-time and 17 points to the good heading into time-on in the final quarter, but somehow the Falcons kicked three goals to win by a point.
Peel has now not won since beating East Perth at Bendigo Bank Stadium in Round 10 last year. It is a streak stretching 18 matches.
Peel doesn’t have any players in the WAFL's squad to play the NEAFL next Saturday in Sydney, but South Fremantle does with Haiden Schloithe, Ashton Hams, Ryan Cook and Ben Saunders all looking to continue their strong form to book a place in the WA team.
Schloithe has been in outstanding form in the midfield and is also a goalkicker, Hams has controlled the games he has played across half-back recently, Cook is a hard-running ball magnet leading the way for the Bulldogs and Saunders has kicked 13 goals in his last three games.
Key defender Dylan Ross could consider himself unlucky to not be in the squad so far and another strong showing against a tall Peel key forward such as Matt Taberner, Jack Hannath, Craig Moller or Michael Apeness might rocket him into calculations.
South Fremantle was in outstanding form prior to the bye last week having won three straight matches and as a result coach Paul Hasleby has little need for changes.
Paul Mugambwa remains out of the line-up while James Sellar should be better for the run against Claremont prior to the bye coming back from a knee injury and now with an extra two weeks of training.
Kris Miller and Alistair Gillespie are both fighting to come back into the South Fremantle league team and Mitch Banks is a chance to make his debut, but it looks most likely that the Bulldogs will take on Peel with an unchanged line-up from the side that beat the Tigers by 64 points.
The Thunder will lose Tom Sheridan to Fremantle from last Sunday's team that went down to West Perth by a point, but Peel should once again have a strong line-up at its disposal.
Dylan Winton also goes out of Peel's team but while Garrick Ibbotson and Matt Taberner have been named as outs, both are expected to play with the Thunder and not the Dockers again this week.
Peel should also be strengthened by the return from Fremantle of Clancee Pearce and Hayden Crozier with Toby Gianatti, Aiden Field, Brennan Gillam and Tom Vandeleur all in the mix to play after solid form in the reserves.
Captain James Flaherty is likely to return after missing the game against West Perth and his reward likely is the defensive job on 2012 Bernie Naylor Medal winner Ben Saunders.
RESERVES TEAM
T Bairstow, M Banks, T Bennell, M Bolger, S Borovac, J Branchi, M Carter, A Collica, A Galiano, A Gillespie, M Gundry, J Hall, L Harvey, B Hill, K Hogan, T Kelly, J Maskos, B Matera, K Matera, K Miller, S Mills, J Pantano, J Parry, M Russell, B Sokol, T Stewart, Z Strom, J Symmans, J Tartaglia, B Verrier, M Walley
COLTS TEAM
D Cabassi, B Colbung, J Culleton, J Depane, B Donaldson, J Dragovich, B Fimmano, J Florenca, J Foster, M Grubelich, O Ham, B Kersten, C Loersch, J McComb, G McLeod, J McMaster, B McPhail, J Mirco, D Moore, A Nodari, L Pearson, C Salmon, N Strom, B Truss, S Williamson
By Chris PikeSOUTH Fremantle enters Saturday's clash with the winless Peel Thunder on a three-game winning streak and fresh off the bye, and a win at Bendigo Bank Stadium could see the Bulldogs move into the top-four heading into the WAFL State game.

A team not having won in 12 months up against one fresh and on a three-game winning streak might not ordinarily be a clash to look forward to, but Saturday's contest in Mandurah between Peel Thunder and South Fremantle looms as a fascinating one.

South Fremantle started 2014 slowly losing its first four matches but then turned things around with the Bulldogs scoring impressive wins over West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont.

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Bewy's Banter – Shaun Bewick Column Round 9

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 5:44 PM - by Shaun Bewick

GROWING up myself and Rohan were always naturally going to play at West Perth and we became the fourth generation in our family to play there, but we both now are creating our own paths at South Fremantle and my twin brother at the Brisbane Lions in the AFL.

I guess playing football was always going to happen given the way we grew up in such a strong football family.
Some of my earliest memories were when dad (Corry) was captain-coach at North Beach and it's amazing the connections you make. There was always another kid hanging around with me and Rohan, and it turns out that it was Brock Higgins and now I'm playing with him here at South Fremantle. We became really good friends and now 18 or 20 years later we are playing in the same team.
From early on, I remember always being down at the footy club with dad and I think it was a natural that me and Rohan would end up playing footy. Dad had finished at West Perth before I can remember anything about his time there, but as soon as I started taking any slight interest in footy, because of my last name it all revolved around uncle Darren from what he did at Essendon. I really picked up the love of the game from watching him play in the AFL.
We didn’t get attention because of the Bewick name at school so much, but in community footy we obviously were recognised for being Bewicks. Dad was our coach in the juniors, but a lot of people would tease us about ending up playing at West Perth because we are Bewicks and stuff like that. It didn’t happen so much at school and it wasn’t until we got into playing colts football at West Perth that Bewick factor really came about where focus came on to us because of our surnames.
Dad has been involved in football his whole life. He played 128 games for West Perth and kicked 195 goals. He was coach of our Kingsley team for a long time, he coached at North Beach, he coached out at York for a while and was coach of the West Perth 16s for five years before finishing up there the same year that I finished at West Perth. From when I was about 12 to almost 20, he was always my coach or helping with my footy in some way.
He would still come down to senior training a couple of times a year to do some goal kicking work with Anthony Tsalikis and a few of the other forwards. He would always have some form of involvement one way or the other. He is a life member at West Perth and was always welcome around the club in the early stages of my career there.
Dad's connection started early. His mum has been a West Perth supporter just about her whole life and her husband Ron played 115 games for West Perth, played in the 1960 premireship and was involved in a premiership after he stopped playing, and was on the board and a state selector. He had a lot to do with footy so that's where Nan got that from. Even her dad was Joe Brooker who was the coach of the 1942 premiership team. If you put it that way there have been four generations of Bewicks down at West Perth.
Some guys at West Perth knew about dad and saw his name on the locker and everything, but obviously Darren was the most famous member of the Bewick family. Everyone watched AFL and knew him from that and I loved watching him play for Essendon as well. I am very happy that the red hair didn’t pass on to us, though, he can keep that. He and Glen, another of my uncles, is a red head so we are grateful that it missed a few of us.
Glen even ended up coaching East Perth there for a while. I was still playing colts at the time and he was pretty close to getting the West Perth job when Bill did, but he ended up coaching East Perth. There wasn’t any strange feelings in the family about him coaching the enemy. We were all happy for him to get the chance to coach at that level, I know dad was happy for him, and he got the job after a really good performance coaching the colts. That helped him get his foot in the door at Freo so it was good for him.
I actually only just found out that he also played a season for East Perth in the reserves so maybe he had a bit of blue and black in his blood. Putting all that into it, I don’t think anyone worried about him coaching East Perth given he had already pulled on their jumper.
At the moment, dad is still working for North Melbourne as a scout after doing it for Essendon a long time before that. Glen works for St Kilda as a scout and has been doing that for a couple of years now. Their other brother Richard is also a life member at North Beach and he was my colts coach there, and is still involved in coaching. And Darren is still the coach of the Eastern Rangers in the TAC Cup. So they are all still involved in footy and probably always will be.
When myself and Rohan first got down to West Perth, we were lucky to be top-aged colts so we got to play three years of colts but it both took us a while to adjust. In our first year we didn’t play a game and I ended up playing a game before him. It took us until the last four games of our second year to finally get a colts game so it started very slowly for us. Then the year after as top-aged colts we found our footing a bit more. Then the last month of that year we played a few games in the reserves and from there, Rohan made his debut in Round 1 of 2009 when I was emergency.
Rohan broke his leg that year so he missed a fair bit of footy, but I managed to play four league games later in the year including the final we lost to Swan Districts. I then played 12 games in 2010, but Rohan had a really good year and ended up getting drafted after doing well at the state screenings. He was drafted by Gold Coast and then they swapped Jared Brennan with Brisbane so that's how he ended up there. I still had another year at West Perth after he was drafted, but at the end of 2011 I moved to South Fremantle.
I am still at South Fremantle and he is obviously still at Brisbane Lions so I guess you could say we are building our own reputations outside of West Perth now. In 2012, he probably had his best AFL season and he's now chalked up his 50th game this year and I had a good year in 2012 as well in my first season at South Fremantle. I am up to 56 WAFL games now and he is up to 52 AFL games so since he left for Brisbane, we have ended up playing around the same amount of games at senior level. He just obviously is getting paid a lot more to do it than I am though.
In 2010, we played 10 matches in the league team at West Perth together which was good. Mum and dad enjoyed that chance to watch us together and now it's been a few years since they have been able to do that.
Mum has been to watch a lot more of his games than dad does. She seems to get all the little trips over to Brisbane. She went over to see him last week for Mother's Day. Dad probably gets over to watch him two or three times a year, but mum might go five or six times. After my last game against Claremont, the second it finished they drove home to Joondalup to watch the start of Rohan's game on TV. They do their very best to watch both of us still. Rohan's games definitely take priority for mum.
There's no doubt I would like to play with Rohan again before we finish up. Hopefully Rohan has plenty of years left in the AFL, but he seemed to have his niche spot under Vossy and doesn’t seem to have that anymore under Leppitsch. He is out of contract this year so we will wait and see if he gets another deal at Brisbane or another club.
If he ends up back in WA and out of the AFL, I obviously would love to have him join me at South Fremantle. We probably are missing that type of marking forward player so he would fit in very well in our team and would be a very handy player to have. It's not something I have thought a lot about until now, but I'm sure mum and dad would love to see us play together again. They might want it more than we do, but we would enjoy it as well.
By Shaun BewickGROWING up myself and Rohan were always naturally going to play at West Perth and we became the fourth generation in our family to play there, but we both now are creating our own paths at South Fremantle and my twin brother at the Brisbane Lions in the AFL.

I guess playing football was always going to happen given the way we grew up in such a strong football family.

Some of my earliest memories were when dad (Corry) was captain-coach at North Beach and it's amazing the connections you make. There was always another kid hanging around with me and Rohan, and it turns out that it was Brock Higgins and now I'm playing with him here at South Fremantle. We became really good friends and now 18 or 20 years later we are playing in the same team.

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Lucky Lottery - Week 3

Wednesday, May 14, 2014 - 11:15 AM

Congratulations to the following members who won in our third Lucky Lottery draw!

Margaret Redpath - 973
Paul Vasoli - 1201
Guilio Mosca - 844
Anna Kristancic - 654
Dom Ricci - 994

Draw 4 will commence on Friday 16th May.

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Bulldogs finding strong form after slow start

Saturday, May 10, 2014 - 5:47 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle has now won three straight matches for the third time under coach Paul Hasleby, but for the first occasion it has happened at a point where the Bulldogs can capitalise on it.

In South Fremantle's last two years under Hasleby, it has started slowly and then played catch up the whole way through and despite strong finishes on both occasions, the Bulldogs never seriously threatened to make finals.
Finals looked a mile off after four games of 2014 with South Fremantle losing all four against Subiaco, Perth, East Perth and Swan Districts, but things have quickly turned since then with three straight wins over West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont.
South Fremantle now has the bye this week and is a real chance of levelling its ledger at 4-4 with a clash against the winless Peel Thunder following the break.
Hasleby deserves a lot of the credit for the turnaround with South Fremantle as well.
Following a 75-point loss to East Perth, he threw things around including moving Ashton Hams and Adam Guglielmana into the defence, veteran defender Craig White into the forward-line along with usual half-back Mitch Carter.
The result has been Hams playing outstanding football setting up play from half-back and Guglielmana is playing some of the best football of his career as a small defender.
Meanwhile, up forward White is now playing as South Fremantle's main lead-up target and is doing it tremendously having taken 25 marks in his four games as a forward, and kicking seven goals.
Meanwhile, Carter has been playing as a defensive forward and working hard in that role, but has also chipped in with four goals the past two weeks.
Hasleby has also added Toby Bairstow into the midfield to good effect, Brock Higgins has been outstanding in the ruck, Haiden Schloithe has been the form player in the competition, key defenders Nick Borovac, Dylan Ross and Zac Strom have been outstanding, and youngsters Tim Kelly, Jacob Martinez, Marlon Pickett, Brendan Verrier and Steven Verrier have stepped up.
Bairstow did a couple of run-with roles when he first came into the team and limited the influence of Shane Nelson in particular against West Perth keeping him to 13 possessions, while he has found plenty of the ball himself averaging 18 disposals a game.
Higgins has been called on to be the No. 1 ruckman after James Sellar went down injured with a knee and he has been outstanding after joining from East Perth in the off-season.
Schloithe was a little quiet against Claremont having been closely tagged by Corey Yeo, but he still kicked two goals and in the three weeks before that racked up 102 possessions including four goals in the win over East Fremantle.
Down back, Borovac, Ross and Strom have often been oversized but have battled hard as key defenders and the rewards are starting to come with the Bulldogs only conceding 27 goals the past three weeks against the Falcons, Sharks and Tigers.
On top of that, Martinez, Pickett, Kelly and Brendan Verrier are building on the form that they started to show in 2014 while Steven Verrier has been a welcome return from the AFL.
It hasn’t been all smooth sailing with 301-game veteran Kris Miller having spent the last four weeks in the reserves and racking up 113 possessions the last three weeks, but that has shown that no favourites are being played and that nobodies position in the team is safe with the Bulldogs desperate for a first finals appearance since 2011.
By Chris PikeSOUTH Fremantle has now won three straight matches for the third time under coach Paul Hasleby, but for the first occasion it has happened at a point where the Bulldogs can capitalise on it.

In South Fremantle's last two years under Hasleby, it has started slowly and then played catch up the whole way through and despite strong finishes on both occasions, the Bulldogs never seriously threatened to make finals.

Finals looked a mile off after four games of 2014 with South Fremantle losing all four against Subiaco, Perth, East Perth and Swan Districts, but things have quickly turned since then with three straight wins over West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont.

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South Fremantle Team of the Modern Era - Defenders

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 8:37 PM - by Chris Pike

IN THE build-up to the South Fremantle Football Club announcing its Team of the Modern Era on Saturday May 31 we will be taking a look at the players in the running and here are the defenders who have been considered.

A competition will be held where members of the public can predict their team and whoever gets the closest to picking the final 24 players will receive a signed South Fremantle Football Club jumper from the 2014 season.
The winning entry will be announced on Tuesday June 3 following the event on the Saturday night and then the Foundation Derby with East Fremantle at East Fremantle Oval on Monday.
You can submit your list of 24 players you believe will be selected in the Team of the Modern Era from 1987 onwards two ways – by submitting it on the club's Facebook page (www.facebook.com/southfremantlefc) or on email at bulldogs@sffc.com.au.
To be eligible for the team, a player must have played at least 50 games for South Fremantle between 1987 and 2013.
Now it's time to have a look at the defenders.
Tom Bottrell played 200 games with the Bulldogs after making his debut in 1992 and was a key player in the 1997 premiership team.
He continued his strong family history with the South Fremantle Football Club and his final game in Round 18, 2003 fittingly saw him reach the 200-game mark for his career.
He also played for Western Australia in 1999.
Cliff Collard began his career with South Fremantle in 1986 and won the fairest and best award in 1990.
He was also named on the interchange of South Fremantle's Indigenous Team of the Century.
Paul Duffield is a 2005 premiership player at South Fremantle and has played 77 with the Bulldogs mostly as part of the defensive unit starting in 2004 and most recently in 2012, but he has become a permanent member of the back-line with the Fremantle Dockers.
He has now played 140 matches with Fremantle including the 2013 losing grand final to Hawthorn at the MCG.
David Gault arrived at the club from York and made his league debut for South Fremantle in 1996 going on to amass 211 matches before retiring following the losing grand final of 2007.
He played in the 1997 premiership team and then was the only player to back up to play in the 2005 triumph where he became a premiership captain.
Jaymie Graham might have been the best ruckman in the WAFL by the 2009, but back in 2005 he was the centre half-back of the Bulldogs' premiership team.
He made his debut in 2002 and went on to play 105 games for South Fremantle before his retirement was force just seven rounds into the 2011 season after a horrific knee injury.
At that time, he was not only the dominant ruckman in the WAFL but the best player in the competition at that time following a brilliant 2009 season and 2010 campaign before also suffering a knee injury.
He was also the WA ruckman in 2009 in the drought breaking win over South Australia and prior to that, played 37 matches in various roles in the AFL for the West Coast Eagles.
Kyle Hams came into the South Fremantle league team for the first time in 2005 and up until the end of 2010 played 106 matches firstly as a small forward, but then as one of the best one-on-one defenders in the competition and also a creative force setting up play.
He then finished his career with three seasons and 61 matches at Swan Districts, including playing WA's drought breaking State game win over Victoria in 2013. In that time, he continued to be the prime small defender in the WAFL.
Roger Hayden is a 2005 premiership player at South Fremantle and played 59 matches all up with the Bulldogs between 2000 and 2009.
He made his name in the AFL with Fremantle, though, as one of the most creative defenders in the competition during his 128-game career.
Josh Head made his debut for South Fremantle in 2002 and played 121 matches before retiring during the 2012 season.
He was known for his trademark long-kicking left-boot and his dashing runs off half-back down the wings and through the middle, but he was also underrated for his defensive prowess.
He missed the 2005 premiership, but was part of the 2009 team that had a defensive unit unrivalled in recent memory in the WAFL.
Head also represented WA in 2011 and was twice listed by the Fremantle Dockers and ended up making his AFL debut in 2008 going on to play nine matches.
Sam Hunt was the full-back in that 2009 premiership team having arrived at South Fremantle from Geelong to start the 2008 season.
He also played for WA in 2008 and went on to play 59 matches for South Fremantle before returning home after 2010. As well being good defensively, he was outstanding creatively coming out of the back-line with good foot skills.
Glen Jakovich began his career at South Fremantle in 1989 and went on to play 51 matches up until the end of 1991 at the Bulldogs including being the club's leading goalkicker in 1990.
However, it was with the West Coast Eagles where he became one of the country's best ever centre half-backs during his 276-match AFL career that began in 1990, and including the 1992 and 1994 premierships, four-time best and fairest winner and being a two-time All-Australian.
He has also since been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame, and the West Australian Football Hall of Fame as well as representing WA on nine occasions.
Hayden North made his debut with South Fremantle in 2002 and ended up playing 155 matches mostly running off the half-back line.
He played in the 2005 premiership team, but heartbreakingly was the player who made way for Jeff Farmer in the 2009 team. He responded by being best on ground in the reserves premiership of the same year much to his credit.
North also played twice for WA before the man affectionately known as 'Pope' retired before the end of 2012. Had it not been for chronic hamstring and soft tissue injuries, he likely would have surpassed the 200-game tally with South Fremantle.
John Porter made his league debut in 1990 and went on to play 191 matches for South Fremantle including the 1997 premiership.
He also played four times for WA with the first time coming in 1992, won the club's fairest and best award in 1996.
Craig White made his league debut in 2004 and played in premierships with the colts and reserves before cementing a senior berth as a small forward by the 2005 premiership.
However, by the time the Bulldogs won the 2009 premiership he was one of the best and most creative half-backs in the WAFL and that is where he has played the majority of his 164-game career.
He has also been a terrific leader and continues to be a strong contributor to the South Fremantle team at either end of the ground.
Peter Worsfold made his debut in 1987 and went on to play 156 matches for the Bulldogs and was the 1997 premiership captain with 31 AFL matches thrown in there as well with the then Brisbane Bears starting in 1990.
He also played twice for WA starting in 1994 and continued to be a fine servant at South Fremantle until retiring following the 1999 grand final loss to West Perth.
The Team of the Modern Era function will be held at the Griff John Function Centre at Fremantle Oval on Saturday May 31. It commences at 7.00pm with tickets available at bulldogs@sffc.com.au or on (08) 9335 1555.
DEFENDERS IN THE MIX FOR TEAM OF THE MODERN ERA
Tom Bottrell
Cliff Collard
Paul Duffield
Ned Fimmano
David Gault
Jaymie Graham
Kyle Hams
Roger Hayden
Josh Head
Sam Hunt
Glen Jakovich
Hayden North
John Porter
Shaun Tinsley
Craig White
Peter Worsfold
By Chris PikeIN THE build-up to the South Fremantle Football Club announcing its Team of the Modern Era on Saturday May 31 we will be taking a look at the players in the running and here are the defenders who have been considered.

A competition will be held where members of the public can predict their team and whoever gets the closest to picking the final 24 players will receive a signed South Fremantle Football Club jumper from the 2014 season.

The winning entry will be announced on Tuesday June 3 following the event on the Saturday night and then the Foundation Derby with East Fremantle at East Fremantle Oval on Monday.

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Young Talent on Display!

Tuesday, May 6, 2014 - 1:39 PM

AS SOUTH Fremantle's senior players take a well-deserved break this weekend our young guns take to Patersons Stadium this Sunday at 11:40am in the curtain raiser match to the Eagles and the Greater Western Sydney Giants. 

After a thrilling one-point victory last weekend over Claremont at Fremantle Oval, our top-of-the-table colts side will be challenged by the WA State 16s team.

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Bulldogs dominate Tigers for third straight win

Monday, May 5, 2014 - 9:16 PM - by Chris Pike

SOUTH Fremantle beat Claremont for the first time since 2009 at Fremantle Oval and did it emphatically to the tune of 64 points for a third straight WAFL victory.

South Fremantle started the 2014 season slowly with four straight losses, but there was enough good signs against Subiaco, Perth and Swan Districts that things weren’t too far away from clicking.
And now that has happened over the past three weeks with victories against West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont with Saturday's 17.13 (115) to 8.3 (51) thumping over the Tigers the pick of the performances at Fremantle Oval.
Not only was it South Fremantle's third straight win for the season heading into the bye and then a clash with the winless Peel Thunder, it was also the first time that the Bulldogs have beaten Claremont in 10 attempts since their last premiership year in 2009.
Jacob Martinez was best afield for South Fremantle and played the best of his 34 WAFL matches finishing with 31 possessions, 13 marks, five clearances, seven inside-50 entries, four rebounds from the defensive 50 and two goals.
Captain Ryan Cook was again outstanding with 28 possessions to go with 10 inside 50s, five clearances and six marks.
South Fremantle's back-line again stood up led by Adam Guglielmana who finished with 27 possessions while Dylan Ross had 24 to go with 13 marks while also keeping Claremont's ruckmen when forward quiet with help from Zac Strom.
Nick Borovac was again rock solid defensively holding Jack Richardson goalless while Ashton Hams had 22 possessions despite a close tag from Matthew Goyder.
Brendan Verrier also finished with 26 possessions, Steven Verrier 25, Shaun Bewick 21, Toby Bairstow 20 and ruckman Brock Higgins 17 to go with 20 hit outs, four clearances and four marks up against Mark Seaby, Mitch Andrews and Darcy Cameron.
South Fremantle's forward-line also proved potent with Ben Saunders kicking four goals and two each to Josh Pullman, Mitch Carter and Craig White to go with his 19 possessions, nine marks and five inside-50 entries.
Haiden Schloithe still contributed two goals from 14 possessions despite the tight tag of Claremont's Elliott Yeo.
South Fremantle got the first goal of the game through Martinez and never trailed at all the rest of the afternoon in a commanding performance.
The Bulldogs' pressure was good all over the field including making it hard on Claremont's defence to get the ball out and that resulted in the second goal to Saunders, and then the veteran White kicked truly from a terrific set shot to make the score 3.2 (20) to 0.
Claremont did get its first goal shortly after, but again Saunders handballed off to White for his second goal and the Bulldogs led by 20 points at quarter-time.
Claremont had its best quarter in the second term and kicked four goals, but South Fremantle held firm with goals to Martinez, Saunders and Josh Pullman still making sure the Bulldogs led by 16 points at the main break.
The game certainly wasn’t over at half-time, but it didn’t take long in the second half for South Fremantle to stamp its authority.
Carter booted the first goal of the second half to stretch the lead to 21 points and then it was 27 after a goal to Adam McIntosh, 33 after Pullman's second and then 41 when Schloithe ran on to a ball in the goal square and scissor kicked it through for a goal.
The Bulldogs were in control leading by 36 points at three quarter-time and then booted six goals to two in the final term to end up winning by a massive 64 points.
It was a final quarter for the highlight reel as well with Saunders taking a big pack mark before kicking his third goal where he did a full 360 spin in the air.
Things didn’t go to plan for South Fremantle's reserves, though, with Claremont running out 17.15 (117) to 4.13 (37) winners.
Kris Miller worked tirelessly for the Bulldogs with another 41 possessions, six inside 50s and a goal with Traye Bennell booting two goals from 21 disposals.
Lewis Harvey also racked up 33 disposals, Billy Collier 27, Ben Sokol 23, Joe Pantano 22, Matt Gundry 21, Jayden D'Vauz 21, Jakeb Tartaglia 18, Matthew Nicholson 18 and ruckman Myles Bolger 18 to go with 29 hit outs and six marks.
South Fremantle's colts recorded a thrilling one-point victory over Claremont finishing up winning 11.10 (76) to 12.3 (75).
Cameron Loersch booted another four goals for South Fremantle to now have 25 for the season in seven matches.
Brandon Donaldson also kicked two goals for the Bulldogs with Braden Fimmano picking up 26 possessions, Corey Salmon 22 and Luke Pearson 20.
SOUTH FREMANTLE 4.2 7.5 11.8 17.13 (115)
CLAREMONT 1.0 5.1 6.2 8.3 (51)
SOUTH FREMANTLE – Goals: Saunders 4; Pullman, Martinez, Carter, White, Schloithe 2; McIntosh, Sellar, Pickett.
Best: Martinez, Guglielmana, Cook, Ross, White, Higgins, B Verrier, S Verrier.
CLAREMONT – Goals: Bradshaw 3; Neates 2; Taylor, Seaby, Cameron.
Best: Blackwell, Yeo, Bradshaw, Aitchison, Goyder.SOUTH Fremantle beat Claremont for the first time since 2009 at Fremantle Oval and did it emphatically to the tune of 64 points for a third straight WAFL victory.

South Fremantle started the 2014 season slowly with four straight losses, but there was enough good signs against Subiaco, Perth and Swan Districts that things weren’t too far away from clicking.

And now that has happened over the past three weeks with victories against West Perth, East Fremantle and Claremont with Saturday's 17.13 (115) to 8.3 (51) thumping over the Tigers the pick of the performances at Fremantle Oval.

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Colts Report - Round 7

Monday, May 5, 2014 - 3:08 PM - by Arthur Maskos

WITH top spot on the WAFL colts ladder up for grabs this week, the battle between the two best-performing colts sides over the past three seasons produced a battle worthy of the occasion.

Both squads were tested with no fewer than 17 players called away for state duties. This gave coaching panels of both clubs the opportunity to see some of the younger inexperienced members of their programs.
Congratulations to Daniel Cabassi, Kyle Hoskins, Owen Ham and Callum McGuinness for making a memorable debut - they will definitely have a story to tell in remembering their first game of colts football.
The quality of the game may not have been to the usual standard but it was definitely a full blooded effort from all players that took the field.
The last minute come from behind win was inspiring as the South youngsters kept their composure to claim their position atop the premiership ladder.
The one-point win is just a reward for their efforts as they all played a part in the win.
South Fremantle was unable to capitalise on its early ascendancy and went in at quarter-time with a slender lead.
The second quarter went in similar fashion until Claremont seized the momentum and finished strongly, scoring easily late in the first half and opening up a substantial lead.
An inspired third term produced the best of the game as the Bulldogs were able to close down the Claremont runners. The ball winning ability of Corey Salmon and Luke Pearson gave our running players in Joel McComb and Braden Fimmano a chance to move the ball deep into the forward-line.
Cameron Loersch at full-forward finished with four goals and was again the focal point. His efforts along with those of ruckman Daniel Moore and rover Jake Florenca gave the Souths boys a four-point lead going into the last quarter.
The diminutive Brandon Donaldson gathered the crumbing ball well around the goals in the last quarter and gave Souths the opportunity to stay within striking distance.
The willingness of both sides ensured a close contest and much of the passion that was shown by the players cost both teams dearly as undisciplined acts crept into the game. With the game slipping from its grasp, South Fremantle was able to keep its composure and stick to the team game plan.
An inspirational mark and run through the middle of Fremantle Oval by Owen Ham set up a thrilling finale.
As the Claremont side tried to slow down play and retain possession, the Bulldogs were able to place them under enormous pressure and force a skill error and an undisciplined act which gifted Brandon Colbung a 50 metre penalty and the opportunity to kick the winning goal.
Joyous celebrations followed as the players gathered to celebrate a stunning comeback. It was definitely the closest win of my time in the colts program and it was pleasing to see all involved enjoy the spoils. The elation on the players' faces after the game will always stay in my memories.
Arthur Maskos
SFFC Colts CoachWITH top spot on the WAFL colts ladder up for grabs this week, the battle between the two best-performing colts sides over the past three seasons produced a battle worthy of the occasion.

Both squads were tested with no fewer than 17 players called away for state duties. This gave coaching panels of both clubs the opportunity to see some of the younger inexperienced members of their programs.

Congratulations to Daniel Cabassi, Kyle Hoskins, Owen Ham and Callum McGuinness for making a memorable debut - they will definitely have a story to tell in remembering their first game of colts football.

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Small Talk – Ashton Hams Column Round 7

Friday, May 2, 2014 - 9:46 PM - by Ashton Hams

AS TWINS, myself and Kyle obviously grew up playing footy together, won two flags together here at Souths and now I can think of no better way to finish up playing with him down at Busselton, but before that I have some unfinished business.

We grew up in Katanning and being a small town all we really did was play cricket, football and basketball. Mum and dad did a bit of driving around for us, but we had a great time growing up. Even going to primary and high school, having a twin is good because if you have no friends you can always talk to each other. We enjoyed growing up in Katanning as young blokes. Everything was revolved around sport and we did everything together.
There obviously was a few little punch ups as well, but we haven’t had one for a while. The Sony caused a lot of them and there were quite a lot of them in the backyard. The last one would have been somewhere around 2006 or 2007 when we had a night game at Fremantle Oval. We had a punch up at home before that and then had to come down, and play on the same team.
I turned up with a bit of a cut lip and he had a bit of a bruise around his eye, but for the life of me I can't remember what started it. There was a bit of tension in the rooms before the game, but it was fine once we were out there. I think the boys clicked on to what happened pretty quickly and being the way we both are, I don’t think anyone was surprised.
We both came up to Perth to live straight out of high school. We worked a couple of months down in Busso first and then came up to live together along with a young bloke Tyson Lee who played a bit of footy at East Perth. He played a few league games and he lived with us and so did another chick from Busso. We were pretty lucky to live with those two and it worked out well with the four of us moving up from Busso to Perth, and we were all there for each other.
We played colts together at South Fremantle in 2004 and lost our grand final, but the year before we spent a year playing against men in Busso and we felt that really helped us develop. To then come up playing against blokes our own age was a bit easier. We lost our colts grand final, but then in 2005 it was our first year playing league footy together and ended up winning a flag.
It was an awesome team to break into. We had Whitey there as well so all three of us were playing up forward at that stage. There were some really good players there with us like Matt Clucas, Ryan Webb and Evan Hewitt, and we learnt so much off those experienced blokes.
My first year going down back was 2006 and then Kyle came back there as well in 2007 as did Whitey. We had good times all playing there together and it was probably better there because we could switch to each other and get our stats up. It was good to learn to play forward and back early in our careers, and if you can play those two positions there's less chance of getting dropped.
By 2009, the back-line we had was pretty special. I haven’t seen much better and in that grand final team we had Sammy Hunt, Josh Head, Chris Bossong and then there was obviously Kyle, myself and Whitey. We all worked so well together, knew how each other played and it was an awesome to be part of.
That was definitely the highlight of my career. It was a bit different than 2005 when were still really young, but by 2009 we felt more a part of it, and we had a pretty good week.
I ended up getting drafted by the Eagles shortly after that and it was fairly hard not just on myself and Kyle, but for the family as well. Mum and dad had to be pretty happy for me, but very disappointed that Kyle didn’t get picked up as well. It was a tough couple of months there and we were still living together. He didn’t take it too well, but in the end you look at the positives and he now is a fully qualified sparky earning good money with a family, and I'm still trying to build myself a career on bugger all.
We are twins and play exactly the same, and he is a little bit taller. He definitely deserved an opportunity especially considering he probably played even better than me even in that 2009 grand final even though I got the Simpson Medal, but it has worked out pretty well for both of us in the long run.
He moved to Swans in 2011 and then the last couple of years when I came back to play at Souths there were a couple of times where we played against each other and it was just weird. The first time it was when we were still living together and I didn’t like it, and I don’t think he liked it either. It was very weird going to the same game to play against each other. There wasn’t much said during the game and I didn’t try to go to him, and he didn’t try to come to me. We tried to avoid each other really and get on with the game, but he did get a bit lippy there when Swans were up and on their way to winning. It had to be done, but neither of us liked it. 
We are still close today. We talk three or four times a week and I actually just got back from Busselton on the weekend. I went down to watch him play in Collie and he was up here to watch us play a couple of weeks ago. We actually now are closer than the years we actually lived together up here in Perth. He now has a couple of little boys and I love being around them as their uncle. It's always good to go to Busselton and relax a bit, and look after the boys.
I love spending time with his boys and the best thing about being an uncle is that you can give them all the lollies and chocolates, and leave. It is awesome though. He is a good dad and Lisa is a good mum, and they have a nice little family going there. They are loving living in Busselton. I'm happy just being an uncle and it's awesome watching his boys grow up.
Our parents have played a massive part in both our lives. They kept coming up to watch us play together at Souths when they were living in Busselton before we ended up at different clubs, and in about the first five years they only missed about two games. They did a lot of kilometres and were supporting us all the way through. It's just awesome to have good parents like that especially coming from the bush, and when they drove us around when we were younger. It's a pretty big job and they would have done anything for us. I think they enjoyed coming to watch us play up at Souths as well and most of the time ended up three-quarters pissed.
Kyle is now playing down at Busselton and I see myself ending up down there with him at some stage for our last chance to play together. I'd like to think I have another three or four years left here first and then we can both retire down there playing together. Before that, though, it would be nice to get one more flag up here and then one down there with him. We might be able to sit in the forward pocket together again which would be nice.
By Ashton HamsAS TWINS, myself and Kyle obviously grew up playing footy together, won two flags together here at Souths and now I can think of no better way to finish up playing with him down at Busselton, but before that I have some unfinished business.

We grew up in Katanning and being a small town all we really did was play cricket, football and basketball. Mum and dad did a bit of driving around for us, but we had a great time growing up. Even going to primary and high school, having a twin is good because if you have no friends you can always talk to each other. We enjoyed growing up in Katanning as young blokes. Everything was revolved around sport and we did everything together.

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