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SOUTH Fremantle has had to wait an extra week but will look to begin its 2018 WAFL season in style on Saturday against Subiaco at Fremantle Community Bank Oval.
South Fremantle has reached preliminary finals the past two years and the Bulldogs are looking to further improve on that now in 2018.
After the opening round bye, the quest to do that begins on Saturday against Subiaco at the port with the twilight bouncedown time of 4.15pm.
SOUTH Fremantle has put together two strong WAFL seasons reaching two preliminary finals but coach Todd Curley knows for the Bulldogs to take the next step they need to start being able to deliver when it matters most against powerhouses like Peel Thunder and Subiaco.
Having not played finals between 2012 and 2015, South Fremantle became a top team again by 2016 in Curley's second season at the helm as coach.
They finished both the 2016 and 2017 seasons in second position at the end of the home and away campaigns. In 2016, they went on to thrash West Perth in the qualifying final before losing to Subiaco in the second semi-final and then Peel Thunder in the preliminary final.
HAVING returned home last year and being prepared to give up his AFL dream to be nearer his sick brother, Jarrod Garlett returned strongly to South Fremantle in 2017 and couldn’t be happier to now be back in the big time at Carlton and to have had that same brother there to cheer him up.
Garlett was initially taken at selection No. 15 by the Gold Coast Suns in the 2014 AFL Draft and went on to play 17 games over the next two seasons, looking on track to build himself a strong career in the big time.
But family came first. His brother was dealing with some serious health concerns and he just couldn’t bring himself to remain living over the other side of the country while that was happening.
THIS time last year Tim Kelly was preparing for another strong WAFL season with South Fremantle and was a father of one, now all of a sudden the father of three is preparing for his AFL debut with Geelong and it's hard to imagine anyone more deserving.
Kelly came through the ranks at South Fremantle and was part of a successful colts team as a talented junior. He was able to quickly translate that into becoming a regular league player with the Bulldogs by the second half of the 2012 season.
He continued to improve year on year with it a surprise that he hadn’t been put on an AFL list by the time the 2017 season started. But by the finish of last season, Kelly could no longer be ignored having had a simply brilliant season in a Bulldogs team that reached a second straight preliminary final.
South Fremantle Football Club are delighted to announce the re-signing of Strzelecki Group as a Premier Partner for a further 5 years.
Strzelecki Group located in Stirling Highway Nedlands have proudly been partners with the Bulldogs since 2010 and the recent re-signing will see this relationship continue until at least 2023.
Chairman Greg Poland has been a long-time supporter of the Bulldogs and has a long history of community involvement in Western Australia.
IT will be the start of a new era at the South Fremantle Football Club in 2018 with the club's longest-serving captain Ryan Cook deciding to stand down and taking over will be Dylan Main with the Bulldogs' leadership group having been decided.
Cook will continue his 138-game career with the Bulldogs in 2018 as he closes in on earning life membership go along with his two WJ Hughes Medal and being a state representative six times, but it won't be as captain.
It brings to an end a remarkable run as skipper for Cook who joined the Bulldogs in 2011 from Collingwood. After that initial season where he claimed the fairest and best award, he was appointed captain in 2012 and remained in that role up until the end of 2017.
THE Shire of Meekatharra has excelled in the 2017 Western Australia’s seventh annual Local Government Children’s Environment and Health Policy Awards receiving a commendation for the Environments Promoting Physical Activity category.
The Children’s Environment and Health Policy Awards are presented annually by the Public Health Advocacy Institute of WA, showcasing local government’s progress in creating environments that protect and support the health of children.
The Shire of Meekatharra’s mentoring and promotion of sport in the community has won a commendation in the Environments Promoting Physical Activity category. A partnership formed with the Stephen Michael Foundation offers role modelling and highlights future opportunities to young people through sports.
REIGNING Sandover and WJ Hughes Medal winner Haiden Schloithe has put aside the disappointment of missing out on returning to an AFL list by recommitting to South Fremantle and re-signing with the WAFL club for the next two seasons.
Schloithe is coming off an outstanding WAFL season with South Fremantle that saw him end up winning the Sandover Medal, the WJ Hughes Medal, be part of WA's historic state game victory over the VFL in Melbourne and be named to the wafl.com.au Team of the Year among other achievements.
He brought up his 100th WAFL game with the Bulldogs in the process and the 24-year-old was seen by many as a great chance to get a look in at AFL level in 2018.
THE South Fremantle Football Club has released its Annual Report and Year Book for 2017 to coincide with the Annual General Meeting held at Fremantle Community Bank Oval on Monday December 4.
The Annual Report and Year Book is the official publication produced by the South Fremantle Football Club to commemorate the 2017 WAFL season with all the information any Bulldogs sponsor, member and support requires.
The Annual Report and Year Book includes official reports from President Haydn Raitt, CEO Tom Bottrell, League Coach Todd Curley, Reserves Coach Paul Litherland, Colts Coach Mark Foster, Captain Ryan Cook, Football Manager David Depane, Talent Manager Jason Pedulla, Past Players & Officials President Ray Van Burgel and Treasurer Sal Capolingua.
