Dolphins News - July 2014
July 2014
July 2014
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IT is hard to summarise<br />
in a few paragraphs the<br />
trip to Papua New Guinea<br />
last month with the<br />
<strong>Dolphins</strong>.<br />
This was my first trip to our<br />
nearest neighbour and it was<br />
really enjoyable. Some people<br />
raise the prospect of crime<br />
and poverty, however we<br />
never felt threatened and the<br />
people we met were happy<br />
and friendly.<br />
Our base at Kokopo was<br />
really nice and the entire<br />
district is very beautiful,<br />
although we visited Rabaul,<br />
which is 20 minutes away,<br />
and there are still visible signs<br />
of the catastrophe from its<br />
volcano, one of the world’s<br />
most active.<br />
Rabaul was virtually<br />
destroyed in 1994 by the<br />
Tavurvur volcano and there<br />
was a major eruption even last<br />
year.<br />
Our match against the<br />
Hunters drew a full house of<br />
about 6000 and the organisers<br />
could not have fitted anyone<br />
else in.<br />
We played very well,<br />
particularly early in the<br />
match, but a few mistakes<br />
allowed the home side back<br />
into the encounter.<br />
Once the crowd sensed the<br />
tide was turning they spurred<br />
the Hunters on and they<br />
certainly have some points in<br />
them. How they handle away<br />
trips will determine their<br />
season.<br />
We were quite physical in<br />
our approach to the fixture<br />
however the fundamentals let<br />
us down at vital times.<br />
We’re not quite where we<br />
want to be on the table,<br />
however Troy is doing a great<br />
job. He has the players fit and<br />
muscling up in defence.<br />
The Intrust Super Cup<br />
certainly keeps improving in<br />
standard and we are allowing<br />
a few errors to let us down at<br />
crunch times. I would say<br />
there have been three or four<br />
matches that swung on a<br />
critical decision or mistake<br />
that have not gone our way.<br />
★ ★ ★ ★<br />
I COULD not pass up this<br />
opportunity to praise the<br />
decision of Petero<br />
Civoniceva to help us out<br />
this season.<br />
After finishing his rep<br />
career in a blaze of glory at<br />
the World and Pacific Cups,<br />
Petero would be forgiven<br />
for putting his big feet up.<br />
But he answered an SOS<br />
to arms and so far has<br />
turned out in two fixtures. I<br />
thought he played well<br />
against Burleigh in our<br />
victory there in late May<br />
and then he came off the<br />
bench for us against Souths<br />
Magpies late last month.<br />
He will be available to<br />
play for us in between his<br />
league ambassador role and<br />
business and family<br />
commitments. It’s great<br />
that he is able to maintain<br />
his link with our club and<br />
I’m certain all our playing<br />
and coaching staff relish<br />
learning from the great<br />
man.<br />
★ ★ ★ ★<br />
BACK from the early days<br />
of the Leagues Club at<br />
Dolphin Oval, many members<br />
would remember Jim<br />
Hutchings.<br />
I ran into Jim at Bracken<br />
Ridge several weeks ago and<br />
it was great to catch up. A<br />
very popular staff member,<br />
Jim was a long-time bar<br />
manager and top all-round<br />
club servant who also kicked<br />
off the Gumtree Bottleshop<br />
for us before retiring.<br />
He has faced a few<br />
challenges of late, however he<br />
still maintains that cheery<br />
disposition that made him so<br />
popular with members and<br />
staff.<br />
★ ★ ★ ★<br />
ATTENDING junior<br />
football matches always<br />
seems to bring you in<br />
contact with old friends and<br />
acquaintances.<br />
This was the case last<br />
month when I ran into Jim<br />
Husband, an old Redcliffe<br />
junior stalwart whose son<br />
Brad played for the<br />
<strong>Dolphins</strong> and who now has<br />
three grandsons turning out<br />
in the red and white while<br />
Brad is coaching a team.<br />
With so many matches to<br />
cover on a weekend, Jim is<br />
back on the junior<br />
roundabout ferrying<br />
grandchildren around. It’s<br />
great to see another<br />
generation become involved<br />
in our great club and many<br />
family links to the <strong>Dolphins</strong><br />
continue.<br />
Other familiar faces were<br />
Col Richardson, who has a<br />
grandson playing, and Glen<br />
Carter, a former junior<br />
coach whose sons played for<br />
us and who now has a<br />
grandson turning out with<br />
us.<br />
Until next month,<br />
Chairman Bob Jones<br />
PNG trip a real eye-opener<br />
• DOLPHINS Paul Byrnes and Joe Bradley meet<br />
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