Dolphins Digital News - October 2015

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To win the cash though, you don’t actually have to pick which horse will win the race. You just have to be lucky enough to pick a horse in the first place. If your name is drawn, you can pick any horse on the display in the community gaming room and win the fantastic cash prize attached to it. You will have a chance to get involved every Saturday afternoon in October between 2pm-5pm. Simply head on over to our community gaming floor to get yourself involved. Every $20 turnover that you generate while your membership card is inserted into a gaming machine will gain you automatic entry into the draw. Six lucky winners will then be Refer a friend for a reward YOU know you’ve discovered something great when the first thing you want to do is tell all your friends about it. You want to show them just how amazing your new discovery is, so they can experience all the wonderful benefits that you did. You are rewarded for your kindness by watching the expression of delight on your friends’ faces as they discover for themselves just why you think what you’ve found is so great. Here at the club, we want to reward you with even more than priceless facial expressions. We hope that our club is something that you are proud of and excited to share with your friends, which is why we want to give you a reward for doing so. Every time you encourage one of your friends to join up as a five-year member of drawn over the course of the afternoon for a chance to pick their favourite horse. It’s a race where no one loses, so make sure you check it out for your chance to win. Terms and conditions do apply. Head to www.redcliffeleagues. com.au for all the details. Carols provide cheer WE’VE had quite a few different Voice Your Talent themes throughout the year. There’s been country and western, rock anthems and even hits of the 70s. But none of these themes can compare to everyone’s favourite, Christmas carols. The seasonal theme not only increases our excitement for the holiday to come, but it also brings everyone together for a prolonged festive season that inspires the joy of Christmas in all of us. What’s even more special sure you take the opportunity First place won’t be the about this edition of Voice to get in a bit of practice only one to receive a cash Your Talent is that the winner before the heats start on prize though, as second will discovered by this competition October 20. take home $500 and third will will get to perform to a live crowd at this year’s Carols by There will be six weeks of win $200. Candlelight. heats, which will be followed We can’t wait to discover It’s the perfect opportunity by the semi-finals and final. your hidden singing talents. to show everyone your hidden Not only with the lucky You can pick up a registration talent and bring an extra winner get to show off their form for the heats from element of excitement to the talents at the carols, they will reception. night. also receive a fantastic cash Terms and conditions do Warm-ups for this round prize of $1000 for their efforts apply, so head to our website begin on October 7, so make and bravery. to find all the details. *conditions apply the club, both you and your friend will receive 500 points on your membership card. This is equivalent to $5 for you to spend anywhere in the club. Perhaps you want to share a cup of coffee with your friend to celebrate their new membership, or maybe you want to save it up and put it towards a meal for a special occasion. The choices are endless. There has never been a better time to introduce your friends to the benefits of being a Redcliffe Leagues Club member. The offer is available for five-year memberships and will only be offered for a limited time, so make sure you take advantage of it while you can. Terms and conditions do apply, so make sure you check out our website for all the details. 2 — DOLPHINS NEWS, OCTOBER 2015 WHO JOIN VOTED A FRIEND FOR LESS FOR ENTERTAINMENT? 5 YEARS TODAY Please mention the Dolphins News when responding to the advertisements
Reunion touches hearts Premier Grade competition, Congratulations go to the QRL has named its best Dolphins pair Luke Capewell team from players in its first and Anthony Cherrington for 20 years. their honours at the QRL An experienced panel awards night. In good news looked over the two decades for fans, Anthony has been of names and records to re-signed for next season. choose a 17-man side and ★ ★ ★ ★ coach. To be eligible for SPORTS fans should get selection, players must have along to Dolphin Oval this played a minimum of 75 month for one of the games. highlights of the year. That meant past Dolphins The annual Arthur such as Troy Lindsay (270 Beetson Foundation Murri games), Michael Roberts Rugby League Carnival will (253), Danny Burke (219), be staged on Dolphin Oval Shane Perry (218) and Liam from October 1-4. Georgetown (1247 points, The four-day smoke and including 107 tries) all came alcohol-free event attracts into consideration. thousands of patrons to The panel gave special watch matches in open consideration to longevity, men’s open women’s and playing in the ISC in their under 15 grades. peak, representative selection Apart from the great and those who fall in line with football on show, NRL values. entertainers Troy Cassar- Six past Dolphins were Daley and Archie Roach will named in Ryan Cullen, Perry, grace the event. Roberts, Lindsay, Burke and ★ ★ ★ ★ Luke Scott. I WAS not able to attend ONE of the real highlights of the year for us was hosting our 1965 premiership players and their wives to celebrate their 50th anniversary. The club hosted a lovely dinner and evening, then next day the couples were our guests at a home Dolphins game. What a great bunch as they were very, very appreciative for what we put on for them and quick to give credit for their success elsewhere, away from themselves. A really moving moment was when the 1965 players came down to the dressing sheds and presented the current team with the same coloured jerseys they wore. There was the odd tear in the eyes for the older gentlemen while the current boys got to see what it meant to the former premiership boys. It was a real pleasure to spend time with these former players who are all very humble men. It was great to hear about big George Gledhill, who had a reputation for throwing opposition players around the field. George said he never started any trouble but as one teammate quipped, “but you always finished it”. On a tour of our facilities they were amazed at what was on offer in the weights room, ice baths and medical treatment. One 1965 veteran said he was sent home wrapped in a bandage with soda powder to treat a swollen ankle. That compares with today’s almost immediate MRI, specialist attention and keyhole surgery that can have players on their feet within days. The 1965 team vice-captain John Treeby gave us some insight into their incredible year and really emphasised the role former champion captain-coach Ken McCrohon had played in laying the foundations with a lot of these men in the preceding years. • TREVOR ‘Chippy’ Harken presents the No. 4 jersey to fellow centre Tom Opacic. John praised Ken’s contribution and gave him credit for the basis on which first grade football in our great club is built. On an interesting note, it was a little sad to see Ken’s grandson Sam Obst announce his retirement as a player, just short of his 35th birthday. Sam has had an outstanding career with the Dolphins in all his junior days, culminating in him playing in our first grade grand final in 1999. He was then recruited by the Roosters in Sydney before playing many years in the UK. He returned to Australia, playing with the Northern Pride and winning last year’s inaugural national second tier final over Penrith. The weekend was voted by many as good as they have had at the club and I found the entire event a great time and at times very moving. In a very sad post-script, the club learned of the passing of Keith Welsh, a member of our first A grade premiership squad, a week after the reunion. Keith lost his long battle with cancer and his effort to attend was remarkable. For Keith to make it to the reunion speaks volumes about the man, he was obviously not well but he just wanted to see his mates one more time and say his goodbyes. It was very emotional to witness. Keith was the 56th player in first grade for the Dolphins since the club entered the Brisbane A grade in 1960. In 1962, he was a member of the Dick “Tosser” Turner coached premiership-winning reserve grade side that defeated Valleys at Lang Park. In round 18 that season against Brothers, Keith had his first taste of first grade when Ken McCrohon brought him off the reserves bench. In total Keith played 45 first grade matches in the then maroon and white jersey, crossing for 16 tries. Following his retirement from playing Keith wasn’t lost to the club, managing a number of teams in various grades during the 1970s. ★ ★ ★ ★ SEVERAL announcements reiterated the fact that rugby league is a contact sport. Hot on the heels of Jon Green retiring came the same decision by Trent Richardson. Jon had a couple of great seasons with us but retired immediately after a head knock against Easts Tigers in round 23. It was third time this season he had suffered a head knock, causing the veteran frontrower to consider his playing future. Jon, 30, was an ideal club man on and off the paddock, leading our young pack and will be missed by everyone involved with the club. With a young family and trying to establish his business, he decided the risks weren’t worth it and the Dolphins support that decision and wish him all the very best for him and his family in the future. Hard man Trent also has been forced into retirement following a neck injury he received against Wynnum Manly late in the season. The tough lock was involved in a heavy collision and was left motionless on the Kougari Oval turf. A cornerstone of the pack, Trent was seen as a vital cog under new coach Anthony Griffin for the next few seasons. I saw Trent play for Norths Colts a few seasons ago and was keen then to lure him to Dolphin Oval. Unfortunately he was on a Broncos deal, however in the end he did come to Redcliffe and his ability to do a lot of the hard grind and tidying up around the ruck was much admired. I was also disturbed to hear former Dolphin and current Broncos under 20s fullback Paul Byrnes suffered a season-ending knee injury. Paul, who turned out with us last season, has undergone a full knee reconstruction after receiving the injury trying to save a try in the Broncos’ qualifying final loss to North Queensland last month. ★ ★ ★ ★ THERE have been accolades for some of the best Dolphins players of the past two decades. Celebrating 20 years of its Why we chose Harcourts to sell our Home Jenny was very professional in the handling of selling our property, always on time, always cordial. always with a smile. Jenny said she would get the best price for us, she did and more. We would highly recommend Jenny to anyone who wants to sell their property. Jenny once again a big thank you! – Tierney & Paul With regard to presentation, courtesy, returning calls immediately, promptly answering queries or checking all details of purchase and liaison between myself and solicitors, I have no hesitation in recommending Trent Cattanach to any prospective buyers or sellers, as he has attended to my purchase with complete satisfaction. – Darryl B Phone today for an Award Winning Harcourts Sales Person for your FREE, no obligation Appraisal of your home. Phone 3283 4699 Great to deal with, prompt with all correspondence & phone replies. I have dealt with a lot of Real Estate people and Sam is in the top bracket. Calm, informative and not pushy. Great Sale Person! – Sean Remedios Very approachable, helpful and accommodating. Easily contactable & always returned calls in a timely manner much unlike many real estate agents we had met in the past & during our recent search. – Corey & Harmony Barnes After carefully choosing our Agent, we listed our property with Steve Hart. Steve held an open house the fi rst Saturday after we listed our house and he secured a contract the very next day. We were impressed with Steve’s professionalism and the way he made himself available whenever we needed information regarding the entire process. Highly recommend Steve to any prospective client. – Reg & Gail Connolly the September 11 unveiling of stage two of the Bee Gees Way. By all media reports and word of mouth, the day with Barry Gibb present was one to remember for the thousands of Redcliffe residents and visitors who turned out. Dolphins CEO Tony Murphy tells me from firsthand experience of a great atmosphere at the seafront on the afternoon and how knowledgeable Barry was about the Peninsula. Unfortunately he didn’t have time to come back to the Leagues Club, but he did say how keen he was to land merchandise for his grandchildren in the US state of Florida. He thought it was great that the Redcliffe football team was the Dolphins and the NFL team in Miami was the Dolphins as well. Until next month, Chairman Bob Jones 143 Sutton St, Redcliffe www.harcourtsredcliffe.com.au FREE Brake Check • Exhausts • Brakes • Shocks • Towbars • Vehicle Servicing • Tyres (New & Used) • Wheel Alignment 208 Anzac Ave, Redcliffe Q. 4020 Phone (07) 3283 1000 Please mention the Dolphins News when responding to the advertisements GET ITS-UNAUSTRALIAN.COM.AU 500 POINTS EACH TO SPEND DOLPHINS NEWS, OCTOBER 2015 — 3
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