Dolphins Digital News - October 2015

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.
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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
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Phone
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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
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