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REDCLIFFE LEAGUES CLUBHOUSE NEWS NEWS Dolphins kick off season The Village Motors Redcliffe Dolphins officially kicked off 2016 with all teams from under 6 to the Intrust Super Cup now under way. Formally the season started with a private cocktail party in the gardens adjacent to the sports bar of the Redcliffe Leagues Club. Major sponsors of the Dolphins joined players, staff, life members and special guests at sunset for the Scott Sattlerhosted event. Across the evening, guests heard from Mayor Allan Sutherland, CEO Tony Murphy, general manager – football operations Grant Cleal, head coach Adam Mogg and several of the Intrust Super Cup squad. At the launch, Mr Murphy presented several sponsors with an appreciation gift to acknowledge 10 straight years with The Clubhouse. Milestones marking our long relationships are testament to how local business appreciate the importance of sport in the community. Congratulations to Cooke & Hutchinson Lawyers, Paynter Dixon and Leading Edge Sports on their milestones. It was the first event for new businesses to The Clubhouse group in 2016. Welcomed on board at the event were Redcliffe Smiles (Dolphins Central), Odyssey Gaming and Leaguetek Academy. They join the elite group of businesses that support the senior teams. The evening culminated with Intrust Super Cup squad members being presented with their 2016 jerseys by representatives from The Clubhouse businesses. Sponsors get their hands dirty on grounds THE efforts and involvement of club sponsors cannot be under-estimated. Although financial support from our sponsors is paramount, the Dolphins often have hands-on assistance from sponsors, which enables the club to forge ahead with major projects. Their involvement often makes a huge difference to how quickly change can occur. During the off-season, projects such as the Dolphin Stadium and facility upgrades around the complexes started and some already finished. Ahead of junior games starting last month, The Clubhouse sponsors Tricolour Concreting put down new pathways along the high traffic areas at the junior complex. Coming into the wet season, players and parents will notice the difference when moving between the canteen, dressing sheds, storage areas and toilet block. Paynter Dixon has led the infrastructure works for Dolphin Stadium. Although not quite making season kick-off, the new car park area will be accessible by junior teams shortly after the Easter school holidays. TRY THE NEW BUNNY’S MENU FORMER D is making club. Hunt, w Coast Tita for one NR shifting to 15 seasons A cent appearanc a one-year season. He ma Redfern O centres fo against St in each of Roosters a STUDENTS SWING THE Leaguetek Academy has just finished experiences. its fourth week of course work. In 2015, Jos Based out of the Redcliffe Leagues Club and Redcliffe absences in on District Rugby League Football Club, students attend out of 100 day classes five days a week studying fitness, strength, Fast forwa personal development, sport specific game analysis as of the first fo well as personal skills awareness, testing and aspects of th improvement through specialised programs. Leaguetek. Students have an engaging timetable which sees John Rus them participate in traditional classroom style contacted Ga theoretical sessions with textbooks and laptops for a family outside portion of each day. Redcliffe. Practical classes are held out on the footy field, in Michael Ro the weights gym, swimming at the pool, yoga sessions hours to assist or listening and watching from the sidelines. Redcliffe to en Coaching director Garry Woodford has a team of John said h staff that extends to course provider representatives, elite level coaches, guest speakers, community dream of bein partnership representatives, professional sports stars school as he w and ambassadors Petero Civoniceva and Matt Gillett. Just several All staff have been impressed by the engagement 2016 towards level of students and have already had students during lunch b complete two feedback forms during the four weeks of registering wit study to garner if the students feel the same way about the bulk of his their staff and student involvement. He is a poli An impressive average result of 9 out of 10 in every He loves the area covered was the result. breathe footy. Separate to the positive student feedback about Both stud course content, practical sessions and their Michael Rober understanding of theory content, comparisons have are talking abo been made to their previous study/schooling and how far th 10 — DOLPHINS NEWS, APRIL 2016 Please mention the Leagues News when responding to the advertisements ROU Townsvi Strasser Nicholls Redcliffe Aaron W Zach Stra 9 Shane P 12 Antho 8 Charlie 15 Danny Rustic O McCorma Peter Le Pumipi, 1 BRL Rus Main Mc Randall Colts Le McCorma • RABBITOH Hym
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Interchange: 14 Brandon Lee 15 Danny Bridge 16 Charlie Faingaa 17 Rulon Nutira Rustic Olive player of the match: Shane Pumipi McCormack’s Meats players’ player: Anthony Cherrington BRL Rustic Olive player of the match and McCormack’s Meats players’ player: Christian Hazard Colts Leading Edge player of the match: Sonny Munroe McCormack’s Meats players’ player: Trai Fuller ROUND 3 Dolphins 38 (Tom Opacic 3, Darren Nicholls, Jonus Pearson, Zach Strasser, Luke Capewell tries; Darren Nicholls 5 goals) d Wynnum Manly 6 Redcliffe team: 1 Luke Capewell 2 Jonus Pearson 3 Aaron Whitchurch 4 Jack Ahearn 5 Tom Opacic 6 Zach Strasser 7 Darren Nicholls 8 Sam Anderson © 9 Shane Pumipi 10 Tyson Andrews 11 Harley Aiono 12 Anthony Cherrington 13 Chris Gesch. Interchange: 14 Joe Bradley 15 Danny Bridge 16 Charlie Faingaa 17 Rulon Nutira Rustic Olive player of the match and McCormack’s Meats players’ Player: Sam Anderson BRL Rustic Olive player of the match and McCormack’s Meats players’ player: Christian Hazard Colts Leading Edge player of the match and McCormack’s Meats players’ player: Mitch McPaul Hymel Hunt. el in the hunt olphins junior Hymel Hunt, 22, giant strides at his third NRL ho left Dolphin Oval for the Gold ns’ NYC side in 2011, turned out L fixture for the Titans before the Melbourne Storm for 2014- . re/winger, he made three es for the Storm before signing deal with South Sydney for this de an immediate impact at val, establishing himself in the r the Charity Shield match George, and then scoring tries the first two rounds against the nd Newcastle. INTO LINE eph Stevens had 83 days of unexplained e semester at his high school (that’s 83 s absent). rd to 2016, Joseph has not missed a day ur weeks. He is actively involved in all e course and is a valued member of so found out about Leaguetek and rry Woodford. John was living with his of Roma, a town six hours north-west of berts worked extensively outside class John with accommodation placement at able him to study with the academy. is mum always believed in him and his g an NRL player. John did not finish high as expelled. months later, his attitude and interest in his study is amazing. John stays back reaks to catch up on Cert III work after h Leaguetek two and a half weeks after class. te young man giving 100% in everything. course that is allowing him to live and ents have inspired coaching directors ts and Garry Woodford, who every day ut how personally very proud of them ey have come already. Dolphins pay price for dropped ball THE 2016 season may be only three matches in however we already have witnessed how close the competition is. We were close to victory in both our opening fixtures against Townsville and South-Logan, yet simple dropped ball cost us wins in both cases. The games were tight and I could not fault the effort in defence by the squad. It was great but that alone does not gain a side two points. Early in a season coaches expect dropped ball from collision impacts, but not from simple unforced errors. I emphasised to the players before the Wynnum match that a completion rate of 50% across the opening two games was not good enough and that individuals were not concentrating on catching the football. Simple dropped ball cost us four points and I stated emphatically that no player, including our Broncos contingent, would be immune if this poor habit continued. Thankfully the concentration level was up against the Seagulls and we came home with the two points. I am convinced that we have two really strong squads at the club. The results from our BRL A grade in the preseason competition confirmed my belief as Danny Green’s side ran in 100 points in its opening two matches. We also have a number of players such as Tyson Cleal, Josh Beehag, Dan Randall, John Brady, Curtis Johnston and Evander Cummins on their way back from injury who will make selection very competitive and place pressure on our Q Cup players to perform to their abilities. ★ ★ ★ ★ THE decision to plump for one club captain in Sam Anderson instead of a shared role was a difficult one. I know Luke Capewell has been Dolphins captain for the past couple of years, however Luke has a goal in mind for this season and I thought having less pressure on him would pay dividends. We are now able to keep Luke’s game simple without worrying about outside pressure and on-field decisions so he can produce his best football. Sam might not be a massive talker, however he plays a physical game and maintains a lot of minutes on the paddock. • CAPTAIN Sam Anderson. He has been through the NRL system and leads by example. I know it’s only early in the season, but we have not seen the best of Sam yet and when we do the Peninsula will realise what an asset he is. ★ ★ ★ ★ TEAMS appear to have adapted to the reduction in interchanges from 10 to eight. I found that by round three we were where we wanted to be as regards the change. Players know what sort of game time they are expected to put in, although it does place more pressure on the middle of the park. The major worry is an unexpected injury to your spine ... if injury-free, the interchange is not a major worry. One of the trends that appears to be emerging is that sides are less easily able to bounce back from an energy-sapping opening to games if possession goes against them, as coaches look to preserve those precious changes in case of injuries. And as guys get tired, there is the potential of more dropped ball, which leads to a compound effect, so all the focus remains on ball control. ★ ★ ★ ★ THE sooner the National Youth Competition is gone, the better. AVAILABLE APRIL 4 That might sound harsh, however I have seen at first hand the consequences and realities of the under-20s format. The code would be much better off devoting its funds and development to the second tier competitions in Queensland and New South Wales. There is very little redeeming about the NYC, which places too much pressure on kids on their supposed pathway to the NRL. They are coming out of school at 17, promised the world by clubs and start to think they are very close to playing NRL. The reality is, and statistics show it, that very few make it to the rarified air of the NRL. The kids are not learning life lessons in the NYC and after one or two seasons have the rug pulled out from underneath them with nothing to fall back on. The second tiers like the Queensland Cup offer a higher standard of football with an opportunity for the teenagers to work, study for a degree or undertake an apprenticeship. They also can stay close to home instead of moving thousands of kilometres away. The reality is that the jump from under 20s to the QCup is big and the jump from QCup to the NRL is an even bigger jump. The thing about the NRL is that it’s all about hard work and the hardest workers make it anyway. There always will be a small percentage of teenagers who make the immediate elevation to the NRL via their natural ability, however that is not the case with the huge majority of players … and the numbers don’t lie. I note that fellow Intrust Super Cup coaches David Simpson of Mackay and Northern Pride’s Joe O’Callaghan, who both roll out sides loaded with raw under-20 talents, have also taken aim at the NYC. They claim the players think they’re ahead of the Intrust Super Cup and are not prepared to grind out results. 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