Peel Thunder Football Club
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| Names | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Peel Thunder Football Club |
| Nickname(s) | Thunder |
| 2014 season | |
| After finals | 8th |
| Leading goalkicker | Matt Taberner (18 goals) |
| Best and fairest | Brendon Jones |
| Club details | |
| Founded | 1996 |
| Colours | Blue Teal White |
| Competition | West Australian Football League |
| Coach | Cam Shepherd |
| Captain(s) | James Flaherty |
| Premierships | Nil |
| Ground(s) | Rushton Park (capacity: 10,000) |
| Other information | |
| Official website | http://www.peelthunder.com.au/ |
The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League (WAFL). The team is based in Mandurah, Western Australia, with their home ground being Rushton Park. The club joined the WAFL as an expansion team in 1997.
Since the 2014 season, Peel has served as the host club for the Fremantle Dockers of the Australian Football League, an arrangement which will see Fremantle’s reserves players playing WAFL football for Peel.[1]
History
Peel Thunder was formed in 1996 after the West Australian Football Commission (WAFC) granted a ninth licence in the WAFL to the Mandurah-Peel region. The licence was issued on the condition that the club be ready to compete in the 1997 Westar Rules competition. Geoff Miles was appointed as the club’s inaugural coach and Phil Gilbert appointed captain. The Thunder in 1997 won only one game against Claremont in the satellite town of Rockingham and finished last, with Scott Simister winning the inaugural best and fairest, and won only one further game in their next two seasons against East Perth at Perth Oval.
In 2011, Peel Thunder were fined A$10,000 for breaching the league’s salary cap rules.[2]
In the first seventeen years of its existence, to the end of 2013, Peel Thunder won only 69 matches out of 334 played, or a 20.6% winning percentage,[3] one of the poorest prolonged periods in any state-level club's history in Australia. During that time, the club won nine wooden spoons, finished outside the bottom two only twice, and never won as many games as it lost in a season. Its best season during that period was a sixth-place finish with a record of 8–12 in 2008.
In 2014 season, Peel signed a deal to serve as the host club for the Fremantle Dockers of the Australian Football League for at least five years, an arrangement which allows reserves players from Fremantle's AFL list to play senior WAFL football for Peel.[4] In 2015, the second season of this arrangement, Peel reached the finals for the first time in its history, finishing third on the ladder with a record of 13–7.[5]
Club song
The club song was "We are the Thunder", which is a club song for every Peel Thunder home game victory.
Honour board
| Season | Position | Win/Loss | Coach | Captain | Dudley Tuckey Medal | Leading goalkicker |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Geoff Miles | Phil Gilbert | Scott Simister | Scott Simister (27) | ||
| 1998 | Geoff Miles Troy Wilson | Phil Gilbert | Darren Bolton | Scott Simister (31) | ||
| 1999 | Troy Wilson | Scott Simister | Scott Simister | Scott Simister (54) | ||
| 2000 | Shane Cable | Bill Monaghan | Vance Davison | Dean Buszan (32) | ||
| 2001 | Shane Cable | Vance Davison | Derek Hall | David McPharlin (25) | ||
| 2002 | Peter German | Derek Hall | Darren Bolton | Scott Simister (46) | ||
| 2003 | John Ditchburn | Derek Hall | Derek Hall | Derek Hall (22) | ||
| 2004 | Garry Hocking | Brandon Hill | Daniel Haines | Cameron Gauci (40) | ||
| 2005 | Garry Hocking | Grant Welsh | Pat Travers | Justin Wood (29) | ||
| 2006 | Chris Waterman | Grant Welsh | Rory O'Brien | Dean Buszan (44) | ||
| 2007 | Chris Waterman | Grant Welsh | Daniel Haines | Dean Buszan (30) | ||
| 2008 | Chris Waterman | Grant Welsh | Hayden Ballantyne | Hayden Ballantyne (75) | ||
| 2009 | Chris Waterman | Daniel Haines | Ben Howlett | Kain Robins (33) | ||
| 2010 | Trevor Williams | Daniel Haines Brendon Jones | Rory O'Brien | Matthew Battye (27) | ||
| 2011 | Trevor Williams | Brendon Jones | Kristin Thornton | Bradley Holmes (36) | ||
| 2012 | Trevor Williams Mark Moody | Brendon Jones | Brendon Jones | Bradley Holmes (52) | ||
| 2013 | Cam Shepherd | Brendon Jones | Viv Michie[6] | Bradley Holmes (33) | ||
| 2014 | Cam Shepherd | James Flaherty | Brendon Jones[7] | Matt Taberner (18) | ||
| 2015 |
Honours
Club honours
Colts Premierships: (2) 2004, 2005
Individual honours
Sandover Medallists: (2) 2002: Allistair Pickett, 2008: Hayden Ballantyne
Records
- Highest score: Round 11, 2001 – 23.11 (149) vs. Swan Districts at Bendigo Bank Stadium
- Lowest score (official): Round 1, 2004 – 0.0 (0) vs. Claremont at Rushton Park – the team's on-field score of 10.10 (70) was annulled for playing Peter Bird with an invalid permit.
- Lowest score (on-field) : Round 14, 2002 – 1.10 (16) vs Subiaco
- Greatest winning margin: Round 11, 2001 – 71 points vs. Swan Districts at Bendigo Bank Stadium
- Greatest losing margin: Round 3, 1999 – 195 points vs. South Fremantle at Fremantle Oval
AFL draftees
The following is a list of Peel Thunder players who have been drafted to clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Players currently on an AFL list are listed in bold:
| Draft | Pick | Player | Club | Games | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998N | 10 | Hill, BrandonBrandon Hill | West Coast | 0 | 0 |
| 1999R | 2 | Bolton, DarrenDarren Bolton | Fremantle | 2 | 0 |
| 2000R | 49 | Walkingshaw, DaleDale Walkingshaw | Fremantle | 0 | 0 |
| 2001R | 4 | Buszan, DeanDean Buszan | West Coast | 0 | 0 |
| 36 | Haines, DanielDaniel Haines | Fremantle | 16 | 4 | |
| 2002N | 2 | Wells, DanielDaniel Wells | Kangaroos | 224 | 145 |
| 2003N | 4 | Ray, FarrenFarren Ray | Western BulldogsSt Kilda | 205 | 58 |
| 2004R | 5 | Nye, RyanRyan Nye | Adelaide | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Thornton, AshleyAshley Thornton | West Coast | 0 | 0 | |
| 2005N | 20 | Bower, PaulPaul Bower | Carlton | 70 | 5 |
| 28 | Riggio, MattMatt Riggio | Kangaroos | 10 | 0 | |
| 54 | Thornton, KristinKristin Thornton | Sydney | 6 | 3 | |
| 2006N | 2 | Gumbleton, ScottScott Gumbleton | Essendon Fremantle | 35 | 45 |
| 38 | Hawksley, JamesJames Hawksley | Brisbane Lions | 32 | 6 | |
| 47 | Reimers, KyleKyle Reimers | Essendon | 60 | 68 | |
| 52 | O'Brien, BrockBrock O'Brien | Fremantle | 3 | 1 | |
| 2007R | 18 | Chartres, DannyDanny Chartres | Essendon | 0 | 0 |
| 2008N | 21 | Ballantyne, HaydenHayden Ballantyne | Fremantle | 119 | 191 |
| 2009N | 4 | Morabito, AnthonyAnthony Morabito | Fremantle | 26 | 14 |
| 25 | Black, AaronAaron Black | North Melbourne | 50 | 64 | |
| 2010R | 20 | Howlett, BenBen Howlett | Essendon | 117 | 57 |
| 2010N | 2 | Bennell, HarleyHarley Bennell | Gold Coast | 83 | 92 |
| 2011P | 2 | Wilson, BlayneBlayne Wilson | West Coast | 9 | 0 |
| 2011R | 48 | Lawrence, KelvinKelvin Lawrence | Melbourne | 0 | 0 |
| 2012N | 31 | McIntosh, KamdynKamdyn McIntosh | Richmond | 22 | 7 |
| 2014R | 24 | Walsh, BradBrad Walsh | Carlton | 3 | 1 |
External links
References
- ↑ Quartermaine, Braden (31 October 2012). "West Coast and Fremantle will enter WAFL alignments from 2013". Perthnow. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ↑ Peel fined for salary breach - FootyGoss. Written by Mr Dandalooa. Published 24 March 2011. Retrieved 27 July 2011.
- ↑ Peel Thunder - WAFLOnline. Retrieved 17 July 2011.
- ↑ Quartermaine, Braden (31 October 2012). "West Coast and Fremantle will enter WAFL alignments from 2013". Perthnow. Retrieved 9 November 2012.
- ↑ "McDonald's WAFL Qualifying Finals Preview". 5 September 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2015.
- ↑ ‘Michie Voted Thunder’s Best and Fairest’
- ↑ ‘Fairytale Comeback Capped Off for Brendon Jones’
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