Footy to pay its respects

AFL PROMISES CONSULTATION BEFORE FATE DECIDED

TIGERS footballers will wear special jumpers in tomorrow’s Anzac Day clash with Glenorchy that feature the names of men from the Huon, Channel and Bruny Island areas who enlisted for World War I.

Tigers coach Trent Baumeler said the tribute was a way for the club to show respect: “We just want to be respectful and play our brand of footy against some really good opposition as well.”

It will be the second year in a row that the Tigers will wear special jumpers to mark April 25, with a small service to be held at the Twin Ovals before the game starts at 3pm.

“We concentrate on the footy first but obviously we want to play and present ourselves as a club to pay respect to it as well, which is important because it is an important day for our country because of the history,” Baumeler said.

“It is a long bow to draw playing a game of footy compared to what those young fellas went through back in the war ... but we know Glenorchy will treat it with the same sort of respect so it should be a good game.”

With no other live games scheduled around Hobart, Baumeler said it was a great chance for people to come down and experience top-level state league football.

“If you want to watch some live footy it is really good the Twin Ovals is the place to be on Wednesday,” he said.

“The boys are very excited about the opportunity.”

TSL clubs will be given an AFL steering committee briefing paper on the future of the competition six weeks before the June 30 deadline following a meeting with clubs and AFL Tasmania.

Representatives from all seven clubs met AFL Tasmania chief executive Trisha Squires in person or via telephone hook-up at Blundstone Arena.

While welcoming the more collaborate approach — as called for by the clubs — Glenorchy president John McCann said there were still more questions than answers.

“There is still confusion around the process, and no clarity about the review and what decisions have been made,” McCann said.

They have been asked to provide a joint submission on the TSL under the current $1.3 million budget or with increased funding by the next meeting on May 3, which will include AFL state league manager Simon Laughton and possibly other steering committee members.

The TSL clubs have requested a breakdown of the state league’s current $1.3 million budget, given it was originally set up to fund 10 teams.

Clubs had been fearing the largely interstate-based steering commit- tee would make an announcement on their future with no chance of negotiation.

But Lauderdale president Julie Kay said the clubs were strong in their request for consultation on the steering committee’s submissions.

“Thane Brady from North Launceston certainly had a strong view about that and asked if we could have a discussion paper well before hand and they have certainly agreed to do that,” Kay said.

“That’s again another positive from today.

ONE of Tasmania’s most dominant ruckmen and a man who has been a part of football in Tasmania for almost four decades will both be inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame at a gala dinner on June 23.

It’s not William Trethewie 26-year career and 416 games for the Tasmania University Football Club that will see him inducted but rather his work as an administrator for his beloved club, the Old Scholars Football Association and the Sandy Bay Junior Football Club.

Trethewie has filled many roles in the past four decades in football, including being president for both University and the Old Scholars and he has been awarded as a life member for both.

To be inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame is humbling for Trethewie.

“It’s good to see all the names that have gone through it,” he said.

“It’s recognition for administrators and people that help the footballers play the game too.”

“There are lots of people around clubs that do that.”

The late Dennis Powell is also being inducted after a career that saw him play 272 games for Hobart, 14 games for the TFL and represent Tasmania on five occasions

The lanky ruckman from Tunnack in the Midlands tapped down to fellow Hobart greats Burnie Payne and Mal Pascoe for close to a decade and the men known as “the three Ps” helped Hobart to one of its most successful eras.

Powell finished his career with six Best & Fairest for Hobart and played in four TFL premierships, along with a state premiership in 1959 when Hobart defeated Burnie.