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NAIDOC Round in the WAFL has become one of the most looked forward to events every season and it takes on greater significance for Swan Districts because of the club's history of Indigenous players and work done with the youth both locally and throughout the Pilbara.
People often say ‘a picture paints a thousand words’. From the expressions on the children’s faces captured in the photo above, those words would be ‘ecstatic’, ‘delighted’, ‘elated’, ‘joyous’ and 996 similar descriptors of happiness.
AN Albert Dean goal after the siren in the reserves saved Swan Districts from returning from Mandurah winless against Peel Thunder in all three grades on Saturday.
SWAN Districts has lost its past two matches but has won its previous two against Peel Thunder and will look to make it three on Saturday in Mandurah to consolidate fourth position on the WAFL ladder.
FREDDIE Clutterbuck never expected any favours in 2018 despite being a former teammate of the new Swan Districts coach and while he didn’t mind being made to earn a league spot, he hopes he can hold on to it now for the rest of the season.
IT hasn’t always been the smoothest ride for Todd Banfield since returning to Swan Districts after six years in the AFL system, but he has now settled into a role as a small forward he is comfortable with and his main focus is on applying pressure on the opposition.
DESPITE a healthy crowd of over 3000 people in attendance, it wasn’t a day to remember on Saturday for Swan Districts with Subiaco leaving Steel Blue Oval victorious in all three grades.
According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS), 15.2% of students do not complete high school. This figure increases to 37.6% for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander students.
SWAN Districts is fresh off the bye and back home to take on Subiaco at Steel Blue Oval on Saturday with the black-and-whites attempting to be the first team to beat the Lions in the 2018 WAFL season.
COREY Gault has enjoyed being released from holding down the ruck at Swan Districts so far in 2018 but now an ankle injury to Nathan Blakely means he will be asked to do that against Subiaco and he's looking forward to Swans taking it right up to the Lions.
