Always a joy to receive contributions and feedback to the Lions Roar and as 2009 fades into the past we bring this piece for all Lions and lovers of Lions from Panasonic - uncut and raw - over to the young fellow.
Welcome to the festive season! How quickly the year has come and gone, with many memories, highlights and for some, a few downtimes too.
The pre-season was long, hard and tough work but for many, very beneficial. This can be seen in the transformation of Kyle Humphrey’s, who arrived at Fitzroy Doncaster a very large, country man. Now he has lost 18kg, looks like a tall, country kid who has posted 408 runs with a highest score of 111 including 3 half centuries along the way.
Pre-season had come and gone; anxiousness and excitement were the words to describe player’s feelings for the teams to be read out for round 1. Some happy, some disappointed with where they were allocated. Geelong was conquered, Mash was not too bad, Duckworth made his debut and the Lions sang the song for the first time in 09/10.
Tim Sheehan on fire after rounds 1 and 2, Bremner became ‘Rocky’ after a run in with Hutchison, Robbo hit a hundred in his first 2nd XI match for the year, Sherriff asked coach and captain if it was a joke for selecting him in the First XI to make his debut against Richmond, Dickson made a double ton against Camberwell, only to be upstaged by Porter’s record breaker for the Kangaroos, Maxwell made a scrappy century and took 5 wickets while Sherriff was still searching for his 2 consecutive sixes hit off him in the Jack Dyer Grandstand.
By now, all new players have settled in really well into the club atmosphere, a few additional players have made their way onto the list, without managing to play a game yet.
The birth of Man Well in Traralgon, who has left his mark on many places and broken many hearts.
Marvin Almatrah arrived around the same time Houssam broke his nose in a fielding accident.
Nat Dickson came down to the club around the same time as Nat Vardi followed, stalked and analysed Peter Dickson’s every movement.
Just to make everything clear, these players are not made up nor are they fake, they have real Facebook accounts, add them!
After a few hiccups through the middle part of pre-Christmas fixture, the Lions look to be back on track in all elevens. We look to build on post-Christmas and make finals in most XI’s, with no intention of making up the numbers.
From everyone at Fitzroy Doncaster CC, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and a HAPPY New Year.
Go Lions
Matthew Bremner
Panasonic
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