Peel Thunder issue writ

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The Peel Thunder Football Club will issue a writ on the WA Football Commision within 24 hours testing thier validity that they have a Licence to compete in the competition next season. It is expected the writ will be served late this afternoon ( WST ) or tomorrow morning.Peel have advised the commision that the writ is forthcoming.BigFooty.com viewers have received the scoop before it will be released around 4pm WST this afternoon. It now remains to be seen if the commission defend the writ or allow Peel to compete next season, which, if happens, will open a pandora's box with the other 8 WAFL clubs who already have voted them out of the competion.

[RacerX]

Go Peel! I hope we can see them in the finals next year.

[Blues_Brat]

I'd be great to see Peel succeed in this. The other clubs are being pig-headed, the future of the game is at stake.. and im not being melodramatic.

Shane Cable has quit the club because there is an unworkable situation, him not knowing the future of the club and this is a pity. Hopefully they can entice him back if all goes well.

[Port Adelaide 1870]

Tell us about this Peel thunder ?
whay are they , how long have they contributed to WAFL, where are they, what is their zone, home ground, history etc ?

would love an update

PA1870

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I would love to know what their jumpers look like as well.


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[Rob]

play on, their jumpers look a bit like the Port pre-season jumper, except their colours are navy and pale blue and white.

They are based in Mandurah, which is about 70 km south of the Perth CBD. They were formed to encompass the rapidly growing Peel region, which now has a population of over 100,000.

They were introduced in 1997, and for the first 3 years, they finished last each year, being on the end of some massive thrashings. However their juniors were competitive, and their 16's won the premiership last year (it might have been the year before). Unlike inner city clubs like Claremont and Perth (who draw their junior base from places a long way away from their home eg. a third of Claremont's colts team comes from Albany), all of their junior zone is actually in the Peel and surrounding areas of Mandurah, Rockingham and Kwinana.

Last year showed signs of improvement by avoiding the wooden spoon, and this year they finished ahead of 3 other clubs.
But despite this dire lack of success, they consistently drew larger crowds than most other WAFL clubs. They usually drew over 2000 to their home games this year, whereas most other clubs struggle to reach 1500. They appear to be making healthy profits, and certainly are a club that has the potential to get 4-5000 a game if in premiership contention. No other club has this sort of drawing potential.

There are a grand total of 8 people in the state that want to see them out of the WAFL. Unfortunately those people are the presidents of the other 8 clubs. Nobody in the media and the public has come out and supported this move. Despite this stark lack of public support, their disgraceful egotistical conduct is continuing.

I hope they win in court and go on to win a flag in 2004. And I hope the costs come out of the pockets of the WAFL clubs. Hell, it might even send a couple of loser inner city clubs that add nothing to the competition to the wall. Let's hope so.

[anchor man]

Listening to the radio talk back shows here it appears that there is a lot of disunity at Peel.Apparently one of the bigwigs at the club is bit of a blabber mouth and the major part of the committee want him gone.This is one of the reasons Cable left as well.
It is to be hoped that they win their court case and can survive.Nine teams I believe is a problem and it appears that mergers are the only way to go to make it an eight team competition.To me the merging teams would be Swan Districts and Perth.Both clubs are financially in trouble and both are struggling on field.It appears to be the logical move.Even former president of Swans John Cooper stated in the paper on the weekend that Swans and Perth must merge to save the clubs.If this does not happen then we will see one or both clubs dissappear,and that would be sad.
To remove Peel would be a step backwards.

[Voice of Reason]

Has anything happened over the Peel thing in recent days? I saw that Bill Monaghan was a sort of interim coach to hold the fort while they fight to stay in the WAFL.

I'd like to see Peel stay in the comp, but it's sad to see it go to court, where the winners will be the lawyers and the losers WA football.

[Rob]

All I know is what's been in the papers. But i'll recount that anyway.

The latest regarding the court case is that it's been set down for mid-November in the federal court. I would think that they are disappointed at that because it keeps the players and staff in limbo until then.
I am also not sure as to whether the WAFC is contesting it. Keep in mind that the parties are Peel Thunder and the WAFC, and the WAFC has given every indication that they want Peel to stay. The only people that want them out are the 8 other WAFL presidents. But it aint the presidents that are going to court. So it's quite feasible that the WAFC won't waste their time and money by contesting it.