www.ntnews.com.au Wednesday, August 21, 2013. NT NEWS. 45 PUB: NT NE- WS- DA TE: 21-A GE: 45 C LO- R: C M Y K ntnews.com.au l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l l SPORT Districts hope to fill spots TWO-TIME NTFL premiers Southern Districts will vote on their future direction to- morrow night. The club’s second annual general meeting in a month aims to fill vacant roles in the presidency, vice- presidency, treasurer and secretary positions — some- thing that was not done at the first meeting. Crocs coach Shannon Rusca expects a number of people to nominate for the roles the second time around. ‘‘I know the positions will be filled this time,’’ he said. ‘‘The club will be in good hands now and into the future, there is absolutely no doubt about that.’’ The agenda of the meeting includes voting in constitut- ional changes and electing a full new committee. Rusca said sorting out the administrative changes was the last piece in the jigsaw in preparation for the 2013-14 NTFL season. ‘‘Our focus had never shifted from the training track and getting ready for the first Premier League game against Nightcliff,’’ he said. ‘‘Our playing depth is terrific with several good kids coming through the strong junior ranks.’’ Several club stalwarts who contacted the NT News last night are hoping a long- term Districts person takes over as club president. Official seniors pre- season training began on August 7 and is continuing on Tuesday and Thursday nights at Norbuilt Oval, behind Freds Pass cricket ground. — GREY MORRIS Pies ad $20k black mark COLLINGWOOD Football Club has paid a $20,000 fine after the Australian Compe- tition and Consumer Com- mission accused it of mis- leading advertising. The consumer watchdog issued two infringement notices over an ad where the club claimed a three game membership and guernsey would cost ‘‘only $20’’. But the ACCC said the real price was $120 over six months and the ad — which was emailed to 90,000 sup- porters and appeared in the Herald Sun in May — failed to display the total mini- mum price. The club paid $20,400 for the two infringement notices the ACCC issued. ACCC Chairman Rod Sims said while the ad re- ferred to a payment plan in fine print it did not state the full price. ‘‘Consumers should know the real price of goods and services so that they are able to make informed pur- chasing decisions,’’ he said. A Collingwood spokes- man said that the club ‘‘acknowledged fault but without intent’’ and also promised the ACCC to edu- cate staff about the rules on advertising. Question of substance AUSTRALIAN RULES A MEMBER of the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal says ASADA had told him that the AOD-9604 anti-obesity drug, central to the supplements saga at Essendon, was not a banned substance. The Bombers are under in- vestigation from ASADA re- garding their use of supple- ments in 2012 and skipper Jobe Watson has admitted in a television interview he took what he believed to be AOD- 9604, but he felt he hadn’t bro- ken any anti-doping rules. Sports medicine specialist Andrew Garnham said yes- terday he had asked ASADA in February this year about the status of AOD-9604 in his capacity as a member of the AFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal. ‘‘I was inquiring, so there was some clarification as to where the matter might be heading,’’ Garnham told Fox Footy’s AFL 360 program. ‘‘The advice that I had at that time was that AOD-9604 was considered under section S2 of the anti-doping code and was regarded as not pro- hibited. I’m aware that other people within the AFL had been in contact with ASADA. ‘‘I’m not sure exactly what time period.’’ Asked if AOD-9604 was a prohibited substance accord- ing to ASADA when he in- quired in February 2013, Garnham said: ‘‘At that point in time, no. There was some discussion with people in the AFL and also at that stage I’d been in contact with members of the Essendon Football Club.’’ Essendon confirmed they were seeking a delay to the AFL Commission hearing due for Monday. The AFL and Essendon have been in negotiations over the hearing. Senior coach James Hird, club doctor Bruce Reid, as- sistant coach Mark Thomp- son and Bombers football manager Danny Corcoran will have their hearings de- layed beyond next Monday. Garnham said he had as- ked ASADA to clear up whether AOD-9604 was a ban- ned substance under Section S0 of the WADA code. ‘‘The advice was it had been considered under S2 (as not prohibited) and therefore effectively S0 did not come into play,’’ he said. Experienced stars and young guns key for Thunder By GREY MORRIS SKIPPER Cameron Ilett says selective recruiting and development of young players are priorities if Thunder wants to play finals football next year. Ilett and his teammates have a rare September off this year to contemplate. A lowly seventh-place fin- ish — Thunder’s worst end to a NEAFL campaign — was a bitter pill to swallow. But the dual club best and fairest, Syd Guilford Trophy winner and NEAFL best and fairest can see some light at the end of the tunnel. ‘‘I’m disappointed in the fact our potential was a lot greater than our end result,’’ Ilett said. ‘‘But there is a lot of good in the way we developed young players who will be better for the experience like Baydon Ngalkin, Nakia Cockatoo, Neil Vea Vea and the Riolis (Ben and Shannon) are starting to come into their own. ‘‘Jack Musgrove and Dean Staunton are others with big futures at the club.’’ Ilett said the fine line between developing players and remaining competitive was always going to be a tough assignment. ‘‘But look, we’ve developed a lot of players and that’s been one of the club’s objec- tives,’’ he said. ‘‘I also believe if we have our best team out on the park every week and they apply themselves, any- thing is possible.’’ The loss of key backmen Jason Roe, Shaun Tapp, Shannon Rusca, Willie Kossack, Kieren Smith and Damien Williams left a hole Thunder was never able to fill. ‘‘Justin Buegelaar is only a young bloke and he had a fan- tastic season down back, but he had some injuries along the way, including ankle and knee problems,’’ Ilett said. ‘‘Selective recruiting, find- ing some talls for the back half and hopefully players from the NTFL coming through the grades will be priorities for us.’’ Ilett will be back in a Thun- der jumper next season. ‘‘I’m super keen to go around with the club next year,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a quality program that is producing some really good things for the Territory on and off the field, and I still want to be a part of it. ‘‘We need to learn from this year, and hopefully come back better and stronger in 2014.’’ Aaron Davey (centre) with brothers Russell (right) and Alwyn, wearing Palmerston club jumpers in 2007 Picture: MICHAEL MARSCHALL Tribute to proud Demon who gave rivals hell of a time By BRUCE MATTHEWS MELBOURNE caretaker coach Neil Craig recalled the concern generated by lively forward Aaron Davey in pre- game planning. As Adelaide coach, Craig would assign one of his best defenders — Davey’s fellow Territorian Andrew McLeod — to the task against the dan- gerous Demon. ‘‘Probably the greatest re- spect I can give Aaron is that Andrew always used to stand him,’’ Craig said. ‘‘There was a reason for that, it’s called talent on tal- ent. I used to enjoy watching those guys go head to head.’’ Craig will be in charge when Davey plays against Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Saturday before a home game against the Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium on Sunday week drops the curtain on a grand career of 178 AFL ga- mes and 10 years with the De- mons. While Melbourne have started talks to offer Davey a mentoring role next season, he hasn’t ruled out trying to extend his career at another AFL club. ‘‘The mind and body is tell- ing me no. But I’ll sit down and weigh up all the options. I can’t put a finger on what I want to do,’’ he said. Davey said he wanted ‘‘to clear my head’’ and discuss his future with his family. He described the offer for next year as ‘‘a massive show of respect’’. ‘‘I don’t think we can poss- ibly get any lower, but I have a great feel that this club is going to be where it deserves to be and that’s back up top. ‘‘We’ve got the right people in place, starting from Peter Jackson (chief executive) down to all my teammates.’’ Davey paid tribute to for- mer Melbourne coach Neale Daniher, now West Coast’s football operations head, for giving him his AFL start off the rookie list in 2004. ‘‘Until you’re in this pos- ition, you never realise the opportunity I’ve been given by the Melbourne football club. To come from Darwin and to know I’ve got brothers all over Australia is some- thing I’ll always remember.’’
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Districtshope tofill spotsTWO-TIME NTFL premiersSouthern Districts will voteon their future direction to-morrow night.
The club’s second annualgeneral meeting in a monthaims to fill vacant roles inthe presidency, vice-presidency, treasurer andsecretary positions — some-thing that was not done atthe first meeting.
Crocs coach ShannonRusca expects a number ofpeople to nominate forthe roles the secondtime around.
‘‘I know the positions willbe filled this time,’’ he said.‘‘The club will be in goodhands now and into thefuture, there is absolutelyno doubt about that.’’
The agenda of the meetingincludes voting in constitut-ional changes and electing afull new committee.
Rusca said sorting out theadministrative changes wasthe last piece in the jigsawin preparation for the2013-14 NTFL season.
‘‘Our focus had nevershifted from the trainingtrack and getting ready forthe first Premier Leaguegame against Nightcliff,’’ hesaid. ‘‘Our playing depth isterrific with several goodkids coming through thestrong junior ranks.’’
Several club stalwartswho contacted the NT News
last night are hoping a long-term Districts person takesover as club president.
Official seniors pre-season training began onAugust 7 and is continuingon Tuesday and Thursdaynights at Norbuilt Oval,behind Freds Pass cricketground.
—GREYMORRIS
Pies ad $20kblack markCOLLINGWOOD FootballClub has paid a $20,000 fineafter the Australian Compe-tition and Consumer Com-mission accused it of mis-leading advertising.
The consumer watchdogissued two infringementnotices over an ad where theclub claimed a three gamemembership and guernseywould cost ‘‘only $20’’.
But the ACCC said thereal price was $120 over sixmonths and the ad — whichwas emailed to 90,000 sup-porters and appeared in theHerald Sun in May — failedto display the total mini-mum price.
The club paid $20,400for the two infringementnotices the ACCC issued.
ACCC Chairman RodSims said while the ad re-ferred to a payment plan infine print it did not state thefull price.
‘‘Consumers should knowthe real price of goods andservices so that they areable to make informed pur-chasing decisions,’’ he said.
A Collingwood spokes-man said that the club‘‘acknowledged fault butwithout intent’’ and alsopromised the ACCC to edu-cate staff about the ruleson advertising.
Question of substanceAUSTRALIANRULES
A MEMBER of the AFL’sAnti-Doping Tribunal saysASADA had told him that theAOD-9604 anti-obesity drug,central to the supplementssaga at Essendon, was not abanned substance.
The Bombers are under in-vestigation from ASADA re-garding their use of supple-ments in 2012 and skipperJobe Watson has admitted ina television interview he took
what he believed to be AOD-9604, but he felt he hadn’t bro-ken any anti-doping rules.
Sports medicine specialistAndrew Garnham said yes-terday he had asked ASADAin February this year aboutthe status of AOD-9604 in hiscapacity as a member of theAFL’s Anti-Doping Tribunal.
‘‘I was inquiring, so therewas some clarification as towhere the matter might beheading,’’ Garnham told FoxFooty’s AFL 360 program.
‘‘The advice that I had atthat time was that AOD-9604was considered under sectionS2 of the anti-doping code andwas regarded as not pro-hibited. I’m aware that otherpeople within the AFL hadbeen in contact with ASADA.
‘‘I’m not sure exactly whattime period.’’
Asked if AOD-9604 was aprohibited substance accord-ing to ASADA when he in-quired in February 2013,Garnham said: ‘‘At that point
in time, no. There was somediscussion with people in theAFL and also at that stageI’d been in contact withmembers of the EssendonFootball Club.’’
Essendon confirmed theywere seeking a delay to theAFL Commission hearingdue for Monday.
The AFL and Essendonhave been in negotiationsover the hearing.
Senior coach James Hird,club doctor Bruce Reid, as-
sistant coach Mark Thomp-son and Bombers footballmanager Danny Corcoranwill have their hearings de-layed beyond next Monday.
Garnham said he had as-ked ASADA to clear upwhether AOD-9604 was a ban-ned substance under SectionS0 of the WADA code.
‘‘The advice was it hadbeen considered under S2 (asnot prohibited) and thereforeeffectively S0 did not comeinto play,’’ he said.
Experienced stars and young guns key for ThunderBy GREY MORRIS
SKIPPER Cameron Ilett saysselective recruiting anddevelopment of youngplayers are priorities ifThunder wants to play finalsfootball next year.
Ilett and his teammateshave a rare September offthis year to contemplate.
A lowly seventh-place fin-ish — Thunder’s worst end toa NEAFL campaign — was abitter pill to swallow.
But the dual club best and
fairest, Syd Guilford Trophywinner and NEAFL best andfairest can see some light atthe end of the tunnel.
‘‘I’m disappointed in thefact our potential was a lotgreater than our end result,’’Ilett said. ‘‘But there is a lot ofgood in the way we developedyoung players who will bebetter for the experience likeBaydon Ngalkin, NakiaCockatoo, Neil Vea Vea andthe Riolis (Ben and Shannon)are starting to come intotheir own.
‘‘Jack Musgrove and DeanStaunton are others with bigfutures at the club.’’
Ilett said the fine linebetween developing playersand remaining competitivewas always going to be atough assignment.
‘‘But look, we’ve developeda lot of players and that’sbeen one of the club’s objec-tives,’’ he said. ‘‘I also believeif we have our best team outon the park every week andthey apply themselves, any-thing is possible.’’
The loss of key backmenJason Roe, Shaun Tapp,Shannon Rusca, WillieKossack, Kieren Smith andDamien Williams left a holeThunder was never ableto fill.
‘‘Justin Buegelaar is only ayoung bloke and he had a fan-tastic season down back, buthe had some injuries alongthe way, including ankle andknee problems,’’ Ilett said.
‘‘Selective recruiting, find-ing some talls for the backhalf and hopefully players
from the NTFL comingthrough the grades will bepriorities for us.’’
Ilett will be back in a Thun-der jumper next season.
‘‘I’m super keen to goaround with the club nextyear,’’ he said. ‘‘It’s a qualityprogram that is producingsome really good things forthe Territory on and off thefield, and I still want to be apart of it.
‘‘We need to learn from thisyear, and hopefully come backbetter and stronger in 2014.’’
Aaron Davey (centre) with brothers Russell (right) and Alwyn, wearing Palmerston club jumpers in 2007 Picture: MICHAEL MARSCHALL
Tribute to proud Demon who gave rivals hell of a timeBy BRUCE MATTHEWS
MELBOURNE caretakercoach Neil Craig recalled theconcern generated by livelyforward Aaron Davey in pre-game planning.
As Adelaide coach, Craigwould assign one of his bestdefenders — Davey’s fellowTerritorian Andrew McLeod— to the task against the dan-gerous Demon.
‘‘Probably the greatest re-
spect I can give Aaron is thatAndrew always used to standhim,’’ Craig said.
‘‘There was a reason forthat, it’s called talent on tal-ent. I used to enjoy watchingthose guys go head to head.’’
Craig will be in chargewhen Davey plays againstAdelaide at AAMI Stadiumon Saturday before a homegame against the Bulldogs atEtihad Stadium on Sundayweek drops the curtain on a
grand career of 178 AFL ga-mes and 10 years with the De-mons. While Melbourne havestarted talks to offer Davey amentoring role next season,he hasn’t ruled out trying toextend his career at anotherAFL club.
‘‘The mind and body is tell-ing me no. But I’ll sit downand weigh up all the options.I can’t put a finger on what Iwant to do,’’ he said.
Davey said he wanted ‘‘to
clear my head’’ and discusshis future with his family.
He described the offer fornext year as ‘‘a massive showof respect’’.
‘‘I don’t think we can poss-ibly get any lower, but I havea great feel that this club isgoing to be where it deservesto be and that’s back up top.
‘‘We’ve got the right peoplein place, starting from PeterJackson (chief executive)down to all my teammates.’’
Davey paid tribute to for-mer Melbourne coach NealeDaniher, now West Coast’sfootball operations head, forgiving him his AFL start offthe rookie list in 2004.
‘‘Until you’re in this pos-ition, you never realise theopportunity I’ve been givenby the Melbourne footballclub. To come from Darwinand to know I’ve got brothersall over Australia is some-thing I’ll always remember.’’
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