Frankston Dolphins

The worst kept secret ove the past 4 weeks is now out and Adkins is now back in Melbourne and has signed with the Dolphins. They also signed former Stingray James Magner earlier in the week. It is expected that Damian and James will more than cover the Dolphins midfield losses over the summer in Chris Fortnam, who has decided to step back and play local footy, and Ben Poole who will need a year to recover from the 2 broken legs.

I am overseas and would like to know if the Dollies have signed anyone of note? Have there been good numbers on the track? Has the training been hard and who has been the best on the track so far?

Rd 1 Sun 8/4 vs Port Melbourne (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 2 BYE (Same as Seniors) Rd 3 Sat 21/4 vs Nth Ballarat (Home) 12pm (Sen vs Geel Sat 21/4 at Geel 1pm) Rd 4 Sun 29/4 vs Williamstown (Home) 2pm (Sen vs Tas Sat 28/4 at Laun 6:30pm) Rd 5 Sat 5/5 vs Casey Scorpions (Away) 10:20am (Sen vs Sand Sun 6/5 at Home 2pm) Rd 6 Sun 13/5 vs Williamstown (Away) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 7 Sun 20/5 vs Bendigo Bombers (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors State Game W/End Sun 27/5 vs Port Melbourne (Away) 2pm Rd 8 Sun 3/6 vs Bendigo Bombers (Away) 11:10am (Seniors Bye) Rd 9 Sun 10/6 vs Nth Bullants (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 10 Sun 17/6 vs Coburg igers (Away) 11:10 C/R to Seniors Rd 11 Sun 24/6 vs Box Hill Hawks (Away) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 12 Sat 30/6 vs North Ballarat (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 13 Sun 8/7 vs Werribee (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors vs Geel Rd 14 Sun 15/7 vs Port Melbourne(Away) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 15 Game is on State Game Weekend Sen vs Tas at Bell Sat 21/7 2pm Rd 16 Sun 29/7 vs Williamstown (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 17 Sun 5/8 vs Werribee (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 18 Sun 12/8 vs Nth Bullants (Away) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 19 Sat 18/8 vs Box Hill Hawks (Home) 11:10am C/R to Seniors Rd 20 BYE (Sen vs Casey Scorpions(Away) Sat 25/8 2pm)

Heard he played for you guys?Can you tell me what type of player he is and if he's any good??

RD Date Opponent Venue Home/Away LocalTime 1 Sunday, Apr 08 Port Melbourne Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 2 BYE 3 Saturday, Apr 21 Geelong Skilled Stadium Away 1:00 PM 4 Saturday, Apr 28 Tasmania Aurora Stadium (N) Away 6:30 PM 5 Sunday, May 06 Sandringham Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 6 Sunday, May 13 Williamstown Burbank Oval Away 2:00 PM 7 Sunday, May 20 Bendigo Bombers Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM Saturday, May 26 (ABC TV) VFL vs WAFL TEAC Oval 1:10 PM 8 BYE 9 Sunday, Jun 10 Northern Bullants Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 10 Sunday, Jun 17 Coburg Tigers Coburg City Oval Away 2:00 PM 11 Sunday, Jun 24 Box Hill Hawks Box Hill City Oval Away 2:00 PM 12 Saturday, Jun 30 (ABC TV) North Ballarat Frankston Oval Home 1:10 PM 13 Sunday, Jul 08 Geelong Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 14 Sunday, Jul 15 Port Melbourne TEAC Oval Away 2:00 PM 15 Saturday, Jul 21 Tasmania Bellerive Away 2:00 PM 16 Sunday, Jul 29 Williamstown Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 17 Sunday, Aug 05 Werribee Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 18 Sunday, Aug 12 Northern Bullants AMFO Away 2:00 PM 19 Saturday, Aug 18 Box Hill Hawks Frankston Oval Home 2:00 PM 20 Saturday, Aug 25 Casey Scorpions Casey Fields Away 2:00 PM

A Barry Frankston YCW A Beasy Frankston YCW D Barrand ROC S Kemperman Noble Park B Phibbs UNKNOWN B Murphy Glenelg M Skehan Noble Park C Black Somerville L Molan Spottswood J Hynes Edithvale/Aspendale D Mizzi Langwarrin C Fortnham Seaford A Edwards Kangaroos K Taylor Seaford B Cadd Seaford All these players have all had experience in the ones in the last 2 years and with maybe only J ATTARD joining Frankston from the Brisbane Lions Frankston's good year last year could be pretty hard to match with Aaron Edwards likely to be picked up by the Kangaroos in the coming draft.

Dolphin I hope you can comment on this one, but it hasn't been mentioned on here yet. One of the Frankston players, Ben Poole, fell off a balcony of an apartment in Queensland while on the Frankston end of season trip a few weeks ago breaking both legs and suffering other injuries. What happened? And is he on the mend? I'm assuming a passionate supporter of the Dolphins like you would have some info on this.

reportedly signed with glenelg in the sanfl...any news on this lad?? good bad???

Word from a reliable source suggets that Brett Lovett will be saddling up for another 2 years at Frankston. Has this been confirmed - Robbo/Dolphin?

Like I said many many weeks ago, I can't wait for this one. The first of the (now) local derbys. Casey desperately need the win if they are to play past the home and away season, and Frankston are looking to spank the squaters for setting up house in their backyard. :wink: Should be a great day out. Derby 1 should be the first of many that shouldn't be missed.