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Parkside Football Club 1897/2017

PARKSIDE FOOTBALL CLUB PREMIERS 1981

ANNUAL REPORT AND FINANCIAL STATEMENT

PARKSIDE FOOTBALL CLUB

ANNUAL REPORT - SEASON 1981

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

It is with a great deal of pride yet considerable humility that I write this, the 1981 Presidential report
for our Club.

The reason being that, this year we achieved the pinnacle in securing the A Grade Premiership flag.
The many hours of hard work that goes towards achieving ultimate success finally culminated with
the final siren at Skinner Reserve on 12 September.

Such success does not of course, just happen. It takes a lot of dedicated people to just put a team on
the field and without this dedication no sporting club would function. Finn the football aspect my
congratulations and thanks to Brian Dalton, who in 1980 took on a position with a lot of hope,
enthusiasm and desire but not the necessary talent at his disposal to provide the Club with the A
Grade Premiership it so desperately sought. He was however able to, with the support of the Club,
recruit and was able to mould together these new players with 1980 list players and players who had
cane up through our junior ranks to attain the flag. Brian gave his time and efforts to the Club
unstintingly and it was gratifying for me to see him reap the benefit of all the long, hard hours he put
into coaching. To our captain Ron Fraser who ably led the team on the field, congratulations on a job
well done and also for the support you gave the Club in many areas away from the field.

Once a Parksider, Always a Parksider