First semi-final for the Swans

So with three of the kiddies packed away in the commodore it was time to head off, down the road to the Fremantle Oval to support the Black Ducks in their first semi final. We were playing the South Fremantle Bulldogs in the knock-out final so a lose would be 'Goodnight the fox', and as the underdog for the semi the Swans had nothing to lose. Here are the kiddies standing outside the Fremantle Oval just before kick-off, with all their hopes full that we might pull of an upset.




The 1st quarter we were a goal and a behind in front and as we finished the second quarter we had a lead of one point. So the match was in the hands of the Gods as we moved around the ground to see it from different angles, a bit like Sarah's brickies clack! (you can dress her up but you can't take her anywhere).

As we watched the Swans hit a nice lead and went into the break with the scores at Swans 11.10 to Bulldogs 9.11, and with the nerves on edge what did the kiddies want .....


That's right ICECREAM TIME! well it has been shown to settle the nerves in tests with mice, and it sure settled these little rugrats down.



And then we came to the final quarter and with a nice lead under their belt, the black Ducks kicked the first four goals and went on to win easily with the final score
SWANS 16.12 108
BULLDOGS 11.18 84






So in front of a massive huge crowd of 3200 the Swanies won and went into next weekends final against WEST PERTH FALCONS, and the winner goes into the Grand Final against SUBIACO.