DESPITE West Perth losing some key players over the summer coach Bill Monaghan likes the blend that he still has in the Falcons playing group and a key to that is the retention of veterans.

West Perth has lost some important players since the end of last season including premiership players Luke Tedesco, Matt Fowler, Laine Rasmussen and Rohan Kerr along with Drew Rohde, Max Duffy, Joel Leeson and Keegan Knott.

While each of those players will be missed, Monaghan is comfortable with the squad the Falcons enter 2017 with that begins this Sunday at HBF Arena against East Perth.

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KEY position players are increasingly difficult to find for any WAFL club and that's why West Perth coach Bill Monaghan is looking forward to seeing how the addition of Scott Simpson to Nick Rodda, Tyler Keitel, Michael Lourey and Mark Hamilton pans out in 2017.

A lot more goes into being a successful team obviously than just the players you have filling key position roles, but it does have a significant impact and West Perth appear well stocked in that area coming into 2017.

The Falcons have signed former AFL-listed and VFL big man Simpson for the 2017 season and he brings with him plenty of size and experience to help the emerging Keitel, Rodda and Hamilton.

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THE West Perth Football Club is excited to launch its new online Team Store in time for the 2017 WAFL season giving fans of the Falcons the best ever chance to purchase all the items and gift cards they could hope for.

The Falcons have launched the fantastic online Team Store which is a significant upgrade and will make it a treat for all our supporters and members to peruse, and purchase from.

The Team Store can be found at: shop.westperthfc.com.au

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THE West Perth Football Club is delighted to announce its first dedicated female football partner with National Storage signing on with the Falcons for the next three seasons.

National Storage has signed with the West Perth Football Club in an agreement for the 2017, 2018 and 2019 WA Women's Football League seasons.

The arrangement will see National Storage have their logo on the back of the West Perth female playing jumpers and polo shirts for each of the next three seasons.

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OPEN LETTER TO ALL WAFL PRESIDENTS AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICERS REGARDING SPORTS MEMORABILIA AT PERTH STADIUM

I write to you collectively to clarify my views about the importance of recognising the rich history of WA football at the new Perth stadium and to address some of my inadvertent comments in last week’s article.

I want to reassure you that ALL options to showcase WAFL footy memorabilia at the new Perth stadium are still on the table – including the Sandover Medal Walk - and all options are still being discussed by our sporting memorabilia reference group, led by Ronnie Hurst.

Only last week, the WAFC presented an excellent submission to the Sporting Memorabilia Reference Group. At that meeting, Ronnie outlined the room naming strategy and confirmed that all WAFL Champions and Legends will be duly recognised at the new stadium. He did, however, confirm that he couldn’t exactly state where and how they would be recognised at this point in time because discussions are still continuing.

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WEST Perth has its second official pre-season hit out against Perth with the matches involving all four grades spread across Friday and Saturday at HBF Arena this weekend.

Following the first hit out in 2017 last weekend against East Fremantle also at HBF Arena, it is back home at the Joondalup venue this weekend.

Due to the forecast heat on Saturday once again, the West Perth 16s and colts teams will take on Perth on Friday night with the reserves and league sides to head onto HBF Arena on Saturday.

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THE West Perth Football Club wishes to announce that Jay van Berlo and Ashton Hill will be the respective captains of the Falcons WAFL and WAWFL teams for the 2017 season.

West Perth has welcomed the Joondalup Falcons into the club for 2017 and beyond in an exciting new move for the Falcons will see the male senior, reserves and colts teams, and female senior, reserves and youth teams all come under the one banner for the same time.

As preparations heat up ahead of the 2017 season, West Perth is pleased to announce the captains and leadership group of both senior outfits.

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WEST Perth has strengthened its football department with the appointment of former Perth fairest and best winner Chad Harding as the new football operations co-ordinator.

Harding will work closely with Ward Harris and Casey Haw to ensure that all the coaches and players at the Falcons are in the best hands possible.

Harding comes into the role with it being his first official involvement in football since his playing career.

That began in the amateurs with Scarborough where he won premierships as an 18 and 19-year-old before he joined Perth. He went on to play 86 games with the Demons and won the fairest and best award in 2003 on the back of playing in two state games before life took him to Melbourne.

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THE WAFL season is quickly closing in and West Perth will be playing pre-season matches against East Fremantle, Perth and Peel Thunder as the Falcons look to have the best preparation possible for 2017.

West Perth is coming off another finals appearance last year on the back of playing in two of the previous three WAFL grand finals, including winning the 2013 premiership.

Now the Falcons are putting everything in place in a bid to be a premiership contender once again in 2017 and a big part of that is the three pre-season matches.

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AS female football stars prepare to pull on their boots for the first round of the AFL Women’s competition tomorrow night, West Australian dairy producer Mundella Foods has been announced as the new major partner of female football in Western Australia to support the stars of the future.

The partnership includes naming rights to the Mundella WA Women’s Football League (WAWFL) and a range of initiatives linked to the West Australian Football Commission’s (WAFC) Female Talent Pathway, Female Ambassador Program, WA Women’s Round and female participation programs.

WAFC CEO Gavin Taylor said it was fantastic to have a West Australian company supporting local participants as female football entered such a significant and exciting year in 2017.

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