With the movement of Brett Hand to St Marys, Scott Bassett overseas and Mick Weatherald the club is moving to appoint a number of new people on our coaching panel.

We have appointed Trevor Potts as an assistant coach. Trevor has an imposing coaching record having taken teams to 17 Grand Finals. His most recent grand final was this year's reserves match with his South side falling short against Glenelg. Trevor is a level 3 coach, a former principle of Brighton High School and will bring to the club an enourmous knowledge base.

Also appointed as an assistant coach for 2008 is former Magarey Medallist Brodie Atkinson. Brodie has coached Portland in the Western Border League, Sturt Reserves and League (in a caretaker role) and was an assistant at West Adelaide in 2007. He will bring to the panel a contemporary football experience and we look forward to a beneficial association with Brodie.

The club will be looking to make further announcements on coaching in the coming weeks.

On the recruiting front, I can assure members that we are speaking to as many potential players as possible. With most AFL draftees looking to renominate it will most likely be post November 24 before significant signings can be announced.