Port Adelaide premiership captain Warren Tredrea has joined the club's board following a narrow member-voted decision.
Tredrea edged out fellow candidate Bruce Abernethy with a 50.9% share of the votes, tallying just 199 votes - from a total of 10,405 ballots - more than his opposing board hopeful.
The Port Adelaide champion replaces Kathy Nagle at the cessation of her own three-year term.
โWarren grew up at Port Adelaide. He played in a SANFL Premiership as a teenager before becoming one of our greatest AFL players,โ Port Adelaide chairman David Koch said in a club statement. ย
โIt will be terrific to have his knowledge and experience around the Board table.ย
โA total of 10,405 member ballots were received, which historically is a very high number.ย ย
โIt's pleasing to see so many members engaged in their football club and having a say, in what was an incredibly close result.ย ย
Tredrea played 255 games for the Power across 14 years in the AFL, leading the South Australian club to its maiden premiership in the competition in 2004.
Port Adelaide's all-time leading goalkicker in the top flight, the 45-year-old also claimed our John Cahill Medals and as many All-Australian selections during his time with the club.
"I am humbled and honoured to be elected to the Port Adelaide Football Club's Board of Directors by our Club's members. Having spent the majority of my life connected to the Club I look forward to a new chapter in this relationship where I can be a formal voice representing our Club's passionate members," Tredrea Tweeted after the result
"I understand this position is not to be taken lightly and I hold it with the utmost of responsibilities. I will hold myself to the highest of standards and will drive everyone involved in our Club to do the same, honouring the former custodians of the Club who drove the Club from a community Club formed just a dozen years after the game was invented, to becoming one of the winningest football Clubs in Australia.
"Port Adelaide exists to win premierships, and whilst I cannot promise on-field success, I can guarantee I will use all of my abilities and endeavours to help our Club in its efforts to win its second AFL Premiership and its first AFLW Premiership."
Koch also thanked Abernethy for his continued support of the club.ย
โI sincerely thank Bruce Abernethy for his nomination to join the Board as a member elected Director," Koch said.
"Bruce is also a champion of Port Adelaide, and it's terrific to have past players who continue to be actively involved in the club."
