THE SWANS RE-GROUP - By Jack Luhrs 

"WE believe we have something to give back to football and the present time is the right moment to be giving".
"Sure, we saw some things in the club and the way it was going that we did not like but any talk of a take-over is not right".
"I believe we have an excellent relationship with the old committee, and I personally spoke to Mr. Cudmore (retiring president) before the annual general meeting and told him some of our plans.
The above are the points made by new president Mr. Grant Henderson of the Griffith Swans when he spoke to me recently. Mr. Henderson was quite clear he wanted to answer any questions of revolt against previous administrations. 
The old committee had a job to do and made the decisions they thought were the correct ones. Mr. Henderson made no great sore over the fact that new administrations represent all, but a complete replacement voted in by members at recent annual meeting of the Swans held in the club rooms of the Griffith Ex-Servicemen's Oval. 
"A group of us believe we have the talents to guide the club through its present difficult period and in no way are we gunning for anyone or anything. Our present goal is to lift the Swans into a trim fighting outfit and make sure every team in the South West will know who their opposition is in the future". 
Previous committee retaining their positions in the election were club secretary Mrs. Mary Collins and committeemen Viv Nancarrow and John Bordignon. The new committee of twelve persons means nine new faces to guide the Swans from the bottom of the premiership table where they finish last season.
The club has a new president, Mr. Grant Henderson, two new vice-presidents, in Len Sexton and Ron Hocking and a new treasurer in bank manager Allan Smith. New committeemen comprise Bill Power, Jack Wood, Andrew Henderson, Mick Foxall with players representatives Robbie Owen and John Bordignon. 
"Our immediate aim to settle divisions within the club, actively solicit the support of players and explain our objects to engage to lucrative fund-raising and to encourage the establishment of a strong social and ladies committee," said Henderson. "We have started at a committee level with the formation of a match committee comprising Len Sexton, Ron Hocking and the Swans coach, Kevin Kirkpatrick with the responsibility mainly on recruitment of players, training and conditioning and skills coaching."
"Mr. Henderson said: "We have called a player meeting for tomorrow night in the club rooms when we will explain what we are all about. "The previous committee has started negotiations for new assistant coaches and will continue these intermingled with plans to our own to boost player strength." "We are concerned there was a drift of some 21 players away from the club in recent seasons and we will set about recruiting some of these members to rejoin the club."  (The Area News - December 17, 1980).