Swans take flight to Payne Park for Beau Tann

For the second time in under a year, the Bunbury Football Club will rally around one of their beloved premiership players engaged in a fight for survival. Beau Tann, a 2001 premiership player with the Bulldogs, is presently battling cancer. However, he has plenty of supporters keen to join the fight with him — and not just from the kennel. In a bid to raise funds for Beau and the Tann family, WAFL side Swan Districts will head down to Payne Park on March 12 (Saturday), with several of their players participating in a Swans Metro vs Swans Country/Bunbury Football Club match. After the match, additional activities have been planned, including an “Old Boys Family” clash involving players from yesteryear. For Bulldogs league coach Jamie Nani, this occasion is particularly significant, given Tann is a former teammate. “As I said about “Houghy” (Scott Hough), we were a pretty close group back then,” Nani said. “Beau moved to town as a young guy, and I think he was still eligible to play colts during that (2001) year. “He played league footy, won the rising star and a premiership. It is a fair effort for a young kid to do all that and win a premiership in his first year of senior footy. “We had a fair bit to do with him, so we are digging in for another mate.”