2017, October 7, West Australian, Story and photos “Tenacious Tiger Patmore is fat no more” and photo of Claremont teenager Jake Patmore sprinting during the draft combine. The main question mark over Jake Patmore as he entered his draft year, scribbled on the notepad of an AFL recruiter “FAT”. One of his Claremont teenager’s teammates had see it and passed it on. This was reiterated with the State coaches and hit home as he was 81 kilos at the start of the year. He ended up losing 10 or 11 kilos and played the way he wanted to play again.
