The shots are fired across the bow

  by Yvette Wroby   It’s a different football landscape when North Melbourne, Adelaide, Essendon and Swans have strong beginnings to the season and when St.Kilda is 7th on the ladder before the big game today between Geelong and Hawthorn.  All football tragics will be glued to their seats in whatever locations to see the [Read more]

There’s life, and then there is football

by Yvette Wroby It was a very unusual beginning of the season.  The Sydney round one between Greater Western and Sydney Swans, the week before all the other states and teams got to play.  A bit one sided but who cared, footy was back. And then the games of this weekend, starting off with the [Read more]

Be the Future

Walking to the library this evening had me wondering about “The Future”, what is ahead of me tonight in a quiet household, what is ahead tomorrow, next week, in a few years when all my kids have moved out of the house and I am not bound by the regularity of family routine.  What is [Read more]

Traralgon and District Art Society and wondering about the future.

On the Friday of the last pre-season game of St.Kilda and Collingwood, I found myself journeying again with my Art Society.  We had Heather, a Collingwood supporter and our organisational inspiration, a retired lawyer, life model and Rotary organiser extraordinaire, Lilian, our Glen Eira Artists Society President, designer, painter and life drawing organiser, our Treasurer [Read more]

What Makes a Good Pre-Season?

What makes a good game of the West Coast Eagles and the Saints in the last Pre-Season match? (Warning:  the following is very one-eyed)  Winning:  so much for that for St.Kilda, one win of the three rounder (note 34 degrees at night), a splosh around in the rain and floods, playing amongst ourselves at Wangaratta [Read more]

Hot and Hotter, and Everybody Wins.

Hot and Hotter and Everybody Wins: So it’s started for St.Kilda (and Geelong and Sydney Swans).  It started in a night of 100% humidity and 36 degree weather, with a good NAB Cup crowd of 18,000+ at the Etihad Stadium.  I make a bet (in my head) that the players felt worse in the heat [Read more]

Yvette’s One-Eyed Week

The week in sport through Yvette Wroby’s (one?) eye.

“First Dog on the Moon” Art Exhibition

  “First Dog on the Moon” Art Exhibition:  A must see, and it ends on Saturday 28th January. by Yvette Wroby Yesterday, I decided on the hot Sunday morning to pretend I was overseas and holidaying and do what one does on holidays and go for adventures.  So I jumped on my trusty tram and [Read more]

Is having a 20/20 team the real question?

Ok, having  just read the Almanac article by Chris Riordan piece and the responses, I thought this occasion called for another fuller response.  My thought is, who cares about the team, just join the party. You see, I have witnessed a 20/20 game on Thursday night, the Melbourne Stars versus the Adelaide Strikers in fact, [Read more]

Who Gets the Footy Team?

The off season of footy (otherwise known as “are we there yet”) is filled with Rugby, Cycling, pre-Olympic meets and of course, currently, Soccer, Tennis, Basketball, and Cricket (in all its forms).  All wonderful events, which help one to be meaningfully distracted from the ordinariness of life.  If you are doubly lucky, these things form [Read more]

2011 Almanac Launch photos

Thanks to Yvette Wroby for these happy snaps from Thursday night’s launch.

Dawn and those mad Sainters

by Yvette Wroby There’s no shortage of crazies at the St.Kilda Football Club.  This was proven when 1000+ Saints fans and members rocked up to the St.Kilda Beach front at 5 am Tuesday 8th November for an advertising shoot for 2012 Membership Drive.  At 6.30 am, another group was waiting at Frankston beach, and at [Read more]

Footy Art: Unhappy Sainters in the Park (2010)

By Yvette Wroby

Scott Watters as the new messiah and dreams of old messiahs.

There’s a new boy in St.Kilda town (sans Moorabbin, sansSeaford) and his name is Scott Watters.  For the last two years he has ably assisted Mick Malthouse (and beaten St.Kilda) so at least he has some experience of us.  Albeit from the other side. Readingthe online ABC news, Watters is 42 (a babe as is the [Read more]

Cheshire Cats in Park

By Yvette Wroby

My Uncle Bob, the St.Kilda Football Club and when a little bit of luck goes a long way.

  Uncle Bob is the youngest of my (deceased) dad’s four living brothers.  Two other brothers died at early ages from illness inFrancein the 40’s .  My grandmother only ever gave birth to boys.  Passionate ones at that.  Bob was born inParisin 1941 and was very young when his family became dislocated, separated, in hiding [Read more]

Happy Cats

By Yvette Wroby In the tradition of Weg. If you’re interested, Yvette can provide more originals for $150 or coloured photocopies for $30. 25% of proceeds to the Royal Children’s Hospital.          

Happy Cats and Cheshire Grins:

Prelude   How can I, as a mad Sainter, not begin this piece with reference to the last two years.  It’s not just me, blasted Channel 10 kept showing the highlights of this years contenders last premiership battles, and the Saints happen to be the patsies that were beaten in their path to glory.  The [Read more]

Review of “The Club” New Paintings by Peter Ferrier

Love of Football is in the Air – its final time and time for art and I popped in to an  exhibition a few weeks ago to get to see Peters work again.  He used to be in a Gallery onSt.Kilda Roadand I used to drive back on my way home from work, and check [Read more]

Grand Final 2011

Cartoon by Yvette Wroby