Sorry for the delay in hitting the keyboards but it was due to circumstances beyond my control that being lack of content. Bugger all been happening in the H of S as February is basically the gestation prior to the impending rebirth of the football season. The A-League continues to provide interest to fans of [Read more]
Standin’ on the Outside Lookin’ in
February 6, 2012 by 5 Comments
Sorry for the lateness of my missive but a combo of bathroom demolition and junior golf pennants has taken much of the weekend and drained my spirit despite a gripping 3.5/2.5 victory by the Belco kids over the visitors from Goulburn. For the uninitiated junior pennants is a match play format like the President’s Cop. [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
January 26, 2012 by 11 Comments
Work commitments took me down to my old stomping ground around Albury this week. I’m not sure how Albury became “the greatest inland city in Australia” but it is apparently that. Since moving to the less greater land locked city on Canberra many year ago, Albury’s greatness has been considerably elevated above my teenage memories. [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
January 21, 2012 by 7 Comments
Things have been hectic in the H of S with the tennis rapidly approaching the pointy end of the tournament. Predictably, most of the top ranked players are still in the draw. Perhaps unpredictably, some would argue to the contrary, “our Sam” is not amongst them. This makes Ms Stosur the first seed in women’s [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in
January 15, 2012 by 2 Comments
January is an odd month for sport in Melbourne. Post Boxing Day test, there are a sprinkling of fillers leading up to the Australia Open but nothing to really get the pulse racing. The Big Bash has continued to provide some fun to those with short attention spans and there seems have been an increased [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in.
January 7, 2012 by 3 Comments
A return to the coal face has not been conducive to what has been a big week in sport. This has been more difficult as the main action has been in Sydney and I’m trying to write from a Melbourne point of view. Still in a week, where undertaking a first aid course has provided [Read more]
Standing on the outside lookin’ in.
January 2, 2012 by Leave a Comment
At this time of year it seems unavoidable that every columnist in the world is offering their 2012 predictions. As this diary is based around the Melbourne experience from an outsider’s perspective it would be remiss of me not to look into the crystal ball for the SCOTW. There is one common denominator that threads [Read more]
The Wizard of Oz
December 31, 2011 by 8 Comments
While the focus of attention has rightfully been on the MCG for the past four days another no less enthralling contest has been unfolding in the Northern Hemisphere. The World Darts Championship is now approaching the pointy end of the competition and never has the event been more exciting or unpredictable. After seemingly months of [Read more]
Standing on the outside looking in
December 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
by Tony Robb Greetings to all. The past 12 months have seen a change of career for your Canberra correspondent. It has resulted in an increase in writing output but sadly in the form of reports about injured workers and not about sport. There are only so many ways one can describe the ebbs [Read more]
The Bye
June 1, 2011 by 4 Comments
by Tony Robb As we approach to middle of the year I think it’s prudent to assess the success and failure of the league newcomer. The Bye. Coached by Adrian Anderson the new kids on the block have flown under the radar avoiding much of the scrutiny that is been applied to several coaches [Read more]
Position Vacant
February 27, 2011 by Leave a Comment
POSITION VACANT CEO AFL Applicant must have excellent outsourcing and divestment skills. The capacity to ignore public sentiment is also an advantage. Ideally the successful applicant will have a keen interest in attending AFL matches and match day functions and preferably had experience as an average half back flanker. There will also be a requirement [Read more]
I dont like to say I told you so, BUT
December 8, 2010 by 1 Comment
Some wise sage posted these comments on May 20 “Is it just me or does anyone else think that the chances of Australia hosting the World Cup sit somewhere between Buckley’s and none. It is bad enough that the Federal Govt has ploughed $46 million into the bid without the utterly scandalous decision to spend [Read more]
Canberra now a western suburb
November 12, 2010 by 8 Comments
The ACT Government has signed a 10 year, 4 games per year contract with GWS. The deal worth approximately $26M will have the new boys from the ‘burbs playing one pre season and three competition games each year. While I struggle to embrace anything relating to Kevin Sheedy, it is a big boost for footie [Read more]
Blues in Strife
November 10, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The Carlton Football Club was thrown into a state of high uncertainty after this week’s release of the BRW 100 richest Australian business people. There was a glaring omission of the Blue’s redeemer, Richard Pratt, from the list as well as concern over the rising number of claims against his estate by aggrieved mistresses. A [Read more]
Collingwood Newsletter
November 9, 2010 by 8 Comments
Well Magpie fans, can you believe it’s already been 38 days since our glorious victory. Incredible as it seems we are already beginning to mount the premiership defence for 2011 with the players recently returning from altitude training in the penthouse at Crown. The excitement amongst the group in palpable and there seems to be [Read more]
London to a Brick
November 4, 2010 by 14 Comments
The spring carnival is a funny time of year. The mix of once a year punters with regular mugs makes for interesting conversations, the most notable being the wonderful use of racing terms that provide the veterans with an air of being all knowledgeable. I’ll start with a couple: Black Type Races – No it [Read more]
The darkness commeth
September 20, 2010 by 40 Comments
It would now seem that the planets are aligning and the universe as we have known for the past twenty years may soon plummet into a dark and otherworldly abyss. We have become accustomed to the rogue asteroid that travels the skies occasionally presenting danger but never actually impacting. Similarly, we have feared magpies in [Read more]
2011 New team slogans
September 16, 2010 by 4 Comments
In the wake of two of the worst membership slogans in football history from Carlton I ask other club supporters for their thoughts on next year’s themes for their or other teams membership drives. Here’s a couple of quick ones Adelaide: At least we’re not Port Brisbane: He’s not the messiah. He’s just a naughty [Read more]
I guess thats why they call them the Blues
September 13, 2010 by 1 Comment
The Blues had a season that promised so much initially, faltered hopelessly midyear only to lift once more in the last few weeks before toppling into the season’s abyss in the first week of the finals in a gut wrenching loss to the Swans. Season highlights There was a lot to like in the first [Read more]
Bring on the footy. PLEASE
by Tony Robb Now that the summer sports caravans have packed up and moved north I felt it was time to reflect on a few of the not so published happenings of recent months. While CA and FA have been suitably chastened for their collective ineptitude I believe that a few other individuals and teams [Read more]