Smokie Dawson (of SBS’s Tour de France coverage) had not realised the similarities between his family’s European holiday and that of the trail-blazing Griswalds. He’s proud to continue a fine tradition.
A Day At The Tour
July 6, 2013 by 5 Comments
The Dawson’s European Vacation is going just fine, if Chevy can get the kids off the i-pods and drive in a manner which keeps his poor wife sane. But it’s all for a good cause: to see The Tour live. [Great stuff, Smokie – Ed]
AFL Round 9 – North Melbourne v Adelaide: Smokie’s Elbow (with apologies to Litza)
May 27, 2013 by 17 Comments
Smokie, three parts of the way through a bottle of Pepperjack, let’s go a guttural North Melbourne cry, while simultaneously raising the elbow in the finest tradition of Litza (footnotes and all). [Up there with Litza – Ed. And please note Smokie will appear at the footy night at the Willy Lit Festival this Wednesday May 29. Details in the Calendar above.]
AFL Round 5 – Hawthorn v North Melbourne: Is This How Footy Should Be?
May 1, 2013 by Leave a Comment
North makes a lie of all the KPIs and proves that the only indicator which really counts is age old: the scoreboard.
AFL Round 1 – North Melbourne v Collingwood: A Bogan Weekend
April 2, 2013 by 4 Comments
North fan Smokie Dawson felt strangely at home surrounded by Collingwood supporters at Etihad.
A photo from the past
March 11, 2013 by 5 Comments
Smokie Dawson recently received a copy of a photo of his Under 11s team and was surprised by what he saw.
Third Test – Day 1: I won’t talk about it here
January 4, 2013 by 18 Comments
Smokie Dawson does not want to be mean-spirited, so he will not talk about the hubris affecting the Australian National Selection Panel, leading them to select an unbalanced line-up for this Test.
Third Test – Day 4: Don’t dream. It’s Over.
December 4, 2012 by 8 Comments
Smokie Dawson suffered nightmares of being locked in the Channel 9 commentary box the night before the fourth day of the Test. Worse was to come.
Second Test – Day 2: Imagine Smith in a baggy green!
November 24, 2012 by 4 Comments
Watching Graeme Smith compile run after run, Smokie Dawson began to wish he was Australian.
VAFA – Div 1: A truly grand finale
September 22, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what can only be described as a magnificent showcase of amateur football, North Old Boys – St Patrick’s defeated Peninsula Old Boys by three goals at Sandringham last Sunday to convincing win the Division 1 premiership. Not since its 1982 A Grade win had the famous Brunswick-based club won a senior flag; importantly, this [Read more]
Conflicting Interests
September 18, 2012 by 14 Comments
Darren ‘Smokie’ Dawson questions the credentials of the All-Australian selection committee.
VAFA Div 1 – Grand Final Preview: A Clash of Two Titans
September 15, 2012 by Leave a Comment
In what seems like the blink of an eye, we have arrived at the season’s denouement. Was it really six months ago that the ten Division 1 clubs were winding up their pre-season programs, full of hope for the year which lay ahead? The season has whisked past us so quickly. Preliminary Final review: [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 Semi-finals: A weekend for the ages
September 7, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Will the experience of the Pirates get them over the line in this weekend’s VAFA Division 1 preliminary final? Smokie Dawson runs the ruler over the contenders.
Ammos Division 1: All roads lead to Elsternwick
August 31, 2012 by Leave a Comment
With the weather taking a decidedly spring-like turn for the better, in the air around town we can suddenly detect whiff of finals. The hard slog of eighteen rounds of preliminaries is over, and now we have arrived at the big show. Let’s be honest: for a number of weeks now the final four has [Read more]
Ammos team of the season
August 24, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Ammos scribe Smokie Dawson chooses his Division 1 team of the season. He is already bracing for the backlash from those left out.
Down, but definitely not out
August 17, 2012 by Leave a Comment
It always saddens me a little when it is confirmed that a club has been relegated. In those immediate awful moments, it can seem like years of grinding and grafting and striving to climb the competitive rungs of the Ammos divisional ladders have been laid to waste in one fell swoop. Unfortunately, the dreaded axe [Read more]
Sticking to the script
August 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
VAFA Division 1 – Round 15 It was the late Alan Jeans who said that footballers are like sausages. “You can fry them, grill them, curry them, put apple sauce with them. They’re still sausages; all you’re doing is dressing them up”. The words of the master coach came to mind when I sat down [Read more]
VAFA Div 1 – Round 14: Give me footy
August 3, 2012 by Leave a Comment
My wife thinks there is something wrong with me. Actually, she thinks there are lots of things wrong with me, but what she really cannot fathom is how disinterested I am in the Olympics. And it is true. I could not care less for Australia’s achievements in the pool, and on the other various courts [Read more]
VAFA round 13 review: Not dead yet
July 27, 2012 by 1 Comment
V.A.F.A. DIVISION 1: Rd 13 Review I have been known to enjoy a lunch or three. So it was with plenty of enthusiasm that last week I accepted an invitation to the picturesque Fearon Reserve, to enjoy the hospitality of my old club Williamstown CYMS. The attendees were entertained by the wit and wisdom of [Read more]
Rain, mud and shellackings
July 20, 2012 by Leave a Comment
V.A.F.A. DIVISION 1 REVIEW (Rd 12) It would give me great pleasure, dear readers, to be able to announce that last week saw a round chock full of cliff-hanger finishes and nail-biting contests. That under grey and rainy skies there were battles decided by less than a kick. That there were heroes anointed after successful [Read more]
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