Earl waxes lyrical about the delights of summer weekends; everything from backyard fun, cricket on the radio, Primal Scream, the coming footy season, and even Germaine Greer.
AO and AFLW: Creature Comforts
January 30, 2018 by 6 Comments
Anne Cahill Lambert has loved the tennis and is looking forward to spending a small fortune travelling around Australia to follow her beloved Crows. But she is not impressed with aspects of the scheduling. Midnight starts to tennis matches. Heat-of-the-afternoon starts to footy matches – at exposed venues. Some respect for the paying public please.
Looking into the blue
January 29, 2018 by 18 Comments
Kate O’Donnell is well known on these pages thanks to the wonderful story-telling of her Dad, Dips. Kate is a good swimmer but her parents have been disinclined to introduce her to water-skiing. Eventually she had a go. And this is what happened.
Almanac Swimming: Lorne Pier to Pub 2018
January 20, 2018 by 6 Comments
Col reports completing the annual Lorne Pier to Pub ocean swim.
Almanac Golf: Golf Capital – Millar is the man in black, Hawaiian playoff after false alarm
January 18, 2018 by Leave a Comment
Hamish Neal wraps up last week’s golf around the world.
Almanac Tennis: On Court Confessions
January 16, 2018 by 3 Comments
Robbo is thinking about tennis and the nature of the game as he turns on the TV to watch the first week of the Australian Open. Here he cites the thoughts of (the late) David Foster Wallace.
Almanac Baseball: ABL Ain’t No BBL
January 9, 2018 by 3 Comments
What has slowly dawned on The Ruminator over time is that trying to compare our respective affinities for cricket and baseball is not so much a hankering for the glory days of old but the brutal reality of sport in the modern world. The BBL is a behemoth that is offering Australian fans what Americans have taken for granted for decades – when the days are long and languid people like to watch games that kick off about 7pm and finish around 10pm pretty much any old night of the week.
A Week In The Life
January 6, 2018 by 2 Comments
Andrew Walker has had a packed first week of 2018, featuring golf, races and theatre.
I went to the baseball
January 2, 2018 by 2 Comments
Andy takes Almanackers on a trip to the ballpark relating his experiences of becoming a new follower of baseball in Australia.
Almanac Pro-running: 2017 Bay Sheffield Form Guide
December 22, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The time-honoured Paul Young Bay Sheffield form guide with all the info on this year’s field. We’re hoping William Little wins, as that will make for a spectacular aftermath.
Loving Kobe Bryant: a complicated affair
December 20, 2017 by 6 Comments
Kasey Symons loves Kobe Bryant (in a sporting sense), but can’t overlook the dark shadow on his career.
Local Basketball – Two Down? Too Good
December 13, 2017 by Leave a Comment
In a local Sunday basketball competition, Acceptable in the ’90s pulled off a miraculous victory that sport’s magic is built upon. Callum O’Connor tells the story of four mates – three with five minutes to go – who won a premiership.
Almanac Golf: Golf Capital – Davis dazzles in the Harbour City, Ormsby prevails in HK
November 29, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The Australian Open was one of several golfing highlights last week, according to Hamish Neal’s news, thoughts and notes.
Almanac Classic: An afternoon in Dusseldorf
November 27, 2017 by 2 Comments
Thebeaver has produced one of the more creative pieces of sports writing we’ve published in some time. But you be the judge.
Yoshi in Melbourne: All-in-One City Tour organised by Freddy’s Bike Tour
November 20, 2017 by 3 Comments
Yoshi certainly kept busy while in Melbourne. Here he tells the story of the historical tour he did on Freddy’s Tour.
Almanac Baseball: The Other Summer Shield
November 17, 2017 by 2 Comments
Almanackers, if you are looking for a new treat this summer keep an eye out for the Australian Baseball League ruminates Brian.
Almanac Golf: Golf Capital – Feng makes history for China, Grace wins ‘South Africa’s major’
November 15, 2017 by Leave a Comment
This week’s golf wrap from Hamish Neal has a Chinese influence as Shanshan Feng hits the Number 1 ranking.
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