Almanac Sport: I wear my Wimbledon Sunglasses at Night

May 30, 2025 by 2 Comments

Sports lover Paul Harman reflects on past and current sporting highlights watched, usually at night, on TV.

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Almanac Life: Citrus Bob’s ANZAC Day

April 29, 2025 by 1 Comment

This ANZAC Day, Citrus Bob Utber and his fellow ABC Mildura commentator reflected on sportsmen who made the supreme sacrifice in World Wars.

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Almanac Life: Travels with ‘The Little Champ’

December 25, 2024 by 5 Comments

Andrew Fraser recalls a rich history of interstate travels for sport, particularly those involving his Mum, better known as ‘The Little Champ’.

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Almanac Tennis: Remembering Neale Fraser

December 4, 2024 by 3 Comments

Michael Sexton recalls Australian tennis great Neale Fraser who passed away earlier this week.

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Almanac Film: Jelena Dokic’s Incredible Survival

November 18, 2024 by 3 Comments

A documentary based on Jelena Dokic’s biography ‘Unbreakable’ has been released and Ian Wilson is impressed by the account of her incredible story told in the film.

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Almanac (Sporting) Life: Lyndon ‘Beefy’ Andrews – A Lifetime Watching

August 2, 2023 by 2 Comments

Lyndon ‘Beefy’ Andrews and his wife Marilyn have attended an abundance of sporting events across Australia and around the world from toad Races to World Cup Finals.

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‘A Tribute to “Wrecker”…just one of the crowd…’ by KB Hill

February 16, 2023 by Leave a Comment

KB Hill pays tribute to Rex Hartwig, one of Australia’s tennis heroes from the golden era of the 1950s. Rex passed away recently.

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Almanac Tennis: Wimbledon 1973 – A lob back over the net

June 28, 2022 by 4 Comments

Glen!’s recent story about Wimbledon 1973 brought memories flooding back for Peter Crossing – he was actually there at the event! And, this is his account of that day at Wimbledon in 1973.

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Almanac Tennis: Wimbledon 1973

June 21, 2022 by 4 Comments

As Wimbledon 2022 approaches, Glen! takes tennis fans back to the past as he reviews Wimbledon 1973,

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Almanac Tennis: Never a bad word by or about Barty

March 26, 2022 by Leave a Comment

Ash Barty. IT’S been one of the best stories in Australian sporting history for a simple reason –it was all good, writes RON REED.

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Almanac Books – ‘Barty: Much More Than Tennis’ – Ron Reed and Chris McLeod

October 29, 2021 by Leave a Comment

Australia’s pre-eminent tennis player – perhaps our No 1 sports personality overall – is back in the spotlight, says Ron Reed, the author of a soon to be released updated book about her, ‘Barty: Much More Than Tennis’.

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Almanac Tennis: Why Barty matters so much

July 16, 2021 by 12 Comments

Ron Reed, an award-winning sports editor, columnist and feature writer with the Herald and Weekly Times, and a past Australian Sportswriter of the Year, reminds Australians why Ash Barty matters so much us.

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