Another fine contribution from KB Hill, covering the footy life and times of Wodonga legend (and ex-Collingwood player) Mick Bone
Introducing KB Hill: father, sportsman, writer.
September 21, 2017 by 6 Comments
John Harms met KB Hill at his 70th birthday, and this is KB Hill’s first piece for the Almanac.
Bush Footy: Ground Level 2017
September 21, 2017 by 22 Comments
Perhaps the most novel Season Review of the year – and certainly the most insightful. Yes Dogs [sic] you have told the story of a fair dinkum footy club. [Great stuff Old Dog – JTH]
Raving Rulebook No 6
September 20, 2017 by 26 Comments
Rulebook Ashwood aka The Football Wizard covers plenty of ground with this week’s rave. AFL, NRL, SANFL, Matildas, a special bake for Kochie and even more.
VFL Prelim Final: Williamstown v Port Melbourne
September 20, 2017 by 8 Comments
Rod Oaten was treated to grass roots footy at its best – North Port Oval on a cracking Melbourne Sunday.
A few hours in the forward line
September 19, 2017 by 8 Comments
Bert receives sad news of a fallen footballer while driving through western Tasmania. It takes him on a journey to Queenstown Oval where they played against each other.
Mallee Grand Final – Pinnaroo v Peake
September 13, 2017 by 11 Comments
Lee Harradine ventured over the border to Murrayville, taking in a huge day of Mallee community footy and netball. “It’s tough running a country footy club, it’s tough running a SANFL footy club too, but we’re all looking for the same things” [Thanks to Brett “BD” Dutschke for making us aware of this gem – Ed.]
Bush Footy Grand Final – Colac v Grovedale: Meeting in Chaos
September 12, 2017 by 7 Comments
“Bec was one of the netballers – small and wild! She out swore us, out brassed us, out drank us. A few of the boys were intimidated, for sure. She was going out with one of the Alvie footballers and knew her bush footy as good as anyone.”
VAFA C Grade Semi Final – Willy CYs v Marcellin: The Very First Time
September 8, 2017 by 1 Comment
This Sunday at Elsternwick Park, Williamstown CYMS enter the VAFA C Grade finals for the very first time. Smokie will be on hand to witness this historic event.
Junior Almanac: My first footy season
September 6, 2017 by 4 Comments
Jasmine Conrad, who we are so lucky to have on the cover of The Women’s Footy Almanac 2017, tells the story of how she started playing footy and of her first game – where her team received some special encouragement via video.
SANFL – Finals double-header: Winx, Winx, say no more
September 5, 2017 by 5 Comments
Winx, winx, say no more, but the Adelaide Oval nearly has it all, as Peter Sweeney found out.
Almanac Bush Footy: The Legend of ‘Trunk’ Weckert
September 4, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Trunk Weckert is a bush footy legend from BSR (Brinkworth-Spalding-Red Hill). Peter Argent recently attended the thirtieth anniversary celebrations and inevitably some names of past champions came up.
AFLW State Of Origin Re-cap
September 3, 2017 by 4 Comments
The Big V torched the Allies in the AFLW State of Origin match at Docklands. Kasey Symons was on hand to take it all in.
WAFL – Round 23: Ryan goes up as Royals go down
September 1, 2017 by Leave a Comment
Les Everett has the latest on the WAFL (and he’s jagged a speccie photo – well played Les).
VFLW – Melbourne University v Diamond Creek
August 30, 2017 by Leave a Comment
The coveted double chance was the prize for the winner of Sunday’s game between these VFLW powerhouses. Meg Saultry braved the Sunday morning chill to bring us all the action.
Footy final, by ferry
August 29, 2017 by 2 Comments
Being ferried (for free) to a footy final was a first for Peter Sweeney.
Juniors Almanacking – Memories of 10-year-olds. Brilliant.
August 27, 2017 by 12 Comments
It’s book week. This is David Wilson’s story of volunteering to take a couple of sessions at his children’s school on “the writing of a memory.” A rare privilege.
Local Footy: The Bernie Gottke Medal
August 26, 2017 by 3 Comments
Local leagues are starting to wind down for the season, and this also means that the best of the best are lauded at the major functions throughout the nation. Mick Jeffrey relives the Bernie Gottke Medal count night in Central Queensland.
Divine Intervention
August 24, 2017 by 5 Comments
Raitma (the FNQ Smokey Dawson) is trying to work out how the Dogs won the 2016 premiership and who might experience a trigger that adds belief and fortitude to their team – just like Morwell did in 1985.
Recent Comments