The inaugural footyalmanac.com.au handicap will be run today at Geelong.
A hardy band of Almanackers will be wining/dining/punting their way through the afternoon.
Follow the action through the afternoon. (Some more excitable types might even apply the tag ‘interactive’ to this experiment.
Good punting!
As a rusted-on Almanacker, I’m devastated not to be there. JTH, any tips woulod be welcome!
Gigs
I believe they are very much in the planning. For better or worse…
Gigs – I feel your pain. Plugging away at work myself. Not much fun.
Gee had we been a week later the boys from the ACT could have ripped it up at Geelong .On second thought best we are not be there plus my ability to have back to back winning weekends on the punt in not outstanding. The fav in the last will win
As our track-side correspondents have obviously had ‘connectivity’ problems (or too much red wine-Ed), it falls to the bloke who knows nothing about racing to declare the results of the footyalmanac.com.au Handicap:
1st – Etoile Rouge
2nd – Mrs Elle
3rd – Amazing Luck (who’s luck obviously wasn’t that amazing)
A great day had by all down at the Geelong (synthetic!!) track.
Thankfully P J Flynn was on the Geelong Flyer in the morning to make the journey
to Sleepy Hollow a little more entertaining. Interesting trivia: it takes
exactly 29 minutes to walk from Corio station to his mother’s house.
A few roughies saluted over the course of the day, with J T Harms getting off to an
impressive start by backing the winner of the first.
It seemed like a couple of those nags were not too keen on getting into the barriers
and decided to go for a run sans jockey.
As I caught the 4:52 out of Geelong, I cannot vouch for what transpired after the meet.
Thanks Smoke,
Always a pleasure.
North Geelong not Corio.
Uncracking Ian Hunter’s code at 4am.
Will be watching Jimmy sorry Jay Bartel at 2.10pm.
PJ Flynn
Thanks J Dunne and J Harms. We no longer have christian names.
As the Geelong Cup was postponed today due to strong winds and will now now be run tomorrow, it got me thinking of doing a football team where each player has wind or Gale in their first name, surname or in any order in a combination of their first name and surname.
The criteria was that a surname could only be used once, unless it was the captain-coach.
Some players were named out of position, so they could fit in the team.
This is the VFL/AFL WIND/GALE Team:
B: Darryl GERLACH (Essendon/GALE in his surname), Darren GLASS (WC/GAL in surname/E in 1st name), Gary MALARKEY (Geel/G in 1st name/ALE in surname)
HB: David WIRRPANDA (West Coast Eagles/WIND in his surname), Sam GILBERT (St K/G in surname/A in 1st name/LE in surname), David GRENVOLD (Ess/G in surname/A in 1st name/LE in surname)
C: Andrew WILLS (Geel/Frem/WB/WI in surname/ND in 1st name), Shane WOEWODIN (Melb/Coll/WIND in surname), Sharrod WELLINGHAM (Coll/WC/WIN in surname/D in 1st name)
HF: Gary ABLETT SR. (Haw/Geel/G in 1st name/ALE in surname), Murray WEIDEMAN (Coll/WIND in surname), Chad WINGARD (PA/Haw/WIND in surname)
F: Daniel GIANSIRACUSA (WB/GA in surname/LE in 1st name), Graham TEASDALE (Rich/SM/Coll/GA in 1st name/LE in surname), Brendon GALE (Rich/GALE in surname)
R: Ray GABELICH (Collingwood/GALE in his surname), Darren WILLIAMS (Ess/WI in surname/ND in 1st name), Adrian GALLAGHER (Carl/Foots/NM/GALE in surname)
Interchange: Jason BALDWIN (Fitz/Rich/WIND in surname), Jason WINDERLICH (Ess/WIND ain surname), Michael GARDINER (WC/St K/GA in surname/LE in 1st name), Adrian GLEESON (Carl/G in surname/A in 1st name/LE ain surname), Frank GUMBLETON (NM/G in surname/A in 1st name/LE in surname)
Emergencies: Stewart GULL (SM/G in surname/A in 1st name/L in surname/E in 1st name), Jason WILD (Coll/WI in surname/N in 1st name/D in surname), Marcus WINDHAGER (St K/WIND in surname), Riley GARCIA (WB/GA in surname/LE in 1st name), Graeme GELLIE (St K/G in surname/A in 1st name/LE in surname), Caleb WINDSOR (Melb/WIND in surname)
Captain-Coach: Murray WEIDEMAN (Played and coached Coll/WIND in surname)
Any legal matters for this team will be referred to Judge Mark GAMBLE (St K 1986-88/GALE in surname).
This team will play a pretend exhibition match against the VFL/AFL WET WEATHER Team.
Venue: WINDY HILL
Entertainment: The songs “WIND Beneath My Wings”, by Bette Midler and “Ride like the WIND”, by Christopher Cross.
A guest appearance will be made by the WINDIES Test Cricket team from their successful era.
Whoever wins the toss will be kicking with a strong wind.
Let’s hope for a good game of football and if one of the teams is well behind on the scoreboard at three quarter time, they will “throw caution to the WIND!”