Ode to the Hartford Whalers celebrates the life and demise of an ice hockey team. Peter Baulderstone believes it will resonate most strongly with Doggies and Saints fan everywhere, or Roy Boys who couldn’t follow their heart to the sunny north.
AFL Round 19 – Collingwood v Essendon: slowly finding form
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Haiku Bob on Round 19.
Vic Country wins first FIDA National Championships
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Vic Country, captained by Williamstown’s Sifa Kuila, have emerged undefeated in the first FIDA National Championships. [Well done lads – Ed, from the Mallee]
The Rising Reporters of Scotch College
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John Harms is a guest of the 2013 Scotch Literature Festival. Today’s workshops are with the Grade 9s. This is the outline of the workshop. We look forward to reading the stories of these Rising Reporters very soon.
MIFF Review: Weekend of a Champion
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Weekend of a Champion – the documentary following Sir Jackie Stewart – is up there with sporting documentary films such as Senna (2010), When We Were Kings (1996) and Dogtown and Z-Boys (2001).
Carn the NAFFS
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Non-aligned footy footy fans (or NAFFs) may seem funny to most, but surely its not as funny as seeing the world in black and white.
Great Moments in Sport: Australia v India, Second Test, SCG, 2008
August 7, 2013 by 4 Comments
Fraser Sutherland re-creates the tension of the final overs in the SCG Test of 2008.
Crio’s Racing: Vale Simone Montgomerie
August 7, 2013 by 12 Comments
The death of Simone Montgomerie has shaken the racing industry.
Father seeks help to support his son’s football
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Dane’s son Joel is struggling with his parents’ separation, but footy is still a way to bring father and son together. Now Joel is going to represent the ACT in Darwin and Dane needs help to get there to support him. Can you contribute to his pozible campaign?
Lid Removed
August 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
Taking into account draft picks, salary caps and equalisation measures, missing finals since 2001 is an extraordinary effort from the Tigers. But now Tom Greenaway reckons the lid is off – in fact, it’s hit the ceiling. Does the new paradigm offer September promise?
Almanac Art: Lounge Room Footy
August 7, 2013 by 2 Comments
I didn’t go to any footy games this weekend but for some reason I feel as if I did, and not one, but many.
AFL Round 19 – West Coast Eagles v Gold Coast Suns: Barracking for Football
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Peter Baulderstone didn’t care who won when his Eagles played the Suns – West Coast couldn’t make the finals so he was hoping for a good game and an Ablett master class. (He’ll be in the doghouse when his lovely wife finds out.)
AFL Round 19 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: A single goal
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There was a time when Ang Pippos wanted it all. On Sunday, all she wanted in life was to BEAT PORT ADELAIDE.
My Swans Family
August 7, 2013 by 16 Comments
William Pascoe is part of a very happy Swans family. He tells the story of his grandmother and the tribe of uncles and aunties and grandchildren who have followed the Bloods with great passion. The 2005 premiership was a special moment for them all.
AFL Round 19 – Brisbane v St.Kilda: Pulling threads
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Some Saints fans may have chosen the cricket instead of watching their boys against Brisbane on Saturday night. Keiran Deck kept an eye on both.
Queensland footy: Sounds like its been worth the wait
August 7, 2013 by 3 Comments
And you thought the Giants had been doing it tough this year? The Brothers footy club in Rockhampton has just secured this first seniors win since 2011. Cue the club song.
AFL Round 18 – Fremantle v Adelaide: Slinki Malinki and the tattered, battered, scattered Crows
August 6, 2013 by 3 Comments
Ben Footner juggles life’s important things and finds some interesting connections between football and (kids’) literature.
Third Test – Day 5: Clarke left standing in the rain
August 6, 2013 by 9 Comments
Gigs shares the frustrations of all of us, but lets his mind wander through the music (and lyrics) of ELO.
AFL Round 19 – Adelaide v Port Adelaide: The Chad is dead, long live the Chad
August 6, 2013 by 11 Comments
Port would be languishing in the bottom six of the competition without Chad Wingard, who has been instrumental in five of their closest victories.
To Call or to Comment?
John Tait observes contemporary football telecasts and concludes that the commentators have forgotten their role.