Cam Hooke is feeling a lot better about the 2024 AFL Season now that his charges have steadied. Here’s his thoughts on the West Coast win, and he also looks forward to the Pies Round 10 clash with Collingwood.
Almanac Music: The Rolling Stones @ JazzFest 2024
May 14, 2024 by 9 Comments
The Rolling Stones left everyone at JazzFest 2024 in no doubt why they are the greatest rock and roll band in the world. Col was in New Orleans to see the show.
Almanac Teams: Arrivals and Departures (Fremantle)
May 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
Some got the old heave ho, others were taken in by the purple haze – this week Rodney Boyd’s arrivals and departures sides focus on Fremantle.
Almanac Footy: FIDA Seagulls
May 13, 2024 by 2 Comments
Callum Quirk reflects on his significant time spent playing for Willy in the FIDA competition, with triumphant highs and lowly lows.
Almanac Poetry: As Happy as Larry
May 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
In this poem from KD, a bloke named Larry is a happy man.
Almanac (Bush) Cricket: The United Nations of Warrion
May 13, 2024 by 1 Comment
Liam McCullagh’s latest article for the Australian Cricket Society celebrates a rather multicultural cricket team in country Victoria.
Australian Cricket Society Event: Women in Cricket Lunch (May 31)
May 13, 2024 by Leave a Comment
You are invited to the Australian Cricket Society’s Women in Cricket Lunch on May 31. Details in this post.
Almanac Music and Poetry: Remembering Gordon Lightfoot
May 12, 2024 by Leave a Comment
With the anniversary of the great Gordon Lightfoot’s passing recently, this poem came to mind for James Walton when it first happened, and again now.
Almanac Fiction: Swifty Taylor and the Dead Coach (Episode 4)
May 11, 2024 by 4 Comments
This week’s episode finds private eye Swifty Taylor at the race track.
Round 9 – Sal’s Preview: Baaall, Yeah!
May 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
There’s been some progress on the scoreboard but there’s still too much congestion at the ball up. Blow the whistle, umpire, says Sal.
Round 8: Snippets of footy
May 9, 2024 by 3 Comments
Old Dog cast an eye over last weekend’s Round 8. His vast experience helped him to pick out the key components.
NRL Round 9 – Rabbit in the Vineyard: David Furner – the busiest man in the NRL!
May 9, 2024 by 3 Comments
According to RITV, David Furner is the busiest man in the NRL as he works on fixing the Rabbitohs’ leaky defence.
NRL Round 10 – Prop in the Canefield: You gotta love footy!
May 9, 2024 by 2 Comments
Prop had a poor tipping weekend in Round 9 but with less input from his cohort of advisors this week he thinks he might be closer to the money in Round 10.
NRL Round 10: An early cull
May 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
We’re now a third of the way through the 2024 NRL season. It’s time to sort out the contenders from the pretenders.
Round 8 – Haiku Bob: whisky moon
May 9, 2024 by Leave a Comment
When the Pies fell three goals behind, Haiku Bob was prepared for the worst but, once the ball fell to Daicos, ‘the rest we know…’
Revelling in the Riverina – Episode 3: The Crooked Mile
May 8, 2024 by 7 Comments
Peter Clark continues his travels through the Riverina. This week he heads north-west from Cootamundra to the sprawling plains out West Wyalong way.
A Letter to Ross Lyon
As a long-term Saints fan, Ian Wilson has some thoughts he wants to share with Ross Lyon after their loss to Hawthorn.