US Masters Preview: The Battle of the Internationals at Augusta by Nick Sculley I’m not usually one for making bold and outlandish statements, but this year’s US Masters is shaping as the most hotly-contested in decades. Luke Donald recently regained the world number one ranking from the hottest property in world golf Rory McIlroy. American [Read more]
WAFL Round 3 – Old Easts make it interesting
April 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
Les Everett keeps Almanackers everywhere abreast of the latest in the WAFL. http://australianrules.com.au/news/974/78/Old-Easts-make-it-interesting
down another falling
April 4, 2012 by 5 Comments
new season starts at the 10 minute mark I catch my breath first quarter the umpire plucks the ball from the clinging pack dusk deepens one more missed goal the debutant’s first shot at goal straight through the middle MCG in March Buddy’s skied hook post-high Cloke drags down another falling leaves alone inside fifty [Read more]
In A-League of its Own 16 (2011/12)
April 4, 2012 by 2 Comments
by Tom Riordan Melbourne Heart’s first appearance in a finals match has ended in a nightmare, losing 3-0 at the hands of Perth Glory at nib Stadium. After knocking 4 past Melbourne Victory the week before, Shane Smeltz continued his incredible form, scoring all 3 against the Heart on Sunday. It took 65 minutes [Read more]
DA Puzzle of the Round (2)
April 4, 2012 by 6 Comments
Remember that David Astle is always just a click away at http://davidastle.com/ But before you make that click, try this: A snap if you know your cars – but what two Volkswagen models are both listed footballers ready to rev in 2012? (And to check your answers, throw in GO to the pair’s first [Read more]
1980 A Personal Footy Almanac – Round 2, Saturday 5 April v Essendon, MCG
April 4, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Sam Steele It’s the Easter weekend. The weather forecast is glorious. The family’s at Dromana, grabbing a last chance at some beach time before the onset of winter. It’s an annual tradition. Non-negotiable. For a footy-mad 16 year old, being stuck over an hour from Melbourne, without any means of transport, this is [Read more]
A Perth Sporting Weekend
April 3, 2012 by 2 Comments
It’s been a huge weekend of sport here in the West. The Force showed the insipid Reds the door. And the Glory and the Wildcats advanced deeper into Finals territory. But of course all that paled compared with the arrival of the CATS on Friday. That’s right the Champion Australian Team of Snorers (CATS) were [Read more]
Lethal or Mick? A hypothetical
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Jeff Dowsing If you flat out refuse to deal in hypotheticals, then by all means click the ‘back’ button now. Fair enough too, I’m not usually one for hypotheticals either, it’s a bit too Bruce McAvaney for my liking. Actually Bruce, or more so his employer, lead me to my subject. Seven has certainly [Read more]
2011/12 Premier Cricket Final – Review
April 3, 2012 by 9 Comments
by Mic Rees After 144 Home & Away matches and 7 finals, the dust has settled and one team stands alone at the top of the Premier Cricket summit. That team is Richmond, the Tigers convincing winners over a beaten but far from disgraced Dandenong. Richmond took control of the match during the final session [Read more]
Leaving it all on the track
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Leaving it all on the track Patrick O’Keeffe It is a Sunday afternoon in Melbourne. I am at the Hisense Arena, standing in the middle of a recently constructed cycling velodrome, watching competitors from numerous countries preparing for the 2012 Track Cycling World Championships. The championships will be commencing in Melbourne on Thursday [Read more]
There’s life, and then there is football
April 3, 2012 by 3 Comments
by Yvette Wroby It was a very unusual beginning of the season. The Sydney round one between Greater Western and Sydney Swans, the week before all the other states and teams got to play. A bit one sided but who cared, footy was back. And then the games of this weekend, starting off with the [Read more]
Crows take off
April 3, 2012 by 4 Comments
Domination, a word used to describe the Adelaide Crows’ performance in their round one demolition of the Gold Coast Suns. The NAB Cup premiers continued on from their blistering pre season form sinking the Suns by 69 points at Metricon Stadium on the weekend. It was obvious across the board the ease at which [Read more]
Round 1 – Hawks, Magpies, Grass and Mud
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by Paul Campbell Mint Bar – two Vodkas in -I tell Cat woman I must leave. “It’s Five forty five”, Cat woman observes. “I know”, I respond, “I want to get to the ‘G and look at the grass a while”. It’s been 6 months and 7 days since Collingwood shattered a dream, in [Read more]
Round One Reflections
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by Nick Sculley It’s been a long wait but the AFL has returned with a bang over the past two weeks. Hawthorn v Collingwood, North Melbourne v Essendon & Fremantle v Geelong have all staked their claims for match of the season status, whilst Scott Thompson continued his love affair with playing the Gold Coast [Read more]
The Geelong Way
April 3, 2012 by 26 Comments
Scarlo’s gone for three. No surprises there! My niece, a friend and I all had a clear view of his brain fade induced left hook to the jaw of a Fremantle player and shook our collective heads. What was he thinking? Instantly my mind projected to the scene of “The G” next Monday week. Geelong [Read more]
The Curse of Mama Bear AKA Fremantle v Geelong
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
by Dennis Gedling It’s not every day that 20 or so people stop talking to point and laugh at you when you enter a room but I was able to cross that honour off the bucket list deep in Dockers territory on a Round 1 Saturday night. The day had started off so well [Read more]
An Innings for Dad
April 3, 2012 by 5 Comments
AN INNINGS FOR DAD The ball was short of a length outside off stump. Still early in my innings, it was my first opportunity to break the shackles. I leant back and unleashed a back foot square drive through point that was a combination of flourish and brute force. As I took off on those [Read more]
The View from Shepparton
April 3, 2012 by 1 Comment
by Peter Schumacher The worst thing about being a footy tragic is not being a footy tragic. Thus it was, is now, and ever shall be that I missed the radio cast, telecast and what ever cast might have been available of the Brisbane demolition of Melbourne. Can’t say that I was too impressed by [Read more]
Crio’s Q?…bums on (couch) seats
April 2, 2012 by 3 Comments
or, for fox sakes, I’ll toss in my membership Let’s face it. Fixturing is TV driven. That’s the case now in mainstream sports across the globe. By necessity, therefore, the “live” spectator’s (fan/club member/ contributor to atmosphere) considerations are secondary. AFL attendances thus far have stood up, but the International trend is that television [Read more]
Arthur Fagg
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Arthur Who? That might be the response of some almanackers. In the pantheon of cricketing statistics he holds a unique place, being the only player to score two double centuries in a first class match. This unmatched record was achieved back in 1938, in a county match, when Arthurs’ Kent played Essex at Colchester. Arthur [Read more]
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