by Damien Holloway What do Al Jazeera, Taiwan Outlook, France 24 News and Dwayne Russell have in common? Channel KCSMD 198. More on that later. I moved over to the USA in December of 2005 to marry an American girl. On previous visits I had regularly watched a weekly footy wrap on one [Read more]
One Tony Lockett
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
If not for the indecision of the Collingwood board in 1994, I would be a one-toothed Magpie supporter today. Some eighteen years later, after what one would describe as the greatest mistake ever made by the Collingwood board – though the bloodless coup of Nathan Buckley in 2009 may rival it, only time will tell [Read more]
Peter Argent: Cricket Slips
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
This cricket clothing faux pas (embarrassment) happened during the final of the 2012 Grand Final of the Senior Country Carnival at University Number one oval on Thursday Feb 9. The batsman in question in Yorke Peninsula an Lower North all rounder Matthew Higgs This guy is the prospective son in law of 1980s Australian batsman-keeper [Read more]
Lawn Bowls Poetry
February 12, 2012 by 11 Comments
John Kingsmill will be writing a series of bowling poems over the next few weeks. WEEK ONE Back to the Bowling Green after a long delay My father’s bowls are still too large in my hand. It’s only my obstinacy, I suppose, that makes me stay with them. His hands were no bigger than [Read more]
Mohammad Shahzad: My man
February 12, 2012 by 2 Comments
Slap! Reverse sweep for six! Simply … wow. Saeed Ajmal’s bemused look says it all – who is Mohammad Shahzad? I’ve made it to my Nepali friend’s little Afghan house in the heart of Kabul just in time. Shahzad has played one of the greatest cricket shots I’ve ever seen; authoritative, brash, powerful. The reverse sweep [Read more]
A real Ashes game
February 12, 2012 by Leave a Comment
A real Ashes contest The 28th annual Ashes cricket match between the towns of Aireys Inlet and Macedon will be played this coming Sunday, 19 February, at the Anglesea cricket ground. The two towns, Aireys Inlet on Victoria’s west coast and Macedon just an hour north of Melbourne, were both ravaged by the Ash Wednesday [Read more]
The Winds of Economic Change
February 10, 2012 by 11 Comments
These are turbulent times in the global economy. Depending on who you listen to, we are still in the midst of the GFC; or, the GFC ended but we are now on the cusp of GFC Mark II; China’s growth is either teetering or marching on; and the European sovereign debt crisis is threatening [Read more]
Hope is where the heart is
February 10, 2012 by 34 Comments
What’s happening to Blues supporters? On my recent holiday in Yarrawonga I was surrounded by them. They were so numerous that if I was off target with a mossie swat or a fly swipe I was in danger of hitting one. Indeed this is the case every year as the same families make the trek [Read more]
Comfortably Numb
February 10, 2012 by 7 Comments
A slow boat to China creeping southward from Keelung to Manila, slicing through the inside of the South China Sea, on the outside of the typhoon season, a long time ago. Alone, together on a traditional but unique honeymoon, cocooned within a quaint two and a half thousand tonne refrigerated rust bucket carrying [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: Caviar on Orr Stakes Day
February 9, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Without the hype this would still be a really good race meeting at Caulfield on Saturday with so many horses plotting paths in to Autumn. But there’s heaps of hype for a change and, rightly, it is all about Black Caviar and free admission at The Heath for the big C.F.Orr Stakes Day. There is [Read more]
Premier Cricket: Round 14 Preview
February 9, 2012 by 6 Comments
Round 14 of Premier Cricket, a two day fixture, will be played over the following two Saturdays -February 11 & 18. Here’s a preview of the upcoming action MATCH OF THE ROUND Prahran (2nd) 50pts v Richmond (6th) 42pts @ Toorak Park 2011/12 P’ran TWWWWLDWDWWWW R’mond LWWLWWDWDWLWW Last time they met: Round 2 2010/11 [Read more]
A Change From the North
February 9, 2012 by 7 Comments
They come like small soldiers over the horizon, one by one, indiscernible at first. Signs. An article about the benefits of off season altitude training, Arizona or the Himalayas. It doesn’t amount to anything. Sometime later, the next time you turn to look ahead, there are more of them. They are armed. The plea from [Read more]
Duck hunting
February 9, 2012 by 12 Comments
People are inventive. They have found many ways to pass the time. Sport is one of them. But sometimes sport is more than that. People have also found ways to elevate the soul. Some play Bach and watch David Gower. Others have their souls elevated by fiddle-music, Ford pick-ups, the squeal of a pig, and [Read more]
In A-League of its Own 11 (2011/12)
February 8, 2012 by Leave a Comment
Tom’s weekly outlook on the A-League While the result of the season’s 3rd and final Melbourne derby read 0-0, the atmosphere and electricity inside the ground was certainly worth more than that. It was the first derby that I had ever attended, and although I probably got the least eventful of the lot so [Read more]
The Ascension of Pup
February 8, 2012 by 26 Comments
The test summer has concluded in unanticipated rout. Australian success has spawned a thousand post-Argus paternity claims, whereas Indian failure is truly an orphan. Indeed, it seems India’s initial inclination is to pretend the summer never happened at all. But as we bask in the afterglow, Australian fans might still harbour a nagging doubt. [Read more]
Premier Cricket Round 13
February 7, 2012 by 8 Comments
by Mic Rees Round 13 of Premier Cricket was completed last Saturday. Highlights included an outright victory, a superb all round performance, five centuries and a couple of squeaky bum finishes. At Princes Park Melbourne (5/233) had to settle for first innings points in its clash with top of table Carlton (116 & 7/196). [Read more]
The flat white chord
February 7, 2012 by 14 Comments
by Vin Maskell At first I thought the voice was coming through the speakers of the large, neat café, trying to be heard above the burble of lunch orders and the boiling, bubbling and steaming of the baristas at work. Then I wondered if a busker, carried away mid-song, had strayed in to take [Read more]
Never too far away
February 7, 2012 by 4 Comments
by Pamela Sherpa Towards the end of last football season, my daughter, Tashi, feared that stress was adversely affecting me. She suggested that I should go on a relaxing holiday and get away from the frustration of sport. What a good idea ! We planned to meet in Cambodia in January after she had been [Read more]
The Commentary Box
As we hit mid-February, clearly our attentions now turn to the winter game. As Perth hits 37 degrees, 774 breaks into broadcasts with bushfire reports, and a meaningless triangular cricket tournament with one completely disenchanted and apathetic team continues, the papers are full of AFL pre-season conjecture. Also about this time of the year, the [Read more]