DAY 1 AT KANDY Pallekele is a wonderful cricket ground in fact I would go further and say it is one of the most beautiful grounds in the world. A word of warning though. I hope that they do not build pavilions all the way round the perimeter and so destroy the wonderful views of [Read more]
Finals time in the WAFL
September 9, 2011 by 5 Comments
The finals start in the WAFL on Sunday and only one of last year’s top four will be taking part. After their one-point loss in the Andrew Krakouer grand final last year only a premiership will do for top team Claremont. The Tigers haven’t been as convincing in 2010 and third-placed Subiaco is probably the [Read more]
More complications?
September 9, 2011 by 9 Comments
Friday night: Geelong v Collingwood. A weary season is pushing towards the inevitable conclusion. I have speculated, in an article during the week, about the possibility of complications to the narrative. Some commenters have agreed, but the wise and the cynical have restated the season’s direction, and expressed general boredom. But wait. Is that the [Read more]
Crio’s Racing: John H. Dato Day
September 9, 2011 by 3 Comments
Whilst I stop short of insisting anyone has a bet, this week or in the future, it’s fair to say that if you intend to get involved with Spring features then, at the very least, carefully watch the replays from this Saturday’s meetings at Rosehill and Moonee Valley. The season’s first Group One, the million [Read more]
Sal’s Tips: An Ochre Shadow bears down
September 9, 2011 by 1 Comment
The finals put an extra bit of excitement in the greetings this week, Email has already been flowing and we still have Friday to go! Unfortunately much of the discussion in the media has been about the flow of players that will wear the Sunset Strip with Ward, Palmer and Davis formally announcing their defections. [Read more]
One Hundred Years Ago: 1st Semi Final, 9th September, 1911
September 8, 2011 by 12 Comments
The area just south of the Yarra was one of Melbourne’s most populous from the 1840’s. In the gold rush days it was known as Canvas Town, after the huge tent city that was temporary home to thousands on their way inland to seek fortune. Then it was called Emerald Hill in honour of [Read more]
My favourite drop-kick, part 9
September 8, 2011 by 8 Comments
The Drop-Kick Premiership Team Vin Maskell It is said that a champion team will always beat a team of champions, but what if that team of champions is a team of champion drop-kicks? The selection criteria for this team are to be a premiership player and for there to be a reference to the player’s [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – A hard night’s work
September 8, 2011 by 4 Comments
COVERING a footy match seems a pretty straightforward task. I remember a Julia Roberts movie where the main male love interest was a sportswriter, depicted in the press box with a beer in hand and not a notebook in sight. If only it was really like that. In fact, covering a night match where things [Read more]
PARINGA V LYRUP – INDEPENDENT LEAGUE GRAND FINAL 2011, Sat
September 8, 2011 by 1 Comment
September 3rd 2011 By Nick Kossatch at Paringa LYRUP achieved its’ first ever back-to-back flags with a brilliant 32-point win over Paringa in the Independent Football League grand final at Paringa Oval on Saturday. Lyrup skipper Jason Marr won the toss and his team had the aid of a three-goal northerly. It was ex-Swan [Read more]
Where’s Webb Ellis?
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A little ditty transformed for the Rugby. Courtesy of Ben Santamaria. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/rugby-world-cup-2011/news/audio.cfm?c_id=522&gal_objectid=10745054&gallery_id=121162
The great equaliser.
September 8, 2011 by 9 Comments
As each club reviews its performance in 2011, there will be perceptions of success for those that have achieved more than expected, and recriminations for those that have not. A host of questions will be asked. Did we improve this year? Did we perform more consistently? Were we more competitive? Did we win as many [Read more]
A draw or a Fixture by John Sandy
September 8, 2011 by 4 Comments
Some months ago when stuck in a car with three kids on the road to nowhere I bored my wife by creating a couple of possible options for ‘the league’ to create a fair and transparent fixture draw that was based on a formula depending on where teams finished the previous season. A [Read more]
Recollections of a Memorable Debut
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Sometimes it’s the ordinary, mundane games that give us special memories. This is a story of two such matches, both Richmond v Sydney at the MCG, played 18 years apart. The first, on a blustery day in May 1993, was an awful spectacle. Both sides were rooted to the bottom of the ladder,Sydney in the [Read more]
ALMANAC RD24 SWANS V LIONS
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Let me introduce you to Bob. He is softly spoken, barracks for the Sydney Swans and most of the time is invisible (He has been known to take form in figurines, footballs and various other Swans memorabilia.) Dad, an old Bloods supporter, (and the whole side of his family) managed to get me to support [Read more]
DA’s Clue of the Round (25)
September 7, 2011 by 10 Comments
For all your puzzling requirements, visit David Astle at http://davidastle.com/. Here’s David’s footy clue for this week: If Joy, Ghost or Winona could serve as the comical nickname of Bombers’ Patrick RYDER (think about it for a moment), can you figure out these other imaginary nicknames? We’ve chosen one player from each of the competing [Read more]
Train to Kandy
September 7, 2011 by 1 Comment
by Bob Utber Forget about the cricket, the train trip from Colombo Fort to Kandy was worth its weight in chocolates. The British (as the locals call them) built the railway in the 1860’s as their route to the tea plantations that they were establishing. The engineering skills of the Brits can still be seen. [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – Channelling Tricky
September 7, 2011 by 10 Comments
I was born into an Aussie Rules family and growing up on an aboriginal mission in central Australia I was totally unaware of the existence of Rugby League for the first ten years of my life. When I was in year three my parents went on a sojourn to Europe for three months and as [Read more]
I’m in one. Now to win it.
September 7, 2011 by 3 Comments
Earned a ticket to the big dance. Imperial Football Club sent four teams up to Mannum on a hot windy 27 degree day and each team earned themselves a ticket to the big dance at Meningie on 17 September. The Under 15s after having the week off did the job against Mypolonga and won [Read more]
Almanac Rugby League – There’s always next year
September 7, 2011 by Leave a Comment
“What we do tonight echoes in eternity” With those immortal words, the Gladiator Russell Crowe fired up his band of underdogs to bravely take on the might of the Romans. The Gladiator of course now owns the South Sydney Rabbitohs, who with a last premiership win way back in 1971 could be put in a [Read more]
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