Minyip’s Bill McGrath is the featured player, and Warracknabeal v Minyip is the featured match in Episode 8 of Peter Clark’s ‘A Season in the Country: 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues’.
A Season in the Country: 1975 in the Wimmera and Farrer Leagues – Episode 8
June 8, 2022 by 4 Comments
Almanac Road Trip: Part 4 – Mildura
June 8, 2022 by 1 Comment
Col and Meryl are in Mildura enjoying the continuing sights of the Murray River as their road trip continues.
Almanac Rugby League – State of Origin: What are we playing for?
June 8, 2022 by 10 Comments
John Harms says that the Maroons are playing for the Queensland way of life. [This piece was first published in 2014]
Round 12 – Tuohy copped a headbutt, as the Dogs played catchup
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Touhy, Touk, Daicos, Brayshaw and more – TroyBOP has them all covered in his coverage of Round 12 in verse.
Round 13 – AFL Fixture 2022: Who, where, and when?
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Split round continues; check out who, where, and when your team is playing in Round 13.
Almanac Life: Goodbye to a faithful friend
June 7, 2022 by 9 Comments
Mickey Randall shares the loss of a long-term friend, uncomplaining supporter and comforter.
FEARLESS 2022: Round 11 – Midway … season 2022 – Time for some to get a wriggle on.
June 7, 2022 by Leave a Comment
FEARLESS 2022 presents his snowball analogy to describe sports media, and he also reports on the recently played Round 11 matches.
Cam Hooke’s Collingwood Life: Round 12 Review / Round 13 Preview
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A tight finish over Hawthorn in Round 13 gladdens all Collingwood supporters as they look forward to their forthcoming clash against Melbourne reports Cam Hooke.
Round 12 – Hawthorn v Collingwood: Floreat Pica Society Report
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
A cold and wet old day in Melbourne, but that didn’t faze Collingwood (winning makes you forget the cold) or Paul McKay (being in Thailand also helps with the cold…) as he wrote his piece for the Floreat Pica Society.
Almanac Teams: The Balme(y) Iles; Obscure 36s (1980- )
June 6, 2022 by 3 Comments
The second Number 36 side from Rodney Boyd has plenty of representation from the Victorian Goldfields and Western District, with many more interesting names from as far afield as Latin America.
Almanac Poetry: Three (More) Little Worlds
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
As with last week, every poem worthy of the name – no matter the length – should evoke a world; clearly Kevin Densley has a veritable galaxy of word worlds brimming within.
Almanac Netball: ‘Netball attack players are a protected species.’
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
‘Netball is a non-contact sport’; ‘Attackers are a protected species’; ‘The winner will be the team with more goals than the other!’ – so says the wisdom of once-was-a-defender Marlene Thurlow. Along with Andy, she went to see their great-niece play for the Vixens against the Thunderbirds.
Almanac Rugby: Super Rugby Pacific Quarter Finals
June 6, 2022 by Leave a Comment
Help me Brumbies, you’re my only hope! Brian the Ruminator wraps up the Super Rugby Pacific quarter finals which saw the home teams all on the winners list and one Australian side left to face the Kiwis.
Almanac Road Trip: Part 3 – More Swan Hill
June 5, 2022 by 1 Comment
It’s been bitterly cold in Swan Hill for Col and Meryl but they managed to brave the elements and visit a couple of local attractions.
Almanac (Fan) Life: Finding my ten-year-old self again
June 4, 2022 by 2 Comments
Craig Dodson is a Wagga Wagga boy at heart and a Swans fan by conviction. He’s proud to pass on the passion to his boys, remembering how it meant so much to him when he was their age.
Footy Almanackers: Coffee with Citrus Bob
June 3, 2022 by 5 Comments
Col finally caught up with Citrus Bob Utber in the flesh for coffee in Mildura today.
FEARLESS 2022 Round 10 – Sir Doug Nicholls Round: Highlighting the Indigenous AFL Contribution.
June 3, 2022 by Leave a Comment
FEARLESS pays tribute to the contribution of Indigenous players to the AFL before recounting his take on Round 10.
Almanac Music: Three Blackbirds and Pigeon
June 3, 2022 by 2 Comments
Thirty years on from Mabo, Peter Crossing revisits Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists who have covered lesser known but important events in Australian History.
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