Sometimes appreciation comes creeping. Sometimes a doubt always remains. E.regnans on Hawthorn; game plan, recent history, the 2015 Grand Final, and the idea of appreciation.
Almanac Trade Week
October 20, 2015 by 23 Comments
The Almanac and the AFL are joining forces in the first ever trade week for footy writers. Some of the old stagers will be put out to pasture or writing in new colours next season (according to Peter Baulderstone). Any other nominations?
Long Bombs to Snake: Lindy Burns’ Monday segment on ABC Radio
October 20, 2015 by 5 Comments
JTH, Dips O’Donnell and Mathilde de Hauteclocque were Monday night guests of Lindy Burns on 774 ABC Melbourne. Check out their conversation; which covered Long Bombs to Snake, Footy Almanac and writing generally.
Drawing inspiration for marathons from basketball?
October 20, 2015 by 3 Comments
Mick Jeffrey, facing the Melbourne marathon, went searching for a spark. Would he find the answer at an NBL game? Who is this Melbourne United, taking on the Adelaide 36ers? [Congratulations on your run Mick – Ed].
Kelsey Watts memorial races at Wodonga
October 20, 2015 by 1 Comment
Glen made the enjoyable trip to Wodonga Race Track on a day honouring the memory of Kelsey Watts. The Border Ovarian Cancer Awareness group continue their much-appreciated efforts.
Rugby World Cup 2015 – Quarter Finals: Run the cutter
October 20, 2015 by 3 Comments
In a World Cup tournament, you need form but also plenty of luck. Luck with injuries, luck with interpretations, luck of time and place. Hamish Neal writes of the RWC2015 Quarter Final matches, all of which pitted a country of the north against a country of the south.
The man who scored a try against the All Blacks, then won an AFL Flag.
October 19, 2015 by 2 Comments
Wayne Ball on the career of retiring Swans player Mike Pyke, from his time representing Canada in Rugby Union to playing for the Swans in the AFL.
Collingwood’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss
October 19, 2015 by 25 Comments
E Regnans picks Collingwood’s best side for 2016.
Some Michael Silver snaps from last week’s dinner with Gideon Haigh
October 19, 2015 by 3 Comments
It was a ripper night. Thanks to Michael Silver of Magnet Galleries for these tremendous shots. And to Gideon Haigh for coming along to talk about Certain Admissions.
Ode to raconteur and wordsmith extraordinaire, Gideon Haigh
October 19, 2015 by 7 Comments
Jennifer Muirden with an ode to Gideon Haigh, after listening to him speak at his Certain Admissions dinner last Wednesday evening.
Official Almanac Register of Holes-in-One
October 19, 2015 by 12 Comments
Today is the 40th anniversary of John Harms’s hole-in-one.
Tell us your hole-in-one yarn: the story of your shot, or one you have seen (in the comments section below).
Crio’sQ?- from The Filipino Fireball to The Fireman… racing monikers
October 19, 2015 by 14 Comments
Sport and nicknames go together like, say, The Professor and The Cups King.
The Carnival has the backpages now and Crio’sQ? asks for some memorable racing bynames.
G’day from Iron Knob
October 19, 2015 by 20 Comments
Mickey Randall has been reminiscing about horseracing and the tracks he’s visited such as Randwick, Oakbank, and Port Augusta. But beyond Victoria Park, Clare, and Singapore, there’s one that holds a particular place.
Almanac Racing – rolling the dice
October 17, 2015 by 47 Comments
It’s not negotiable. This is the Caulfield Cup. You have to have an opinion. In recent years the winners have sometimes been unseen, maybe even unknown – factor it all in to the giant permutation that could equal not just financial reward but the status of having backed a leg of the famed double. Tips please.
A-League 1,000: The Shin Edition
October 16, 2015 by 1 Comment
Hamish Neal previews this week’s A-League matches.
Almanac Poetry: Time, the toughest opponent of all
October 16, 2015 by 2 Comments
Time and football. Verse from the pen of Jeff Dowsing.
SBS Time to say goodbye to Soccer
October 16, 2015 by 7 Comments
Vaughan Menlove on how it might be time for SBS to say goodbye to soccer.
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