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.
Crio’sQ?- from The Filipino Fireball to The Fireman… racing monikers
October 19, 2015 by 14 Comments
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.
Caulfield Cup Preview: The Cats that got the cream
October 16, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Sal’s been going very well on the tipping with numerous winners on Guineas Day. He takes a comprehensive look at the Caulfield Cup.
Grand Final 2015 – West Coast v Hawthorn: ‘Hotter than Hell’… but ‘I want to Rock and Rioli all night and party every day’.
October 15, 2015 by 2 Comments
Paul Campbell has spent the last ten days on a Hawthorn and Kiss high. Here is his report.
Magnet (Galleries) – a community which welcomes you
October 15, 2015 by Leave a Comment
Magnet (Galleries) is a collective of photographers (and other artists) not unlike the Almanac. Check them out here. Michael Silver and Col Abbott will make you welcome.
Year of This Tiger
October 15, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tiger Damian Gibson has had a shocker of a year. Life and footy can be like that.
Almanac Bowls: ‘Hawthorn, manufactured to win’
October 14, 2015 by 1 Comment
The Almanac welcomes Lachlan Tighe who is going to write about his beloved sport, lawn bowls, from time to time. Lachlan is a bowler, a successful bowls coach and a bowls columnist. Here he talks about the importance of teamwork, team culture and positive support in bowls. [Great to have you with us Lachlan – JTH]
Rugby World Cup: Quarter Finalists Decided
October 14, 2015 by 3 Comments
Hamish Neal gives a comprehensive wrap of the Rugby World Cup group stage and looks at how the qualifying quarter finalists line up.
Almanac Old Buggers’ Indoor Cricket: The Boos of The Fishermen
October 14, 2015 by 7 Comments
Huge controversy, among team-mates.
When ‘The Fishermen’ don’t quite agree: Gigs ‘Garfish’ Gigacz gives an account of a dropped catch in a crucial indoor cricket fixture which denied Damian ‘Plankton’ Callinan a hat-trick while Plankton offers an alternative account.
[Please let us know about your incident of internal strife. And also, we’d love to hear stories of hat-tricks denied.]
Geelong’s Best Side in 2016: Discuss
October 13, 2015 by 26 Comments
With the recent signings of Dangerfield and Selwood, Cats supporter Dips O’Donnell names his best 22 for the Cats next year, thoughts Cats fans?
A certain captain: is Tex what the Crows need?
October 13, 2015 by 8 Comments
From January 2015 [interesting given the year Tex and the Crows had – Ed]: Dave Brown recalls a young Tex Walker and his journey to self-belief and captaincy of the Crows
Rugby World Cup 2015: How do you understand this game?
October 13, 2015 by 12 Comments
How do you understand this game, Rugby? [Great series of videos – Ed].
A New Season
October 13, 2015 by 3 Comments
In the week before Round 1, we published this: “Braham Dabschek reflects on the start of another season; autumnal optimism and the comforting familiarity of the footy world cranking back into gear.” What are your thoughts in the wash up? Expectations met? Surprises?
AFL, fair competition and thought: the Bondi Effect
October 13, 2015 by 8 Comments
Explaining something to another can be the best way of finding holes in you understanding. Imagine trying to explain the AFL competition to an international visitor. [Have you done it? How did you go?].
Crio’s Q? – nearly newsworthy; comfortably cringeworthy
October 13, 2015 by 2 Comments
After the reporting of Jarryd Hayne’s ‘almost-touchdown’ Crio asks: what’s an appropriate level of coverage that informs without the cringe?
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