Adelaide Uni Blacks player Daniel Weekley may have spotted Bob Neil. Here’s what happened.
Matt Spangher to Launch the Footy Season – April 1 at the Royal Melbourne Hotel
March 20, 2015 by 3 Comments
Our 2014 cover model and son of Almanac favourite Enzo will join us for dinner at the Royal Melbourne Hotel on April 1.
Crio’s Racing: Gold, Gold, Gold for Slipper Day
March 20, 2015 by 30 Comments
Crio highlights the “gold, gold, gold” on offer for 2yo’s in the Slipper on Saturday. Melbourne punters will journey to the Bendigo goldfields for their share of the spoils. Tips please.
Seasons in the Sun (Part Twenty Three): The Last Post
March 19, 2015 by 6 Comments
And just like that, another season is all over. Callum O’Connor recounts the valiant grand final defeat of the mighty Lower Plenty third XI.
Almanac Rugby League – Forza Inala!
March 19, 2015 by 7 Comments
In this classic memoir, Patrick O’Brien gives us a glimpse of the current premier’s home territory. Annastacia Palasczcuk is from Inala. Pat explains what that means by recalling the time his middle-class rugby league team took on the street-hard boys from down that way.
Reality Check: Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League – a new book by Almanacker Will Brodie
March 19, 2015 by 2 Comments
“Yes, there is ice hockey in Australia,” writes Almanac supporter Will Brodie. Will has written a fantastic book about the sport in ‘Reality Check: Travels in the Australian Ice Hockey League’, which is being launched on March 21st at the Icehouse, Docklands [this Saturday night]. Will has also been kind enough to provide an exclusive extract from the book for the Almanac.
ICC World Cup 2015: Following without seeing
March 19, 2015 by 6 Comments
E Regnans’ 2015 ICC World Cup cricket coverage has been sans visual coverage so far. The written word and the internet has sated his cricketing appetite thus far. And butter chicken… (includes the #TimeHonoured E Regnan’s Butter Chicken recipe for free. You’re welcome).
2015 ICC World Cup Quarter Final- South Africa v Sri Lanka: When the Nightmare Meets the Fairy-tale
March 19, 2015 by 1 Comment
Wayne Ball covers the World Cup Semi-Final at the SCG between South Africa and Sri Lanka, where the Proteas finally have won a knock out World Cup game for the first time since their maiden appearance in 1992.
E-Magazine: Title? (Here’s the long list)
March 19, 2015 by 38 Comments
Here is the long list of titles for the e-magazine. Give us your best on ground: 3,2,1.
Getting the ICC Team Balance Right
March 18, 2015 by 2 Comments
What is the right balance of matches for an ICC World Cup? Wayne Ball gives his view on full members and associates, and poses some questions and (excellent) suggestions for the game’s hierachy.
International track and field comes to Melbourne again
March 18, 2015 by 3 Comments
In a Summer dominated by Soccer’s Asian Cup and Cricket’s World Cup, Steve Fahey gives us an update on the athletics, with the highlight of the season, the IAAF Melbourne World Challenge, being held this Saturday.
The Bob Neil Almanac
March 18, 2015 by 7 Comments
We are seeking stories of Bob Neil, evidence of homage to him (via signs and other hagiographic material), photographs of Bob Neil iconography, and photos of sightings of the man himself.
We believe it is time for a Bob Neil Almanac.
A Look at the 2015 AFL Season Tea Leaves
March 18, 2015 by 3 Comments
Tony Robb boils the kettle and swirls some lapsang souchong in a cup and comes up with his prognostications on how the 2015 AFL season will unfold. Good for some and not-so-good for others.
2015 ICC World Cup Quarter Finals: A Call For Writers
March 18, 2015 by 2 Comments
Calling Almanac cricket writers: the 2015 ICC World Cup has reached the Quarter Final stage. We’d love to have you share your match reports with us.
The Almanackers: I is for Ivins and J is for Jeffrey
March 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
Tim Ivins is our London correspondent and Mick Jeffrey writes from central Queensland. Check out some of our Is and Js.
Crio’s Q? Thinking through the ‘Cage Fighting’ debate; help please.
March 18, 2015 by 7 Comments
‘Cage Fighting’ is a new sport, a new activity. Crio is trying to get his head around the debate over it.
‘Black and Proud’ : A Review
March 18, 2015 by 1 Comment
The impacts of Collingwood and St Kilda’s round four clash of the 1993 AFL season at Victoria Park still resonate over 20 years later. It was a day that Nicky Winmar and Gilbert McAdam made a stand against entrenched racism in Australian sport, with Winmar’s declaration of pride immortalised by both Wayne Ludbey and John Feder. Andy Fuller reviews ‘Black and Proud: The Story of an Iconic AFL Photo’.
Who is this Tim Harcourt? (From the The Adelaide Advertiser)
March 18, 2015 by 4 Comments
Having just profiled some of The Almanackers whose names begin with H, I, up bobs Tim Harcourt. There I was, up the bush in South Australia, looking for nominations for the wool team of the century, when there in the Addie is none other than the Almanac’s very own. [We’ll claim him – JTH]
Tiwi Islands Footy : The Spirit of the Game
The Tiwi Islands football league. Australian rules like you’ve never seen it before.