Michael Sexton recalls Australian tennis great Neale Fraser who passed away earlier this week.
Almanac Memoir: 1955 – through the eyes of a child. Sporting Heroes.
July 21, 2021 by 17 Comments
It’s 1955 and six year old Allan Grant is living in Balaclava. This brilliant memoir covers all of his early sporting loves – and is a look into the life of Melbourne at this time. The saints, visits from Arthur Morris, Dad’s brickie mate who plays for North Melbourne, connections to racing and the Stawell Gift, tennis, the Olympics on the horizon and a Grandma who only went out with Brownlow medalists. Fine memoir from Allan.
Almanac Life: Sporting Heroes 1954
May 29, 2021 by 3 Comments
1954 was certainly a great year for Australian sport as Allan Grant remembers some of his sporting heroes from that year.
Almanac Tennis – Wimbledon 2020: Seeing Lew Hoad in a Dream
July 2, 2020 by 7 Comments
Mike Sexton reminds us we’re coming into Wimbledon fortnight. He remembers the cavalier character Lew Hoad.
Tennis as a Game of Beauty and Well-Being
January 22, 2015 by 6 Comments
Philip Mendes recalls falling love with tennis after his grandmother passed her trusty wooden-framed racquet on to wide-eyed eight year old boy. From the streets of Caulfield to centre court at Kooyong, Tennis has been a life-long love affair for Philip.
Brains versus Brawn: What Wins in Sport – an example from the Australian Open
What wins in the end, Power or Skill, Brains or Brawn? It’s the age-old question. JuneeJunction adds a perspective from the freezing tundra of Arctic Canada.