Random thoughts and observations
I don’t follow tennis normally, but I’m a great fan of the Mount Gambier Women’s International tournament. It’s a Pro Tour event with $US25,000 prize money that attracts players from around the world hoping to reach grand slams. It’s the only international sporting event held regularly in Mount Gambier. One of the participants this year [...]
I played in a charity soccer match on Wednesday night. It was my first competitive team game of any kind for several years and I pulled up understandably sore. However, I enjoyed the game very much and didn’t disgrace myself as a goalkeeper, if i do say so myself. My son, who is a talented [...]
As a newspaper person I should be able to explain why hockey receives so little media coverage in this country, but I can’t. Maybe that’s because I used to play the game and enjoy watching it; my perspective is biased. Australia is very good at hockey, men and women. Junior and club competitions are strong. [...]
Australian minds turn to cricket on Christmas Day. The Boxing Day Test is a highlight on the national sporting calendar, along with the Melbourne Cup and the AFL/NRL grand finals. Browsing YouTube tonight I came across the original video of C’mon Aussie C’mon from the 1970s. Cricket in that era went from an amateur sport [...]
What a treasure, and thanks to YouTube. Fitzroy left the AFL in 1996 so quality video is hard to come by. I came across this clip tonight, which I think is from a game in 1991. Whatever the year, I remember coach Robert Shaw taking the team across to supporters at three-quarter-time for a rev-up [...]
