A look at round nine in the Bendigo footy league… Continue reading
Bill Dempsey and The Monkees 1969
It’s funny how things turn out. In 1969 my friend Les Holmes and I got on the overnight train from Kalgoorlie to Perth headed for the WAFL grand final between East Perth and West Perth. Continue reading
South get up in thriller down south
WAFL round 10 Continue reading
Strong women not helped by wishy-washy script by Richard Jones
A look at The Chaperone (PG) Continue reading
Big Shark statement
WAFL round nine
Claremont, Peel, Swans and South had the weekend off and the three games played were one-sided affairs in wet and windy weather. Continue reading
The fountain of wit and irony dries up by Richard Jones
A look at Oscar Wilde’s last years in The Happy Prince (MA15+) Continue reading
WAFL class man by Les Everett
South Fremantle’s Brock Higgins. All photos by Les Everett.
First an apology for those of you in the east who rely on me rather than the sugar train for your WAFL news. I’ve been busy in an unexpected and unfamiliar way. Working. One of those things where you go in to some place at 8am and they let you out about 4pm… and in my case it was for five (5) consecutive days in the same week – for TWO weeks. Continue reading
Bendigo, Heathcote land important late autumn wins by Richard Jones
A wrap of 2019’s interleague weekend Continue reading
Lions lose Sharks win – it’s a whole new world
WAFL round seven
It was a WAFL round that defied the tipsters and, perhaps, hit the re-set button. Continue reading
Top four teams all post convincing victories by Richard Jones
A look at Bendigo footy, round 5
Strathfieldsaye’s Lachlan Sharp on Saturday displayed the sort of form which won him 2017’s best player Michelsen and Ron Best goalkicking medals. He booted 12 majors in the Storm’s 134-point demolition of Kyneton yet according to his coach, Troy Coates, he could have posted a bit more than a dozen. “Sharpy finished with 12.7 so he should have kicked a few more,” said the coach. And the spearhead wasn’t the only Storm player celebrating hard on Saturday night. Shannon Geary played his 150th match and apart from providing great drive from his half-back flank went forward in the final term and hammered home two goals. Continue reading
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