Mark Carter has told me that he is going to strap the boots on again for Macorna.
It’s an excellent contribution to the club, Mark. You are clearly one who enjoys the sport and the community involvement.
Great job and all the very best for an injury-free season.
Regarding last week’s mention of Pyramid rather than Pyramid Hill on the railway sign.
Nowadays, folks are always looking for someone to blame, and we are blaming the railway.
Following a very pleasant phone call from Judy Guthrie, she informs me that the original township of Pyramid Hill was between Bullock Creek and the hill.
When the railway came, the town moved to its current site and, according to the railways, has always been called Pyramid.
But while looking up a reference or two, I could not find anything relating to just “Pyramid” on any historical information, always Pyramid Hill.
Seems a hotel and store were opened in 1874 near the foot of the hill. A Catholic church was opened in 1875 and a school in 1876.
The railway came through in 1884 and the town grew quite quickly, closer to the railway, we would assume, and further away from the hill.
In the 1961 census, there were 699 folks in Pyramid Hill. Current population is 475.
The dropping of the “Hill” from Pyramid may also be so folk don’t get confused and get off at Pyramid Hill rather than Swan Hill. The official V/Line bus run-sheet states “Pyramid”.
Bowls is just about all wound up for the season, with the Northern District Midweek Pennant grand final meant to be played at Kerang last week, between Cohuna 1 and Barham 1.
The match, however, was postponed due to the heat and will be played tomorrow.
Cohuna made it through the preliminary final against Cohuna Golf and won the right to take on Barham.
In Midweek Division 2, Kerang Golf were attempting to win their second successive premiership, but this match was also postponed until tomorrow due to the heat rule.
While on bowls, Buddha does the Kerang Bowling Club notes and last week mentioned a couple of great workers around the club in Alyne Fagg and Kevin Teasdale.
Damian said that “Kevin isn’t just a pretty face behind the bar” … or was it “isn’t even a pretty face”? Good on you, folks, for the work you are doing and have done for a long time around local sporting clubs.
Then there is Aldo’s notes for the Kerang Golf Bowls. He, too, had trouble writing about his club’s loss in the Division 1 grand final.
Golf’s Division 1 team came from fourth spot and reached the grand final.
The Cohuna Golf Bowls Club just keeps rolling along, winning both Division 1 and 2. Thing is, they have been doing this for years.
Powell-Pepper got 4 weeks. Very tough, but if the AFL are being serious about it, this is probably what it deserved and is good for football.
So we can assume that the AFL have now set a precedent. Let’s see what they do for the rest of the year.
I guarantee there will be at least two or three suspensions – or lack of – that we will cry foul of.
Make contact with a player head-high, whether accidental or not – and you should be GONE.
Will the knee in the back of the head while taking a specky be classed in this category? It won’t, but if they are serious, it probably should.
Being a Carlton supporter, I will even say that Cripps’ head high knock he did in his Brownlow year should have received a suspension, even though it was only overturned on appeal.
They weren’t serious about it last year, with the Maynard-Brayshaw incident being a prime example, which, once again, was overturned on appeal. Wonder if they may have finally realised they got a few of them wrong.
If the AFL maintain their nerve following the Powell-Pepper incident, which isn’t guaranteed, this would be a good result for footy.
Have heard that Cohuna Kangas have recruited pretty well and Kerang will have recruited what they need, so we are looking forward to a ripping season from the local teams.
Tipping premiers to be Kerang, Nullawil and Ultima in their respective leagues and a three-way battle in the LVFNL, but it’s time Pyramid Hill won one.
