Darby Godfrey comes over to Kerang often during the week for a bit of a chinwag with old mat Jack Whitehead. He and Jack solve the problems of the world over a cuppa and watch the world go by. These two can also usually be found over at the cluBarham on a Sunday as well.
Must say though Darby, we don’t hear much from Jack about the Saints anymore, do we?
Darren and Mark from down at Loddon Heating and Cooling have been playing around with their new toy, a 3D printer, making all sorts of things.
Get the specs of the object off-line, put it on a card then hit Control P. It’s easy.
Got a call from Des Shelley last week saying how his morning tea crew are still enjoying life. Des still cops a bit of flack from former Cohuna players, being the only ex-Union member in this morning tea group.
Some of Des’ Cohuna opponents are Rob Wilson and Ron Stanton.
Des is a Richmond supporter and although they aren’t doing the best this year, is still proud to show his support.
Former Kerang resident, Lyle Wellington, is still receiving the Gannawarra Times after leaving the town about 70 years ago.
Sister of the late Les, Murray and Ian Pay, Lyle left Kerang many years ago to live in Queensland. She has received the local paper from as far back as when it was the Kerang New Times. Clearly just wants to keep abreast of what’s happening in her former hometown.
Best let you know Lyle, that Rabbit, Horace and Ned are still going OK – you’d remember Lyle, that’s John, Bruce and Gary.
Thanks for your support, Lyle, hope you are doing well.
There was a story in last week’s paper regarding keeping dogs on leashes. Most do, so that’s a good thing, and some dogs may escape from secured yards, which we can forgive.
What I’m sure all of us can’t forgive is when dogs do their business in the main street. It’s the worse.
Interesting that Patty Cripps says the criteria for winning the Brownlow Medal needs to be reviewed.
Keep in mind that Kurl is a quiet Carlton supporter, but Cripps won his after being reported then having the week’s suspension overruled. Would have thought it best to pull his head in.
The rules have been in place for ages, and when someone pushes the rules too far then gets caught and punished – too bad I say. The game would be easier to umpire if they had paid a holding free kick to Heney, then he wouldn’t have swung his arm.
Another concern is increasing the numbers on the bench. Hasn’t it always been a game of attrition and endurance, rather than just short sprints? Players of the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s indicated this as they attempted to take players out with a bump (or other) so that player could take no further part in the match. Thank goodness that this style of play has been taken out of the game.
Keep in mind it is only now that bumps are being umpired as they should. In the day, if you were off the ground when you made contact in a bump, it was considered a charge and was reportable.
But, anyway, why increase the number of players on the bench, or use five on the bench instead of the sub? Four on the bench is fine and two used to be good also. The success of endurance and longevity is becoming less important.
In footy, if you get caught hanging onto a player’s jumper in general play, you have no option but to accept the free kick against you, as an umpire is there to adjudicate.
But some local footy doesn’t have boundary umpires in the reserves, so it’s an honesty system. If the ball is out, then stop and let the umpire throw the ball in or ball it up as there is no one to adjudicate.
I recently saw one player mark the kick from his teammate that was about a metre over the boundary line. He took the mark outside the field of play and played on. Only the opposition complained, the central umpire couldn’t see it. This wasn’t the best thing to witness, especially as his team was already up by about 10 goals. But that’s footy.
At a citizenship ceremony held at the Kerang Senior Citizens Club last Wednesday, a lovely family committed themselves to become Aussies, along with popular Kerang Primary School teacher Maddy Du Preez.
Karen, sorry, Maddy, celebrated the occasion with friends later that evening at the Royal Hotel where an excellent evening was had by all.
Congratulations to the new Oz citizens. Good on ya, mate.
