A COUPLE of weeks back the Kerang Museum held its heritage event over two days.
This meant that the historic memorabilia was left out overnight so someone had to play security guard for the night.
As it happens, Michael McAlister volunteered for the job and rolled out the sleeping bag in the meeting room.
There is a lovely old grandfather clock in the meeting room that chimes every quarter of an hour so Michael didn’t have the best night’s sleep.
He was probably thinking too hard about this and trying to involve too much science: stopping the pendulum would have stopped the chiming.
Hope he had a better night’s sleep the following night.
FORMER Cohuna lad Josh Treacy has claimed fourth position in the Fremantle best and fairest award for the 2024 season.
That’s a great effort, and the thing is he’s only going to get better over the next few years, too.
Good on you Josh. All the very best.
CRIPPS got the most votes ever in last Monday’s Brownlow Medal count.
Does this indicate a change in the style of football being played?
Cripps basically did get Carlton to the finals singlehandedly.
The AFL will consider allowing umpires to use Champion Data statistics to give them a better chance of getting their votes correct.
It’s a tough job the umpires have and as there are three or four umpires doing the job, surely a discussion between all four should end in a fair result.
But the use of Champion Data could help in the situation of Nick Daicos still getting umpires votes when he played a very average game but his brother Josh should have been receiving the votes, as the coaches and commentators both voted Josh second-best on ground.
Using Champion Data could lead to trouble as it could depend where a player makes a tackle or their disposal efficiency etc.
It’s been like this for a long time – I can find no argument for making changes apart from checking player identity.
Let’s give the umpires the credit they deserve.
HAD a visit from Kath Bourke recently.
Originally from Quambatook, Kath has been up in Darwin for around 40 years and came down to visit her mother, Verna.
Kath dropped in because Verna was after a couple of newspapers.
Said to Kath that I’d never seen the wet season in Darwin and she suggested going up there in January or February, as it is a bit uncomfortable in November and December.
Don’t mind it up there – easy lifestyle.
Maybe we’ll catch up next time we’re up there, Kath.
All the best to you and Verna.
THERE was a bit of personal interest in the CMFNL seniors and reserves for Kurl, but then I was also wondering how Vin Mobilio went in the Under 15 grand final for Lake Boga.
Son of Guardian ad manager Jenna Mobilio, Vin would have been happy with Boga’s 13.4 to 5.1 win.
Proud mum I bet – and well done, Vin and the team.
THE AFL grand final has been played and won.
There was quite a bit of talk regarding the time the grand final should be played.
Traditionally a 2.30pm start on Saturday afternoon, the experts say that the televised broadcast will be one of the most watched grand finals ever because of the interstate teams making the final match.
Kurl has always preferred the 2.30pm start, most probably because that way you are committed to the whole day of viewing.
This of course prevents any work in the garden being done, so that start time could be considered best.
But being serious about this, the 4.30pm or even 5.30pm start may be the better option with the interstate teams being involved.
True footy fans are going to watch the game no matter who is playing, but in Queensland and NSW where the AFL is looking to develop the game, a more viewer-friendly timeslot could be the later afternoon or early evening start.
Some say those playing may prefer the earlier start as they then have the rest of the night to celebrate
Either way, I watched it.
NOTICED that during the week Choice Cut Butchers may have had a roof that was leaking as some ‘workers’ were seen up on the roof having a bit of a look.
Everything must have been fixed perfectly as the ‘workers’ were soon done.
