Kermandie gone!

I think it started at the Hobart Indoor Bowls Centre in 2001.  After believing all season they were the best team in the comp and even after a grand final mid-game intervention by Stadium Owner Etihad McKibben, the boys from Kermandie of course, went down! 

And the winners were - the Partisans!

Now, the proud boys of Kermandie footy club are no more - was it the Fremantle jumper or the choking tag fixed by Why does He do it Rodd Banks Smith?  No, it was being crushed by the Partisans.

  

Partisan stands for Parliament

You heard it here.  Long term squad member David O'Byrne is seeking ALP pre-selection to stand for Franklin in 2010.

O'Byrne for Franklin 2010!

Fantastic!

Haydos gives advice to Hughes

"there's more to the game than making pure runs"

Thnx Haydos!

More good news

The South African tour on the ABC radio. It feels like the morphine is kicking in all over again!

What good news!

The cricket is back on SBS.  Last time we lost the Ashes. Never mind - at least we will see some of the cricket on free to air.  Something SBS should suggest is an earlier start - it would be good to see the game from say 7.00 pm our time onwards. Channel 9 wouldnt hesitate.

I look forward to Simon Hill heading that ace panel again - no one else seemed to like it but I thought they were very funny - perhaps that was the issue.

I think the tour starts in July - till then!

Phillip Hughes buys a Ford!

And so he has made the team.

But what about Mr Symonds? He made 8 last weekend - surely the basis for a recall given how good he is around the team, and that?

What about it Ban Ki?

On the approach to the Bellerive Boardwalk Australia Day Breakfast this morning I read the following on a monument to our war dead - "Not for self but for Empire" or something similar. It wouldnt have motivated me to head off to the other side of the world to go over the top - I hope!

The overt Australia Day phonomenon continues to grow - a monument to John Howard's rule. I saw temporary tatoos, men draped in flags, flags on cars, flags on blue cowboy hats, vegemite on sale display with flags, tshirts and stubbie holders. Who profits from all this?

Who was it who suggested we move the Australia day holiday to January 26? It used to be much better when we held it on the Monday closest to the 26th. That gave us all the chance to be away for a long weekend - away from all the worthies making speeches. (Yes I know that we had a long weekend this year by accident of the calendar.)

How long before we have a pledge of allegiance we can renew hand on heart at every opportunity?

Any chance we can introduce optional world citizenship, available through the UN? What about it Ban Ki?

(Footnote: I saw three Partisans at the Breakfast)