Archive for the 'Sport' Category

Well done to South African cricket

December 30th, 2008

South Africa have just won the second test and clinched the series against Australia. It also means that South Africa will be the number one ranked side in the world if they win the third test. A ranking that is well deserved. In this series South Africa have done something they haven’t been able to [...]

Ben Cousins

December 17th, 2008

It is good to see Ben Cousins has been picked up by Richmond Football Club. There is something inside me that wants to see Ben overcome his drug problem and play really good footy again. It would be great if he could play two or three good years at Richmond and make a full recovery [...]

My favourite sporting events

September 26th, 2008

With the AFL Grand Final on tomorrow and all the talk about the big game in the news, I thought I would share my favourite sporting events. I have been a sports lover since I was a kid and these ones a must watches for me each year. 1. AFL Grand Final – This is [...]

Water and gold medals

August 18th, 2008

Is it just me or has anyone else noticed that all of our Australian gold medals so far have involved water? We have won gold medals in swimming, rowing, yachting and triathlon. All involve water in some way. I guess it helps to be a water loving nation that is surrounded by ocean on all [...]

Top 10 finish would be great

August 14th, 2008

I had a feeling before this Olympics Australia would finish in the top 10 in the medal count. This is a bit lower than we have in the last few Olympics, but still a great result. One of the reasons I felt this way is because of few of our medal hopes pulled out just [...]

Secret molecule catches drug cheats

July 25th, 2008

I just read a great story on the ABC news website. It talked about how one of the riders in the Tour de France was caught because the drug company Roche put a secret molecule in the latest batches of EPO. EPO is a drug that is legitimately used to help people with anemia and [...]

Golf and life

June 30th, 2008

I just had another round of golf. I noticed something interesting in about the guy who was playing on the hole in front of me. He loaded up his ball and tried to smash it all the way to the green every time. Most of the time it went about 150 metres and into the [...]