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Final edition

Yes folks, after 7 years this will be the last edition of the Square Leg Files. I have been grappling with this decision for some time and woke up this morning and said “I can do no more”. Reasons, I’m just to far removed now and am finding it hard to come up with stories. A lot of the main characters are a little quieter these days or have moved on, I was reading an edition from 3 years ago and it had so much more in it back then. I have really enjoyed doing this for the community and will miss it, but its time. If somebody else want to take it over I will help get them going.

Missed by that much….

Nearly but not quite. At Murtoa on Saturday the Wallaloo team, consisting of John “be my” Guest, Lyle “Chopper” Johnson, Rod “Rude” Reading, Josh “JR” Reading, Gary “Larry” Cameron, Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy and Ben “Glendemar” Duxson, nearly come home with the chocolates. With all the scores counted Murtoa and Wallaloo where locked on 444 points each. Which comes to the count back of the card that got thrown out. Unfortunately Wallaloo's "big man that travels by truck" had a shocker and Murtoa snuck over the line. Disappointing but as they say "there is always next year".

Banyena Cup next week

23 Played for Presidents day. Winners Phil and Robyn Illes, runner-up, Joy Newall and Graeme Ellen. Sam Reading won the stroke. Next week is the very popular Banyena Cup. Great evening of Greek celebration's, souvalki's for tea and plenty of dancing. Come dressed as your favourite greek character. Thanks to Tom and Sue O'Shannessy and Jan and Jim Crow for there continued sponsorship. Word has it that a few of the old "Banyenian's" are making a comeback. Would love to see Peter “Bocky” Byrne out there whacking the sticks. Come and join the locals at the "Royal" for a great event. Oh there is golf on during the day for those interested.

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Hello Again

Hello and welcome to another edition of the SLF. Great to see some rain around with the Marnoo area having around 20mm. Just what the doctor ordered, there will be some diesel burnt now.

Talking footy

Isn’t the AFL competition close. Good to see some of the less successful saide over the last five years making some progress ie Tiger, Bombers and West Coast. My team the Tigers are on fire at the moment and it’s hard not to get excited and what about Trent “Nisbet” Cotchin, isn’t he a player. It must be the Nisbet sporting ability coming through……

Golf report

Saturday's results. 5 players all went round in one group. Was a warm and windy day with the course hard and plenty of run. There where only 2 shots separating the 5 players. Winner John Guest 88, 17, 71. Next week is GAS shield at Murtoa. Team is Rod Reading, Josh Reading, Sam Reading, Larry Cameron, John Guest, Lyle Johnson and Ben Duxson.

That’s all for this week folks

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Hello Again

Welcome again to another edition of the Square Leg Files. I was back in the district this weekend and things look a bit dry. Some farmers are sowing but they are not going real hard, preferring to string it out and wait for rain. Might be something this coming weekend.

Great News

Hearty congratulations go to SLF Hall of Fame member Bruce “Boofhead” Hendy and his recent engagement to his delightful partner Sue. Will this be the wedding of the year (maybe not, see post below). I actually caught up with “Boof” and met Sue at the “Royal” on Saturday night and the big fella has a constant smile from ear to ear… Well done

Bon Voyage

One such farmer who is going flat out putting the crop in is Trent Carter. You see at the end of the month Trent and his lovely partner Kate are heading to Europe for 6 weeks. They have a couple of weddings to go to as well and some general sight seeing. The talk on Saturday night at the “Royal” was could something else a little bit special happen on the trip??????

70 and counting

SLF all time favourite and number 1 Hall of Fame member John “Jack” Cameron turn 70 last Friday. I called in and saw Jack on Sunday and he didn’t let me down. Fist of all he was in his usual post, his chair on the back veranda, he had a cigarette in one hand and a stubbie in the other. And before I finished shaking his hand he asked if I wanted a one too. I was just great to see all the family gathered around to celebrate this milestone as he has entertained the masses for many of his 70 years.

Could he make 80?

The big question now is could Jack make 80, I mean he has been talking for many years that he’s only has a year or 2 left in him but sitting back there on Sunday he looked as fit as a fiddle. I mean you hear of fit guys who eat organic food and run every day dropping dead of a heart attack. Well Jack has virtually smoke ciggies all his life, he has probably drunk his fair share of beer and I doubt he would have got into a jog since he sent down his last thunderbolt in cricket. But I personally think he will last a few more years yet before that much talked about trip to Gray’s Bridge. Perhaps many years just so long as he doesn’t change his routine……

Mountain out of a molehill

Rumours are flying that a former district cricketer by the name of Tony Croft is going to pull on the whites for Marnoo this coming season. I haven’t ever heard of him but he has bought a block of land near Stawell and knows Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson fairly well. So much so that he asked “Smacka” if he could buy some sheep off him as he wanted to make some goats cheese……

That will do

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Hello Again

Welcome to another edition of the SLF, I hope you all had a great Easter break. I know I certainly did. Good to be back into the swing of things though.

Mice and issue

I was talking to a farmer who farms about 40 km North of Yarrawonga yesterday and he was telling me he had sown some Canola and Lupins on the back of a good rain 3 weeks ago. All was looking good until last week when the mice moved in and destroyed the lot. The farmer said it was a real blow as the seed cost alone was substantial. It has put him off sowing other crops at this point in time.

Larry on Fire

In what was perfect weather for the first round of ANZ cup yesterday, 11 players journeyed to the “Royal” and it was Gary “Larry” Cameron who took the honours. Larry shot a very impressive 72, 13, 59. Larry only has to turn up for the next rounds of the ANZ and the cup is his. In second spot is the very erratic John "Bushranger" Guest with a 68 nett. Stroke next week then the second round of ANZ, make sure you get along

And the big move into town…….

Larry and his lovely partner Emma are making the big move from farm to town. They are renting the school house opposite the corner shop. Not sure what Emma or Larry are like in the kitchen but I do know that Larry will certainly miss his mother “Fayzee’s” cooking as she is know as one of the districts best. With these guys moving out of the “Roslyn” homestead it will give SLF “favorite” John “Jack” Cameron a little more space. On the downside though, “Jack” will lose a good drinking partner……

Quick trip

Callawadda’s most famous entrepreneur Sandy “The Know all” McGregor was up for the Easter weekend and took in both the Gift and the Stawell races whilst he was here. However he did ask himself what he was going to do on the Monday inbetween the Races and the Gift. So what do you do when you have squllions? You hire a plane, pick 6 of your mates up and head to Adelaide, jump in a stretch Hummer and head to Oakbank races for the day, then you jump back in the Hummer and head back again. Not bad if you get an invite…….

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Welcome

Hello and welcome to another edition of the SLF. I managed to get back to the area over the weekend, which was fantastic. Here are some of the stories we dug up.

Golf course tricky

I journeyed down to the Royal on Saturday night where about 10 members hit the course. They all said the course is as tricky as it has been for sometime with thick mat of cut dry grass with a sprinkling of green shoots that are coming through. One golfer namely Ben “Glendemar” Duxson actually lost his ball in the middle of the fairway, it was later picked up by the group behind.

Golfers needed

I was talking to a few of the “Royal” members and they are a little disappointed with the numbers that have turned out thus far. They are urging golfers to put a couple of hours on a Saturday arvo to play. This will help get the atmosphere back into the place that was evident a couple of years ago. Wallaloo has one of the best clubs in the Wimmera but if players start dropping off it will slide back with the “also rans”. So golfers and/or non golfers start making an effort.

Be my Guest

One bloke that doesn’t change is John “Be My” Guest. He ventured off the 18th a little worse for wear and was greeted by his lovely partner Andrea who immediately could tell that perhaps he had “over catered” somewhat after rounding with Ben “Glendemar” Duxson and Rod “Rude” Reading

Have caravan will travel

Rodney “Rude” Reading and his lovely wife Heather have developed a travel bug. So much so that they have purchased a caravan. You would think the first trip would be to say the Grampian or Batyo Catyo but no they are crossing the Nullarbor to Perth. Not sure when all this is happening but we hope they have fun….

Yucksome

The mice a reeking havoc around the Wimmera and beyond and a couple of stories from my Twitter mates will make your stomach turn. If you have a week stomach turn away now….. One bloke from up near Moulamein had his slow cooker running with a lovely stew ready to be devoured only to discover a mouse had crawled in through the slightly ajar lid. He managed to spot the offender before he started eating. Another lady says she was in the bathroom when a mouse dropped out of the IXL Tastic and onto her head.

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Easter next week

Correct me if I am wrong, but I am assuming there will be no Community News next week because of Easter, so will ses you after that….

Adios

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Hello Again

Hello again and welcome to another week of the Square Leg Files. Great to see the end of day light saving, not that I am not a fan, it’s just that I enjoy the change. What are your thoughts on day light savings?

Cricket friend passes away

I was saddened to hear the news that Wimmera Mallee cricketing legend Ross “AR” Loats passed away last week. Now many in the Marnoo cricketing circles had a great affinity with “AR” as he provided great entertainment, humour and was a very good competitive cricketer. As mentioned he connected with many Marnoo cricketers over the years and many will remember his stable of sayings. Now I warn you that you have to of know Ross to find some of these funny but to those who do they will remain memories that can be only associated to Ross himself. Here are some…… McLennan you’re nothing but a dickhead – Killed it didn’t I Nisbet – If you are going to hit it in the air, hit it straight – Get a bag – Did you get a root? Mallee – Every dog has his day, some more than others – He can’t bat – He bowls plenty hittable – Wouldn’t mind facing him every week – Piss off would yu you young upstart.

Statement well founded

Bruce “Boofheads” Hendy’s footballing knowledge came to the fore last week when he made a genius statement that his beloved Blues would beat the Gold Coast. Well not really rocket science as it turned out but he did add a fair bit of incentive for Gazza and the Sun boys. If Carlton had of lost he would have dropped his strides and run down the main street of Marnoo in full daylight. Thanks Gazza for losing….

193 and counting

I can’t believe that I have served up 193 Square Leg Files on the blog, now I’m sure I did many more before we started the blog so I am guessing we are around 250 perhaps 300 editions of the Square Leg Files. Now that is a fair bit of bullshit over a long period of time.

Pup takes over as Captain

The MCC has moved very quickly onto the front foot by announcing Will “Pup” McAllister as the team Captain for season 2011/2012. Will is 19 next year and will become one of the youngest captains in MCC history. Our hearty congratulations go out to Will and I’m sure everyone will get behind him.

MCC winds up the year

About 40 turned out for the end of season day at Trent (& Kate) Carter’s place on Sunday. Not sure who won all the trophies but who needs trophies when you can catch about 40kg of yabbies tails. Not sure what time they all finished up but I’m told that it was a great day had by all.

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Have a great week