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A week closer to harvest
The year has flown by and it won’t be long before its harvest time in the district. I’m sure most will be getting fairly anxious with a little bit of rain around and it wouldn’t surprise me if a couple of the “more impatient” native farmers haven’t tried already. Anyway watch this space for all the harvest action.

Harvest Photos
If you have a good harvest photo then simply email them to my sidekick Dwain “Daryl” Duxson @ dwain.duxson@ausfarmonline.com.au . We should be able to put the funny ones on the blog.

Oh Magoo you’ve done it again.....
Legendary Marnoo veteran cricketer Derek “The Mayor” Cameron wasn’t happy with only one century for the year so he decided to do something about it, he followed it up with another one. On what was known as “Ged Ryan day” (the day was to commemorate the late Ged Ryan’s contribution to the MCC) the Mayor ordered brother and captain Gary “Councillor Larry” Cameron that he be promoted to number 4 in the batting order. What was to follow was a brilliant execution of class batting in a pressure cooker situation and also in front of a 60 or 70 strong appreciative crowd. His knock was a mixture of some well judged leaves outside off stump, plenty of running on the not-as-quick-as-usual MCG and some towering sixes that reminded the Rich Avon opposition of day gone by.

Marnoo wins for Ged
With the Mayors brilliant knock the Marnoo team was able to snatch a well earned victory over top team a neighbourly rivals Rich Avon Services. It was bittersweet for the Marnoo team as they managed to field a full team and can now safely say that if they field a quality team week in week out the will be a strong chance to make the finals, despite the slow start. The win was dedicated to former gun keeper/batsman Ged “Father” Ryan.

Nisbet tells it how it is
Returned cricketing soldier John “Fruity” Nisbet was in his element back at the MCG against the team he loved to hate Rich Avon Services. He spoke after the match about his great partnership with Marnoo’s greatest ever keeper and he also spoke about his and Marnoo’s healthy but-at-times heated relationship with Rich Avon over the many years. However the big fella must be mellowing as he sung the praise of the Rich Avon outfit for the way they conducted themselves over the years. I’m just glad Ged wasn’t in earshot as he would have “given it” to Fruity for being so nice.

Young Nisbet takes the belt
Joy, you probably don’t want to hear this but young Andrew took the belt at the MCG on Saturday. He and his mates turned up in force and gave the players plenty of lip from the sidelines. Another young upstart who was in good “touch” was former native Hayden “Howard” McLennan, to the amazement of formers teammates Howard turned up on time and at the right venue. This is something he used to struggle with in his playing days.

Locals make presence felt at the cup
The Melbourne Cup is the place to be seen in the spring time and spotted at the event where current and former locals. Armand “Herbie” Duxson and his sidekick Marcia along with Gary “Councillor Larry” Cameron and Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson where the most notable locals to attend. If you want to see some photos from the event go to www.ausfarmonline.com.au and click on the “Ads by Ausfarm” that mentions the word Flemington. When you log on you will get an idea of what sort of time these guys and others had.

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