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Welcome again to another week of the SLF. I caught up with quite a few natives at the Wimmera Machinery Field Days last week which was good. I even managed to get a few stories….Here we go…

Field Days positive

The general feeling at the Field Days was very positive but a rumour that spread like wildfire could dampen some of the spirits. Apparently the talk is that 12 inches of rain is coming on the 18^th of March. We will have to wait and see.

Cricketers in the Finals

I’m excited my favourite cricket team the MCC has made the finals and will now play off next Saturday and Sunday in the semi-final. There is a air of confidence that the MCC bowling attack has peaked at the right time and if the game is played on turf Marnoo will be right in the mix against there more highly fancied opponents. Let’s all get behind them and boy’s don’t look back, just give it everything.

Mayor would love to go out on a high

I spoke to arguably Marnoo’s greatest cricketer Derek “The Mayor” Cameron last week and he was hoping for a win last weekend (and he got it) so he could bow out of his illustrious cricket career with a finals gig. “The Mayor” said it is all too much now for the body and would love to be part of another MCC Premiership in his last game. “The Mayor” has played all his cricket at Marnoo and on his day was one of the most destructive batsmen in country cricket. Well done Mayor

Overcoming Pressure

It was a pressure situation the MCC had on their hands as they had to win the last game outright. Now let me tell you winning outright doesn’t happen to often and virtually everything has to go right. And obviously it did as I got the text through from Armand “Herbie” Duxson saying the job was done and bring on next weekend. Geez I’m excited and wish I could be there…….

Sales bonanza

I caught up with local funnymen Reuben “Rostron” Cheesman and Stewart “Smacka” MacPherson during the week as they assumed their usual role of talking sales people for another famous local identity Nigel “Winebar” Slee’s Wahroonga outfit. “Smacka” was telling me the “Wino” made quite a few sales during the Field Days but all those sales were made when either “Rostron” or “Samcka” had left the stand to go and have a look around. I think “Wino” employs them for entertainment value.

Time flies

I was drinking away in a pub (as you do) in Horsham last week when I spotted Young Robbie McAllister and his cousin Nick Reading, now I have been away from the area for some time now and to see these guys and how grown up they now are is a bit of a shock to the system because you can only sort of remember how they were. Robbie is fully entrenched in Horsham life and young Nick is also up there learning a craft. I’m not going to say whether young Nick was drinking frothies or not because I’m not exactly sure of his age. But anyway his dear old dad Mark was hunting around those areas at the same age many moons ago…..

Jumpin Johnny says continue

Talking to cropping guru “Jumpin” John Newall at the field days and he asked that I keep this little gig going because if I gave it away he would have to do it and he doesn’t want to.

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