Ours is a dud anthem to begin with – but when sung with very nearly a Nashville twang, it was the exemplar of the rising damp of Coca-Colonisation on the Australian national spirit.
There has been the usual social media criticism this week of the Welcome to Country at State of Origin I. In fact, while both the Welcome to Country and the rendition of the national anthem were worthy of note, it was the former – done superbly by Savannah Fynn – which saved the day.
They play here twice a week, for well over three hours a game. But today is special, so they have turned up in droves: 100 members for Ron’s 100th.But first, some bowls. For the occasion, there are 13 teams competing, and Ron moves among them, taking the lead on all 13. Bowled the lights out! He might not be quite as good as Betty, but he’s close. Everyone wants to play with either of them.
Starting 30 minutes before the lead group, from the moment of driving from the first hole, the balls start dropping. And keep dropping. And dropping some more. Birdie, birdie, birdie, EAGLE, birdie, birdie. “It was an emotional win, because I felt, you know, a lot of stress yesterday and today in the morning. And I knew if I’m going to just focus on tennis I can kind of fight through it, and at the end it all went how I wanted. So I just felt really proud of myself.”“It’s a sad time, just the realisation that the club’s over. A lot of guys, a lot of people, have invested a lot into this club, a lot of hard work has gone into it and I can’t be more proud of the group staying together this season.
Sort of. And maybe even bigger than the two NRL matches in Las Vegas in March that . . . oh, forget it.“Can’t wait for this. Palestinian flags will be flying everywhere in HBF Park in Perth. And they can’t ban them. Likewise, I’m confused how we are playing a country that our government doesn’t even recognise? Is this Socceroos v Nobody? It’s all very confusing yes.
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