Phil (Kearnsey) Kearns and John (The Rattler) Edwards are both former rugby hookers whose sporting careers had significant parallels but even more significant differences. Both attended elite rugby playing high schools (Kearns attended Newington College and Edwards, Shore School) but both failed to win selection in their school’s first fifteen teams. Edwards knew that top grade … [Read more...]
Archives for May 2017
Surfing in the land of ice and fire – exploring Kamchatka… Siberia’s wildest region!
In the sixties, adventurous surfers stowed away on ocean liners to discover the exotic waves of the Hawaiian Islands. What a blast that must have been? Even if you got caught. In the seventies, the next generation of surfers with wanderlust took cheap flights to Indonesia to discover destinations like Bali’s Uluwatu and Kuta. Wave-mad hippies like Rusty Miller and Stephen … [Read more...]
Introducing Ferris Gump… the ultra marathon man!
What kind of person runs three and a half thousand kilometers from Townsville to Darwin without a support crew, pulling a 50-kilo trailer for no glory and no gold? This guy. Meet Ben Ferris, 33, a man who just needs to run and looks to an unlikely hero - Forrest Gump, as his inspiration. Ben is the ultra marathon man. Not all pro athletes are rich! When you think of a … [Read more...]
A boy and his team – coach makes his mark early!
The muscle-bound sports master with the short-back-and-sides haircut and sergeant-major booming voice lumbered across the playground straight towards the group of eleven-year old kids who were having their regular daily lunch-time soccer ball juggling session. “Have we got a soccer team?”, he bellowed in the general direction of the kids. The group of half a dozen … [Read more...]