The Sydney Convicts are one of Australia’s most continuously successful sporting clubs… and they are not just successful on the sporting pitch. Along with winning numerous rugby tournaments and competitions since they were founded in 2004 they have contributed as much to positive social change as any sports club anywhere. The Convicts are Australia’s first gay and inclusive … [Read more...]
Surfing is my feminist origin story – (in that I left for the arts swiftly, and remained angry)
We crowded around the TV in a sweaty demountable and watched footage of the high school surfing team. I saw stringy boys in black wetsuits ride wave after wave; I was waiting for footage of me, which arrived unexpectedly spliced into the year ten boy’s semi-final, although I wasn’t surfing. I was emerging from the water and onto the shore—like girls I had seen in Tracks … [Read more...]
Cheers for the English team at the World Cup – not! Well… not from this little black duck.
I was woken by my cat Portnoy at sparrow’s fart for his usual breakfast of Friskies and a stroll around his domain, after which he would retire to bed for the duration. Stumbling around in the pre-dawn cold and dark, it entered my head that I might switch on the tele and see what was happening in the World Cup. I arrived just as the nerve-wracking penalty shootout between … [Read more...]
Paintings of J.F. Campbell – the art of sport!
GolfRugby League Soccer Lawn Bowls Cricket Baseball Surf Life Saving (Surf boat rowing) … [Read more...]
Caitlin Foord – Playing sport for a living in a foreign land.
Fast, strong, courageous, smart and skilful, Caitlin Foord is not only one of the Matilda’s best players she is one of the most valuable soccer players in the world. Having played at the very top level of her profession in forward, mid-field and defensive roles, Foord is no one-trick wonder. Unlike many other footballers she is versatile. A coach can drop her into almost any … [Read more...]