Reasons Why My Back Is A Mess!

Photo: The suspended arm and leg in the air is not really the best way to keep your back and shoulder in tact.

Photo: Again, not a pretty sight!

These are probably the reasons as to why my back and shoulders have rendered me pretty much useless at just 19! Constant years of bowling and bending my back viciously has seen me constantly battling stress fractures in my vertebrae. Something which is unbelievable painful to endure, especially when a full season of cricket lays ahead, and you fail to lay down and rest! One word: IDIOT!!

Australian Open Heats Up

Photo: Nadal In Action. Courtesy AFP.


Photo: Australia's Last Hope, 16 year old Bernard Tomic. Courtesy David Caird.

This year's Australian Open promises to be one of the mostly hotly contested grand slams in recent years, with a number of top ranked competitors vying for the coveted Aussie Open crown. However it is young Gold Coast teenager Bernard Tomic who is stealing the limelight at the event becoming the youngest Australian to win a match in a Grand Slam Event. Tomic, is Australia's only hope in the Men's Draw after Lleyton Hewitt was dispatched by Chile's Fernando Gonzalez in a 5 set epic, which had all the makings of a great match.

I Believe the two men to beat here are still Federer and Nadal, but don'c count out the likes of Andy Murray who displayed in the lead up events that he is a force to be reckoned with and has all the makings for an immediate champion.

On a Lighter Note...

Here are some Teamsongs from my former Under 24's Side, Not Loud at all..

Pictures of Me Playing Cricket for NSW Schoolboys

Photo: Saluting the crowd upon reaching my hundred vs Western Zone - NSWCHS Schoolboys Championships.


Photo: Deft Flick to fine leg, the shot that got me to 99.


Photo: Lashing out, this swipe over mid-wicket landed in the Carpark.


Photo: A Huge Six amongst the beautiful Barooga landscape.


Photo: Straight drive for 4.


Photo: Straining hard to find the breakthrough wicket.


Photo: Working hard.


Photo: One of the reasons why I have stress fractures in my back. Balance Personified. Big ass also personified.


Photo: Not my best shot either.

Photo: A Closer view of my action.

We need more rioting in Sports!

As an avid sports maniac, I'm always in a situation when it comes to the footy and cricket seasons. However, supporting the Bulldogs in the NRL, I cannot wait till footy season starts so I can watch my beloved Bulldogs in action. With my grandmother living in Belmore, only 2 minutes away from their old home ground, I grew up watching the Bulldogs with both my parents and siblings alongside me. As a 19 year old, I have vivid memories of games that I had attended when I was 3 or 4 and can retell moments in specific parts of games, of which is a little bit freaky!

Perhaps the funniest memory of attending the Belmore Sports Grond to watch The Bulldogs was in 1997, when i was just 7 years old, and seeing a HUGE all in brawl erupt between rival Canterbury and Penrith Supporters. Supporters proceeded to then tear down a steel fence in order to get stuck into eachother, emulating rioting only seen in European and South American Football matches!

Speaking of football, at a recent A-league fixture I was suprised to see security confiscating flares and drums! COME ON!!! People talk about a lack of atmosphere here! Need I Remind You of what atmosphere is?! Perhaps Look down...



NOW THATS ATMOSPHERE!!!

Safe for Play?

Bird's Eye View: The Telstra Dome's Surface has seen better days.





Being in Melbourne over the New Year had given me the opportunity to attend some sporting events. On this particular occaision I was lucky enough to attend the A-League game between the Melbourne Victory and Adelaide United. In What was somewhat of a dull game, the football was pushed aside as a great deal of scrutiny was placed upon the pitch which was considered unfit for play. This was thanks to the "Senstation" music festival which had taken place on New Years Eve, in which 40 000 people had crammed onto the Telstra Dome's Surface, essentially damaging the pitch. Although carpet had been laid over the grass to protect it, it came under a great deal of heat from match officials and Melbourne Coach Ernie Merrick, who labelled the pitch "abysmal", as shards of glass had to be removed just hours before play had started.



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Sporting Find of The Week

Player of the Future: Warner hitting out for NSW

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The inaugural sporting find of the week has to go to Australia's new Limited overs cricketing sensation David Warner who scored a blistering 89 on T20 debut for Australia. Warner who plays first grade for the Eastern Suburbs Dolphins club in Sydney had shocked world viewing audiences as he pummeled a South African world class bowling attack which included Dale Steyn, Makhaya Ntini and Jaques Kallis. Warner, 22, lit up the 63 000 strong MCG crowd as he sent balls to all parts of the ground, making batting look so easy. Constant media pressure however, in amidst the buildup of the 2nd T20 international, with many former players and sects of the media labelling Warner "Australia's Batting Wonderboy", led to what I believe to be an insurmountable amount of expectation being placed on Warner, eventually leading to his downfall in the 2nd match, where he was dismissed for 7 by South African tearaway Dale Steyn.