WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON? Dennis Cometti to Retire This summer there was all sorts of revelations and sensations, mostly TV football caller Dennis Cometti has Dave on amorous or drug induced! announced he will be retiring after the 2016 Sensation 1. season. A great voice, I can remember him calling the cricket on the ABC years ago and his voice came over the radio so clearly. Best monbulkrsl.org.au/daveDeck- on - deck remembered for his one liners during commentary, I thought we should check out Issue 1, 2016 some of his finest work.

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID When a pack formed with Collingwood's LAST SUMMER! No.11 somewhere inside it, Cometti, echoing the old Playschool song, FOUR PICK (! declared: "There's a Blair in there."

“Barlow to Bateman, the Hawks are First 9 COL Happier days. Garry Lyon with wife attacking alphabetically!” 9 DON Melissa and Bill Brownless with wife 9 JILL Nicky. Unbeknownst to Bill and Garry’s Ports No 9 Josh Carr collides with his 9 WORM missus, Lyon was doing a bit of vertical brother Matthew, No 9 for Freo. “How’s Second 8 CRAIG gymnastics with Bills that, a two Carr collission, both with the same rego!” 8 DALE wife…….sensational. Bill now hates Garrys guts and has split with his wife, 8 EILLEEN “Kevin Sheedy, who was coaching Garry has split with his wife, quit the 8 GRACE Essendon 14 years before Adelaide was Footy Show and suffers depression! No founded. The team, not the city.” 8 MICK H winners here. 8 PETE F 8 STEVE Third 7 ANDY S Sensation 2 7 BRENO 7 BRYAN While it has been interesting to reflect on last 7 CASE summer, our attention now swivels onto this 7 DARREN winter! Who will be the team to beat? Who will 7 DAVE be wooden spooners? With 43 tipsters in our week by week tipping 7 DUANE and 16 in our KO Comp and about 20 in our pick 7 KAZ the whole season comp we are in for a bumper 7 MAT S year. Afraid? 7 PETE B First let me welcome our new tipsters to this 7 RON M years comp. Breno, Pete B, Craig, Grace, Rylan 7 VINNIE and Rachel. I hope you get as much enjoyment 6 Don’t do it Jobe! Fourth AMBER out of our comp as we old stalwarts do. 6 ARTIE contemplating choking himself By nature our tipsters reckon they know more 6 DAN P with his Brownlow after the AFL is considering about footy than the next person, I know I 6 DANNY taking it off him and giving it to Sam Mitchell do….well before round one I did… 6 DARKY and . Still to be decided…….. Speaking of Round one, 4 tipsters have shown 6 GILBERT their smart arse side already by picking all 9 New Zealand great Martin Crowe dies. 6 GRANT correct. Col, Don, Jill and Worm with Col Martin Crowe had been ill since 2012. He went 6 GYRO winning the bickies with the closest margin, into remission a year later but in September 6 MAREE well done Col. 2014 suffered a relapse of lymphoma and his 6 NICK Worm was abit unlucky. Caught on the hop condition worsened considerably in recent 6 RACHEL after Gilbert rang him to see if he wanted to go months. 6 RON R in the tipping he chose all the home sides. After Crowe spent 14 years in the NZ national team, 6 TRACEY hanging up Jill asked if he had given a margin. during which time he established himself as one Fifth 5 MAT M Gilbert said “No he hasn’t, give him 99 points!” of the world's finest batsmen. 5 RYLAN Good one Gilbo! In 1991 he was named New Zealand sportsman 5 TED I haven’t arranged an interview yet but if I did of the year and awarded an MBE for services to 4 there are a couple of candidates, first would Sixth MARK cricket. He was later inducted into the New have to be Kaz, as she has put her Mum Irene 4 MICK B Zealand sports hall of fame. into the tipping again this year, dutifully putting 3 In 2015 he was inducted in the ICC hall of fame Seventh FANG a name on the front of the fixture, open it up and received an emotional standing ovation at Eighth 2 IRENE and guess what? Donuts! No tips entered at all. Eden Park during the World Cup pool match Not a good start to the season Kaz! (We between the Black Caps and Australia. promise we won’t tell your Mum….) The other Martin Crowe, cousin of Russell Crowe, dies candidates would have to be 3 Collingwood aged 53. supporters who obviously thought the Maggies

would win, look to your left, on the tipping

ladder, lower, see? Ted, Mark and Mick. What were they thinking! Better luck next week What’s this? Worm receiving a Trophy?...Yes folks, Worm fellas! won the Summer Cup at Emerald Golf Club….this was before the handicapper got him!