SHOCK: SPORTING CLUB TREASURER GOES FIVE YEARS WITHOUT TAKING MONEY
Brunswick Bats cricket club President John “Iron Gloves” Glover has seen many fine achievements over his 45 years involvement with…
PUNTER YARNS - MULTI MANIA
There I was, a 20 year old, poor, University Student, with nothing… except a big love for The World Game.…
PUNTER YARNS - A DIFFERENT KIND OF MEAT RAFFLE
*Here’s a quick one about 2 punters who had Lady luck shine down on them... It was 2001, and…
PUNTER YARNS - HOLD ALL TICKETS
This yarn comes from a series of stories we’re all very familiar with, I’m sure, called “Oh f&…
PUNTER YARNS - THE KING OF CLAY
A beloved category of Punting Yarn is the missed multi by one leg. There’s been many a cat (metaphorically)…
PUNTER YARNS - CAULFIELD CUP RUNNETH OVER
It's Caulfield Cup week, so thank you to this great man for his yarn from last years edition of the…
PUNTER YARNS - THREE BETS, ONE HUNDRED BUCKS ON THE BEAK EACH
You know how sometimes you just know where a story is going… yeah, I was wrong when I read this.…
Punter Yarns - Tennis Punter Loses One Love, But Wins Big
I was fresh out of a uni degree and finally earning real cash for the first time ever when I…
Punter Yarns - A Mudder Effing Protest
It was a Saturday meet at the Lismore Races back in the early 80’s, and for once I was…
Punter Yarns - One For the Good Guys
Our legendary Punter, let’s call him Wacko Jacko for privacy reasons, was at the Doomben races when he sidled…
Punter Yarns - Melbourne Cup Delivers
So, to set the scene, it’s the first Tuesday in November, I have a first four on, but instead…
Punter Yarns - The Engagement Ring or The Hayburner
Old mate Jimbo had been in the market for a horse for while when a particular “hayburner” caught his eye…