TA: A former Koroit Football Netball Club president appears to have learnt a valuable lesson - always check the price before you buy. The quietly spoken former footballer made the trek to the Sunshine Coast with his lovely wife. The story goes he and two other couples had a few drinks before the ladies said they would go back to the units. Apparently the three boys said they would go to the pizza shop and bring back dinner. The high-profile Koroit identity informed the shop assistant he needed three takeaway pizzas and some garlic bread. He proceeded to order a barbecue and a Hawaiian pizza when he was stopped by one of the trio, who is a top Port Fairy golfer. The golfer took the Koroit man, who has strong links to the building industry, aside and told him that the bill for the three pizzas and two garlic breads would be $126. They informed the shop assistant they would take the menu to their wives rather than making a hasty decision by themselves. They left the shop and walked around the corner, marched into a Domino's pizza shop and paid just $27 for three pizzas and two garlic breads.
AT: I know you have not revealed the man's identity but I think the Koroit builder might have a connection to boxing. I heard a funny yarn about one of your mates Trevor "Porridge" Kemp this week.
TA: Porridge has maintained a low profile since we revealed in this column a few weeks ago that he had crashed a golf buggy into the side of the Port Fairy golf clubhouse. What's he been up to now?
AT: A few high-profile men in blue (Mick Wolfe, Dale Barclay and Gary Bryant) plus Terang identity John Lee joined Porridge at the Timboon golf course on Thursday to give him golf buggy driving lessons.
TA: Were his efforts at Timboon any better than his driving at the Port Fairy golf course?
AT: I think Porridge got a shock when he arrived at Timboon and saw the damaged golf buggy which he had crashed at Port Fairy had been transported down to Timboon for the afternoon. Sources said it was lucky that the fairways were wide enough for Porridge to drive around a couple of holes before the group ventured back to the Timboon Hotel to enjoy a couple of cold ales and give Porridge some tips.
TA: Have you heard which side handy footballer Ryan Harris will be playing for this season?
AT: His name has been linked to numerous clubs, especially South Warrnambool. Ryan is the son of former Fitzroy player Leon Harris and will be a good player down here after having a successful playing career in Melbourne.
TA: Talking about Melbourne, what did you think of the efforts of the side that represented the Warrnambool and District Cricket Association in Melbourne during the week? They have been relegated from the top grade.
AT: The WDCA has been lucky to stay in the top grade for the past five or six years. Anyone who puts their hand up to represent the association should be congratulated. But I don't think the best players are offering their services to go to Melbourne. My personal opinion is that in the past 10 years there have been cricketers playing division one in Warrnambool who are not up to that level. I would much rather see a regional association based in Warrnambool with teams from Warrnambool, Portland, Hamilton and South West (Terang/Cobden) competing. There certainly needs to be something done about the elite level.
TA: On something completely different, Charlie Clark's funeral was a big show.
AT: I caught up with a few people at the wake and was a bit surprised to hear that eight blokes had been let out of prison for the funeral and 17 prison guards came down with them. Other gossip in police circles this week involved a few people over Heywood way. Police caught one driver with three passengers in an unregistered car. The driver called a mate and he came with three mates and unfortunately the second car was also unregistered so there were eight people standing around with no way to get home.
TA: Now the whisper is that you have been heavily involved in whaleboat training for the past six weeks.
AT: I note the sniggering tone in your comment but The Standard's leading team has a rough chance of making the mixed final tomorrow on the Hopkins River. The second crew, involving my colleagues Chris Rodda and Shane Fowles, is simply no good so just forget about them. The organisers have done a lot of work this week making sure the boats are of equal standard. That wasn't the case last year and I'll be very interested to see how the boats compare come tomorrow. And in final news, whispers that Byron Pickett had signed with Long Plains in Adelaide are incorrect. Pickett was back in Warrnambool this week. Until next week hooroo.
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