Matches, Hatches, Dispatches

Eddie Van Halen has passed away at the age of 65 following a long battle with cancer.

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Herald Sun reports Seven Sport presenter Abbey Gelmi has reverted to her maiden name after splitting from husband and Sky Racing reporter Ben Way earlier this year. They married in November 2019.

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Wow that didn’t last long.

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That’s what you call a “Hollywood marriage”.

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He kicked 1624 goals in 16 seasons in country football, topping 100 goals in a season on 13 occasions, the first as an 18-year-old in 1968 with Golden Square.

Best booted 10 goals or more 48 times, his best haul was 16 against Kyneton in 1969 and he finished the 1980 season with 161 goals.

He met his future wife, then Liberal upper house MP Louise Asher, when she was first elected in 1992 and the pair married in Melbourne’s parliamentary gardens in 2001.

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Way back Paul Murphy did a weekly comical version on This Sporting Life with Roy and HG on Triple J of the 6:55pm regional news that used to be broadcast on ABC television. It was “The South Coast News” and featured typical Roy and HG invented news stories.

I found an episode on YouTube:

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Never thought he was still around in 2020.

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“We’re going to a commercial break and you can piss off. We’ll be back with Diana Trask.”- Don Lane. Today is the eleventh anniversary of Don’s passing.

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Mentioned on Have You Been Paying Attention? tonight

Meanwhile, Diana Trask is sitting backstage thinking how on earth do I follow that?? :wink:

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I wonder if she performed her big hit “Oh Boy (The Mood I’m In)” on the show that night. Certainly would’ve been appropriate.

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