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The misplaced drinks mystery I HAVE a very unusual Hash to report on this week. It was hosted by Oyster, and started off completely normally.
The trail took to the bush behind Oyster’s house and headed east to reach the ghost of Keable Street. A little searching here and there, and eventually the pack reached the new “Highway to
from page 20 Also some of the original workers, Phil Witheridge (who is now the course superintendent) who made the steel stumps for the club house, Paul Bielek lent machin-
ery and labour, Barney Clark earthmoving, Tim Guzsely and Bill Anderson who made and donated the President’s Board and was also a president and who also worked on the course and maintained all the machinery
A golfer accidentally overturned his cart on the course. Elizabeth, a beautiful golfer who lived in a villa on the golf course, heard the noise and yelled over to him, “Hey! Are you okay? What’s your name?” “Willis,” he replied. “Willis forget your troubles. Come to my villa, rest up and I’ll help you get the cart up later,” Elizabeth said. “That’s mighty nice of you,” Willis answered, “But I don’t think my wife would like it.”
Oyster had laid a trail through the wastelands of town and carefully arranged for it to climb the new mountain highway the Shire has carved out of the foot hills of Mount Cook. This is an exciting new development, a new road winding this way and that carved into the living flank of the mountain. As a reward for the Hashers’ efforts, a drink stop was planned at the terminus of the new road. Fair enough, you might think, no worries. Except there is always someone who manages to get hold of the wrong end of the stick. This time it was Cracklin, aided and abetted by Matchbox. They volunteered to pre-position the 4WD with the drink stop. Off they went, left the car at the drink stop and returned in time to start the run. They gave the keys to the car to Moses as he was likely to be among the first of the pack to get there, and could be trusted to mix the punch.
Golf Club’s early history for many years. To all the people who have worked on the course over the years and I have not mentioned be proud of the result as testified by all the excellent comments made by many visitors, I say thank you.
“Aww, come on,” Elizabeth insisted. She was very pretty and persuasive. “Well okay,” Willis finally agreed and added, “But my wife won’t like it.” After a hearty drink and putting lessons, Willis thanked his hostess, “I feel a lot better now, but I know my wife is going to be real upset.” “Don’t be foolish,” Elizabeth said with a smile, “She won’t know anything, by the way, where is she?” “Under the cart. . . . “
Get well soon ‘Dizzy’ Cookown Hashers struggle with the new Mt Cook trail. Photo submitted. Heaven”. We sweated and climbed, not deterred by dust or boulders or dogs until we reached the turning circle cut into the mountainside where the drink stop should have been waiting. It wasn’t there. We had gone all that way in the hope of refreshment, and Cracklin’s car was not waiting for us. A pretty disgruntled bunch of Hashers walked back home to find that - guess what - Cracklin and Matchbox were nowhere to be seen.
Where had they gone? Who knows? We only knew that they had announced they would be short-cutting to the car. Of course, once they had reached it, they could not unlock it because Moses had taken the keys to the right place, and wherever they were was wrong. They caught a taxi home... GM Thermo had a surplus of sins to deal with, but guess who had the most attention. Cracklin and Matchbox were feeling very insignificant by the time Thermo had finished
with them. Never mind, everything was made happy again by Oyster’s excellent spicy casserole, followed by two desserts. Next week’s run will be at Moses and YoYo’s, and Cracklin will not be trusted to position the drink without help from older and wiser Hashers. Just turn up at 5.30pm next Monday, October 14, to join the fun. Contact Moses on either 4069 5854 or 0409 686 032 for details. On-on! Lye Bak
CAPE YORK SSAA members are wishing Range Officer Darryl, “Dizzy” Wain a speedy and complete recovery from an injury sustained in a recent work mishap, which has seen him in hospital.
“Dizzy’s” misfortune forced the cancellation of last Sunday’s advertised pistol shoot. Earlier on Saturday, Pete Roberts took the opportunity to try out his new Tikka .223 rifle while Toby tried out a
few different handloads. This Saturday, October 12, there will be a DTL Shotgun Shoot held at the Cameron Creek Road Range from 1pm. For details, contact 4069 5173. Anne Williams Secretary.
Being a member of a gun club just doesn’t mean you go to the range and shoot, it also includes maintenance on your firearm as member Pete Roberts shows, giving some TLC to his Tikka Lite T3 .223 rifle.
Crocs make Rainforest Cup grand final By ALF WILSON THE Cooktown Crocs performed strongly in last weekend’s Rainforest Cup Indigenous Cricket Carnival in Tully, making the grand final, but going down to the home team, Ingan XI.
News on October 7 that his boys put up a great effort. “It was a six-hour drive down last Friday and we brought 14 to the carnival,” Selwyn said. “Six were from Hope Vale and the others from Cooktown. “The boys did really well.
Jumbun and last year’s winners Mandubarra took on Townsville Falcons. It was the 10th annual Rainforest Cup, which has been described as one of Australia’s toughest Indigenous cricket carnivals.
Ingan with a score of 8/197 triumphed over the Crocs’ 10/122 to take the trophy on Sunday.
“Adrian Kulka, Tim Rosendale, Errol Kulka and Preston Deemal shone.”
NITV covered the carnival which will give it national exposure.
To make the decider, the Crocs had to win their first five games.
Selwyn himself got amongst the wickets.
Ten sides battled it out for honours at the prestigious Rainforest Cup, which was played under the exciting Twenty20 format.
The Crocs beat Innisfail Sameway twice, including once in a qualifying final, on their way to the grand final.
The players returned home on Monday and stopped off at Cairns for a break after two hard days of competitive cricket.
Crocs spokesman Selwyn McIvor told the Cooktown Local
In the other qualifying semis Ingan played Mareeba, Yarrabah met
Organising committee’s Stan Lenoy described the carnival as a huge success.
The Cooktown Crocs side that made this year’s Rainforest Cup Indigenous Cricket Carnival.
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