Keyword results: Sports
Handball
OMG remember handball? How much fun was handball? I don't mean the Eurotrash handball that looks like water polo minus the water, but the kind you used to play in school, between periodic mania for marbles, pogs, tazos, bottle caps, huffing paint, Blink 182 and lying about who you'd fingered at Laurie Milligan's house.
King Island Cheese Rolling Competition
What:
King Island Cheese Rolling Competition
Where:
Terra Rossa, 87 Flinders Lane, Melbourne
When:
Sat Mar 14, 9am-6pm
How much:
$5 (all proceeds to Hands Up for the Homeless), bookings 9650 0900.
Description:
Cheese rolling is the kind of nutso-obscure sport you'd expect to find on the roster of the Winter Olympics, but it's traditionally held in spring down a big grassy hill in Gloucestershire. Basically, they roll a wheel of cheese down a hill and a bunch of drunk men roll down after it, the first to the bottom winning what remains of the cheese in question.
Event: Fun in the sun
Stimulus: Hunger
Collingwood Boxing Gym
The only thing more violent than The Boondocks, is the sport of amateur boxing. In Collingwood, suitably opposite a police station, is my local fight gym. To get in, you'll have to go down the side, which will seem a prime spot to get stabbed. But you'll find it, just listen for the screams.
If you speak to the trainer, Kel, he'll say they don't get newcomers very often.
Sidetracked Entertainment Centre
So the other day I went with some pals to a place in Oakleigh called Sidetracked. It's this big shed in the middle of nowhere with a crappy old sign out the front that hides what is actually inside, NOTHING BUT FUN!
Go-karting, mini golf, laser shooting, video games, dim-sims, and ‘pepsi drinks'.
Middle Brighton Baths
The Middle Brighton Baths is one of the only remaining caged open water seabaths in Australia, harking back to the 19th century when swimming in open beaches was poo-pooed and 'bathing' was the acupuncture of the time. These days it's an untapped gem frequented only by old codgers called Gary who look as if they've been coming every morning since it opened in 1881, and have earned the right to their own personalised towel hook in the change room.
The Melbourne Chess Club (est. 1866)
Recently I met author Jon Bauer at the Melbourne Chess Club.
"Come play a game with me." He said. I was quite drunk, and obscenely late for dinner. My wife was making pasta. Jon was already playing quite a serious game with a man who looked ex-KGB. I can't remember who won. But Jon said fuck a lot.
First Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
What:
First Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships
Where:
Flagstaff Gardens Multi-Purpose Court (cnr Dudley St and Peel St), West Melbourne
When:
Sat Nov 28 and Sun Nov 29, 10am-6pm both days.
How much:
Free to watch!
Description:
Horses are outrageously expensive and they shit everywhere. Bicycles on the other hand are much cheaper and don't have alimentary canals. So, get a bicycle, not a stinky horse, and peddle that little bumless bugger to the First Annual Australian Hardcourt Bike Polo Championships next week.
Event: Expo
Stimulus: Bikes
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