There’s movement at the station at last.
The artificial pitch at KGV Park has been torn up and a new one is being laid.
I imagine the new light towers will be erected soon as they were stacked on the bitumen carpark at KGV Park a weekend or two ago.
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Two stalwarts of the game sadly passed away recently.
Taroona supporter Martin Carey (24/10.1938 – 25/8/2022) passed away a few weeks ago and the club will miss his presence.
A ‘best supporter award’ was sponsored by Martin, while his four sons all played, or still play, for Taroona, as does a grandson.
Cian, Duncan, Darragh and Ruaidhri all played for the Taroona seniors.
I enjoyed chatting with Martin at Taroona games. He had a wicked sense of humour and called a spade a spade.
I sat with Martin and his wife at a Taroona awards presentation night one year and they made my wife and I most welcome. It was a wonderful occasion.
Former Caledonians player, Keith Malcolm Jones (27/07/1933 – 7/9/2022), was a stalwart of the club, which is now Kingborough Lions United.
I played quite a few games against Keith and he took no prisoners.
He, too, had a lovely dry sense of humour and engaged in quite a bit of banter during games.
He continued playing into his forties and absolutely loved the game.
My condolences go to the families of both men. They shall be missed.
5 comments:
Great to see those photos Walter. Thanks and well done FFT and GCC.
Credit where credit’s due good to see some new lights finally being installed but i would have thought that fixing the changerooms would have been more important than replacing the plastic pitch
I suppose the pitch was virtually getting unplayable. It's been close to dangerous for quite a while and no pitch no need for changerooms. Having said that they are disgusting by any standard so certainly agree.
R.I.P. Keith & Martin.
Mr Carey was a gentleman.
A regular at Taroona - supporting his sons and the club.
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