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The Weekly Times - TWT - 18th July 2018

The Weekly Times - TWT - is a campaigning, crusading, truth-seeking, death defying, Aussie battler-aligned, one-eyed-Tiger-led news organisation dedicated to Sydney's north west. This flip book - or digital edition/replica - is the 18th July 2018 edition of TWT.

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Wednesday 18 <strong>July</strong>, <strong>2018</strong> THE WEEKLY TIMES 27<br />

Tim Brasher at Wolves’<br />

Reunion in League Night<br />

CONCORD Burwood Wolves Junior Rugby League Club<br />

have organised a Reunion in League Night on Saturday August<br />

4 at Massey Park Golf Club, Ian Parade, Concord from<br />

7pm.<br />

Guest speaker at<br />

the Wolves’ annual<br />

Social event is former<br />

Balmain international<br />

fullback and Burwood<br />

United ‘favourite son’<br />

Tim Brasher (pictured).<br />

BY CHRIS KARAS<br />

Come along and celebrate<br />

over 100 years of<br />

rugby league with Burwood<br />

United, Concord<br />

United and Concord<br />

Burwood Wolves<br />

All past and present<br />

players, coaches, officials,<br />

families and<br />

associates of these<br />

three great clubs are invited<br />

to the Reunion in<br />

League which doubles<br />

as the launch of the<br />

Wolves’ history book A<br />

Union in League compiled<br />

by club historian<br />

Paul de La Motte.<br />

Brasher skippered<br />

Burwood United to a<br />

swag of junior premierships<br />

before bursting<br />

into the Balmain first<br />

grade team as a 17 year<br />

old centre prodigy in<br />

1989.<br />

<strong>The</strong> Burwood cub featured<br />

in the Tigers’ epic<br />

Grand Final against<br />

Canberra and went on<br />

to play 185 matches<br />

for the Tigers before<br />

stints with South Sydney<br />

(40 matches) and<br />

North Queensland (16<br />

games).<br />

Brasher made 21<br />

Origin appearances for<br />

NSW and 16 Tests for<br />

Australia including the<br />

Kangaroos’ World Cupwinning<br />

1992 and 1995<br />

outfits and 1994 tour of<br />

England and France.<br />

During his illustrious<br />

career, Brasher scored<br />

112 tries and booted<br />

116 goals for a tally of<br />

680 points.<br />

<strong>The</strong> much anticipated<br />

Union in League book<br />

- chronically the history<br />

of both Burwood and<br />

Concord United - will<br />

Award: Cameron Gordon<br />

be available for purchase<br />

at the function.<br />

side to premiership; took<br />

- captained first grade<br />

Tickets $65 includes<br />

28 wickets @ 8.11 including<br />

5-26 in the Grand final<br />

three course meal and<br />

that included a matchturning<br />

hat trick.<br />

drinks on arrival<br />

To purchase tickets on<br />

Ned Kennedy Encouragement<br />

Award: Con-<br />

website click on the link<br />

https://wolvesfunctiontickets<strong>2018</strong>.eventdesq.<br />

@ 21.0); Wicketkeeper<br />

ner Gough (23 wickets<br />

com/ or come to Goddard<br />

Park this Saturday<br />

- (13 dismissals & one<br />

of the Year: Ben Cordner<br />

runout assist); Fieldsman<br />

of the Year: Shannon<br />

<strong>July</strong> 21 between 2pm<br />

and 4pm to buy your<br />

Condon (12 catches including<br />

two in the Grand<br />

ticket in person.<br />

For further enquiries<br />

Final, one to win the<br />

email bcujrl@gmail.com<br />

game.<br />

Tennis ace Rinky,17 reaches Junior Wimbledon finals<br />

EPPING tennis<br />

whiz Rinky Hijikata<br />

has achieved spectacular<br />

results in his<br />

debut campaign at<br />

Wimbledon.<br />

<strong>The</strong> 17 year old Australian<br />

Junior Davis<br />

Cup star teamed with<br />

Japan’s Naoki Tajima<br />

to reach the semi finals<br />

of the Wimbledon<br />

Honours for North Ryde cricket great Eddie Kennedy<br />

LEGENDARY North Ryde RSL cricketer Eddie Kennedy received the surprise of his life when he<br />

recently attended the Club’s annual Presentation Night.<br />

A proud Eddie, North<br />

Ryde’s original club<br />

captain, was chuffed<br />

when honoured twice<br />

by officials for his outstanding<br />

contributions<br />

to his beloved Cricket<br />

Club both on and off the<br />

field.<br />

<strong>The</strong> fast bowling great<br />

presented a new perpetual<br />

trophy - the Eddie<br />

Kennedy Bowling Award<br />

named in his honour - to<br />

Dan Buttrey on the night<br />

but the best was yet to<br />

come.<br />

Life member Eddie was<br />

shocked soon after when<br />

he received two plaques<br />

- one to take home - revealing<br />

that the southern<br />

end of the North Ryde<br />

RSL Oval cricket pitch will<br />

be hereby known as <strong>The</strong><br />

Boys doubles event.<br />

Hijikata and Tajima<br />

were beaten 6-3<br />

7-6(4) by sixth seeds<br />

Nicolas Mejia and Ondrej<br />

Styler but showed<br />

they have the talent<br />

and court skills to go<br />

a long way.<br />

Earlier they posted a<br />

stunning victory over<br />

top seeds Ray Ho<br />

Kennedy End in recognition<br />

of the sterling service<br />

from the widely respected<br />

Kennedy family including<br />

Eddie and sons and his<br />

stalwart father Ned.<br />

<strong>The</strong> other plaque will be<br />

mounted into the cricket<br />

pitch.<br />

Earlier Eddie presented<br />

the All Rounder of the<br />

Year award to Ben Whitbred,<br />

who he had sent<br />

down from Forster to play<br />

with the club.<br />

Pictured are the North<br />

Ryde RSL Cricket Club’s<br />

life members l to r Graham<br />

Condon (2003),<br />

Scott Martin (1995), Rob<br />

McKenna (1992), Rod<br />

Flynn (2014), Vic Cecchin,<br />

Eddie Kennedy<br />

(1987), Paul Webb (1995),<br />

Barry Herbert(1987), Dave<br />

and Chun Hsin Tseng<br />

– both of Chinese Taipei<br />

– in the second<br />

round before toppling<br />

Brazilian pairMatheus<br />

Pucinelli De Almeida<br />

and Joao Lucas Reis<br />

Da Silva 7-6(4) 7-6(6)<br />

to reach the last four.<br />

Despite the loss, this<br />

is the deepest Hijikata<br />

has gone at a junior<br />

Grand Slam event after<br />

reaching the quarterfinals<br />

in singles at<br />

the <strong>2018</strong> Australian<br />

Junior Open and the<br />

French Juniors at Roland<br />

Garros.<br />

Tajima linked with<br />

Rinky in June after<br />

winning the French<br />

Junior Open doubles<br />

and the pair reached<br />

Whiteman(2000) and<br />

John Bosward (2009).<br />

Club stalwart Richard<br />

Ellis scooped the awards<br />

- not only performing as<br />

an individual but captained<br />

his fourth grade<br />

side to a premiership in<br />

which nine of his players<br />

won a maiden title.<br />

All rounder Ellis claimed<br />

the Batting Award (410<br />

runs @ 51.25); Highest<br />

score: 135 v Rydalmere;<br />

Most Valuable<br />

Player Award and Bowling<br />

Award (27 wickets @<br />

13.11) and collected Perpetual<br />

Awards for Tommy<br />

Hamilton Batsman of the<br />

Year and David Smith<br />

Most Valuable Player.<br />

Other Perpetual awards<br />

were: Eddie Kennedy<br />

Bowling Award: Dan Buttrey<br />

(34 wickets @ 13.06);<br />

All-rounder of the Year:<br />

Benjamin Whitbred (23<br />

wickets @ 16 plus 314<br />

runs @ 39.25); Bernie<br />

Turner<br />

Achievement<br />

the final at the Astrid<br />

Bowl in Belgium.<br />

For Rinky, it has been<br />

a memorable first visit<br />

to the All England<br />

Club<br />

He enjoyed the opportunity<br />

to hit with<br />

Australian tennis stars<br />

Nick Kyrgios and Alex<br />

Bolt before showing<br />

his wares in doubles.<br />

FOOTY<br />

TIPSTERS<br />

WESTS<br />

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