Recent content by Jim Belshaw

It turned out to be a really nice day in Armidale. Cool, but no wind and bright sunshine. I went across early hoping to see some other matches only to find that Shore had only sent one team to Armidale. Talking to a mum with a boy in the TAS Firsts, she commented on TAS's continuing difficulties...

Correction 23 14

Tas won 23 26 W

After a warmer autumn, winter has arrived in Armidale. It was -2 in Armidale this morning, felt like -5. Tomorrow should be a little warmer and fine. Joker's description of playing a game in Guyra took me back. The coldest I have been was playing for TAS in Guyra (can't remember whether it was...

I am indeed alive and not upset!

It will be difficult. They need another team to beat sjc and then tas win all their matches. A more likely outcome is that tas will come in at 2 or 3. But who knows?!

This fits with my perceptions after watching the high matches. All three tas open teams were sharper than last year. I couldn't judge against the top Sydney schools so the Joeys match was a critical hit out. It's normal for tas to start the season slowly because the boys don't have access to the...

Thank you for this. Given that sj was seen as the lead contender the result suggests that Tas will be competitive. Interested in any other results as a measure of tas depth

Welcome back! Does anyone have results for the tas games?

Something to take you back, Joker. Mike McClellan's Saturday Dance. I imagine they were still going when you were at ATC -

Thanks for this thoughtful response. You make a fair point re numbers. I was just surprised that TAS should win the soccer. TAS has far fewer boys than SBHS or the other Sydney GPS schools spread across rugby, soccer and hockey. You provided the explanation. I am a strong supporter of the...

Thank you for these scores. They provide a cross check for the relative strengths of TAS and High playing a Sydney school. In a very early match against Kinross TAS suffered some heavy defeats. Firsts Kinross 43-12, Seconds Kinross 66-0, under `16s a Kinross victory score not known, First...

Can anyone tell me how to find details of fixtures/results for the thirds comp? From an earlier post here it appears that the AAGPS are changing their website. There was a reference in the post to a link, but the link wasn't working on my computer.

TAS won 22-3. The game was much closer than the score would suggest. This is a strong High team. TAS looked strong but have away too many penalties. More later

I know costs are a problem. When we left Armidale for Sydney because my then wife had taken a job in Sydney we struggled with the combination of higher rents, higher living costs including school fees (the girls went to St Catherine's) plus all the add-ons. Things are worse now. I can only say...