Swans hero returns - Inner West Weekly

[ScottH]

Swans hero returns - Inner West Weekly (http://news.google.com.au/news/url?sa=T&ct=au/0-0&fd=R&url=http://www.innerwestweekly.com.au/article/2008/05/14/2350_sports.html&cid=0&ei=RkYrSIKxEpPkqgPbvulk&usg=AFrqEze2aqDpw6hPtj4Sf3inIQ73aVSeAg)

Inner West Weekly, Australia - 11 hours ago
GQH72534 SYDNEY Swans star Paul Bevan returned to his grassroots at Picken Oval last weekend to watch his former club, Western Suburbs Magpies, ...

[CJK]

this should be fun.

/gets popcorn

[TheMase]

I always thought Connolly was male.
Apparently a female journo

[BloodNut]

Is picken oval named after Billy? If so..why?

[Triple B]

Is picken oval named after Billy? If so..why?

Negative.

Picken Oval used to have a trotting track around the outside and stables nearby. A famous name in Sydney trots, albeit a long time ago, was the Picken family. I'm only guessing, but I reckon it's a fair chance there is a connection there.

[floppinab]

Negative.

Picken Oval used to have a trotting track around the outside and stables nearby. A famous name in Sydney trots, albeit a long time ago, was the Picken family. I'm only guessing, but I reckon it's a fair chance there is a connection there.

Correct

City of Canterbury - History of Picken Oval (http://www.canterbury.nsw.gov.au/www/html/845-history-of-picken-oval.asp)

[BloodNut]

Negative.

Picken Oval used to have a trotting track around the outside and stables nearby. A famous name in Sydney trots, albeit a long time ago, was the Picken family. I'm only guessing, but I reckon it's a fair chance there is a connection there.

Thanks. I didn't think it would be named after Billy.

[Triple B]

Thanks. I didn't think it would be named after Billy.

Well it is, but not THAT Billy. :p :p

And thx Floppin, I was too lazy to look it up, just sort of knew/guessed there would be a connection.

[reigning premier]

"Paul was one of our local juniors and played for the club for four years so he feels very at home here," he said. "At half-time he went on to the ground and held a coaching clinic with the juniors."

Great.....

There will be lots of junior umpire who get some practice giving away frees fro HITB or aound the neck this week.....

[connolly]

I always thought Connolly was male.
Apparently a female journo

The Inner West Weekly is a fine journal of record. The kid's cult status just grows.