WINTER sport is done and dusted for another year. OTF must acknowledge the outstanding contributions for light-hearted fodder that has found its way to our email or phone from the wearers of olive livery - the football umpires. Another outstanding year from them blowing the whistle on mates.
THESE chaps have become most proficient at throwing each other under the bus. We must say that some of their contributions have required refinement to be crafted into OTF entries. Some of the post-game refreshment phone calls the stuff of potential controversy.
Organisers of the World Stone Skimming Championships in Scotland said a cheating scandal led to the disqualification of several competitors that could give our local umpires some summer inspiration.
THE  World Stone Skimming Championships, an annual celebration of the sport also known as stone skipping, is held every September on the western Scotland island of Easdale. The rules of the competition require the stones thrown by competitors to skim across the surface of the water to be naturally occurring slate from the island, but several competitors in this year’s event were found to be wielding rocks that appeared to have been shaped and smoothed by machine. The transgressors were disqualified.
WE THINK The Oracle and his mates should plan a trip to these championships. Afterall, The Oracle, known for covering the least distance on a football oval, would only have to take a couple of steps to skim a stone. Could sure revive his childhood days playing around the farm dam and show greater accuracy than his lawn bowing
AND finally this week, our recent mention of Lady Joan failed to mention her Scotch-appreciating son Simon of Serpentine. Happy to fix that oversight for OTF fans.