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Get your coach to try this spray

Get your coach to try this spray

Your team is facing fierce opponents, \'rough\' and \'tough\' to the core. Everyone on the team knows that in all likelihood you will be beaten, probably thrashed. Your opponents have better players, their tackling skills are superior and they play with gusto..

  • 960th attempt, somehow it reminded me of my mum!

    "A little news item popped up on the online Sydney Morning Herald which gave me cause to smile as it reminded me a little of my mother, who would persevere despite the odds, if anyone would!" remembered Mark Tronson, chairman of Well-Being Australia.

  • Rail gauge standardisation a synonym...

    The Western Australian Railways runs dual gauges on many of their lines today, and when Footplate Padre Mark Tronson, a Baptist minister and cricket chaplain visited the WA Railway Museum at Bassendean, he noted the difference of the gauges.

  • Twisted Thinking on Abortion

    Those who seek to defend the indefensible have to resort to increasingly bizarre argumentation and twisted thinking to make their case. A prime example of this is the attempt to justify the killing of unborn babies. Some of the most inane and vacuous reasoning can be found coming from the pro-abortionists.

  • New Zealand once again has an Israeli Embassy

    Israel is constantly in the news, not least recently when Australia sent one of Israel\'s embassy people out of the country over the (alleged) forged passport issue. Now, the intervention and redirecting of ships with humanitarian aid for the people of Gaza, with loss of life and bravado on all sides.

  • Let's talk about death for a while

    I was mortified recently to read a book which actually had an entire chapter dealing with mortification (pun intended). When is the last time you have heard the word 'mortify'? Mortification is a term which has pretty much landed on the theological ash heap lately.

  • Latest from Sydney: bring your CV for a rental

    The Sydney Morning Herald\'s Louise Schwartzkoff wrote last month that when people wanting to rent houses often take the property inspection like a job interview, and come prepared with all the documentation they need to support their application, including references; and they are prepared to approach the agent to talk about why they are the 'right' people for that house or unit.

  • On Divine Love (and Wrath)

    God is the most important and profound topic there is (of course he is more than just a topic), and his love may be his most noted attribute, so I realise it is extremely risky to attempt to discuss these themes. But because the concept of God's love has been so misunderstood and misrepresented (as much as by those within the church as without), I will attempt here a very brief and introductory discussion of the issue.

  • 'Eyeball to eyeball' - an old story about limits

    A psychology researcher from the University of British Columbia has suggested that the next time someone sneezes near you in a lift, you should glare at them, looking long and hard at the offending germ-spreader. It may protect you from getting what he or she has.

  • Denominational life is not in demise

    One of the \'Yes Minister\' episodes has Sir Humphrey pointing out to the Administrative Affairs Minister the Hon. Jim Hacker MP that one could determine the answer to a question by framing the way one asked the question in the first place.

  • The Saxophone, an instrument of passion

    Well-Being Australia chairman Mark Tronson is one of thousands upon thousands of Australians who plays the saxophone. To his knowledge, every school band throughout Australia has had at least one saxophonist, as have the multiplicity of town or community bands. This is a tradition that has gone on for generation after generation

  • When does sport thuggery become assault?

    Griffith Sports College manager Michael Jeh claims that sport needs to play a role in redefining what is acceptable behaviour. He stated that in a world where violence is increasingly becoming more of a problem, professional sport, claiming to be operating in a professional workplace, will find it difficult to justify behaviours that would otherwise be deemed assault or illegal in any other sphere of life.