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Big Mal Pascoe passed away yesterday :( Was a legend of my old club the Hobart Tigers.

TASMANIAN football yesterday said farewell to former Hobart premiership legend, Essendon onballer, state representative and hall of famer Mal Pascoe, who passed away aged 87.

One of the most well-known and most-liked football personalities from the Golden Age of Tasmanian football, Pascoe made his debut for Essendon in the under-19s aged 15 and went on to play 94 senior games for the Bombers from 1953 to 1958.

“Big Mal” kicked four of Essendon’s seven goals in the Bombers’ 1957 VFL/AFL grand final loss to Melbourne.

Tigers legend Mal Pascoe, of Hobart at the TCA ground holding his old playing jumper.
Tigers legend Mal Pascoe, of Hobart at the TCA ground holding his old playing jumper.
After leaving Essendon he moved to Tasmania where he captain/coached Hobart to back-to-back premierships in 1959 and 1960.

In ’59, Pascoe also took Hobart to the state premiership, won the William Leitch Medal as the TANFL’s best-and-fairest player as well as being the competition’s leading goal kicker with 75.

He was captain-coach of the Tigers, winning three flags, until 1966 when Western Australian John Watts took the reins.

“The quality of the man was shown when he stayed at Hobart and played a leading role under new Watts and being a major contributor to a 1966 premiership,” said John Jeffries, president of Hobart’s Past Players Association.

Still considered Hobart’s most successful coach, Pascoe was named in the ruck for the Tigers’ best team from 1947 to 2002, and was inducted into the Tasmanian Football Hall of Fame as inductee No. 289 in 2015.

james.bresnehan@news.com.au


Source - https://www.themercury.com.au/sport...l/news-story/c55c790cdef6df4ffdfdfafa07c3117e
 
Gary Moorcroft’s awesome 2001 Mark of the year in super slo mo



from an article in Perth News https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/a...year-and-the-result-is-perfect-ng-b881700274z

I forgive the typo in the name because the video is awesome
 
Max Headroom said:
Gary Moorcroft’s awesome 2001 Mark of the year in super slo mo



from an article in Perth News https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/a...year-and-the-result-is-perfect-ng-b881700274z

I forgive the typo in the name because the video is awesome
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Wow, that looks amazing.
 
Max Headroom said:
Gary Moorcroft’s awesome 2001 Mark of the year in super slo mo



from an article in Perth News https://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/a...year-and-the-result-is-perfect-ng-b881700274z

I forgive the typo in the name because the video is awesome
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Unbelievable grab. I remember Chris Tarrant took a nice grab earlier that year.. so all of my Collingwood friends received an email on the Monday morning after Moorcroft took that grab...& all it said was "Sucked in, Tarrant!!"

I think he cracked his hip when he landed & it went un-diagnosed for a while.
 

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Wife of former AFL star Ricky Olarenshaw arrested in Bali sex raids​

Essendon premiership star Ricky Olarenshaw has left Bali amid claims he was part-owner of a spa allegedly involved in “prostitution practices”.

Essendon premiership star Ricky Olarenshaw has left Bali amid allegations he part-owned a spa engaged in prostitution.
Two Australians have been arrested for operating a spa that allegedly offered prostitution services.

Michael Le Grand, 55, and Lynley Le Grand, 44, both from Victoria, were arrested alongside others on Friday in relation to two establishments – the Pink Palace Spa and Flame Spa.

The latter allegedly has ties to Olarenshaw.

Indonesian police held a press conference late on Friday where they revealed details of the arrests.

Footage shows the moment officers escorted 11 handcuffed people from the detention centre at the headquarters of Bali Police, in Denpasar

James Hird and Rick Olarenshaw of the Bombers celebrate winning the 1993 AFL Grand Final. Picture: Getty Images

James Hird and Rick Olarenshaw of the Bombers celebrate winning the 1993 AFL Grand Final. Picture: Getty Images
Olarenshaw’s wife Sarnanitha was arrested when police raided the massage parlour.

Olarenshaw’s wife Sarnanitha was arrested when police raided the massage parlour.
Police escorted them through a carpark outside the police station to a media conference where they were then lined up in a row with their backs turned against cameras.

Police stood behind them as the Australian couple had their heads bowed before they were led away with the other suspects.

Five people were arrested at Flame Spa, while the Victorian couple, from Moonee Ponds and Mount Waverley, were two of six arrested at the Pink Palace Spa.

An underage massage therapist was also found to be working at the Pink Palace Spa, according to investigators.

The Australian couple faces 12 years in prison if found guilty.

Police held up pieces of evidence collected from the spas. The Flame Spa, in Seminyak, and the Pink Palace Spa, in Kerobokan, have been shut down.

Olarenshaw and Sarnanitha at his Playboy-themed 50th in Bali. Pictures: Facebook

Olarenshaw and Sarnanitha at his Playboy-themed 50th in Bali. Pictures: Facebook
Lynley and Michael Le Grand. Picture: Facebook

Lynley and Michael Le Grand. Picture: Facebook

General crime director of Bali police, Ketut Suarnaya said: “Bali police have followed up on information from the community that there was prostitution being disguised as spa therapy in two separate places.”

Customers at Flame Spa were allegedly charged between $95 and $181, while customers at Pink Palace paid anywhere between $95 and $238, police said. Pink Palace Spa allegedly made between $A94,500-$286,000 per month.

It comes after Olarenshaw left Bali amid claims he was a part-owner of Flame Spa.

His wife, social media influencer Sarnanitha, was arrested when police raided the massage parlour last month.

A long-time resident of the Indonesian party island, Olarenshaw allegedly split from Sarnanitha and their young daughter about the same time.

He is known as “The King of Bali” in AFL circles and last year drew headlines for his “epic” 50th birthday bash, surrounded by pole dancers and scantily clad women.

Flame Spa in Bali.

Flame Spa in Bali.
Inside the Flame Spa.

Inside the Flame Spa.

He moved to the island paradise in 2013 and became a successful businessman off the back of three F45 gym studios.

He has been long known as the go-to man for AFL stars wanting to party in Bali over the past decade.

Olarenshaw was a member of the “Baby Bombers” 1993 premiership side alongside superstars James Hird, Dustin Fletcher and Mark Mercuri.

He became a driving force for Australian rules in Bali, coaching and playing for the local Geckos football team.

One of his former teammates Wayne Carey – he switched to North Melbourne for one season at the end of his career – has been a regular, with his Instagram full of well-known football identities such as Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin and Ricky Nixon.

Olarenshaw and his business partners are believed to have returned to Australia just before the raids took place.

It is unclear whether Olarenshaw or the other owners had any knowledge of the goings-on at Flame.

Prostitution and sex work is illegal in Bali and considered a crime against “decency and morality”.

The Flame Spa workers who are under arrest in Bali. Picture: Bali Police

The Flame Spa workers who are under arrest in Bali. Picture: Bali Police

At the time of the raids, the head of public relations of the Bali Police, senior commissioner of police Jansen Avitus Panjaitan, said three women had been arrested.

“The three people are Flame Spa employees – one manager and two receptionists,” he said in a statement in Denpasar last month, adding the case was still under investigation.

Sarnanitha, who is named as a commissioner at Flame Spa, was later arrested along with director “Purnami” on October 4 and are languishing in a Bali police detention cell along with the three other spa staff.

“The next process is to obtain legal certainty,” Mr Panjaitan said.

Flames Spa has the motto “Our service is more than just a sensual massage, it is an erotic experience. Our aim is to ignite your flame”.

Sarnanitha has more than 20,000 followers on social media.

She is fighting to avoid a lengthy stint in jail and is worried her young daughter with Olarenshaw will be taken away from her.

Olarenshaw was a member of the ‘Baby Bombers’ 1993 premiership side.

Olarenshaw was a member of the ‘Baby Bombers’ 1993 premiership side.
Rick Olarenshaw.

Rick Olarenshaw.

Through her lawyer, Donny Tri Istiqomah, Sarnanitha made a statement – before being detained – that Page 13 has seen.

She states the sensual massage leading to prostitution was run by Olarenshaw and his Australian business partners, and she felt exploited in the management of Flame Spa, which provided sensual massage services.

In the statement, she also alleges that after she and Olarenshaw separated this year, the other shareholders demanded she hand over the unpaid dividends or else they would imprison Sarnanitha along with other Flame staff “through their network in the police”.

The Herald Sun is not saying her allegations are true, only that they have been made.

None of the men alleged to be involved responded to Page 13’s inquiries when asked about Flame Spa.

There is no suggestion any of those football identities ever engaged in services at the Flame Spa.
 

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