brendothejet
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Hey folks.
As some of you know one of our posters here "oldest debutant" is one of the Newtown Junior Jets B Grade side. Some of you will also know he is my Dad.
Last weekend playing in a tough game against Matraville Tigers Dad was involved in a tackle where the man came down the wrong way and injured his neck. He was imobile on the field for some time and was transfered by ambulance to St George Hospital.
After days of waiting and several tests its been revealed he has damaged his back and will require surgery, ending his footballing journey.
Now many people have had a laugh at his expense, a 53 year old coming out of a 30 year retirement, but none can laugh at his commitment. He is down at every training session he can get to and hasn't missed a game. He has put his body on the line against bigger and more skillful oponnents and done the Jets proud.
Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday. Remember blokes like Nathan Brown and Gordon Tallis have succumbed to the same situation so there is no shame in what happened.
He'll probably have the sh*ts at me posting this, but hey, deal with it!
I'm lucky to say, along with my brother, I got to play footy with my dad. Not many folks can make that claim and on many an occassion we packed down with him and my brother in the front row, myself at hooker. You'd have to look long and hard through the record books to find that.
Whilst Dad won't be able to play a farewell match we will be organising something in the next few weeks to say thank you for his efforts. He may not have scored many points, maybe he missed a tackle here and there (even I'VE done that!) but at the end of the day, when you have to cut the jersey off a man's back to get him out of it, you know hes done his job.
When the time comes we will all get together and have a beer and all here will be welcome to join the celebrations.
Good on you Dad, thanks for what you've done.
As some of you know one of our posters here "oldest debutant" is one of the Newtown Junior Jets B Grade side. Some of you will also know he is my Dad.
Last weekend playing in a tough game against Matraville Tigers Dad was involved in a tackle where the man came down the wrong way and injured his neck. He was imobile on the field for some time and was transfered by ambulance to St George Hospital.
After days of waiting and several tests its been revealed he has damaged his back and will require surgery, ending his footballing journey.
Now many people have had a laugh at his expense, a 53 year old coming out of a 30 year retirement, but none can laugh at his commitment. He is down at every training session he can get to and hasn't missed a game. He has put his body on the line against bigger and more skillful oponnents and done the Jets proud.
Unfortunately he was in the wrong place at the wrong time on Sunday. Remember blokes like Nathan Brown and Gordon Tallis have succumbed to the same situation so there is no shame in what happened.
He'll probably have the sh*ts at me posting this, but hey, deal with it!
I'm lucky to say, along with my brother, I got to play footy with my dad. Not many folks can make that claim and on many an occassion we packed down with him and my brother in the front row, myself at hooker. You'd have to look long and hard through the record books to find that.
Whilst Dad won't be able to play a farewell match we will be organising something in the next few weeks to say thank you for his efforts. He may not have scored many points, maybe he missed a tackle here and there (even I'VE done that!) but at the end of the day, when you have to cut the jersey off a man's back to get him out of it, you know hes done his job.
When the time comes we will all get together and have a beer and all here will be welcome to join the celebrations.
Good on you Dad, thanks for what you've done.
