Rumours and Stuff

[parra-matters]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

Just came in to post this.
sad news, due to his health Parra moved to Albury a while back but still made the trip back to Hay for this seasons presentation night. He is a local legend in Hay and bush footy in general. I only messaged him about a month ago to get some intel on some players. He was always up for a chat about footy. We had some mutual friends from Hay so I have heard plenty of stories.
Parra Pete was a true gentleman and I’m very saddened to hear but his passing.
RIP Parra, you will be missed.

 

[Stagger eel]

I’m really shattered about this..
he was a wonderful guy a genuine ‘salt of the earth’ human…
we had a couple of great conversations over the years and exchanged plenty of messages on Facebook

he’ll be sorely missed by all of us here.

love ya Pete

RIP ole mate..

 

[booligal bill]

I’m really shattered about this..
he was a wonderful guy a genuine ‘salt of the earth’ human…
we had a couple of great conversations over the years and exchanged plenty of messages on Facebook

he’ll be sorely missed by all of us here.

love ya Pete

RIP ole mate..

 

[emjaycee]

Just read the news about Parra Pete Montgomery and must admit it sat me back a little.
The man was a legend and while I met him just once, we DM'd a lot until about 2017.

No one had a better memory for specific games at Cumberland than Pete.

Parra through and through till the end (except when he decided Furner and Canberra were his team for a season or two) 🫣

RIP legend.

 

[TheParraboy]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

Cheers for doing this mate

I was just going to post something on this as I am facebook friends with Mr Montgomery, and have just seen his page.....hit me like ton of bricks that he has passed

I knew he was quite ill few years back but he pulled through that..

I absolutely loved his stories and he shared quite a few on his social page, as well as long and winding jokes that often had a simple but funny punchline. Loved his township of Hay and local country footy like nothing else

RIP Mr Montgomery (Parra Pete)

 

[Jake the snake]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

Sorry to hear.

 

[Poupou Escobar]

Ryles has definitely turned Jnr around. He was absolutely done the previous 2 years. Who would have thought a change of coach would make such a huge difference.

Do you reckon that's why some of our guys went worse?

 

[eels_fan]

On Walsh he will never reach Haynes level because he just doesn't have the size.

He’s still a kid and already has a premiership, Clive Churchill and MOM in his first match for Australia.

To say he’ll never reach Haynes level when he has more than a decade left in the game is insane.

 

[Rocket man]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

Very sad to here this.
I enjoyed Parra Pete's old stories and memories.
RIP

 

[Gronk]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

That’s very sad news. He will be missed.

 

[Noise]

He’s still a kid

He’s 23. At what age can we consider him an adult?

 

[eels_fan]

He’s 23. At what age can we consider him an adult?

He’s obviously an adult, but by kid I mean he’s still growing in the game, learning the game, he’s nowhere near the finished package

 

[Captain BF]

Incredibly sad news about Parra Pete. It seems that there were quite a few of us here that communicated with him through Facebook.

He was always up for a chat about life, Breaking Bad, Better call Saul, running a sporting club (he even offered to write my season reports one year when I posted that I had run out of funny things to write, after only 1 player. This was particularly amusing to me as I hadn't actually met him,nor had he met any of my team-mates, he just thought he'd get a giggle out of it. I should have taken up his offer).

We spoke about raising kids, he was right, they grow up really quickly and outgrow you before you outgrow them (dammit, I'm crying now), we exchanged bad jokes, discussed Neil Young and of course the mighty Eels.

R.I.P. Pete, I never met you but I will miss you.

 

[lucablight]

G’day all
Apologies if this is on the wrong thread and /or it’s already posted elsewhere, but I’m saddened to learn that “Parra Pete” Montgomery has passed away. Parra was larger than life, absolutely obsessed with our Eels, but most importantly an incredible human being. He was and always will be an icon of Hay and Country Rugby League in general. Adored by all who knew him, Parra contributed significantly across many sectors of life, was mischievous, loved any sort of banter and went above and beyond to help anyone who needed it.
Parra touched the lives of so many and will be incredibly missed.
RIP mate.

Sad to hear. I really enjoyed reading his banter with the people here.