September 17th 2001 - Last weekend was a cracker at Manly. Saturday saw the boys and girls re-dig the poles into the sand. Carl was there as usual, taking control of the riffraff.

This year though saw the introduction of the machine. No more spades, a hole digger was used to excavate the sand. Some of the lads got a little carried away with the use of the drill. It seems that there are a few too many holes and a lack of eyelets.

The nets were set up on the Sunday morning and games began. There are now 6 permanent courts at Manly. One up on last year. But if you think you will have an easy day at the beach, forget it. The poles are nice and high !

Well done boys and girls.

A rumour on the beach yesterday was that the new promoters of the Pro Tour, International Quarterback, didn't get their submission into the proper people in time and there will be NO TV for the summer. Except for a 1 hr highlights episode later in the summer. I guess some things never change....