When the draw for season 2005 was released I reckon all Tiger fans were happy to see that the team only had to make 3 interstate trips for 2005. In 2005 my trip to Adelaide was going to take in just a little more than footy.

One of my footy goals for 2005 is to see all 22 home & away games. Three interstate trips has made it possible. I had booked the flight for this trip back in December 2004. The flight over was almost as interesting as the game itself as I had the opportunity to play "SPOT THE CELEBRITY"!

First on my flight was TV Commentator Robert Walls. Now in the celebrity spotting stakes I suppose Wallsy is on the lower end of the scale but a TV talking head surely qualifies for as a minor achievement in "Celebrity Spotting". Next up was Jarrod Malloy who was obviously going over to do special comments for ABC radio. In a similar vein to Robert Walls, I think it's fair to say that Jarrod is probably even lower down the scale than Wallsy only because he is on the ABC.

Which brings me to the major prize in my day celebrity spotting.

While waiting for my flight I headed off to "Hungry Jacks" for a spot of lunch. While enjoying our food there was a group of about 15 people who were busy ordering "Hungry Jacks" and pizza. As I was howing into my final nugget I was told that one of guys standing over near "Hungry Jacks" was the R&B artist Nelly. Now I have to admit that this meant very little to me, actually it meant absolutely nothing to me but guaging by the reaction of a number of the young blokes who were heading off for the Under 16 Championships in Queensland this Nelly bloke is very popular.

But my time the music man didn't end at "Hungry Jacks". Nelly and his rather large entourage were on my flight to Adelaide. They were seated throughout the plane, I had 2 across from me, another 2 three rows back from me. I have no idea where my mate Nelly was because he headed to the back of the plane with his very big minder. In my book this was a case of "Celebrity Spotting Gold" even if I had no idea who the celebrity was.

Oh... on my flight home on Sunday I shared the plane with Terry Wallace and the other Tiger coaches who were getting an early flight back to enable them to catch the Coburg game later that afternoon.

Joel Bowden spoke at the Aftermatch function that was organised by the Adelaide Tigers Supporter Group.

In summarising the match Joel explained that the Tigers had given the Power to much of a start and as a result had put themselves under enormous pressure. He also said (as a number of us have said on the forum) that in today's footy you cannot give good teams big starts like that.

All players were in attendance at the aftermatch. It is fair to say that when the players arrived you could tell by the looks on their faces that they knew they had let a great opportunity slip and they were extremely disappointed

Who am I?

2. I was born in 1894 and played 19 games for 14 goals. I share my surnmae with a number of other Tigers

If you have got the answer to this week's trivia question.

Post it on the forum!

Mambourin Tigers Update

Last time round I introduced you to a special team of Tigers: the Mambourin Tigers. As promised OTP is keeping eye on their progress.

The Mambourin Tigers took on the league leaders Maribrynong last Sunday and despite fighting the game out they went down by 43 points. For their previous game Mambourin headed to Albury and took on a combined team FIDA from the Ovens & Murray league. They won that game and by all reports it was a fun trip home to Melbourne that day.

And finally...

Coburg have their final home game this weekend against North Ballarat. All Tiger members are admitted free to Coburg home games so can get down there if you can and support the young Tiger cubs like Pattison, Polo, Gilmour and Archibald to name a few.

Keep Prowlin - WP