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our top online donors
- Benjamin Sutton $810
Cricket - fighting poverty since 1674.
$765 can pay for a well and hand pump to give access clean water to people in Laos.
- William Duffy $345
Well done boys, you are an inspiration to us all.
$325 can provide start up credit for a Women's Self Help Group in Cambodia.
- James Syme $250
A great initiative for an excellent cause. Congratulations
where does the money go?
18 February
OXFAM BIG BASH!!
The 2nd official Bodyline function is booked for Labour Day. The Oxfam Big Bash will be an 8-a-side, limited overs cricket spectacular. Participants are welcome to enter as a team of 8, or as an individual. There will be beers, BBQ, slogging, sledging and send-offs a plenty! It's sure to be a fantastic day out. Tell your friends and come on down. And as an added fundraising ploy, whilst batting, Ben will remove a protective item of your choice for 10 bucks! How far will he go!
15 February
Mistaken Identity
After looking at that photo for the last month, trying to figure out what was wrong with it, my wife finally pointed out the discrepancy. The baby in that photo isn't actually our baby. In fact, I have no idea whose baby it is, or where you got that picture, Cam. I assume it is from one of those meet and greet days, when I've been out campaigning to raise funds for Oxfam and I have to kiss babies for the photographers. Which brings me to my next point - thanks to everyone who's donated so far, almost at $2000!!! For all those who are planning to donate, but haven't done so yet, please do so as soon as you can. The sooner this money gets to Oxrfam, the sooner they can send it to where it is most needed. It also means that we won't panic about not making our target and throw our combined life savings into the account. Not that $137.50 will make that much of a difference.
19 January
Benny the battler
Despite Ben's unhealthy Nacho Cheese Doritos fetish, he is quite a healthy individual. Insemenationally speaking he is healthy enough to have fathered a child. Furthermore, and without his knowing, Ben is the sole reason several years of intensive research, recently undertaken by a brazen group of pediatricians, has been quashed. Initially they hypothisized that red headed/bearded young men with a penchant for booze, cacti, cricket and Samoan fa'afafine's (look it up) held little to no chance of becoming genuine, test tube-free fathers. Despite his science-defying attack on life, he maintains grounded view of the world. He prefers spending his time pointing out to people the many palindromes that exist in the English language, as well as the finer points of the current English cricket team. Well done Ben! Having said all of this, the man has an unwholesome obsession with Robert Murphy of Western Bulldogs fame and should never have fathered a child!!!
21 December
Practise Hike
While searching the annals of the Bayeaux Tapestry Museum we came across a section of tapestry that oddly enough seemed to very accurately depict the first practise hike that we undertook...
17 December
only Duffy
William Colebatch Duffy. Despite having known him for a long time, I can't quite explain how, where, when or why a foppish, scrawny, and generally irritating tween developed into a well rounded, fit and pleasant young man. A take-home-to-mum type, if you will. Throughout his life, drawing inspiration from his Kaballah idol Madonna, Will has repeatedly attempted to reinvent himself as a more sophisticated and cultured version of himself. Alas, good old fashioned McDuff values and his undying penchant for mischief have always led Will back to Will, and us. Thank god. Will will be stepping out from his new career as a high flying lawyer to blaze the TRAILWALKER with Team Bodyline next April.
16 December
Charlie Syme: The Searcher
Charlie took his first steps at the tender age of nine and has been walking ever since. Hailed a prodigy in his hometown of Mathoura Road, Charlie continued to walk right through his teen years and soon sparked media controversy when he announced his solo attempt at the gruelling 'Bottleshop and Back Invitational.' A small public outcry quickly followed, with many in the community worried that a taxpayer funded rescue was likely. Not only did Charlie silence his critics and complete the walk, but proceeded to rewrite history by finishing the 'Chapel Street Pro-Am,' the 'Walk Around for A Day In A Day Charity Walk' and the 'To and From School Classic' in which he competed for an unprecedented 5 years running. Charlie moved from strength to strength in the world of professional walking, his technique was solid and he dedicated part of every day to the sport. Soon however, malicious whispers began to reach him - there were those who believed he was ruining competative walking through an excess of talent. Feeling spurned by the sport he loved, Charlie turned his back on the professional circuit and vanished in the summer of 2006. Scattered reports began to filter back and in the last two years there have been over forty sightings of Charlie (or 'Syme-tings' as they became known) placing him in such far-flung locations as Moldavia, the Seychelles and Orbost. Most recently a lonely goat herd saw a tangle-headed mass with shoes at the end of all four of its lanky limbs scuttle quickly through the loose boulders and scree somewhere close to the southern tip of the Carpathian Mountains, but there is still debate as to whether this was an authentic Symeting. Then, in August of this year, Charlie returned. As suddenly and mysteriously as he vanished, the man many considered the zeitgeist of contemporary competitive walking, and many more considered dead, has returned. He will lead us in our Trailwalk attempt, provided he emerges from his current trancelike state.
16 December
Canos the Redeemer
In lieu of his tremendous calf muscles, Canos has long been earmarked for a charity walking career by those high up in the distance walking echelons. Never afraid to do things oddly, Canos changed his name from Cameron Lee when he realised Canos sounded cooler. And that was only the beginning for this young fella from Dingley! Somewhat of a celebrity in his home town (his uncle invented chicken spare ribs) Canos knew that he had could not fulfill his destiny in any isolated Southeastern suburb. His journey has taken him to the far flung locations of Chelsea, Chadstone, Clayton, Toorak, and Abbotsford, spreading his unique combination of solid artistry and sporting flair wherever he trod. But he has one more journey left in him. 100 kms of pain and suffering, 150,000 steps of determination, to earn… who knows… redemption? Lets get them calves oiled up! Mmm, tastey.
08 December
Thank you!
Thanks to all the donors, especially the very mysterious $100 Anonomous!!!
03 December
Please help us get to $5k !!!
The training has begun, and will go on over summer in between the festivities that this season inevitably brings. Now it is our time to ask you, our friends, to help us out on our quest to raise $5000 for Oxfam. Please, dig deep, and contribute whatever you can. It’s a great cause, and we’re going to be working bloody hard over the next few months, and certainly on the weekend of 16-18 April to achieve our goal. Thanks in advance.
03 December
Smile!
We took some team photos the other day, and despite this one you see being voted the %$#est photo ever taken, I decided to put it here for shiggles.
03 December
First training session
Some weeks after creating Team Bodyline, and 4 months before the event, training has begun. Last Sunday we set off bright an early, un-hungover and eager, to walk leg 2-3 of the Trailwalker course. And back. It was our first walk as a team, and a not-insignificant 30km day. Here is a sample of Monday morning’s emails: Benny: Right leg: - Sore behind knee and in lower ham string - Arch of foot is very tight - General foot weariness Left leg: - Side of left knee is sore, feels bruised - General foot weariness Duff: Tip top except for the following: - Left Buttock: Quite sore. - Right Buttock: Also quite sore. - Morning stiffness in achilles tendon but gone now. Canos: I pulled up really well actually. But I did have some stiff shoulders this morning. Explain that! Charlie: Well, I hate to be a wanker, but I pulled up mostly fine. Lil’ bit of stiffness in the legs, but all in all - strong as an ox. Benny: Wanker.
03 December
Why Bodyline?
We are called Bodyline because we are very loosely all connected through cricket. Very loosely. And ‘Monash’ would be such a crap name. Of course you would know that Bodyline was a TV series, chronicling an infamous ashes series sometime early last century. It was dubbed ‘The day England declared war on Australia’. Perhaps we could dub this Bodyline as: ‘The day we declared war on poverty’. Or perhaps, more appropriate would be: ‘The day we declared war on our bodies’. Its gonna be tough…
12 November
team BODYLINE
What have we got ourselves into?? Where do I begin? Firstly, we, Charlie, Cam, Ben, and Duff, a dysfunctional bunch of mofo's if I ever knew one, have committed to walk, together, 100km from Wheelers Hill to Wesburn, overnight, through the Australian bush. We're doing all this to raise money for Oxfam Australia, who work to fight poverty and injustice in 26 countries around the world, including Indigenous Australia. Take a look around at our space, and check out the places and people that Oxfam Australia helps. Please, open your hearts and empty your pockets, to help us, and Oxfam out. Thanking you.
