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THE TAHS - a unique opportunity to combine the past and future

Peter Langston | February 28, 2024

You've probably heard me rave about my old Waratahs Cricket Club of Armidale: the deeds glorious and nefarious and the brilliant mates I had back then, many of them I have kept in touch with. Some of you might have been team mates, others opponents and some just beaten into submission as I raved.

Well you can join the new entity, The Tahs, who will not only seek to encourage the same mateship and sense of family in our dotage, not by playing but playing up. We'll be organising excuses to get together but also raising money for a scholarship to put an under 16 cricketer through a development camp each year.

It takes 90 seconds to join, requires a one off $2 fee (which we'll take from you with your first donation) and is only as far away as your next click. Andrew Davis, Steve Hadfield, James Campbell, Michael Connolly and myself constitute the committee. We already have 40 members. You can be the next. Please share this post among your own friends and organisations.

"Under the Southern Cross we stand,

a sprig of Waratah in our hand ..."

The Tahs Membership Form

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Peter Langston

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Tamworth, New South Wales, Australia

I was a teacher for twenty years and a writer forever. I played the game with great passion and commitment from about eight. I had several satisfying innings, bowled more overs than I deserved and held the very occasional screamer ... until I lost my playing mojo in my early 30's. Unfortunately, I've never found my way back beyond the boundary apart from several games where my mates were fun but I was rubbish, so I watch and occasionally write about the game instead. In my other worlds, I have published five volumes of poetry, had a play come to the stage and written about all sorts of topics, in all sorts of way, in all sorts of media. I have been married to Sue since 1979. We have lasted this long because although she has bad taste in men, she can't admit she is wrong. We have three adult children, five grandchildren and more stories than an afternoon can last.

Favourite players: Doug Walters, John Hildred, Steve Waugh, Ian Chappell and Andrew Davis

Favourite grounds: SCG, Lambert Park, The LCG (Langston Cricket Ground)

All-time cricket hero: Doug Walters

Favourite bat: Symonds Tusker, which mocks me from the corner of my study.

Most memorable moment in cricket:
I am old enough that I have forgotten my most memorable moments in cricket but they almost certainly involved mates from the Waratahs Cricket Club of Armidale.

What’s the best cricket advice you’ve ever received:
Most advice is useless. It only works for the bloke giving it.

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