Five members of the Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club attended a function hosted by the Australia Society Tokyo and The Australian and New Zealand Chamber of Commerce in Japan for the launching of Expatland (book/tax advisory services) by John Macarian. The event, held at the Tokyo Midtown Oakwood Apartments in Roppongi, featured guest speakers Brad Hogg (Australian cricketer)
In cooperation with the Tokyo Goannas Aussie Rules football team and the Tokyo Crusaders rugby club, the Tokyo Wombats enjoyed a fun day in the park with family, friends, and beers aplenty! The event was skillfully coordinated by Evan Hitchman – a member of all three clubs – and relationships between these three Tokyo-based sports
The Tokyo Wombats Cricket Club held its annual Awards Presentation Night for the 2015 season on November 21 at the Two Dogs Taproom in Roppongi. A solid turnout of just over 20 members ensured that it was a lively affair with many a craft beer drunk! The highlights and lowlights of the year were rehashed
The Tokyo Wombats Quiz Night for 2015 was held on October 17, 2015 at Hobgoblin in Akasaka. With more than 60 people in attendance and 12 teams taking part in the entertaining quiz professionally led by Evan Hitchman and Jamie Payne, the event was a great success! Thank you to everyone that attended and especially
After the AGM (Feb 21), this will be someone else’s column, so I just want to say ooroo and thanks. Yous blokes are a special bunch (sometimes in that Yooralla “special” way….) and it’s been great to be a part of this Club and work with yous all, on and off the field. You have
It’s been a funny old year at the Wombats. A disturbing trend emerged in spring, whereby the familiar call of “Who’s up for a beer?” would be met by silence. Whilst it’s possible we are all getting older, there is little to suggest we are getting wiser or more mature! Fortunately Zulu came along and
The cricket world slowly but surely goes mad, the BCCI tail wagging the ICC dog, as a shameless queue of cricket whores roll over and say tickle me. So will the 20-over frenzy reach Japan? Rumours are circulating that SONY will shell out out $1.5 billion to cover a franchised comp in Japan: Jarrad Shearer
by Luke Ray Greetings furry comrades. It’s been a while between ‘updates’, but let’s face it, there’s been bugger-all cricket either. But in typical fashion, us Wombats have kept ourselves out of trou…er…busy on these long, ridiculously-hot-and-wet days, to say the least. Plenty of fodder for a social committee report…now where do I start…? The
by Ian Gason If I have one more well-meaning Pom tell me “it’s great for cricket”, I reckon I might just snap his noggin with me MRF! Great for cricket? Losing The Ashes? What? Alright, I suppose the cricket was close, the games exciting, the series was alive until the final session on the fifth
by Ian Gason No shortage of action around the traps at the moment. AFL entering the business end of the season, the Poms making a show of things in England, and locally the KCL finals are just around the corner. Stone the crows, cobbas, what more could a man want? How about a beaut barbie?