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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 10
Chapter 10: Injury ‘It was a fair throw!’ I said, wondering what had happened. The ref nodded. ‘Agreed,’ he said. ‘But a foul tackle.’ At first I didn’t know what he meant, so I looked to where he was...
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 11
Chapter 11: Play on It took Grubber’s dad only a few seconds to reach us, but it seemed like minutes, hours even. ‘I saw what happened,’ he said. ‘It’s been dealt with,’ said the ref. ‘Sprigs is going...
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 12
Chapter 12: Loser We, the Greens, looked at each other. We’d almost forgotten the foul tackle. Who was going to take the penalty? Sprigs was our star goal kicker but he’d been carted off the field....
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 13
Chapter 13: Swan song? I put the kicking tee into place and set up the ball. I looked from the ball to the goal posts and back to the ball. It seemed an easy shot. At least for Sprigs it might have...
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 14
Chapter 14: Last try The Reds got another try. The score shot from twelve-seven to seventeen-seven. Luckily for us they missed the conversion. The margin was bad enough as it was, we couldn’t afford...
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 15
Chapter 15: Try What’s happened? The whistle’s happened, that’s what. The ref has blown his whistle and it’s all over, the game’s finished. We’ve lost. I’ve lost. Grubber and Chip and Danny and all the...
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Cauliflower Ears by Bill Nagelkerke – Chapter 16
It is the final chapter of Bill Nagelkerke’s cool story today. Please leave a comment and let us know what you thought of the story. We’d like to thank Bill for very kindly allowing us to publish...
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May Star Author – Michael Panckridge
Our magnificent May Star Author is Australian author, Michael Panckridge. Inspired by his passion for sport and desire to get reluctant readers engaged in books, Michael Panckridge put his mind to...
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Love the Olympics? Try these sporty reads
If you’re a sporty person you’re probably in heaven right now with all the Olympic Games coverage on TV. There are heaps of different types of sport to watch, from swimming and rowing, to gymnastics...
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Who should be in the NZ Sports Hall of Fame?
New Zealand author, Maria Gill, has written some fantastic non-fiction books for kids. One of her most recent books is the New Zealand Hall of Fame: 50 Remarkable Kiwis, which was recently named a...
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