Malcolm Ashwood was guest speaker at our last meeting. He offered many pithily interesting stories about SA sports stars of yesteryear that he wrote about in his book ’The definitive Rulebook’ - I’m sure members could buy a copy for $30 if they let Helen know (a few were sold on the night).
Malcolm played football for many years for the Adelaide University Football Club. The first story he shared was gaining his own footy nickname of ‘Rulebook’ from his futile attempt to correct an umpire’s understanding of the rulebook in one of his Aussie Rules matches. His friendly style ensured friends among many SA sports stars across a wide range of codes, invariably happy to feature in his book. Malcolm 'knew his onions' as they say!