![]() ![]() Magdala Park had a real buzz in the air, with a flat surface and cool breeze providing perfect conditions for the much anticipated Round One clash, and the locals were out in force to witness the action. Our Match of the Round took us to Magdala Park in North Ryde for the battle between Gladesville Ryde Magic and Dunbar Rovers on Sunday afternoon.ĭunbar Rovers made it a first day to remember in the 2016 PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues 3 NSW Men’s competition when they accounted for Gladesville Ryde Magic by 4-0 at Magdala Park on the opening day of the season. Hills Brumbies and Rydalmere Lions had solid first up victories at home, Stanmore edged out Western NSW Mariners at Arlington Oval, Inter Lions won on the road at Hawkesbury, whilst Granville Rage and Dulwich Hill shared the points in a six goal extravaganza at Garside Park. The PlayStation®4 National Premier Leagues 3 NSW Men’s competition exploded out of the blocks on the weekend, producing all the thrills and spills we would expect from an opening round, including a mammoth 27 goals as attacking play dominated proceedings. Football NSW host successful 2022 Futsal Schools State Championships Valentine Park Hosts 37th All Schools Football Tournament.Promising young female referees enjoy experience of a lifetime Chloe Gray set to officiate the NPL NSW Women’s Grand Final.Register with your Local Referee Branch.Join the Referee Development Panel (RDP).VSP to host C-Licence Coaching Course in November Football NSW to host 2022 Football Medicine Forum.Community Goalkeeper Course Request Form.Community Coaching Course – Association Application Form.Clubs/Associations Live Assessment Request Form.Association/Club Coaching Course Application Form.Regional TSP Coaching Expression of Interest.NOVA Employment Football4all Gala Day set for this Sunday NOVA Employment Football4all 2022 Gala Day Registration Details.Is your club ‘Rescue Ready’? Local Sporting Champions Program Grants.PLAY FOOTBALL Registration Resources – Community Football. ![]() Starlight #1 is a great start to the Millarworld universe. The art is bright and real, even when he's riding a dragon. Goran Parlov (who also did the art for Fury: My War Gone By, coincidentally) brings a lot of that 'seen more than you'll ever know' vibe to the look of McQueen, although without the anger and aggression and more with the sadness that Fury was constantly running away from. Of course, the next issue could be full of him frying aliens and stunt-banging scantily-clad elf-giantesses, but there's nothing about this first installment that makes you think Millar's going that particular brand of apeshit, and that gives me some hope that this could turn out to be really, really cool. But Starlight strikes a great, understated tone in its first issue, and really makes you want to see what happens to Ol' Duke McQueen when a grizzled old man is called up for intergalactic action hero duties. Now when you see Millar as the writer of something, you may have come to expect some over-the-top bombast, as we saw in his Ultimate X-Men, his Kick-Ass, his Wanted, his Secret Service, etc. It's a stark contrast between bright fantastical adventure and depressing old age, but the arrival of a fancy space ship outside his house promises to mix the two in short order. We see more flashes of his time in space, and then the real world aftermath of being a disgraced pilot when nobody believed his space stories. But that's all in flashback, as McQueen is now an old man – still burly and strong, but he's just lost his wife Joanne to breast cancer and his sons aren't as close as he'd like – not that there's necessarily anything wrong, but they're adults with their own lives and families. Duke's getting a medal on the planet Tantalus from an elf woman named Attala nearly twice his height, after he crash landed on their world and liberated them from a dictator named Typhon. ![]() I got a more Flash Gordon vibe than Buzz Lightyear, though, at least from the surroundings. So when we're introduced to Captain Duke McQueen in Starlight #1, we're predisposed to liking him. Garth Ennis' Nick Fury MAX has a Clinty vibe to him when he's not throwing down with three hookers at once. The Dark Knight Returns is a very Clinty Batman. Pre-New 52 Jonah Hex was often rendered like The Man With No Name, only sporting a scarred face, and that was great. In the editorial afterword of Starlight #1, Mark Millar mentions that someone accurately described this series about an old man who once had some crazy space adventures as "Buzz Lightyear meets Unforgiven." Comics trying to bring some Clint Eastwood style into the proceedings are generally pretty compelling. ![]()
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