I am happy to say that my new book, Following The Bouncing Burley, is now being printed and should be ready for sale from Thursday June 29 at a cost of $20 each.
Following the Bouncing Burley will recount my travels around Western Australia to matches from every senior competition in the State, the two country colts carnivals and the WAFL v Tasmania and WA Country v SA Country representative fixtures. It provides a background to each competition and the teams that I saw, reviewing each league match and also looking into some of the issues facing grassroots football, such as population decline, reserves football, player payments and player points systems. In addition, every league ladder and Grand Final result is included to provide a snapshot of the 2016 season.
Following the Bouncing Burley will be officially launched in early July and people coming to Perth for the Landmark Country Championships weekend will be able to purchase copies while they are in town.
Players and supporters of Southerners (Hopetoun), Swan Districts Womens, Newdegate, Dongara, Trinity Aquinas, Busselton Bombers and Peel Thunder will be able to reminisce about their 2016 Grand Final victories and all bar Trinity Aquinas have a full team picture with their premiership spoils.
I will also head back to some of my old clubs on Sunday afternoons during July and August to sell some copies at their home games. These visits will be posted on the WA FOOTY TRAVELLER Facebook and Twitter pages as soon as these matches are confirmed.
The book will be available from Bunbury SportsPower from Sunday July 2 and I am looking to have other outlets around the state stock the book.
A second book, which will be a history of the current grassroots leagues and clubs in the state (both seniors and juniors), is expected to be released in mid-2018.
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