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7NEWS
2 days ago
- Sport
- 7NEWS
Sydney Roosters legend Johnny Mayes loses battle with aggressive brain tumour, aged 78
Tributes are flowing for rugby league champion Johnny Mayes who has lost his battle with a rare and aggressive brain cancer. It was revealed at the end of April that the Sydney Roosters great only had weeks to live. But the 78-year-old bravely fought on, dying on Wednesday. 'A true legend of the game,' the Sydney Roosters said on social media on Wednesday. 'Three-time premiership winner and a key piece in our back-to-back '74 ∧'75 premierships. Rest in peace, Johnny, Forever in our hearts.' Mayes was the first rugby league player to win three successive premierships at multiple clubs. He won the 1973 NSWRL title before moving to Easts where they won from 1974-75. He played 134 first-grade games. The halfback started his career at Eastern Suburbs in 1968 before switching to the Sea Eagles after the 1972 season. He only played one season there but won the Rugby League Week's Player of the Year Award after scoring 16 tries before returning to Bondi in 1974. Mayes played in the 1975 World Cup for Australia but only played three Tests for his country.
News.com.au
2 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
Manly, Roosters legend Johnny Mayes dead after battle with brain cancer
Former champion halfback Johnny Mayes – who won three straight premierships at two different clubs – has died. Mayes, 78, died on Wednesday after a battle with brain cancer. He won the 1973 grand final at Manly before capturing a further premierships with Jack Gibson's Eastern Suburbs in 1974 and '75. That achievement was later matched by Glenn Lazarus (Canberra and Brisbane) and Cooper Cronk (Melbourne and Sydney Roosters). Mayes scored a try in Roosters' famous 38-0 win in the '75 decider at the SCG. A 45-year resident of Evans Heads on the NSW north coast, Mayes played 110 games for Easts and 24 in his only season at the Sea Eagles. He scored 71 tries over 134 first grade matches and represented Australia in three Tests at the 1975 World Cup. Mayes, Roosters' number 586, also represented City Seconds in 1973 and 1975. The Roosters paid tribute to Mayes on the club's social media platforms. 'A true legend of the game,' the post read. 'Three-time premiership winner and a key piece in our back-to-back '74 ∧'75 premierships. Rest in peace, Johnny, Forever in our hearts.'
Daily Mail
2 days ago
- Sport
- Daily Mail
Footy world in mourning as premiership-winning legend Johnny Mayes loses health battle
The rugby league world has lost one of its most successful players with the news that Roosters star Johnny Mayes has lost his battle with a brain tumour at the age of 76. Mayes was a big part of the Chooks teams that won the 1974 and 1975 grand finals, playing halfback alongside icons of the game like Arthur Beetson, Ronnie Coote and John Peard under supercoach Jack Gibson. Remarkably, he also starred in Manly's premiership-winning campaign the year before as the Sea Eagles triumphed over Cronulla. That made him the first player in Australian rugby league to win three straight premierships for multiple clubs. Mayes was an Easts junior who started out with the Bondi United side and was graded by the Roosters in 1968. He went on to play 110 matches for the Tricolours, scoring 55 tries - and leading the try-scoring tally for the entire league in 1975 and going on to play three Tests for Australia in that year's World Cup. The Tricolours legend (pictured) played alongside some of the biggest icons in the game as he stamped himself as one of the best players of the 1970s The sad news about Mayes' health broke in April last year. 'It's a big shock to the family. Dad had an MRI last week and it showed a very aggressive brain tumour,' his son Glen said. 'The doctors tell us his time is limited. Maybe a few weeks ... if we are lucky, a couple of months. 'They tried steroids to slow it, but they didn't work. The only fortunate thing is that he is in no pain. 'A lot of his teammates have called and he has four kids and six grandkids so there is a lot of love there.' Demonstrating the same toughness he showed on the field, Mayes defied the doctors' predictions to spend more time with his loved ones before passing away on Wednesday.
Winnipeg Free Press
18-07-2025
- Politics
- Winnipeg Free Press
Mayes tries to address ‘battle' over homeless outreach turf
Coun. Brian Mayes says the city should 'encourage' St. Boniface Street Links and Main Street Project to start a dialogue with the city on how best to co-ordinate their work on the homeless problem. 'It's just so unfortunate that we've got some money (to tackle this), we want to reduce encampments and here we are with this battle over who should be doing the work,' said Mayes. The St. Vital councillor raised a motion at Thursday's city council meeting that calls for talks between the municipal government and two key homeless outreach providers, to ensure they help as many vulnerable people as possible and avoid overlapping their services. MIKAELA MACKENZIE / FREE PRESS FILES Coun. Brian Mayes would like to see St. Boniface Street Links and Main Street Project work with the city on how best to co-ordinate their work on the homeless problem. In June, the City of Winnipeg awarded Main Street Project a $275,000 contract for mobile outreach services, with a focus on moving people out of encampments and into housing, as part of the provincial Your Way Home strategy. That made MSP the city's main outreach provider, about six weeks after the agency was accused of re-establishing a homeless encampment near the riverbank in Point Douglas. End Homelessness Winnipeg later told the Free Press that action was taken to move someone out of one encampment due to a safety concern, when other housing wasn't available. Mayes said MSP and Street Links have different approaches but both services are needed. He said co-ordination is key to ensure Main Street isn't sent by the city to support the same encampments the public reports to Street Links. 'How do we deal (with that)? Are we going to have two separate groups showing up and arguing?' he asked. Street Links recently said it will continue operating through donations in its initial zone east of the Red River, regardless of not getting the latest city grant, Mayes noted. 'If that's really the case, we can probably get a lot more bang for our buck through Main Street Project. If they (don't) have to cover as big of an area, if they (would just cover) west of the Red,' he said. Marion Willis, the executive director of St. Boniface Street Links, said her organization has a great success rate, housing 22 people in July alone. Rather than start new discussions, Willis would prefer the city give Street Links jurisdiction to keep handling outreach in its current area. 'The motion that I would look for … (would be one) that protects, by city council resolution, our ability to be the service provider for all of eastern Winnipeg,' she said. Willis said overlap has already occurred between the two organizations, as both tried to help one individual in a south Winnipeg encampment within the past week. 'There's a clash all along the Red on our side where people are being told they can stay where they are. Our approach is not going to be to support people to live in encampments. That's never going to be the case for us,' she said. Mayor Scott Gillingham said he believes outreach providers are already in dialogue, so calling for further talks would be redundant. 'All of those front-line agencies (have been) at the table and they are at the table on a regular basis,' said Gillingham. The mayor noted the city still provides some funding to Street Links, stressing he sees the need for both groups. 'There is, unfortunately, so much work to do when it comes to addressing homelessness right now and meeting the needs of unsheltered individuals,' he said. This year's city budget included $250,000 for Street Links 24/7 safe space and $59,375 for its mobile outreach service up to the end of June. The budget also included three funding pockets for Main Street Project, including: $86,400 for its Main Stay program; $178,126 for its mobile outreach (up to the end of June) and $275,000 for mobile outreach during the last six months of the year. Main Street Project did not grant an interview request on Thursday. In an email, the organization said it is working with all groups that provide outreach service to homeless people. 'We host a bi-weekly outreach meeting, and all outreach teams are invited to participate in those co-ordination meetings and use the Signal app for real-time communication between outreach providers. That will always remain open to all groups doing outreach,' wrote Jamil Mahmood, MSP's executive director, in the statement. Wednesdays A weekly dispatch from the head of the Free Press newsroom. Mahmood added his organization encourages more unity among groups and governments to address homelessness. 'We are always willing to work with and co-ordinate with all the amazing teams doing such important work for our city,' he wrote. Council's executive policy committee will consider the matter in September. X: @joyanne_pursaga Joyanne PursagaReporter Joyanne is city hall reporter for the Winnipeg Free Press. A reporter since 2004, she began covering politics exclusively in 2012, writing on city hall and the Manitoba Legislature for the Winnipeg Sun before joining the Free Press in early 2020. Read more about Joyanne. Every piece of reporting Joyanne produces is reviewed by an editing team before it is posted online or published in print — part of the Free Press's tradition, since 1872, of producing reliable independent journalism. Read more about Free Press's history and mandate, and learn how our newsroom operates. 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Miami Herald
26-06-2025
- Business
- Miami Herald
Man buys lottery ticket while taking mom out to eat — then she scratches big win
A Virginia man and his brother stopped to buy some lottery tickets while taking their mom out to eat, then she scratched one of his tickets and won a top prize, officials said. 'We were all so happy!' David Mayes, of Culpeper, told the Virginia Lottery, according to a June 26 news release. Mayes and his family won a prize worth $100,000 in the 10X the Money game, lottery officials said. He bought the winning ticket for $5 at a grocery store in Warrenton, about a 50-mile drive southwest from Washington, D.C., the lottery said. The 10X the Money game — which began in September 2022 — is now closed as that was the 12th and final top prize to be claimed, according to lottery officials. The odds of winning the top prize in the game were 1 in 1,713,600, lottery officials said.
