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Sky News AU
2 days ago
- Sport
- Sky News AU
'Have it removed': AFL legend Sam Newman declares he could be forced to amputate his pain-stricken foot as there are 'not many alternatives left'
AFL legend Sam Newman has declared he could be forced to amputate his foot. The media personality, 79, is weighing the impossible decision amid chronic pain in his right ankle, a result of several injuries sustained during his decorated AFL career and the wear and tear of an active life. In 2021, Newman underwent ankle fusion surgery, which joined his ankle bones together to form one bone. He had more surgery in March to replace his ankle with a metal joint in a Melbourne hospital. Last week, Newman underwent a third surgery to insert screws near his joint. As he recovers from the procedure in his Melbourne home, the AFL legend said he hopes it was the last of his effort to be finally pain-free. Otherwise, Newman said amputation could be a last resort as he is now running out of viable alternatives to salvage his chronic ankle condition. 'There are not that many alternatives left," he told The Herald Sun on Sunday. 'It is not practicable to walk around with the pain as it is, it is not practicable to take pain killers all the rest of your life. 'The other viable option is to have it removed, amputated." Newman said amputation would be a "pretty drastic" measure, and before that occurs, he will wait to see whether his latest surgery was effective. He said he would not have undergone the operations unless they were "necessary" and hopes to be at least "reasonably pain-free" as a result. Newman's ankle has deteriorated rapidly over the past two years to the point he can't walk more than 50 metres. It comes after he suffered multiple ankle injuries while playing 300 games for Geelong from 1964 through 1980. His health issues include a portion of his kidney being removed after a semi-final clash against Collingwood in 1967 and a head injury as a result of a botched stunt on The Footy Show. Newman's health took a further dip in 2008 when he was treated for prostate cancer and was cleared of the disease after an operation. If all goes well after his latest ankle surgery, the active 79-year-old hopes to embark on a caravan trip with his friend Sue Stanley in six weeks. Newman and Stanley plan to travel up the coast and then venture inland for more than three months ahead of the AFL Grand Final in September. He has recently been frequently seen out at events with the fitness queen, and they sailed from Coffs Harbour to Melbourne last year, remaining in high spirits despite their steering rod snapping mid-journey. Nevertheless, Newman insists the pair are just friends. 'I am very happy to say I am a friend of hers and she is a friend of mine, but that is it,' he told News Corp in 2023. 'She is a girl friend of mine and that is two separate words: girl friend, not a girlfriend.' Newman's fourth wife Amanda Brown died unexpectedly of an aneurysm and a stroke in 2021.
The Age
3 days ago
- Sport
- The Age
Last lap at Dapto: A community gets ready to farewell a local icon
Every Thursday, 72-year-old Col Pomeroy follows a routine that hasn't changed for nearly half a century. In the morning and afternoon he studies the form guide back to front, then he arrives at Dapto Dogs long before the first race begins. Pomeroy is one of the last regular punters at the track, bound by tradition and community. He points to a large plastic table inside the canteen, where he once met 20 friends each week. Now, he often sits alone. Most of Pomeroy's friends have left the track, due to old age or the change in a place that was once the centrepiece of Australian greyhound racing. Next year, Pomeroy will join them. After 88 years of continuous use, Dapto Greyhounds will close because the site's owners have informed Greyhound Racing NSW that they will not extend their lease beyond June 2026. 'Just knowing that this track is not going to be around any more, it's pretty disappointing,' Pomeroy says. 'It mightn't be important to some people, but for me, and for our family, it's been a buzz for the last 50-odd years. 'It is important because even if you come here, it's not necessarily the race. It's about community, it's about people who you have known for decades. You might win a couple of bucks, but that's not what you come back for; it's a family sport. 'I know progress has got to happen, but it's just going to be bad when that final race happens here.' On a cold Thursday night, the grandstand has few spectators as greyhounds are paraded for the first race at 7pm. The dogs are competing in their maiden race and gaze around the track as they are led out by their owners, dressed in red bibs with their racing numbers. In its heyday, the track could hold almost 3000 spectators. They would come each week to place a bet on the row of local bookmakers. 'Dapto Dogs' gained national recognition with former NSW State of Origin player Terry Hill's comedic crosses from the track during Channel 9's The Footy Show, dressed in a gold jacket, ironically pointing out the best-dressed punters in the grandstand.
Sydney Morning Herald
3 days ago
- Sport
- Sydney Morning Herald
Last lap at Dapto: A community gets ready to farewell a local icon
Every Thursday, 72-year-old Col Pomeroy follows a routine that hasn't changed for nearly half a century. In the morning and afternoon he studies the form guide back to front, then he arrives at Dapto Dogs long before the first race begins. Pomeroy is one of the last regular punters at the track, bound by tradition and community. He points to a large plastic table inside the canteen, where he once met 20 friends each week. Now, he often sits alone. Most of Pomeroy's friends have left the track, due to old age or the change in a place that was once the centrepiece of Australian greyhound racing. Next year, Pomeroy will join them. After 88 years of continuous use, Dapto Greyhounds will close because the site's owners have informed Greyhound Racing NSW that they will not extend their lease beyond June 2026. 'Just knowing that this track is not going to be around any more, it's pretty disappointing,' Pomeroy says. 'It mightn't be important to some people, but for me, and for our family, it's been a buzz for the last 50-odd years. 'It is important because even if you come here, it's not necessarily the race. It's about community, it's about people who you have known for decades. You might win a couple of bucks, but that's not what you come back for; it's a family sport. 'I know progress has got to happen, but it's just going to be bad when that final race happens here.' On a cold Thursday night, the grandstand has few spectators as greyhounds are paraded for the first race at 7pm. The dogs are competing in their maiden race and gaze around the track as they are led out by their owners, dressed in red bibs with their racing numbers. In its heyday, the track could hold almost 3000 spectators. They would come each week to place a bet on the row of local bookmakers. 'Dapto Dogs' gained national recognition with former NSW State of Origin player Terry Hill's comedic crosses from the track during Channel 9's The Footy Show, dressed in a gold jacket, ironically pointing out the best-dressed punters in the grandstand.
News.com.au
27-04-2025
- Entertainment
- News.com.au
Rugby league great Wally Lewis marries his partner of four years Lynda Adams in Brisbane
Queensland rugby league great Wally Lewis has married his partner of four years Lynda Adams in Brisbane. The NRL Hall of Famer, former Kangaroo Test captain and 'Immortal' exchanged wedding vows with Adams, a freelance writer and volunteer worker, at a private ceremony at the city's iconic heritage-listed St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point, at 4.30pm Saturday. Conspicuously absent from the celebrations were Lewis's three adult children from his first marriage, sons Mitchell and Lincoln and daughter Jamie-Lee. The three are said to have declined their father's wedding invitation out of loyalty to their mother, Jackie, whose separation from the man Queenslanders call 'The King' in 2021 shattered the family. Adams' teenage daughter, Sydney, attended the wedding along with some 40 of the couple's friends and members of their extended families. The 50-something-year-old bride wore a cream feathered chiffon gown and carried cream chrysanthemums while the 65-year-old groom was outfitted in a black suit with a cream rose in his buttonhole. Standing up for Lewis as his best man was fellow Brisbane Broncos league star and retired Kangaroo Gene Miles who played football alongside the groom in the eighties and early nineties. Paul 'Fatty' Vautin, long time presenter of The Footy Show, and wife Kim were also among guests. After the ceremony, wedding guests were transported by coach to Brisbane's nearby Old Government House for the reception. Lewis' separation from his wife of 36 years shocked family, friends and colleagues alike when the announcement came – strangely and excruciatingly through his then employer Nine – in February 2021. 'I want to acknowledge the pain and upset my family has gone through since Jacqui and I separated last year. I hope over time we can rebuild our ties and move on with life,' Lewis said in 2021. The statement went on: 'It has been a difficult time for everyone in the family and they are still working through the details of the separation.' For almost four decades, the Lewis marriage had been considered the gold standard of sports-star marriages. Having fallen in love with Jackie, at first sight, at a birthday party in 1983 and endured her rejections, the young Jacqueline Green eventually followed the league star to the UK after he was picked up by English club Wakefield for the off season, and accepted his Christmas marriage proposal. Lewis would credit Jackie with being a 'tower of strength' throughout his long career, most notably when he departed the Broncos in 1990 a year after being stripped of the captaincy, after he was sacked as coach of Queensland's State of Origin team in 1994 and when he was diagnosed with epilepsy in his twenties, a condition that would give way to depression. Having dedicated his biography, My Life, to Jackie and his children in December 2020, news of the couple's separation two months later devastated the family.
Herald Sun
26-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Herald Sun
Wally Lewis married Lynda Adams in ceremony in Brisbane
Don't miss out on the headlines from NRL. Followed categories will be added to My News. Queensland rugby league great Wally Lewis has married his partner of four years Lynda Adams in Brisbane. The NRL Hall of Farmer, former Kangaroo Test captain and 'Immortal' exchanged wedding vows with Adams, a freelance writer and volunteer worker, at a private ceremony at the city's iconic heritage-listed St Mary's Anglican Church, Kangaroo Point, at 4.30pm Saturday. Conspicuously absent from the celebrations were Lewis's three adult children from his first marriage, sons Mitchell and Lincoln and daughter Jamie-Lee. The three are said to have declined their father's wedding invitation out of loyalty to their mother, Jackie, whose separation from the man Queenslanders call 'The King' in 2021 shattered the family. Adams' teenage daughter, Sydney, attended the wedding along with some 40 of the couple's friends and members of their extended families. The 50-something-year-old bride wore a cream feathered chiffon gown and carried cream chrysanthemums while the 65-year-old groom was outfitted in a black suit with a cream rose in his buttonhole. Standing up for Lewis as his best man was fellow Brisbane Broncos league star and retired Kangaroo Gene Miles who played football alongside the groom in the eighties and early nineties. Paul 'Fatty' Vautin, long time presenter of The Footy Show, and wife Kim were also among guests. After the ceremony, wedding guests were transported by coach to Brisbane's nearby Old Government House for the reception. Lewis' separation from his wife of 36 years shocked family, friends and colleagues alike when the announcement came – strangely and excruciatingly through his then employer Nine – in February 2021. 'I want to acknowledge the pain and upset my family has gone through since Jacqui and I separated last year. I hope over time we can rebuild our ties and move on with life,' Lewis said in 2021. The statement went on: 'It has been a difficult time for everyone in the family and they are still working through the details of the separation.' For almost four decades, the Lewis marriage had been considered the gold standard of sports-star marriages. Having fallen in love with Jackie, at first sight, at a birthday party in 1983 and endured her rejections, the young Jacqueline Green eventually followed the league star to the UK after he was picked up by English club Wakefield for the off season, and accepted his Christmas marriage proposal. Lewis would credit Jackie with being a 'tower of strength' throughout his long career, most notably when he departed the Broncos in 1990 a year after being stripped of the captaincy, after he was sacked as coach of Queensland's State of Origin team in 1994 and when he was diagnosed with epilepsy in his twenties, a condition that would give way to depression. Having dedicated his biography, My Life, to Jackie and his children in December 2020, news of the couple's separation two months later devastated the family. Adams' own separation from Townsville property developer and businessman Mark Adams occurred around the same time. Originally published as Rugby league great Wally Lewis marries his partner of four years Lynda Adams in Brisbane
