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John William Hammer (born 27 September 1935) is the founder of several sporting competitions for older players. John Hammer was born in Sunbury, Victoria, Australia. In 1963 John joined the Victorian Football League (VFL) Reserve Grade as a field umpire. In 1967 was promoted to the senior list and umpired 16 Victorian Country Football League matches. He founded Superules, an Australian rules football competition for those over 35 years of age at a meeting at the Zero Inn, Nhill, Victoria in 1980. A football carnival is held at a different location in Australia each year. Hammer also founded Over 60s cricket in Australia in 2003, promoting cricket for those over 60 years of age. In 2009, Hammer was awarded an ICC Centenary Volunteer Medal for his services to cricket. In May 2010, Hammer founded the Mid-Year Cricket Association (MYCA) in Victoria, Australia, which plays cricket matches on synthetic wickets during May to August. MYCA now has 86 teams from 62 clubs. Hammer has been president from 2010 – 2015. Hammer was awarded the OAM for his services to cricket and seniors' sport in the 2017 Queen's Birthday Honours. External links Masters Australian Football Minutes of first meeting of Superules, 1 March 1981 (under "History" button) Never Too Old mentions newspaper article (October 2007) on Over 60s cricket and John Hammer References . Discover the John Hammer popular books. Find the top 100 most popular John Hammer books.

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  • Hammers in the Heart synopsis, comments

    Hammers in the Heart

    Pete May

    West Ham are back in the Premiership and, to celebrate, Pete May reflects on a lifetime of supporting the Irons. It's all here in Hammers in the Heart, from a full account of West ...

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    State Alaska v. John Hammer Et Al.

    Supreme Court of Alaska

    This appeal raises a question of first impression concerning the states obligation to compensate the owner of a business for damage done to that business by the states exercise of ...

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    The Enemy Within

    Tim Ayliffe

    SET TO BE ADAPTED FOR THE SCREEN. Like Michael Connelly’s Bosch, John Bailey will risk everything to get to the truth – and expose a deadly enemy...

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    Mirror

    Graham Masterton

    It is said that a mirror can trap a person's soul...Martin Williams is a broke, twobit screenwriter living in Hollywood, but when he finds the very mirror that once hung in the hou...

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    Led Zeppelin All the Songs

    Jean-Michel Guesdon & Philippe Margotin

    Led Zeppelin All the Songs takes a deep dive into the innovative recording history of the one of the most influential rock bands of all timecovering every album and every trac...

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    The Witches

    Peter Curtis

    Walwyk seemed a dream village to the new schoolteacher, Miss Mayfield. But dreams can change into nightmares...When one of her students accuses his friend Ethel's grandmother of ab...

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    My Own Words

    Ruth Bader Ginsburg

    The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg“a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly wry mind, revealing the fa...

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    Back Bay Blues

    Peter Colt

    Theft, greed, and corruption collide in Peter Colt’s hardedged mystery featuring Vietnam veteran turned Boston P.I. Andy Roark.1985, Boston. In Vietnam, Andy Roark witnessed death ...

  • Sidney Hammer Et Al. v. John N. Rosen synopsis, comments

    Sidney Hammer Et Al. v. John N. Rosen

    Court of Appeals of New York

    [7 N.Y.2d 376 Page 379] Alice Hammer, suffering from schizophrenia, was treated for some seven years by Dr. Rosen, a psychiatrist. In 1955 she and her father instituted this actio...

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    Customs Of The Country

    Rupert Thomas

    The year is 1924. James Cardell has just left school and is preparing for Oxford. However, before the strict routine of university life begins, he is allowed to spend the summer ho...

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    Outback

    Michael Davies

    A powerful debut novel that continues the legacy of ‘Master of the Genre’ Desmond Bagley with a thriller set in Australia, also appealing to a new generation of readers of who ador...