Author: Liam Emerton

Ian McLennan Park will be prepared for the final time tonight with the original grass pitch to be dug up and resurfaced with artificial turf in a first for the Illawarra. The project is set to take only a short period but must be completed mid-season in order to have the facilities open for next year’s competition. South Coast United player, David Valic, said he’s proud that the club has finally being recognised for all the hard work they put into their ground and the competition itself. “Yeah, it’s great that someone has seen how much all of our volunteers…

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A Western Sydney University study has revealed left-handers are quicker to adapt to situations than right-handers. PHD candidate Eline Smit discovered left-handed pianists were able to adapt to a right-hand piano with less errors when compared to right handed pianists playing on left-hand pianos.  “We tested the difference between left and right-handed pianists in how easily they could adapt to a reversed keyboard, with the hypothesis that left-handed pianists were disadvantaged by having to play on a ‘right-handed’ piano,” Smit said. “What we found was that the left-handed players were actually better at adapting to the reversed finger placement, which may suggest that they could play…

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