News brief
Blind cricket in Glebe
The inaugural city/ country blind cricket game was held Sunday March 13 at the Jubilee Oval in Glebe.
People from across NSW attended to play in the match which will be used as a selection for the NSW squad.
A couple of different rules apply to blind cricket; an audible ball – made of hard plastic and filled with metal washers or ball bearings – is just one of blind cricket’s adaptations. In the game, the ball is bowled underarm, has to bounce twice before being hit, and the bowler must call “play” before releasing it.
Otherwise it’s like traditional cricket, 11 players per team and a bat and protective gear are essential.
Taxi crash following attempted robbery – Glebe
A taxi driver was forced off the road after his passenger attempted to rob him in Glebe on Friday morning.
About 11.30pm, the 56-year-old man picked up two passengers on Bondi Road in Bondi who asked to be driven to Glebe.
When the taxi was travelling along Glebe Point Road shortly after midnight, one of the men in the rear seat grabbed the driver and demanded cash.
The driver, fearing for his safety, drove up onto the footpath and crashed through a wooden fence before smashing into a tree in Bicentennial Park.
The two passengers then ran from the scene empty-handed. They were chased by number of witnesses but were able to escape.
The driver suffered superficial injuries and did not require medical attention.
Less homeless on the street
An outreach program between City of Sydney and Housing NSW has seen a significant drop in the number of homeless sleeping rough in Sydney.
The results of a census taken on February 7 showed that 363 people were sleeping rough compared to 419 the previous summer, a 13 per cent fall.
The fall was in part due to a new program, Way2Home which helped move more than 60 people of the streets since March 2010.
The homeless were counted as they were found sleeping behind garbage bins, on benches and in stair wells.
Dozens charged at Future Music
Police have charged dozens of revellers after seizing a large quantity of illegal drugs at future music festival.
Approximately 40,000 people attended the Future Music Festival at Randwick Racecourse on Saturday.
Police targeted anti-social behaviour, alcohol-fuelled crime and illegal drug use and supply both inside and outside the venue.
Police conducted 341 person searches during the event and seized hundreds of tablets, believed to be illegal drugs, and quantities of gamma-hydroxybutyrate (GHB), amphetamine and cannabis.
One man was charged with drug supply after allegedly being found in possession of approximately 500 pills.
