Damir Govorcin

Sydney-based Photographer.

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@CraigNorenbergs Well said Craig!

[Angelo Mathews @Angelo69Mathews]

We should not play one off test with anyone! If any country doesn’t want to play more than one so be it! There’s nothing called bigger nations and test status is equal to all test playing nations .You can’t have 1 team playing 20 games and another playing 10 games in the same championship cycle! Generating revenue and keeping test cricket alive is two different things and you should not mix up the two !

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@charliersmith1 Well done! Keep going and moving forward.

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"Koufax at 90" - narrated by Bryan Cranston https://t.co/YFjFTGhIyH via @YouTube

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@garmstrong61 Agree Geoff!

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

Leonardo DiCaprio & Jennifer Lawrence | Actors on Actors https://t.co/32c7XDAWJw via @YouTube

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@9_Moley Loved speaking with Arthur back in the day!

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Juggalo Championship Wrestling (JCW) Lunacy "Episode 59" https://t.co/F7C3UKPLGK via @YouTube

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@garmstrong61 Thank you!

[Geoff Armstrong @garmstrong61]

A lot of work went into these two volumes. Available from 1 December ...

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

@9_Moley @garmstrong61 Yes ... very sad which was once a great competition.

[Geoff Armstrong @garmstrong61]

This is one of the most intriguing cricket books I have read. The research is awesome. @swildecricket and @bloomsburysport deserve huge credit for such a fine celebration of a unique player and wonderful cricket era.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Damir Govorcin @Govvo70]

My favourite shoots https://t.co/4OcTXB3cU0 via @YouTube

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Do you remember when you joined X? I do! #MyXAnniversary

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His Last Request Before The Execution Was To See The Virgin Mary, But Wh... https://t.co/VNVLpoEdi1 via @YouTube

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St. Carlo Acutis' mystical experiences involving Fatima and more! BEDTIM... https://t.co/i9HVaX7Jdi via @YouTube

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WOW ! MIRALCE OF THE SUN IN MEDJUGORJE! https://t.co/MFgtHOALhV via @YouTube