Hi guys
An away trip to the Ole Frank this week and we were all wondering if they were going to do to us what they did to the A-Team and drag a couple of ringers (Joey Payne and Peter Birkett) in for only the second time this year. Fortunately for us this was not the case but it was still a tough match. An excellent start saw us go 3-0 up before they won the last doubles against Clint and Kingy making a rare appearance. This sparked a revival and they won the first three singles, albeit courtesy of their best three players, to put us 4-3 down. A good run then took us to 6-5 up and with their last player against Goochy having never played in the league before, they had virtually given up. Unfortunately our Legend couldn’t stay with the guy who held his nerve and hit a treble 20 every throw! Cant complain though, another good point away from home.
The theme for this week would appear to be travel, involving several of the potty favourites.
Traveller 1 – Moysie
When I say traveller it was more like vanisher. With the usual dilemma on a Friday away game, has he got on the stagecoach with Shoot em up and Clint or is he going to appear at the club 3 seconds before the cab leaves, we phoned a taxi in the hope he was going to be at the Ole Frank, only to arrive to find he wasn’t and no one had heard from him. Hope you’re ok Steve?
Traveller 2 – Yiddo
Again traveller might not be the right word. Another away game and unfortunately Steve couldn’t make it. We realize that his passport might have expired which might explain his inability to go to Kessingland but it now appears he can’t get a visa for anywhere west of Lowestoft College. We should be ok next week as we are at home and his temporary pass to cross the river is still valid.
Traveller 3 – Bungle
A true traveller in every sense of the word. Stories of Billy twelve cabs are now well known throughout the land but on Friday he put in some miles for the cause. Ignoring the fact that the pub we were playing at was only half a mile away, he came all the way to the Pot Black, just to go all the way back again. Not content with this, after the match he got a cab back to the club just to stay for two minutes and get a taxi back again! Strange behaviour you may think although it was apparently because he had left his jacket in the pub and had nothing to do with me challenging him to a game of bowls! [Thankfully Bungle re-located his coat after Mrs Hunt of 10 Carnoustie Drive pointed him in the direction of the pub rather than her living room!!!!]
Traveller 4 – Wally
Now we are getting into the serious professionals. Wally went away on holiday quite some time ago and hasn’t been seen for weeks. We are not sure when he is due back but rumours are starting to circulate that he has been kidnapped by a group of Somalian pirates with relatives in Norfolk. Apparently he will be released if he agrees to wear a yellow and green shirt and sing “on the ball city” for a propaganda video. Wally has apparently held out so far saying he would die first but it might be worth keeping an eye out on you tube.
Traveller 5 – Kingy
Saving the best for last, Darren is THE king when it comes to travel. Having spent years away in the Middle East for work, he has flown more than ever since the job finished. Every time he comes home he can’t wait to get away again. He has visited more countries than swine flu! No-one has yet checked the photographs or looked into the DNA but there is a rumour going around that Michael Palin and Judith Chalmers had a secret love child that may have inherited the family wanderlust. You will notice that whenever you see Darren he always seems to be happy although this is probably not surprising for someone who has collected more air-miles than Captain Kirk. Having said that, his last flight was a bit traumatic as the captain announced that one of the engines had died but assured the passengers that the plane could fly perfectly on three engines but they would be an hour late arriving in England. A bit later he announced that a second engine had failed but there was still nothing to worry about although they would be even longer in the air and would land 2 hours late. Shortly after this, the captain came back on again to say a third engine had failed but the plane could fly perfectly well on one although they would now be four hours late arriving. At this point Darren started to get worried and turned to the person sitting next to him and said “I hope to God the fourth engine doesn’t fail or we’ll be up here all day”.
Not much travel next week we’re at the Potty playing the A team.
All the best
Quiff
