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Tour Anecdotes !
Pondy declaring that he doesn’t drink beer (within the first minute) and he’s feeling a little low because of the break-up with his girlfriend. Ollie Reed coming to the rescue, taking him under his wing and saying “tell me all your troubles and can I introduce you to niceties of Red Wine”.
At the Bloemendaal game doing the presentation of the caps and badge. "...and now the presentation of the man of the match. Tyler, (he stands up), you have not won because your ego is to big and your bowling was crap." He took it hook, line and sinker ! Every one of there players came up to me to thank me saying that he has had that coming for 18 months.”
Good call Drac. I particlularly enjoyed Pondarge's night on the relationship therapy "couch" with Ollie Reed. My call has to be the first night in the "windows" district with Drac and Ollie. In we go to the pay and display booth, and cheer on the lovelies with various choruses of "go on, baby", "das is good", "up da poopa" etc. The (not so) young lady is clearly "lovin' it", until Drac pipes up with a loud "are those stretch marks"? Led by Ollie, we then legged it. Pondarge's double bid for freedom during the Stump Race will always warm the cockles.....
Well as for me , it has to be Mikey, appearing each morning looking as if he had had all the blood removed from his body, then at Bloemandaal failing to complete his run up, dry heaving, more than once, and then farting as he bent over to pick up the ball.
Mine has to be our train journeys after the games and our renditions of ‘the best team in the land’ and freaking out the locals on the train and the ticket collectors.
I think that we showed ourselves to be great ambassadors for the sport. I particularly enjoyed the high level of respect shown to public transport and the general populous of Amsterdam and by those members of the team who had the manners to make sharp exits from various forms of conveyance to chunder. Top catch by Jon Shafe too.
Gav "OS, GPS" Mapley - congratulations on a great tour and for the forward roll at 5am Sunday. But I think the Stump Race at Hilversum will live long in the memory. All together now: "We've got the best team in the land...."
I have to say, one of my favourite moments was the 'Free Willy' backward dive by Ollie in the second game. Absurdly ridiculous, cringing, yet marvellously hilarious!
My fondest memory and there were many, was the shout of "Shambles" every two minutes from Villarge. Priceless
das is not good. my memory has to be either of villarge's wicket and consequent celebration or mjc's performance on the dancefloor on friday night in front of her boyfriend.
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