Colonel Mustard is delighted to be asked to furnish the Bays readership with a report to warm the cockles of your heart. Indeed, so pleased was he, to get on with the details, that he put down the RAAC not so solid concrete, garish, garden gnome he was delicately refurbishing. I hasten to add, without so much as a by your leave…such is his dedication to duty.
Well my little beauties, the season for all things ghouly and I’m not referring to my garden gnome Wiggles there, in case any of you thought I’d tired of the cheeky little blighter, is once again thrust upon us like a diminutive Japanese business man being forced aboard his chosen Bullet Train to head for Nagasaki or wherever. Now the pumpkin is a strange vegetable and as can be seen from the accompanying artistic interpretation a rather interesting Hare Krishna colour. Enough nonsense, I hear you cry! But no, I’ve not even started on the piffle front with this special report concerning two of Bays’ biggest and best!
The Rotunda at7pm. ‘Be there or be square,’ read the copper-plate handwriting on the invitation cards that have already seemingly become collectors’ items. One is one ebay valued at 39p no less and another has yet to receive an offer on Grinder, whatever that happens to be.
Tom Liley Bays’ player for over 22 years and Fran Stirrup, a Bays player of quite a few seasons and indoor Div 3 stalwart were there, holding court. Both players were sporting beards, which as the connoisseurs of the game rightly know are almost compulsory for players in men’s teams in cricket these days. Sadly, an impromptu quiz on Tom and Fran, was cancelled at the last minute. No one it seemed was interested in playing this new game of Trivial Hirsute.
Only one venue tonight and that was it. No night clubs, no dancing for the Bays players in attendance, just a smidge of beer, wine or a crafty beer. There were some Bays’ skittlers in attendance tonight, probably prompting the order for several Beavertown quadruple hopped crafty beers.
As the drinking activity was seemingly beginning to fade, the Website Supremo arrived with a glint in his eye. Players began to drift off and that was it!
Another birthday bash finished and full marks to those in attendance – especially those who remembered to remember. Captain Amnesia, Abbi, Rachael, Steve, Angus, The Website Supremo, Alex, Adrian, The Chairman are all to be congratulated on attending Tom and Fran’s ‘Bit of a Do!’ Hurrah I say.