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BREAKING NEWS ARCHIVE 29/06/03 - LONGMAN CUP VERSUS TYNESIDE
When Bowdon crossed the River Tyne to play the wily Geordies,
Optimism was running high with photos of past glories.
By lunchtime, already three-nil down, still sporting hopeful smiles.
By hometime, Wilko’s averaged one hoop per hundred miles.
Lorna & Wilko’s morning doubles, no chance of running rover.
Lost twenty-six in half an hour! They’d blinked and it was over.
Winn was done by Wrighty Don, by two hoops in the singles.
To think he could have stayed in bed with fizzy pop and Pringles.
Richard G, he fared not well, no chance to be a peeler,
Thrashed to tune of minus ten, by a lady known as Sheila.
The afternoon was much the same, in three of four games beaten.
Was it because of all their bisques, or had we over-eaten?
The Longman’s dream, it is no more - please spare us words and lashes.
For we will rise again next year…
A phoenix from the ashes!
Andrew Winn
BREAKING NEWS ARCHIVE 29/06/03 - LONGMAN CUP VERSUS TYNESIDE
When Bowdon crossed the River Tyne to play the wily Geordies,
Optimism was running high with photos of past glories.
By lunchtime, already three-nil down, still sporting hopeful smiles.
By hometime, Wilko’s averaged one hoop per hundred miles.
Lorna & Wilko’s morning doubles, no chance of running rover.
Lost twenty-six in half an hour! They’d blinked and it was over.
Winn was done by Wrighty Don, by two hoops in the singles.
To think he could have stayed in bed with fizzy pop and Pringles.
Richard G, he fared not well, no chance to be a peeler,
Thrashed to tune of minus ten, by a lady known as Sheila.
The afternoon was much the same, in three of four games beaten.
Was it because of all their bisques, or had we over-eaten?
The Longman’s dream, it is no more - please spare us words and lashes.
For we will rise again next year…
A phoenix from the ashes!
Andrew Winn
Scores
John Wilkinson & Lorna Frost vs Derek Watts & Peter Wallace -26
Andrew Winn vs Don Wright -2 (on time)
Richard Griffiths vs Sheila Watts -10 (on time)
John Wilkinson vs Derek Watts -23
Lorna Frost vs Don Wright -3
Andrew Winn vs Sheila Watts +15
Richard Griffiths vs Peter Wallace -10
Wilko donates his car to the collection. |
“I’m telling you, Richard – it’s true. At 4 o’clock every Sunday
we have to stop our break to hide from the Yellow Spring Monster.”
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(photographs by
courtesy of Andrew Winn)