Remnants vs. Remnants

Tuesday, August 24, 2004
Fitzwilliam College

Match cancelled.

The man of the moment, BBC weatherman Ev Fox, shows no signs of guilt about the dismal conditions. (And note that he has a drawing of a naked man on his T-shirt -- wonder what Heat magazine would have to say about that.)

For most of today sunny periods were interspersed with showers in just such a way that it was never quite clear whether tonight's Remnants vs. Remnants game would be called off or not. Thus we all had to make the trip to Fitz, where we were greeted by an apologetic groundsman and a soggy pitch, finally rendered unplayable only in the last hour before play was due to begin.

Vice-captain Daniel Mortlock (clearly optimistic about the chances of play) and captain Dave Williams (equally pessimistic, at least in a relative sense) meet to discuss, er, something . . .

Not what any of us wanted, but at least Dave opened the bar, giving us an excuse to have an early evening drink and play a few games of pool (albeit without the use of what's traditionally known as ``the cue ball'').

The team's enforcers, Chris Martin and Mike Jones, cheerfully discuss doing bodily damage to the opposition . . . the only problem being that tonight's opposition is us.

Russell Woolf, Mike Jones and Andy Owen.

Russell Woolf heads the queue for one of Andy Owen's beers, whilst Mike Sneyd (in the background) enjoys the fruits of his earlier queueing.

Thus we all headed off hoping for one last chance to shine tomorrow night.

The effects of lager on a bitter drinker, or: one beer too many.