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Ah, yes - the FB7s.

Two personal favourite moments from the inaugural Sunday charity game.

I was asked to captain a period of the game for the LI Barbarians against the Bristol PROPS side and we were, not to put too fine a point on it, being stuffed. After about the fifth try in 10 minutes our referee (Mr Ashley Rowden, GP ref and also posts as Clive Norling-The First) came across to me and the rest of the lads huffing and puffing under the posts to point out that he had told the Brizzlers that only the front 5 could score from now on. I turned to our guys and said "Right lads, if you see any of the girls with the ball ignore them, just hit the big lumps" to which Ashley responded "Only if they have the ball!".

"I didn't say that, sir!" was my response quickly followed by Ash's "Now this is proper rugby. Better than that Premiership s**t!"

My other favourite is captured on video somewhere. Ashley was trying to let the game flow a bit by ignoring the less extravagant of the failures to control the ball. After a succession of these had made the game look more like volleyball than rugby he collapsed on the floor and sat laughing hysterically trying desparately to blow his whistle - with no success whatsoever!


Few sights can compare with that of a red-faced, tear-stained Premiership referee with a fit of the giggles, I assure you!

Roll on this weekend and yet more tales to tell.

A naked Scottish person with only a black bow tie (not hung around his neck) attending the black tie dinner.

Harlequin ladies playing in their bra's.

A member of a team announcing that he ought to get to bed as he'd been up all night - only for him to be informed that the matches kicked off in 30 minutes.

Elsie's face when the Tinkerbelles won the Team of the Tournament Trophy for the first time.

Being in the circle for the first 15-a-side match having a minutes silence for Jack - 45 of the ugliest and scariest looking men I've ever known all with tears.

Large (from Sarries) with kebab in both hands looking at his beer and wondering how to carry two kebabs and one beer with only two hands - the look of cerebral struggle on his face was epic.

Playing rugby with god-only-knows-who at around 3AM with a glow in the dark ball.

It's actually not as dangerous as you think because everyone is drunk, and therefore a little more relaxed going into contact

I still managed to dislocate my pinky in that match butthead plus you lot wouldn't let me count it as a rugby injury
....sulk!

my fav moment was coaching the wobbler ladies and watching them get to the semis with a team that was put together half an hour before the game

For me it is just the comradery not just between team mates but between entire teams, sharing players (against the army twice thanks for that Hywel) and being one half of the worlds two slowest wingers with young Cheffy

Has his own selection headaches!!!

Just got back from Malvern with several dozen bottles of Gold to donate to the cause - and I am a Plastic Paddy!

Staying up late, stumbling around trying to avoid guide ropes.....have cornbeef sarnies made by a random.
Hywell saying 'early to bed tonight, long day tomorrow'..... but then tackle practice at 4am with Hywell leading the session.
Every year, new people....more fun.

I am never going to live that down am I?

The ref picking the ball up and running for the try line brandishing the red card at anyone who look set to tackle him

The world's most hungover man playing rugby last year...

Dare we hope? We dare.
Can we hope? We can.
Should we hope? We must.

Playing Rugby with my two sons and their girlfriends.

Well attempting to play, having never actually plated before. Great fun and a GREAT social occasion.

You have to like a tournament where my two year old son scored a try against the Arabian Knights and they put a clip of it up on YouTube.

I'm sure if he ever makes it to a national side (he qualifies for four by citizenship, parenthood and residency) that clip'll come back to haunt him!

Hywel, never going to let you forget it...

My favourite was being made to feel part of the 'Worcester Clan' the second I arrived last year, having only met TVM once before, and nobody else!!
Along with everything else everyone's said above! Can't wait!
PS - the cheque I promised to send hasn't been cos I can't find my chequebook, so I'll bring enough cash, honest!!


Honourary Wobblerette from over the border

twice i think.....but you WERE part of the worcester clan...

Dare we hope? We dare.
Can we hope? We can.
Should we hope? We must.

Correction... YOU ARE part of the Worcester clan

I definitely am now!
You clearly didn't make much of an impression on me the second time TVM! I've just remembered you did turn up at RP...didn't you bring a Scarlet with you though?!


Honourary Wobblerette from over the border

FB memories... so many! some the best were (in random order as I recall a few)...

1) wandering through the campsite (or should that be stumbling/tripping through the campsite) with LBF and JonW in the wee hours, long after most of the Wobblers had retired to their tents to listen to a certain Mr R. Cummings, who doesn't want to be named, snoring for England (as well as GB, Europe, The World and Universe too). We ended up in The Fairies encampment where we undertook a conversation with Mr Weeble... while all 4 of us were stood on top of a rather large mole hill/mound.
After around minutes of me repeatedly stumbling backwards off this hilltop, I decided I didn't want to talk anymore and stumbled off somewhere else (I know not where).

2) Brizzle Pasty Eaters... for everything they've ever done at this event, they had me in stitches many times. 100% top marks to them.

3) My brief appearance on the pitch for The Wobblers... in the aforementioned game where we got 21 on the pitch I accidentally found myself staring at the back of a ruck which, by sheer numbers alone we were going to win, and realising that the moment I grabbed the ball I was going to get hurt. At this point I decided to go and hide on outside wing (a new position) ready to recieve a pass from MagicJ (should the ball ever get that far).


4) The ref (as previously mentioned) who unfortunately got to referee 4 out of 5 of the pasty eaters games and had to down 4 pints of evil nasty pasty cider. Poor bloke! Rumour has it he had to leae his car and get a taxi home? Is that right? In fact.. ALL the refs what give up there time to make it a damn fine weekend with all their dodgy decisions. (Expecially that Ashley bloke!)

5) A late night flag-stealing session (I was awake and only witnessed the event as I was doing a 2am Wobbler BBQ at the time) where flags were "borrowed" for a few hours led to some fun as the booty was loaded onto a big flagpole for a photo-shoot. The lightweights of Glaws and Leeds flags were easily snaffled, as was Brizz's (completely cidered out that lot!), but resistance was met at the Fez Boys camp where we were allowed to stel their flag as long as they got it back in a few hours.

So many memories, the best ones are those that are not allowed to be posted here due to the "What goes on FBs, STAYS on FBs" rule... well, mostly that rule applies!


To those that ain't tried it and like a rugby-style party (and don't expect the campsite to be quiet at 10pm).. give it a go, you might regret it or otherwise have one of the best damn weekends of your life.

It's clique, not clan.



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Weather update by the way from metcheck.

Damp all week (including Friday I am afraid) before coming good on Saturday.

Smashin'

Dare we hope? We dare.
Can we hope? We can.
Should we hope? We must.

AccuWeather has much the same...

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Drunken Wasps against Worcester Wobblers.
Half time, DW put Wobblers tops under their DW tops. The second half starts, the ball is passed to Captain Wasp (the token salad eater on our side), the call of 99 goes out.
DWs take off their DW tops and the Wobblers score a try to put the DWs out of the pool and into the bar.

Golly

It's all umop apisdn.

Are you coming to the event Golly?

That was a slightly startling occurance actually...

Was always a pleasure to swap with the Captain and have a run out for you boys, sad that you weren't coming this year!

Dare we hope? We dare.
Can we hope? We can.
Should we hope? We must.

Just a reminder to all. Can you please bring your pale blue Wobblers shirt along to the FB7's. We have one heck of a Wobblerettes squad and need playing shirts otherwise they are going to have to keep changing their tops at the side of the pitch.

On second thoughts - forget your shirts!!!

Dick

What shirts?

Any one up to doing a report on this year please... PM the text me and any photos

Ta