| Board Name: | Alanquin |
| Age: | very, very old |
| Location: | Didcot, Oxfordshire |
| Occupation: | Solicitor Advocate |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | It was going to be Algonquin but I relented and stuck to my own name |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | Since 1992 |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | My daughter chose Quins. It had something to do with 7 Quins in the England side |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | Never played rugby. I played hockey as a goalkeeper |
| Best ever Quins game: | Beating Bath at the Rec and the Shield Final |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | The first overseas trip to Brive – 15 in a coach from the Stoop overnight. We lost. Worse journey back! |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | Writing match reports for Come All Within |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | Lord’s. But if you mean a rugby ground then Heywood Road |
| Favourite Quins Player: | Keith Wood |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Chris Sheasby |
| Most likely to say?: | I can’t think of any particular phrase – No comment |
| Least likely to say?: | It’s only a game |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Billiards, watching cricket and reading |
| Favourite Film(s): | Battle of Britain, Casablanca |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | Any good live sporting contest, Cricket, Golf, Snoooker etc (but not Soccer or Rugby League) |
| Favourite Book(s): | Good crime fiction |
| Favourite Music: | Mozart or Beethoven |
| Favourite Food(s): | Curry |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | A good Vintage Port – say Taylor’s 1966 |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | A gentlemen’s agreement is an arrangement between two persons neither of whom are gentlemen and neither of whom intend to be bound by it. |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | Prague, St. Petersburg |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | I was not that young |
| Tell us THREE things about yourself that we wouldn't know. BUT, TWO of these should be true, but ONE should be totally made up: |
Like any competent criminal lawyer, I refuse to answer lest I incriminate myself. |
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