Pole to Pole Striders Presentation.

Huge night out at the Strider's Presentation dinner, but first we had to collect our winnings care of the Irish lads at the Slip Inn for 79 minutes of FREE BEER, With PLOD (Paul) resigning from his captains post since the lose it was left to his Lieutenant - Enda to take the reins of treasurer for the nights proceedings and make sure he kept us English well lubricated :)
Good turnout for the night with English Tom, Fats, Slim Sammy, B'Grade Binfield and Irish Enda, Kanser, Macca Mc, John Bowe, Rob (Elvis) Costello, as well as Tucks fresh from his 100k walk, Richie Palmer, Mikey Conway, J-Fen and a guest appearance from Rich High.
Fair play to the Irish they did very well supplying the ale for the night - NEVER short and they were even getting us shots at one point (no wonder my head is sore today)
Was just getting in the mood when the 79 minute buzzer went and then we had to leave to get to the Striders Presentation Dinner only to find upon arrival that our table of 10 had been taken that saw us having to find single and double seats wherever we could -  a bit p!$$ poor really in truth and i think it was a conspiracy to break the HURTS team up after our performance there last year :)
Of course i got lumbered with Kanser as we had to endure Pat Farmer tell us all about his recent Pole to Pole exploits, To be honest it wasn't my cup of tea (especially after a dozen Heineken's and 5 shots) and i was wishing I'd stayed at the Slip Inn.
A few HuRTS boys managed to snag a few awards along the way, Saw Chairman Tom collect, as did Tucks and Macca, and not to be outdone was HuRTS #2 David Tongue who was also there (on our table i must add)
Good old night and good to chat to a few other people, that included Flakey, Blue Dog and Bernadette, and Young Barbara Becker :)
Had a tough morning working wise for Saturday so called it quits once the Striders do was wrapped up - although it didn't help me this morning  - as i struggled big time with my classes.

A few pics of the boys from last night.

Winners are Grinner's - Team England, Timmy, Slim Sam, Tom, Fats and B'Grade Binfield.

...and the losers Spike , Enda and Kanser

Handing over the Churchill/Sands Trophy - Tom and Enda.

Heineken and Shots .... maybe a bit to much for Tom and Slim Sammy Agnew ?

Some of the winners - Tom

And Macca Mc

.......and about the only thing i picked up ALL night :)

Have a good weekend
Cheers

Oh nearly forgot - one for the lovers - Back together Rich High and Enda complete with his gay Cambridge University Scarf
:)