The party that had it all .... Blood, Sweat and Tears was
the story of the day at the Highnam Xmas gathering over at his home in Nth Manly.
The blood was courtesy of yours truly
who spilt claret for the cause, The sweat came from HuRTS #1 John Bartlett who
seemed to work harder on the footy field showing his silky skills then he did
in the recent JP Morgan event and the tears came in the form of tears of
laughter for all those that were lucky enough to witness Enda Stankards ‘Dizzy
Goal’ challenge.
Many of the HuRTS team got the call up to head to ‘Chez
Highnam’ for food, beers and an afternoon of banter at the highest level on a
perfect Summers day, Fully catered and bar well stocked it was never going to a
quiet affair. Hit up Mr Highnam (Roger,
Toms dad) first up to welcome him back before the beers kicked in and enjoyed a
civilized chat to girls Laura, Elle and Erika as the first of the games were to
take place.
Football was first up and must say I was impressed with Barts
contribution, looked like he could play a bit although like his running he was
taking it pretty serious knocking the poor kids off the ball. Whilst I can see
why Jeet never made the grade for Man Utd as his shot for goal went that high
it came down with snow on it. Enda and
Tommy H were no better as I took it all in while the BBQ bangers were being
served up on the sidelines.
A break in play enabled game #2 – The ‘Dizzy Goal’ challenge
and after seeing Craig McCredie go first it was Enda next up and what was witnessed
was pure theatre. I honestly thought he was messing around at first, before he
staggered and fell around as if he had about 25 beers. I was already merry at this time but got persuaded
into having a go and I was even worse . OMG... what hit me? Blood everywhere I
was patched up and I was content then to stay closer to the house for the next
6 hours as the party was just about to be turned up another notch with the
likes of the Jordan’s(Erika and Darren). Macca, Birch, Jeet, Tom, McCredie,
Enda and myself all going strong.
Music pumped to new levels as Tom & Kirst’s kitchen doubled up as the dance floor and by
the time ‘Living on a Prayer’ was played I think that may have been Tom’s last recollection
of proceedings for the night as his eyes were slowly coming to a close.
Been lucky enough to have been many a party /BBQ throughout
the year but I must say this was right up there with one of the best, First up
the hospitality of the Highnam family has no bounds, opening the house up with
all food and drink for the entire day, such a relaxed atmosphere made it a perfect
setting for both adults and kids alike. Add in the HuRT squad members and the
banter that flows (especially when the beers take effect) and you can’t to
wrong.
Plenty of bets were made throughout the course of the night –
(once again, when the beers took effort and more Dutch courage was on offer)
and I’ll post them now so we all know, and some that were NOT taken
Macca agreed to give me 15 minutes head start in the London
Marathon for $50 – both to make the start line.
Taffy agreed a scratch bet for the Husky Long Course for
$100 –
Tommy H – Head to Head in the upcoming HuRTS biathlon in Jan
for $20 ( 500m swim/5k run)
Craig McCredie –
agreed $50 bet that I think Tom will beat him in London by over 60 seconds.
Others that declined or wasn’t taken were , Macca refused a
$100 bet that Enda would run a faster marathon between the pair ?
Timmy refused Toms offer of $100 bet for Husky long course
..... bloody shark wanted a 20 minute start, yet will run about 10 minutes
faster on the run leg ? WTF???
Great day out and for all those that weren’t fortunate to
witness one of Enda’s finest moments, check out his ‘Dizzy Goal’ Challenge – pure
quality.
Will be back out tomorrow for the 1600m HuRTS alternative
session in the park early morning.
cheers
Irelands best Macca with Enda, Tom and I.
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