| Board Name: | Barbara (owns Jason O Utan) |
| Age: | 49 |
| Location: | 10 minutes walk up the Chertsey Road from The Stoop |
| Occupation: | Part-Time Welfare Assistant at a Catholic Primary School |
| Why did you choose your board name?: | What you see is what you get! If you look up “anonymous” in the dictionary it says “without character”. No-one has ever accused me of that! |
| How long have you been supporting Quins?: | Financially and vocally, 2 years. I “followed their fortunes” prior to that |
| How did you start supporting Quins?: | “It just started quietly and grew!” |
| If you play(ed) rugby what position did/do you play?: | We played the boys at school once when we were 15. Positions didn’t really come into it. We just ran around pulling the boys’ shorts down until they gave up. I also wandered up and down the wing a bit in the tag rugby comp at The Stoop for the Ladies. I broke a nail! |
| Best ever Quins game: | So hard to choose. Probably 16/3/03. The abseil, the win, the party! |
| Favourite off pitch Quins experience: | Dancing with Billy Fulton at the Players Awards Dinner. I’d include having my ear nibbled by Jeweller if I could remember it! |
| What is the most ridiculous rugby related thing you have done?: | Who Me? I don’t think I’ve EVER done ANYTHING ridiculous in my life! |
| Favourite Ground (after The Stoop): | Twickenham |
| Favourite Quins Player: | Jason Leonard |
| Favourite Non-Quins Player: | Billy Fulton |
| Most likely to say?: | I’m just off down The Stoop |
| Least likely to say?: | We only ever have really ugly scrum halves at Quins! |
| What are your non-rugby pastimes?: | Lots of them have become rugby-related! Sewing, making jewellery, quizzes, eating, drinking, fund-raising, cricket, music, reading. |
| Favourite Film(s): | Dirty Dancing, Field of Dreams, Close Encounters and ANYTHING with Mel Gibson |
| Favourite TV Programme(s): | Sharpe, Morse, BTVS (love Spike!) The Morning Line RADIO..now you’re talking. The Archers, Dead Ringers, ISIHAC, The Afternoon Play, The Classic Serial Radios 4 & 7 in general |
| Favourite Book(s): | Poetry, Murders, Sports biographies I’m reading Father Frank, Paul Burke’s first novel (no, not our Burkey) , at the moment. It’s hilarious. |
| Favourite Music: | G&S, Jazz, Folk, Beatles, Stones, Rock, Motown, Hymns. There’s not much I don’t like really |
| Favourite Food(s): | Game, Fish, Bacon sandwiches, Sunday Dinner |
| Favourite Drinks(s): | Champagne (with and without Pimms!) AG, white wine, ginger wine, ginger beer, a good bitter, Fosters, mulled wine, sangria |
| Favourite Quotation(s): | “Get thee behind me Satan.” Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but only say the word and I shall be healed |
| Favourite Place(s) to visit: | Bethlehem, Borneo, New Zealand |
| When you were young what did you want Jim to Fix for you?: | Everything. I came up with something new every week. I distinctly remember wanting to marry both George Harrison and Cat Stevens and thought that should be pretty easy for him to sort out. |
| 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: |
1. I have to use matching pegs when I hang washing out. 2. I hit a wing mirror on my first driving test. 3. I once sat in a bath of baked beans to raise money for charity. |
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