London Irish
Fatblokes International Rugby Sevens 2012
By Cheffy
June 8 2012
Well it’s that time of year again!! The sight of the good ship ‘Plumptious’ rapidly coming into view is one that I know we all look forward to every year…….. The International Fat Bloke Sevens sponsored by CHP Consulting is again at Reading Abbey RFC in Caversham over the weekend of July 20-22nd 2012.
This year is our 10th Anniversary and what better way to spend a birthday than a weekend of top class rugby sevens and fun with friends new and old!!
We are hosting the largest tournament ever this year (That is to say the largest number of teams not the players combined weights!!) There will be 52 teams this time which is a massive amount of organisation and will lead to some very knackered people by the end of Saturday!!
Expect the Zider drinkers from Brizzle along with their trampoline/ladder/bouncy castle* delete as appropriate and probably the worlds largest rolling maul and plenty of beer and fruit based beverages for the ladies.
There is the return of the Chinese Takeaway on Saturday and plenty of other food available on both days.
There is a band on both Friday and Saturday night and also the ubiquitous Mr Eek and his travelling discotheque.
Our Charities this year are The Alexander Devine Childrens Hospice Service and the Matt Hampson Trust and expect to see some special guests on the Saturday.
Put the dates in the diary and we look forward to seeing you there.
Regards
Dave
The Flatulent Fairies
This year's captain of the Fairies is CreamCraicer. A message from him now follows:
Friends, Romans, Countrymen, lend me your beers!
It’s that time of the year again! As the Premiership season nears its end its time for the proper rugby to begin. I’m delighted to be this year’s Fairies Captain but I can’t do it all on my own, I need players; any of you who have played in previous competitions will know what a cracking weekend it is and I hope to see you all again this year.
I’m also hoping for some fresh new faces; I can say from personal experience it’s a great way to meet your fellow fans and it’s how I made many of me ‘Irish’ friends
So please, anyone who is interested please send me an email on Fairies2012@hotmail.co.uk with your name (and Craic name if applicable). This will be to get a rough idea of numbers, more information will be sent out nearer the time (including a possible piss up get together so new faces can meet old)
Hope to see you all in July!
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Adam, are you looking anything remotely like a fat bloke yet.
After a weekend in a muddy Donington drinking and eating ym way through my savings I'm slowly getting there
Received two e-mails so far; from PANS and Griff
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Adam, are you looking anything remotely like a fat bloke yet.
After a weekend in a muddy Donington drinking and eating ym way through my savings I'm slowly getting there
Received two e-mails so far; from PANS and Griff
email sent
7 signed up so far; keep 'em coming
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"Dare we hope? We dare. Can we hope? We can. Should we hope? We must" Andy Ripley 1947-2010
C'mon guys we definitely going to need more than 7 people. Please spread the word to anyone who you think might be interested.
Its just over a month away!!!
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"Dare we hope? We dare. Can we hope? We can. Should we hope? We must" Andy Ripley 1947-2010
This lot!
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
ulster tom
FF Captain 007
Glory, Glory London Irish, Glory, Glory London Irish
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So sorry guys; I'm moving house to the 'English Riviera' that weekend so cannot unfortunately make it.
ulster tom
FF Captain 007
Nooooo, not FB7s without Tom, Ulster Tom. Get a different house
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
C'mon guys we're still short on players.
Remember, the more players the less time each of us has to play...which also means more drinking time!
Id have a go now bu
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
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We have four recruits from Supermarine coming to guest for us!!
Hmmmm...I think we've got 4 players from Supermarine playing for us as well...and I expect we're shorter of players than you (I think we have around 10 at the minute...).
And we're in a group where running around appears to be compulsory.....booooo.
Slightly OT - as a FB7 newcomer can I ask what the general beer principle is? Should we be bringing loads of our own or is the correct etiquette to be funding Reading Abbey's bar to thank them for hosting us?
Cheers
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
If bar is open then try to buy at least one or two from Abbey - and if not - be discreet.
It is quite likely you will run out of beer so it's a good principle to use the bar while it's open and save your beer for when it's shut.
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
Faugh-a-Ballagh!
"Our prayer is 'God save Ireland' and pour blessings on her name!"
Vestigia Nulla Retrorsum
Peterborough Quin!! - Now with a little bit of London Irish thrown in !!!
It all goes to charidee - but we don't like to talk about it ...
Many, many thanks to Cheffy for organising, all the Bristol Gorillas loved their debut appearance.
Thanks as well to Tries For Pies, Arabian Knights and Leeds Lardies - all thoroughly nice guys who it was a pleasure to play against.
