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Allan Allan Perry Perry Memorable Memorable Games
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he “Allan Perry Memorable Games” for 2007 are in the
record book! The results of the games, Healey Part Bean
Bag Toss, Blindfolded Horseshoe, Circuit Course Croquet,
Pub Darts, Pumpkin Poundage, and People Mixer, are in.
1st place went to Gil Daab, 2nd place to Renee Shattuck,
3rd place to John Kinney, 4th place to Jeanne Deringer, and
5th place to Allan Perry, himself! That’s the important
stuff. Here’s the rest of the story.
Getting Getting the the games games organized
organized
Every year, now, since Allan and Christina Perry put on the
first “Memorable Games” the members of the Austin-Healey
Association have gotten together in the late summer for a
BBQ and Pool Party, and some fun, very competitive,
games. This year we welcomed the Lindes, Goldsworths,
Perrys, Harts, Shattucks, Kinneys, Daabs, Rockes, Deringers,
and the Sanford guys to our home for the slightly delayed
games. At the last minute, we needed to reschedule
from Saturday to Sunday due to my uncle’s funeral on Saturday.
Thankfully, only a couple of people weren’t able to
reschedule, for which we apologize, and hope to make it up
to you next year. But I learned that Allan and Tina need to
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get a long distance award as they didn’t get the word and
arrived Saturday to an empty house with a note on the
Healey Motor News
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door! I’m really pleased they made the trek twice. I owe
you, Allan!
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About those games. I shortened the croquet course this
year, but the uncut grass did slow everyone down a
bit. Still fun, though and possibly is the toughest of the
games. Blindfolded Horseshoe is always a kick as your
“partner” must talk you through dropping a real horse
shoe over a pipe, blindfolded! The person, not the
pipe! It’s a lot harder than it sounds! Bean Bag toss is
also a challenge as the holes and the distance are just
right to ensure no-one gets them all in. But later I showed
a couple of the guys how to get those bags through the
high point “crank rod big end” hole, the largest point count
and the smallest hole. There’s a trick to it. I nailed 5 out
Blindfold Blindfold Horseshoe. Horseshoe. What What a a kick!
kick!
of 7 with the sixth one hanging, but my score didn’t count
as I was the host. LeRae had raised a pumpkin in the garden
and it was pretty big. The trick was to guess it’s
weight. It was about 54 pounds and a challenge to
lift. You could consider this a tie breaker, if not a back
breaker! Hope no-one got hurt! Darts were good. The
brick wall and the wood around the board didn’t suffer too
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