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Page 22 November/December 2003<br />
surged through the water, this was what it’s<br />
all about. We beat ICA and shaved 10<br />
seconds off the previous time. Soaked and<br />
elated we returned to the beer tent. The time<br />
stood as the third fastest until the last B pool<br />
race, unfortunately both crews beat our time,<br />
so we were out, but not disgraced.<br />
Some of the A crews were awesome with<br />
times of less than 55 seconds.<br />
The party atmosphere was fantastic and we<br />
were treated to a hilarious site of a drunken<br />
Swede trying to take a leak. Obviously<br />
mindful of the risk of wetting his trousers and<br />
the embarrassment that could cause, he pulled<br />
down both shorts and pants, and leant on a<br />
tree in full view. Job done, quick shakes then<br />
the tricky manoeuvre of pulling your pants<br />
back up. This proved too much for him as he<br />
could hardly stand unassisted; he leant<br />
forward, grabbed his pants and as he was<br />
pulling them up to hide his modesty, he<br />
crashed over sideways. This went on for<br />
about five minutes; his success at finally<br />
getting his shorts on was greeted with a round<br />
of applause. He then wobbled off in search of<br />
some dignity, bouncing off trees and tents.<br />
Dragon boat racing is great fun and I’m<br />
delighted that I’ve had a chance to have a go.<br />
Looking forward to next year’s event -<br />
maybe, just maybe!!!!!!<br />
Dave Ellison<br />
Kingsmill Bread<br />
“Free Kit for <strong>Club</strong>s”<br />
Kingsmill bread are currently running a<br />
promotion to give kit and equipment to sports<br />
clubs absolutely free… as long as you buy<br />
lots of loaves, of course!<br />
Each loaf of Kingsmill bread has vouchers<br />
which we can collect to get equipment for the<br />
club. The vouchers will be available until the<br />
end of August 2004, so we’ve got time to<br />
collect loads!<br />
A look at the Kingsmill website<br />
www.kingsmillkitforclubs.com (am I the only<br />
person who thinks website addresses are<br />
getting ridiculously long these days?) shows<br />
that with only 2,562 tokens (who’s going to<br />
count them and check that the last 2 are<br />
there??) we can get a buoyancy aid. I’m not<br />
going to work out how many peanut butter<br />
and banana sandwiches you’d have to eat to<br />
get that many tokens, but I doubt if the<br />
buoyancy aid would fit afterwards!<br />
Seriously, Tim Langridge has registered us<br />
for the scheme and has volunteered to collect<br />
the tokens on our behalf, so please pass any<br />
tokens you get on to him. I’ve got 4 tokens<br />
already, so that’s only 2,558 to go!<br />
www.ribblecanoeclub.co.uk
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