EDDIE HAIRDOJune 1997 Issue 26 | |
LOST IN NORHAM, JIMMY !!!!!There’s no stopping Dicka at the moment as he takes his running talents from Cider Country to north of the border where they are even tighter with their money than Mickey and can’t even talk proper !! But it’s thanks to our roving reporter Dicka who reveals all that went on at the Norham Relays :-Norham Notes, the Strollers get lost in Northumberland.The weekend got off to a promising start when, after a few pints in the local, chairman Phil spent 15 minutes trying to blow up his air bed. He ran out of puff before he'd ran a yard. Fortunately for Phil, Steve Ramsden was on hand to assist with a blow job on the air bed, ensuring the chairman got a satisfying nights sleep.Ev spent an hour on the bus learning stage 12 by heart until he was reminded, 5 minutes before stage 11, that he was running stage 11. He then got lost and had to wait for someone else to catch him so he could follow them home. That should teach Ev to pay attention in class when Bob's handing out the instructions. Ray got so lost that search party was sent out to look for him. He actually reached the finish in a good time but didn't realise that he had to cross the river at the end of the stage. When he saw the river in full flow he turned and legged it into the woods shouting 'I'm not crossing that, I'll get washed away!'. Chirpy got lost, knocked on a farm door and asked the way from some 'nice lass' in the farm house. She invited him back for coffee after the race but he couldn't find the farm again. John Wilson got lost and ran a mile too far. He wanted to do it again properly but we didn't have time to wait. He's already booked the same stage for next year. Run of the day goes to Chairman Phil on stage 7. He ran so fast that Paul Marshall (stage 8) was still sat on the bus 100 yards away when Phil reached the change over. We don't know whether to blame Phil for running too fast or Paul for not being ready in time but whoever is at fault it helped win the B team the consolation prize for coming last. Paul Marshall attempted to take over John Wilsons crown as chief chucker-upper. After both of his stages he made valiant bids for the title gaining 9 out of 10 for effort and 8 out of 10 for artistic merit, but failing to gain the required vomit volume for the bid to be successful. Your roving or raving mad reporter - Dicka.
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Memories of Botchy’s Bank by Geoff PriorLast month should have seen us run the annual Silksworth Pit Race but alas the event is yet another race to fold under the pressure of the ‘boys in blue’. Whilst a lot of you will be glad to see the back of the race - after all you had to run up Botchy’s Bank 3 times I am a little sad as it has good memories for me and it leaves the Sunderland area with one less race to brag about. The demise of the race now leaves our very own Redhouse Run as the only Road Race in the City (assuming we are able to attract new sponsers for 1998). My memories of the race are very happy ones probably because it has taken my mind 12 month to foget about what a bastard of a race it was but it was after all the very first race that I was the first Stroller through beating in the then near invincible Bob Blair. That was in 1994 when my other overriding memory of the race was that you had to run past a squashed hedgehog next to The Cavalier on each of the three laps. But I ask you, as the race is no more what is to become of those scruffy young kids who seemed to be desparate for your race number after you had finished so that you could claim your pie and peas. Looking back I’m sure the local mothers used to send their kids out begging for their dinners so that they could save some more money for an extra game of bingo at the Savoy !!! My last memory I would like to share involves Woody who would flatly refuse any claims for p.b. points for a 10K on the basis that the course measured 10.25K long so it didn’t count. It didn’t matter if you had actually ran faster than your previous p.b. on a longer course ......... rules are rules for Woody and that means no p.b. points even if you have bust a gut to beat it like I did in 1994. Enough of me anyway for I spotted an article in last month’s ‘RUNNER’S WEEKLY’ kindly lent to me by Chirpy another star performer around the Pit Race. The article which I have copied straight from the magazine is as follows :-‘ The Vaux Old Pit Race, one of the top events in the north east, has come to the end of it’s run due to Police pressure. Traffic problems on the Silksworth course at Sunderland have forced the decision, leaving the seven time victor Brian Rushworth as the last winner of the race. Former Olympic 10,000m silver medallist Mike McLeod was the inaugural winner in 1978 and chalked four further victories including his course record (30m 00secs) in 1989. But the Elswick flier’s most famous victory came in 1987 when he took the the invitation mile in a record 4:07:02 and lined up two minutes later for the Pit Race which he won in 30 mins 28 secs !! Anyway, thanks for the memories Pit Race at least I won’t race past anymore sqashed hedgehogs !! WE’RE ON THE INTERNETYes, you have read the title correctly for as from last month the Club Championship awards and quite soon the Newsletter will be surfing their way on the Internet. It means of course that Carl Lewis, Ceron and closer to home Paul Evans can check how each of the Strollers have done.The Newsletter will hopfully be surfing it’s way down under to Paul Thomas’s house or shack and we will hope for a reply from our newly installed New Zealand correspondant.
JUNE’S BIRTHDAY STROLLERSAllen Routledge - 5th June 47 years oldKeith Turnbull - 12th June 54 years old Eddie Airson - 24th June 51 years old Alan Doherty - 22nd June 36 years old Joe Gordon - 25th June 52 years old Steve Hobday - 22nd June 44 years old Paul Marshall - 12th June 43 years old WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY STROLLER BIRTHDAY !!
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COX COCKS IT UP AT KESWICK!Never in all the time I have been with Sunderland Strollers can I remember a new member making such an impact in his very first race wearing the famous navy blue and white colours .............. enter stage left a certain Malcolm Cox who in order to gain second lady veteran prize at Keswick under went a sex change operation the night before. On race day Malcolm looked no different than most of our Strolettes, flat chested and worn out - he even moaned quite a lot to make him sound authentic. Perhaps he could have choosen a more original name of Sheila Richards however ! Anyway, Malcolm already has his sights on his next race as he is going to outdo Richie Sampson and run the Blaydon race as a 70 year old after he has had plastic surgery first of course. One minor point - own up the person who ‘cashed’ in Malcolm’s I mean Sheila’s prize !!! DICKA’S KNICKERSFor those of you are unable to stay beyond 9.45 p.m. on a Wednesday night for an extra 3 pints as usual the alcohol tends to take over your grey matter - none worse than Linda Raine.For Linda at this time of night seems to get very interested in either whats in Dicka’s knickers or what type of Y - Fronts he wears (or indeed what state they are in !!) Now I’m no shrink but I can think of a lot more better things to turn you on than thinking of Dicka’s under garments. Suffice to say this adulation has led Dicka to write a poem about the interest in his jockeys;- What do you want for Christmas?Most little girls want dolls and prams,most boys want football strips. Then as they age their tastes mature to fancy clothes and foreign trips. But there are times when things go wrong and tastes just can't get sicker such as finding out what Linda wants is a look at Dicka's knickers! by Paul ‘big boy’ Dixon |
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