Our Hon Treasurer will be pleased to learn that the Green Team that travelled to Hintlesham Hall to collect the Div 9 South Trophy was a bit better behaved than the last one, when ‘CarrotGate’ saw the random distribution of seasonal vegetables at opposition tables deemed unfriendly (most of them) resulting in a small cleaning bill from the venue and big glares from the top table.

No such problems this year as club-fave and living-legend Dan Topley was booked as MC.  There was champagne all-round as Dan entered the Guinness Book of Records twice for ‘Story Most Milked In A Post Dinner Speech’ with his Zimbabwe-beating-England tale, and ‘Worst Graham Gooch Impression Ever' pushing Mike Yarwood into a distant second place.  He even included our esteemed El Presidenté in a gag that was even older than the great man himself.  

Chairman Richard Polley is pictured collecting the silverware from Paul Smith – "cricket all-rounder not fashion-designer!"  (Gag © Dan Topley Joke Museum).