The very enjoyable Golf Croquet social managed by Cathy Turski included a quiz, with players' names as answers, which are given below. Christine Edwards also provided a quiz: watch this space for the results of that. Many thanks to Michael and Irmgard Finnigan for the Barbecue, and to Linda Death for the photo. Earlier in the day, Justine Snieder took shots of the players, which are available via this link.
Who
Knew?
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Handy with a whistle – Played & lost to Michael Adams (British Chess Grandmaster) – |
Ian Burridge |
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Super star, hockey playing beauty |
Viv Staley |
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Got engaged at 18 for a bottle of bubbly – but you can’t ring her now – total age of children 147 |
Eileen Buxton |
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Had to be rescued by the police when locked in the loo – loves a Big Bang – favourite holiday was afloat |
Margaret Shah |
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Is ‘apealing’ – born in Sussex, first played croquet in Ireland |
Ian Vincent |
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Won a trophy for tennis – was a witness in a murder trial – daughter just a tiny 1.14oz at birth |
Sue Wileman |
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Loves the seaside – Ophidiophobe – and you may come across that word in her other love |
Sylvia Lockett |
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Misguided football fan (right colours, wrong team) saw Michelle Obama visiting D-Day landing beaches |
Euan Burridge |
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Almost spotted with the Beatles – has a tortoise |
David Brydon |
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Went to school in Hong Kong, has 5 brothers and sisters – made loads of dough as a youngster, worked at flying high |
Beatrice McGlen |
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Loves sailing with the wind in his hair (if it stays on!) Parents representated the Caravan Club at a garden party at Buckingham Palace |
Andrew Beaumont |
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Mr International, knows more footballers than you’ve had hot dinners – plays the Sax |
Derek Blow |
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An early Christmas present – will de-clutter you and dust your cooker |
Carol Scott |
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Born in Dublin but reached the heights of Kilimanjaro to shake hands with Edna Kenny (An Taoiseach) – has a West Highland Terrier |
Adrian Byrne |
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Comes from Belfast – has a Hong Kong connection – shook hands with John Major |
Roger Berkeley |
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A Pyromaniac with the voice of an angel? Its all down to the BB |
Bob Thompson |
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Another voice – studies Italian while planting her seeds |
Sue Dean |
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Once you have worked out the above (not very sensible or gramatical sentence – please return your forms to ….. |
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Was he one of the railway children? – He played table tennis with Donald Campbell and received a Norwegian Army bronze award for Biathlon |
Michael Finnegan |
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Another fan of skiing – she shook hands with Maggie and was the Golden Shot ‘Markswoman of the Week’ |
Eileen Bardens |
Thank you all for taking part – who knew that we had such interesting, accomplished, wonderful people playing croquet with us!
Apologies if I have missed anyone out – if I’ve missed off some of your facts – or turned some slightly around – again apologies
Have Fun!!
Cathy