Showing posts with label Subuteo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Subuteo. Show all posts

Sunday, July 28, 2019

Monday 2nd August 1971



 My summer of tennis at Colinton Mains Park continued with a game first thing; it makes for a great start to the day. There no problem getting a court and I like the early coolness of an August morning. 

It was a full-on activity day because later in the morning Keith Robertson and I won the 2 a side tournament that a big bunch of us put on. 


After dinner I managed to get scratched by Simon the cat. 


The 2 a side tournament was such a big success that we held a massive one later in the day; it ran into the mid-evening; we called it the World Cup although ironically we were playing for the European Cup at least the Subuteo version! It went on for several hours and I worked up a hell of a sweat all combined with the rain that came down later; the draw was done out of a hat and I partnered John Duffy (6/8 Oxgangs). We emerged victorious for a hard earned victory. Afterwards it was no wonder I needed a bag of Rissi's finest - chips 'n juice to celebrate. 


It's quite late on now. I'm settling down to watch Monty Python.