Surrey Championship League Dinner time and 17 Stokers made it to The Oval via the pub.
Firstly a thanks to Drew for making this happen for us and it was a shame he wasn’t able to attend an excellent evening himself due to another commitment. A space was kept for the Club Captain…
…but he didn’t make it either. (Something about being behind on his homework.)
Here are a few, (camera phone so apologies for poor quality on occasion), pictures from the night; starting with the pre-Oval drinks at the pub:
…and when we got to The Oval, Mills and Berry were already there as they had gone direct. Gluckman appeared after the soup…
…Roger Dakin MC’d a great night that saw Malcolm get further than any other Stoker in the ‘heads & tails’ but nowhere near the final half-dozen…
…Gareth Batty peddled raffle tickets for his benefit…
…Matthew Hoggard delivered a great speech…
…and the pair then undertook a good Q&A session at the end…
The boys from Churt picked us out to say hello, and seemed more interested in Tarrant’s whereabouts that collecting their prize; Russell Clayton of Alleyn continued his attempts to sign up Pagie and Malcolm for a crack at Div 5 and nine games in Dulwich next season, provoking these reactions…
…and one-time Stoker Jeremy Beckwith also said hello – he can be seen in the background of the above picture.
The variety of handy train connections meant some of us made an early dash for home, but a few stayed on and saw off the last of our 2017 League commitments with a few more jars.