Long Eaton Round Table

A big thank you goes to Grantham & District 307 for organising a brewery visit at Old Dalby. A superb turnout ( and beer )  helped tabling fellowship between our clubs. George Loydall our National Quiz winner  finally got back his trophy which was swagged by Grantham at a previous area event.

60 seconds later the trophy was gone

Unfortunately he didn’t hold onto it for very long before it swagged again ( the shame ). George decided to rename the trophy the Long Eaton & Grantham fellowship trophy. To which there will be at least 2 meetings a year in each individual programme. The idea of the trophy will be to bond our two tables together in what is the fun & fellowship of Round Table. Special thanks goes to

Grantham Chairman John Whaler and everyone in Grantham 307  for organising this cracking  night out.

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The Lockestone pub was the venue for this year’s chuck out evening. Once a tabler reaches the lofty age of 45 it’s time for them to be booted out the club in typical round table style. This year’s hapless evictees were Ulrick Sandstrom, Greg Whitfield, Dave  Welsh and Nigel Glenister. Our distinguished Danish chiropractor Ulrick ” The Saxon ” Sandstrom was dressed in a suitable Viking Outfit ( although many said he looked more like a yeti, you decide ). Greg Whitfield or Long Eaton’s answer to Mark Zuckerburg was dressed as an Elf ( the dwarf outfit i was told was already rented ) Ex Squady Nigel went up a rank for the evening and had a distinctive chinese take on the traditional army uniform  and Welshy came in his normal work clothes. We had a good turn out for the evening including many 41 ‘s who were braying after new blood. Much fun was had watching the victims fail various tasks and making them run around Long Eaton in their sensible attire.

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Pierre' s basement, don't ever go in

This fantastic evening was enjoyed  by all at Paul Walkers Butchers in Long Eaton. the evening consisted of learning new skills in butchery. We were all taught how to bone a chicken ( insert joke here ) , make and pack locally sourced sausages and learn about all the different cuts of meat. Special thanks goes the staff of Paul Walkers who patiently watched us massacre countless chickens, giving advice along the way.

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Graham Marks, Ramsey Dawson, Mark Campbell and Mark Elm

While away on the annual L.E.R.T skiing trip 4 intrepid Long Eaton tablers decided to enter a 3Km night toboggan Run in Hochgurgl. They had heard it was a scary run, but after a few beers  in the Nederhutte they decided  nothing was too difficult for the mighty 461. They had no idea what was in store for them, it was the most frighting run of their lives but also the funniest. Ex President Mark Campbell careered into a wooden wall several times, Ramsey Dawson didnt make one corner at all and buried himself in a snow drift, Mark Elm couldnt turn the toboggan  for toffee and Graham “need for speed”  Marks was the only one who had any degree of control of the sled. The L.E.R.T International Night Tobogganing Team  are still adamant  that they won a trophy that night despite the other tablers  insisting we  simply borrowed an ornamant from the hotel reception, outrageous.

Toboggan Trophy ( Not a hotel ornament )

If you would like  to see how exhausting the run was, check out this video of past chairman Mark Elm crossing the finish line.

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Obergurgl, Austria Jan 2011

I’m afraid to report that the curse of organising the Long Eaton Round Table skiing trip has not been broken. This year’s trip organiser past Chairman Dave Liddington had the misfortune of breaking a couple of ribs while attempting to snowboard. The irony is that he was wearing special metal wrist guards to protect himself in case of a fall, but as Dave fell forward he landed on them smashing his iphone and ribs in the process. Luckily it did not stop him and the rest of the group having a cracking time in Obergurgl, Austria.  A total of 10 tablers went on this year’s trip, weather and piste conditions were fantastic as was the Nederhutte. A special mention goes to Dave Fletcher the youngest member on the trip who filmed and edited a great video us all attempting to look cool on the slopes. Check out his video below…

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Flying Tabler

Tablers from Long Eaton Round Table thought it would be a wizard wheeze to enter the annual Ilfracombe Birdman competition to see how far a chap can fly – unpowered – off the end of a pier before splashing down into the drink.  Chief pilot was Squadron Leader Ashley ‘Ginger’ Campbell, accompanied by wingmen Flight Lieutenant’s Dave ‘Buster’ Welch and Paul ‘Chocks-Away’ Haskins. Groundcrew was Flight Sgt Mark ‘Pops’ Shaw.

The chaps built their splendid Mark 2 Black Arrow the day before, and painted it in Long Eaton Round Table colours and markings. Dispensing with a test flight, the chaps gathered in the Officers Mess for a few G&T’s and a sing song.

Up before the larks, the chaps were roused from their beds by their WAAF”s. After a few preflight checks, the crew transported Air Force 461 to the take off area on the pier. After witnessing a few sorry efforts from competing squadrons, Ginger completed a perfect take off and flew for several fractions of a  second. But it was enough for Long Eaton Round Table to clinch the trophy.  Well done chaps!

Here’s a video of the epic flight.

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