Long Eaton Round Table

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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In July the Round Tablers of Long Eaton retired to a secret location well away from any Health & Safety wombles for an evening of messing about in various vehicles. The event – aptly titled Wacky races – put the drivers through various challenges such as driving blindfolded.

The blindfold drive had the driver blindfolded (the clue’s in the name…), with the aim of racing around a tight course in the best possible time. Guidance was provided by the driver’s partner sat on the roof, yelling instructions down through the sunroof. Competition was fierce for this event. Prospective member Joel caused much amusement when sat on the roof as he gave less than useful instructions in the form of pointing while yelling ‘that way’!

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Taking advantage of the glorious summer evenings, Long Eaton’s finest Tablers – resplendent in wetsuits – had a fantastic evening being pulled around Church Wilne reservoir at high speed holding onto rubber rings.

The odd tabler made an impressive flying departure from their ringos, but Severn Trent water assured the local population that their water filters would cope with the contamination.

After a couple of hours of high speed fun, the boys rounded off the evening with food & drink in a local pub. It was there that someone made the observation that the person we all thought was past Chairman Dave Welch, was in fact one of Dr Who’s adversaries, as this photo shows:

Looky likey

To see more photos from this event, click this link to Flickr.

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