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Bingo boffins at the Bridge Meadow
Anyone who knows John Roberts and Mickie Ellis, who do so much great work at the Bridge Meadow Stadium with Haverfordwest County, would say that the duo are really strong he-men and not the types to indulge themselves in a game of bingo. Well, that might have been so at one time but it seems that as they are getting a little older so their tastes for a good night out are changing – and both were so involved at the Bluebirds’ recent Easter Bingo evening that they even had the ‘blob’ markers so favoured by bingo fanatics!
Big John, who is normally associated with climbing ladders to get pensioners’ cats out of trees as a local fireman, was delighted when he was able to call ‘house’ and win himself a turkey and although Mickey didn’t manage a win he was as thoroughly engrossed in the game as he used to be as a super footballer. So well done lads – and don’t worry about getting old and taking part in bingo because it happens to a lot of sports people in the passing of time!
Fanus has a very sweet tooth . . .
Richard Fanus is best known as a rugby supporter at Narberth who has the crowd in stitches with his witty comments to visiting referees, plus an involvement with local football at Narberth and cricket with Kilgetty – but he received a mention in this column last month because he attended a cheese fayre for charity and complained that the slices were too thin until the cheese maker gave him some real wedges, just to stop Mr F grumbling
It seems, however that this isn’t a one-off because he has also caught the eye at the recent pre-match lunch with the Pembrokeshire Association of Cricket Umpires and Scorers, where Richard not only ate half of someone else’s rice pudding but also nagged the waitress into giving him a huge portion of his own, which was slopping over the edge of the dish.
Not content with that little lot, he then hid some of the chocolate mints when the coffee arrived and had the poor girl chasing around for more. When she couldn’t find any she even managed to provide him with some mini-Mars, Milky Ways and other such goodies, which he soon munched down.
Watch that waist-line Richard, or you won’t be able to watch any sport!
. . . And likes a drink as well!
Staying with Mr Fanus for just a moment longer, a mole in his family was telling us that just the day before the umpires’ lunch he was also causing a little mayhem after he had travelled to watch Tenby United take on Milford Haven in a rugby match at Heywood Lane. After the match he and old chum Adge John were waiting for the bus to Saundersfoot when he felt a little thirsty so he went into a nearby Spar shop to buy two bottles for them to sip on the bus. He purchased beers with exotic names like ‘Sheep Dip’ and ‘Country Cousins’ but when the intrepid pair tried to slake their thirst they realised that whilst one bottle had a screw cap the other needed a bottle opener.
So they had to wait to arrive at the Saundersfoot Sports Club and ask long-suffering steward Roger Stanford could they have two glasses and a bottle opener – and paid him back by having a few beers whilst they were there from his excellent range.
What will the intrepid Mr Fanus get up to next with regard to food and drink – be sure that we will let you know!
‘Jenks’ also likes ‘Two fat ladies’ and ‘Doctor’s Orders’
Staying with bingo for a moment longer, it seems that long-standing Johnston Cricket captain Steve Jenkins is also partial to a game with his better half, both taking part at the Easter Bingo put on at Fenton Junior School in Haverfordwest.
‘Jenks’ is best known in cricket for using his left arm for slinging a few deliveries down but on this occasion his left hand was working overtime in ‘blobbing out’ the numbers as they were called out by the MC. But he was a bit of a bad sport in the sense that he refused to wolf whistle at the call of ‘Legs Eleven’ or say ‘Evening all’ when ‘PC 49’ came out – but he was clearly delighted when he won a house and received a large Easter egg which he said was going to be eaten that very night!
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