Post by Deleted on Jan 20, 2008 20:10:19 GMT
This regular winter get-together was held last night at the Highwayman on the outskirts of Ipswich. The mantle of organiser this year fell on our very own Badge, and it must be said she did a sterling job with the food and company being excellent, and the conversation flowing well all evening.
Late visitors were Chris Louis and new team manager Pete Simmons, who answered questions as they were flung in exchange for knowing the forum-name of the person asking! Fortunately none of the juvenile numpties we seem to have gained recently were present - mainly I suspect because they wouldn't have the nerve to identify themselves! We were also able to share a message from Tobi Kroner in the course of the evening - he wished everyone well and said that he very much looking forward to the start of the new season.
Chris let slip that this years racesuit design would be quite different to previous years, and apparently there isn't any yellow on them this year which went down well with most. He wouldn't be drawn any more than that on the subject though! He admitted that the team we've ended up with isn't the team that they set out to build, but that they are now very pleased with what they have put together, and he feels that the "one strong, one weak" reserve set up we have is a big bonus.
The party continued for some of us after we returned to the travelodge, myself, LW & WvsH to name three.
Hopefully someone else who was there may remember more of what was said, but I'd just like to extend hearty thanks to Badge for all her hard work in putting the evening together, and also thanks to Jaybea and Enjay Designs for providing gifts for the "lucky dip" giveaway.![:)](//storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)
Late visitors were Chris Louis and new team manager Pete Simmons, who answered questions as they were flung in exchange for knowing the forum-name of the person asking! Fortunately none of the juvenile numpties we seem to have gained recently were present - mainly I suspect because they wouldn't have the nerve to identify themselves! We were also able to share a message from Tobi Kroner in the course of the evening - he wished everyone well and said that he very much looking forward to the start of the new season.
Chris let slip that this years racesuit design would be quite different to previous years, and apparently there isn't any yellow on them this year which went down well with most. He wouldn't be drawn any more than that on the subject though! He admitted that the team we've ended up with isn't the team that they set out to build, but that they are now very pleased with what they have put together, and he feels that the "one strong, one weak" reserve set up we have is a big bonus.
The party continued for some of us after we returned to the travelodge, myself, LW & WvsH to name three.
Hopefully someone else who was there may remember more of what was said, but I'd just like to extend hearty thanks to Badge for all her hard work in putting the evening together, and also thanks to Jaybea and Enjay Designs for providing gifts for the "lucky dip" giveaway.
![:)](http://storage.proboards.com/forum/images/smiley/smiley.png)