Annual Banquet 2000
Once again the Young Boys, Old Boys, wives, sweethearts and the lame, crippled and crazy (with one exception) of the Western Suburbs Rugby Football Club gathered for the winter banquet commemorating the year before - in this case, 1999.
This time it was held at the Dulles Holiday Inn, and I have to say the surroundings were nicer than last year. We had more people this time; according to Tom Loesel, approximately 70. There was a strong Old Boys showing - which, of course, notably classed up the affair.
The food was good, and the open bar was appreciated by all.
I was able to borrow an image projector for a Powerpoint presentation consisting of some of the literally hundreds of images I collected from last year’s matches and practice, and, like a homely guy or gal at a bar, these looked better with the more beer one drank.
The same could be said for my narrated slideshow. It seemed by the applause that Forrest White was designated as the St. Valentine’s Day hunk by the women present. (I thought I heard male voices as well - I hope not.) Crazy Eddie was elected the 1999 Macho Man thanks to his, well, all around crazed persona.
1999 Western Suburbs Awards
Best A-Side Forward: Mark "Radar" Hrycay
Best A-Side Back: Neil "Dev" Devaney
Best B-Side Forward: Wes "Brigham" Clark
Best B-Side Back: Lew "Ringknocker" Bunch
Most Valuable Player: Matt "Wayne" Clark (for a second consecutive year!)
Coaches' Award for Forward: Mark "Radar" Hrycay
Coaches' Award for Back: Jimmy "Tackles" Thompson
Most Improved: Ed "Crazy Eddie" Harrington
President's Award: Jointly to Chris "Kermit" Cahill and Ed "Crazy Eddie" Harrington
Also, the Greg Gregory Award was presented by Kelly Watkins to Jeff Harpold for his many years of dedicated service to the club. (Learn more about this important award here.)
It wouldn't be rugby without the special citations:
The "No Dish Award" for failing to pass the ball when he got it: Jeff "Bushy" Bush
The "Stone Hands Award" for the player who seemed to miss the most ball catches: Mike "Princess" Clark
The "Screen Door Award" for the most underwhelming tackling: Greg "Elvis" Hough.
Commemorative jersey for cheerfully playing any position: Tom "the Colonel" Loesel
A whip was presented to Kelly "Weenie Boy" Watkins for his constant harassment of the slow runners in laps.
In all, it was a superlative evening. As you can see by the picture above, a conga line was formed at one point. This is supposed to be a dance movement, but I know better. It's really a way for guys to check out each other's spare tires to see who's going to be hurting the most when spring training resumes.
This time it was held at the Dulles Holiday Inn, and I have to say the surroundings were nicer than last year. We had more people this time; according to Tom Loesel, approximately 70. There was a strong Old Boys showing - which, of course, notably classed up the affair.
The food was good, and the open bar was appreciated by all.
I was able to borrow an image projector for a Powerpoint presentation consisting of some of the literally hundreds of images I collected from last year’s matches and practice, and, like a homely guy or gal at a bar, these looked better with the more beer one drank.
The same could be said for my narrated slideshow. It seemed by the applause that Forrest White was designated as the St. Valentine’s Day hunk by the women present. (I thought I heard male voices as well - I hope not.) Crazy Eddie was elected the 1999 Macho Man thanks to his, well, all around crazed persona.
1999 Western Suburbs Awards
Best A-Side Forward: Mark "Radar" Hrycay
Best A-Side Back: Neil "Dev" Devaney
Best B-Side Forward: Wes "Brigham" Clark
Best B-Side Back: Lew "Ringknocker" Bunch
Most Valuable Player: Matt "Wayne" Clark (for a second consecutive year!)
Coaches' Award for Forward: Mark "Radar" Hrycay
Coaches' Award for Back: Jimmy "Tackles" Thompson
Most Improved: Ed "Crazy Eddie" Harrington
President's Award: Jointly to Chris "Kermit" Cahill and Ed "Crazy Eddie" Harrington
Also, the Greg Gregory Award was presented by Kelly Watkins to Jeff Harpold for his many years of dedicated service to the club. (Learn more about this important award here.)
It wouldn't be rugby without the special citations:
The "No Dish Award" for failing to pass the ball when he got it: Jeff "Bushy" Bush
The "Stone Hands Award" for the player who seemed to miss the most ball catches: Mike "Princess" Clark
The "Screen Door Award" for the most underwhelming tackling: Greg "Elvis" Hough.
Commemorative jersey for cheerfully playing any position: Tom "the Colonel" Loesel
A whip was presented to Kelly "Weenie Boy" Watkins for his constant harassment of the slow runners in laps.
In all, it was a superlative evening. As you can see by the picture above, a conga line was formed at one point. This is supposed to be a dance movement, but I know better. It's really a way for guys to check out each other's spare tires to see who's going to be hurting the most when spring training resumes.