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The Guzzlers GallonDavid Villers-Child reminisces... |
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The Bognor Barrel and Adur trophy were two of the highlights of the dinghy racing calendar raced over weekend in mid-summer coinciding with a major drinking event on the Friday night called the Guzzlers Gallon! It was in simple terms a drinking competition. Rather than simply hold it on the night it was held over a period of two weeks and every time one bought a drink in a pub or bar the bar keep was required to sign the chitty so an audited record of consumption was kept. Thus Friday night was a mild rather than a heavy bacchanalia leaving one relatively capable of putting on a decent performance on the water the next day! I was determined to have a clean sweep of all the trophy�s that weekend. I had been doing much drinking have been taking my part two tripos! I arrived on the Friday night to the knowledge that George Slack was leading. �How much to win?� I asked, �two bottles� is that all give them to me. They were not beer they were whisky! I got them down and they stayed down � for a while when fortunately up some at least came some of it. I duly got part one of the pot hunt! Going back to my hosts that night in the back of his very new smart car, I began to feel very unwell. �For God�s sake not in the car� said Dennis. I found a receptacle a Gladstone bag type brief case I opened the top and performed. I felt better and no one said anything, we all forgot. I went on to win the other two trophy�s and no-one would have ever remembered anything, except Dennis was to appear in the High Court on Monday, and when he opened his case in the court room���..I leave the rest to your imagination! Dennis did not win his clients appeal! |