THE DAY STARTED with some difficulty. The Club President had eloped to St.Tropez in search of his adolescent idol, Brigitte Bardot. She is now well into her 70s and may not have long left before getting a chance to meet him. However, he had selected a team in advance, although hadn’ t troubled to check whether the players were available. As a result, Martin gallantly rang around and lined up ten of us. The weather forecast was dire and it wasn’ t until 10 a.m we knew we were “on”. Driving down through thunderstorms this looked optimistic … However, we were promptly off the mark at 12.15, with theCaptains insisting on the full 40 overs a side. At the best of times, this stretches some of the more mature members as well as those – like Rob Noble – with a dinner and new girlfriend to entertain (incidentally, her name […]