End of Season Awards and Curry

The end of season curry this year was held on a Thursday. Goodness me that was a bad idea - the entire office was retching and heaving on the Friday after one too many Jaegar bombs.

We went to the pickerel for a couple of beers and then settled down in the pleasing environs of the Maharajah on Castle Hill.

Here the awards were handed out - with suitable pomp and circumstance -

Player of the Season Award - Mark Fardell
Most Improved Player Award -  Jeroen Van Daal
Ian Botham All Rounder Award - Liam Brett

I was also rather touched to be awarded a tonne of goodies from the team, including a bat, pads, a framed picture of me, some whisky and a superman dressing gown.

The night descended into chaos fairly early from this point forwards. We wandered to Las Iguanas and ended up seeing the group joined by 2 young women and a whole lot of cocktails.

I briefly ended up on someone's shoulders, before we moved on to the Mitre and then La Razr. Here the shots appeared and conversation stunted to a halt. My McClarty disliked the presence of the women, and politely asked them to leave. Apparently one of them is a babysitter for Mr Wise's son, and accordingly this was poor form.

From here we eventually made our way to the Fountain, and beyond this, it's all a blur for me. Thankfully I had the good sense to book the next day off work, but others weren't so lucky.

There was a more serious casualty on the evening. Darren the duck has been a member of the team through thick and thin, but is now sadly missing in action, presumed drowned in the Cam. If you have seen this duck anywhere in Cambridge, please call us...