Last season the match chosen by our Sports Officer Darren was played in the bitter cold and resulted in another loss for Scarborough who were on a long losing streak and provided little to enthuse the crowd especially the non-rugby fan.
This year Darren excelled himself choosing a sunny afternoon and an entertaining game of rugby which resulted in a well-deserved victory for Scarborough over the Regional 2 North East Division leaders Rochdale who until the game had had a 100% record for the season.
It was disappointing that only 9 members from 41 Club and Farts were in attendance for the game requiring Darren to reduce the number of tables booked from 2 to just 1.
The lucky 9 arrived in time for a pre-lunch drink (or in some cases more than one) in the bar followed by a 2 course roast dinner and more drinks.
Perhaps as a sign of things to come Darren won a bottle of 80% proof Russian rhum by rolling a £1 coin closest to the said bottle during some post-lunch fund raising. Those brave enough to sample the bottle contents reported no ill effects apart from a lack of feeling.
It was then onto the club house balcony for the main event. It was not a particularly auspicious start with Scarborough losing a player to the sin bin within the first 10 minutes and spending the first quarter of the game penned in their own 22.
Surprisingly for what by the end was a high scoring game the first half hour of the game was scoreless with each team scorning an early opportunity to kick a penalty in the quest for a try scoring field position both without success. The lack of an early score rendered most estimates of the time of the first score used as the tie breaker in the President’s Poser wildly inaccurate.
Somewhat against the run of play Scarborough scored the first try of the game and despite the obvious ball handling skills of the much vaunted opposition remained ahead until the final whistle. Whenever Rochdale scored Scarborough responded with a score of their own finishing with the last 2 tries of the game to secure a comfortable and well-deserved victory 33 v 20 at the end. A difference of 13 points. Unfortunately for one of our group who had guessed a points difference of 12 in the President’s Poser someone else won the £75 prize money on offer on the tie break!
Thanks to Darren for organising the event which was enjoyed by all who attended even the non-rugby fans. Hopefully this will become an annual event.
41 Club Rugby Correspondent
Trafalgar Night Meeting
In a postscript to the report on the Trafalgar Night meeting when it was stated that the promised port failed to appear a reliable source has now disclosed that there was a bottle of port but that it failed to reach the second table.
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