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Tour 2006-Whitley Bay
This year we travelled up to the north east for a visit to the Rockliffe Super 10's Tournament. Although not renowned for our 10's capabilities, we arrived, got drunk, lost two, won one, runners up in the tug'o'war and generally had a fantastic time at the tournament. Praise should go to Rockliffe RUFC for the event, so well organised and smoothly run, the day was spectacular and the rugby was a joy to watch, with seven touring teams and a selection of local clubs taking part. Although the competition was a little above our level ( the university champions won it ) we took part with our usual commitment and our special tour play ' the trojan horse ', that failed spectacularly. The trojan horse was a ten man maul which we planned to march up the field, but somehow one of the scottish lads burrowed in and stole the ball!
Whitley Bay is a fantastic area to go drinking in and the local pubs and clubs were very accomodating towards the touring sides. The beer was a little expensive-£3.50 a bottle! but generally the friday night out and also the saturday were a success.The obligitory court session on sunday resulted in some rather disturbing charges being filed, although not as disturbing as the punishments meted out.
Case 1: the crown versus Thornelow. Charged with eating a king prawn not belonging to him. Verdict : guilty. Sentence : drink one pint of half bitter half vinegar.
Case 2 : the crown versus Mike : Charged with being a tour virgin. Verdict : guilty. Sentence : drink one pint consisting of bitter, worcester sauce, cup a soup, crisps, salted nuts, salt.
Case 3: the crown versus Neil Ankers: Charged with the most heinous of crimes, making 20 minute phone calls to the queen on regular intervals resulting in the other queens becoming disgruntled with fellow team mates. Verdict : Guilty on all charges. Sentence: strip, stand on chair in full view of your peers and drink one pint of bitter,bacon fries,cup a soup,salt,pepper,roasted and salted nuts,vinegar,tea,coffee,vodka.
Case 4: the crown versus Terry Malone. Charged with being ten times stronger than the average man. Verdict : guilty. Sentence: strip and drink one half pint of vodka,bitter,lager,southern comfort,bacon fries.
Case 5: the crown versus Ronnie Morgan. Charged with copping off and then having the gall to make fellow team member James Eaton pay £20 for the taxi back in the morning. Also being a tour virgin. Verdict: guilty. Sentence : drink one pint of bitter,lager,guinness,scampi fries,nuts and vodka.
As you can guess the following broom race was a great success and all of the accused felt very green and rather bilious. Tour 2006 was great.
Themed Tours Can Be a Good Idea.
This is Fozzy and The Bull before the effects of Teds rank vodka became evident. Please pay attention to Terry 'ten times' Malone in the background, checking that his bicep is being shown in the correct manner.
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A Jury of Your Peers
With a fine jury such as this who could possibly lose faith in our justice system ? Note the disinterested look on Deadpan Fays face. He was drinking cooking sherry for the day. 
Athlete........
...............Need i say more. The Bull has needs.
Our Prematch Ritual.............
 ............. isn't a patch on the haka is it? But then again what do the All Blacks know about grass roots rugby? Please note the defiant thumbs up salute " i am o.k,it's just that the bannana for breakfast didn't agree with me "
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