Icknield Cup finals day was the kind of scorcher that prompts losers to say ‘I’m so happy I’m sitting in the shade watching others suffer’. Of course Mick Moore and I were lying to save face after comprehensive defeats by Chris Fairburn and Carol Jamieson respectively. No deciding games required.
Well, it was pleasant watching Chris and Carol go head to head in the final with rarely more than a hoop between them. In both games, Chris led 6-5, only to be rolled over by Carol’s iron will and unfailing precision. So she raised the silverware and we all huddled into to the ever-diminishing patch of gazebo shade for wine and canapés. Cheers Carol. You deserved it.