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Hi everyone thought I would tell you
how my recent win went!
As you know after winning this prize I was unsure wether my
husband would actually come with me! Anyway after much
bullying and threatening to take this cute Rugby player at
work he finally agreed to go.
We arrived at the 5* Pennyhill Park just before midday on
Saturday the 23rd July. We signed in and were given kits etc
and were delighted to find there were going to be couples
older than us participating! We were then given a delightful
lunch which unfortunately we couldn't make the most of as we
knew we would soon be running around a Rugby pitch.
After lunch we checked into our room (one nice touch in the
room for compers were 2 stamped postcards, which of course I
quickly packed!) and it was get changed into the kit and onto
the field. We had a photoshoot with the Rugby players before
starting. For those who know anything about Rugby the players
are Ben Coen (drop dead gorgeous), Peter Stringer and Simon
Warner.
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We did various ball skill exercises
with each of the players (although somehow I missed out on Ben
Coen) and I was the only female who attempted more than one
session. Peter Stringer the Irish Rugby player was really
sweet and spent a lot of time with me (wasted) trying to show
me how to kick! At the end I thought I was finally going to
get closer to Ben but found myself in a Rugby match! This was
scary and I actually had the ball passed to me twice, I once
succesfully passed it to someone else but the other time I
would rather forget! The training day was supposed to finish
at 5.00pm but at 5.45 we were still out there! At half time we
decided it was time to sneak off to the bar!
Then it was quick change for the evening barbeque. The
barbeque was lovely, with salmon, kebabs etc with beer and
wine all laid on. Peter Stringer and his lovely girlfriend
actually came and sat with us along with another couple who we
had met earlier. I did get the chance to meet other compers on
the day especailly a great lady called Mary who will soon be
off to Hollywood courtesy of some sandwiches! The drinks kept
flowing until after 11.00pm and we then rather stupidly
retired to the bar. We did drink slightly too much but were
still able to enjoy a magnificent breakfast the next day. One
other nice touch was the fact that when we came to the
barbeque they gave us all a photograph to take home. Our kit
bags also contained a few extra goodies, radios, pants and
some flip flops!
All in all it was a very enjoyable prize, which I would
recommend you all enter next year! |
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