Singapore Midnight 10s 2008

Excuses were made so we could travel to the Lion City early Friday morning. What was intended to be a dry flight turned slippery when a bottle of tequila was accidentally opened. This required beer chasers. On Friday night we played hosts "Blacks" at 7.45, Singapore Cricket Club (SCC) at 10.30, and SMU at 02.07(am). It was a long day.

On Saturday at 12 something we were slotted to play SCC (again). We fronted up superbly, but there end-eth play.

In summary, we consistently came second in all games played and indeed managed to keep a clean slate in the "points for" column.

However, as is tradition, we snorted tequila before each match. Indeed such was the gravitas of pre-match motivationals that we were moved to sing the beserker chant before our last 2 matches. This raised eyebrows.

The gift bottles of "Tequila Mocking Birds own brand tequila" were much appreciated by captains of the opposing teams. Especially by captain of Singapore Cricket Club. He carried it around like his first born for the rest of the night (I was to find out why later). We were subsequently invited to SCC to watch the tri-nations match and have our fines session.

Of the fines it was said that, "never in the course of TMB history had so much been owed by so few for so many transgressions..." but that's another story. Before fines session I had the chance to speak with the SCC captain who told me he was sitting 3 seats away from Neil Bowler in Bali when the bomb went off. He showed me the memorial they have in the club bar. I feel this tour has made the bond between our clubs all the stronger. They certainly looked after us magnificently.

We then changed into togas and set off for downtown Singapore