Rugby World Cup weekend at PG.
The atmosphere was absolutely electric at the Pearly Grey bar during the Rugby World Cup last weekend, even though the English supporters far outnumbered the few South Africans that were present, emotions were running high!
Kevin our PG sales rep. (an Englishman of course) had made a bet with Ryszard, the General Manager, that if South Africa won the title he would wear the Springbok shirt with pride for the rest of the day around the bar and pool deck. The reverse was also true, that if England won the day then Ryszard would have to wear the England shirt…..but as we now know, despite a titanic struggle, unfortunately that was not to be and South Africa took the honours!!
Kevin, as a proud Englishman, was obviously very embarrassed walking around in the Springbok shirt…..indeed several of our loyal English guests threatened to throw him into the pool as well as various other dastardly punishments, for daring to wear the SA shirt …. He eventually decided that discretion was the better part of valour, and gave the pool a wide berth, just in case! It was a tough time out there for him, which became apparent when he eventually returned the Springbok shirt to Ryszard, as the shirt was a little sweaty- perhaps more due to pressure of the occasion than from the heat from the Tenerife sun!!
All we can say is, congratulations to the South African team,
Photo 1 - this was a tough and depressing moment
Photo 2 - Kevin supporting the Springboks!
Photo 3 - A Johnny Wilkinson position
Well done, Kevin for keeping our end up - we almost did it, didn’t we? At least we gave ‘em a bit of a fright. Wouldn’t have liked to be there for the 36-0 match tho’!
Comment by Hazel & Bill Scurry — October 30, 2007 @
well done kev! finally supporting a decent game. hows derby doing by the way? ill bring you some of my rugby shirts out with me.we’ll see if you can fill them out. ;-D
Comment by steve whitehouse — October 31, 2007 @