Just when we thought 2007 would be a year to entirely forget for the Bears, October has brought glory. Paul Warren has swept magnificently into the regional final of Britain's Best Dish (ITV 5pm).
His exquisite trout mousse had Jilly Goolden drooling (I think it was over the mousse) and wiped the floor with the fry-up served up by his opponent Mike.
In a thrilling, end-to-end encounter, Mike warned: "I'm going to trounce his trout mousse!" But Paul cleverly declined to get drawn into a war of words, honed his horse-radish sauce to perfection and kept his nerve brilliantly to produce what one judge described as "a true classic."
Comments (8)
Go,Paul,Go.
Posted by M.Greatbatch | October 18, 2007 10:10 PM
Posted on October 18, 2007 22:10
So Loudon's retired. I'm not sure he's a great loss to be honest. Never looked like his heart was really in it.
Posted by Bishops Tachbrook Bear | October 19, 2007 12:23 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 12:23
Good luck to Alex. He just came to Warwickshire at the wrong time. His three years were the last one under Inverarity which was a crap one for the team as the coach lost interest and then two years under Greatbatch (nuff said).
I reckon after a couple of years in the City he'll come back to cricket with his hunger back and with a southern county and play for England.
Posted by Offside Frank | October 19, 2007 3:08 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 15:08
Why are you always offside, Frank?
Posted by P.Partridge | October 19, 2007 10:31 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 22:31
He just can't time his runs properly....so to speak.
Posted by Clive Thomas | October 19, 2007 10:37 PM
Posted on October 19, 2007 22:37
More long term damage inflicted by the Povey/Greatbatch regime. For an ex HR guy, Povey seems remarkably unpersuasive when trying to get players to stay or join. Mind you that may be because pro cricketers arent as impressed by a water polo background as Povey clearly is.
Posted by kim | October 20, 2007 11:51 AM
Posted on October 20, 2007 11:51
Trimming eight overs off every championship day is another poor gesture towards spectators. When you think how much time is allowed to leak away every season through dithering about after rain and bad-light breaks and also how many games are allowed to peter out into sterile draws, surely playing for 104 overs every fine day is not too much to ask.
Still, reducing it to 96 is not entirely bad news for us poor, over-worked scribes...
Posted by brian | November 1, 2007 4:49 PM
Posted on November 1, 2007 16:49
Cricketers don't play for the love of it any more. I'd say of the current Bears only Westwood, Maddy, Ambrose and Anyon ahve any real deep feelings for what they do. For the rest its just a job.
Posted by Derek Roy | November 1, 2007 10:19 PM
Posted on November 1, 2007 22:19