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It was an ideal day for the Club’s Gymkhana and Sheep on a Spit,
now you’re not going to believe it in Perth, but it was 37C in
Albany, although it didn’t feel that uncomfortable as there was
no humidity. Once again Colin and Leanne let us use their
fabulous place, the lawn was looking great for the gymkhana,
although there were a few furrows in it by the time we finished,
perfect location, close to town and plenty of room for a camper
or tent.
They have a brilliant undercover area as well which had been set
up with tables and chairs. On the edge of the patio Colin’s
brother Graham was looking after the sheep that was rotating
slowly on the wood-fired spit. Colin and Ronnie had prepared the
sheep the weekend before, and it looked and smelled delicious.
The gymkhana got under way with a slalom event, in and out of
the witches hats where Carson Flower showed the old blokes how
it should be done.
This was followed by the slalom and riding over a plank that
was balanced on a log event, this was won by Paul Fry. The paper
run was next: Four rolled up newspapers in one bin had to be
deposited in another bin further up the paddock by the pillion,
not as easy as it sounds as the newspapers, even standing on
their edge, were not as tall as the bins.
All the above races were run with two bikes at a time racing
each other in a knock-out competition till there was a final
with only two bikes left.
All great fun and a good laugh, with nobody falling off this
year, although there were some dicey maneuvers. All the young
blokes, Carson, Cooper and Oliver were doing very well.
Next was musical chairs, played with the pillions having to hop
off the bike when the siren sounded and find a tennis ball
amongst the hay bale, hilarious as the tennis balls were harder
to find than the boche balls we used last time, the winner was
Mathew and Oliver with good sportsmanship from Brendon and
Cooper.
By this time most seemed to be too exhausted to carry on, must
have been the heat, and it was definitely time for a beer.
After a while the carvers were cutting up the sheep, the
snaggers were cooked and a variety of salads were presented on
the table, so for a while it was reasonably quiet.
After dinner, when it was dark, Colin had rigged up a big
screen where we watched “On Any Sunday II”, with the stars above
us and a beer in hand, what better way to end the day. Very
romantic I thought!
Thanks Colin and Leanne for using your place, Ronnie and
Antoinet for organising sausages and sheep etc and Graham for
being head “sheep looker afterer”.
Great day, look forward to next year.