1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:01,400 What are you on way today? You're all. 2 00:00:01,560 --> 00:00:03,960 Drunk and rubbish or whatever What man we today? 3 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:05,840 Well, we're going to save this for recording because it's 4 00:00:05,840 --> 00:00:11,200 slightly amusing. I'm absolutely shite DIY What? 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,040 What I. Think we are recording, aren't 6 00:00:13,040 --> 00:00:14,680 we guys? Yeah, it's recording do. 7 00:00:17,080 --> 00:00:19,880 You know the corrugated sheets on your on your shed roof, you 8 00:00:19,880 --> 00:00:23,520 corrugated plastic sheets. I've lost, I've lost one of 9 00:00:23,520 --> 00:00:24,840 them. So I'm going to have to go and 10 00:00:24,840 --> 00:00:26,920 replace that immediately after this call. 11 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:28,160 How? Big is it? 12 00:00:28,680 --> 00:00:30,880 How big is it? Do you think I've measured it? 13 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:35,320 How do you lose a six foot piece of plastic? 14 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:38,440 Well, when I say lost, I mean it's come off in the weather. 15 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:41,040 All right, OK. And. 16 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,520 He's misplaced it. Anyway I've I've just been 17 00:00:44,520 --> 00:00:47,080 searching ranked to why the video is not working. 18 00:00:47,520 --> 00:00:49,960 Go on. The little thing with the the 19 00:00:49,960 --> 00:01:00,280 slot was across on top. Nikki and Charlie thanks for 20 00:01:00,360 --> 00:01:03,760 standing up, cooking up for the loo Charlie pops one in the air. 21 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:06,320 Anyway, everyone welcome to the house cast. 22 00:01:06,760 --> 00:01:09,640 I'm not sure how much of the introduction we'll leave in, but 23 00:01:09,840 --> 00:01:12,680 correctly that was challenging. We haven't been on for a while, 24 00:01:12,680 --> 00:01:16,320 so we've decided that we've got to do the lower house draw. 25 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:18,960 So we're doing that. It's a Saturday morning, believe 26 00:01:18,960 --> 00:01:21,040 it or not, and we've got some volunteers to come on. 27 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,760 So Gary and Duke, you're coming on to assist me with this 28 00:01:24,760 --> 00:01:26,480 recording open. It does record. 29 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:29,680 So thanks very much. You too, for giving up a few 30 00:01:29,680 --> 00:01:33,400 hours maybe a Saturday morning. And I know Duke, Duke, you will 31 00:01:33,400 --> 00:01:36,480 probably want it to go on all day because of your job you've 32 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:38,320 got. So just talk us to know what 33 00:01:38,320 --> 00:01:42,480 you're doing after this. I've got to go to B&Q and buy 34 00:01:42,920 --> 00:01:45,040 one of those corrugated plastic sheets. 35 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:49,040 I've got to fit said corrugated plastic sheet to be shed roof. 36 00:01:49,120 --> 00:01:52,160 All of which will be an ordeal because I'm shy to all that 37 00:01:52,160 --> 00:01:54,000 stuff. So have you done any YouTube 38 00:01:54,000 --> 00:01:55,480 videos? You ever checked anything out 39 00:01:55,600 --> 00:01:57,680 or? No, I'm just going to go and buy 40 00:01:57,680 --> 00:02:00,360 it and then I'm going to drill some holes in it and then I'm 41 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:03,760 going to eat some nails into it. Is that is that good enough 42 00:02:03,760 --> 00:02:05,840 jazz? Not really, no. 43 00:02:05,840 --> 00:02:12,040 We record it good. Idea closing it. 44 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:13,640 Water's going to get through those holes. 45 00:02:13,960 --> 00:02:16,280 No, you can see This is why I'm one step ahead of your chairs. 46 00:02:16,280 --> 00:02:19,040 You can buy like these nails that have got like plastic caps 47 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:21,880 on them that fit Snoke to the the shield. 48 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,120 You never done that, Joe. Say again, Gracie. 49 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:27,240 You never said that. Did I not? 50 00:02:27,360 --> 00:02:29,680 Sorry. Anyway, get Rachel to be just 51 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:31,920 record, just 5 or 10 minutes. Have it for us, please. 52 00:02:32,120 --> 00:02:35,200 I'll be good that I. Mean a clear sealant as well 53 00:02:35,360 --> 00:02:37,080 sealant. Oh fucking I haven't got any of 54 00:02:37,080 --> 00:02:39,120 that. I'll send you a picture of the 55 00:02:39,120 --> 00:02:41,080 finished job. Yeah, do that, do that. 56 00:02:41,080 --> 00:02:43,160 But really good to see you again, dude. 57 00:02:43,200 --> 00:02:47,200 Obviously end of January now. Hope you've all had a good 58 00:02:47,200 --> 00:02:50,840 Christmas and New Year and the listeners and and Garrett, 59 00:02:50,840 --> 00:02:52,160 thanks very much for dialling guys. 60 00:02:52,200 --> 00:02:54,080 How's things going? Yeah, we're all right. 61 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:56,920 Nice Christmas and New Year and all that. 62 00:02:57,200 --> 00:02:58,760 Yeah, we're good. Yeah, we're going to mix a 63 00:02:59,040 --> 00:03:02,120 pretty busy and then and I mean enough quiet time just to sort 64 00:03:02,120 --> 00:03:06,080 of relax and chill and stuff. So looking forward to another 65 00:03:06,080 --> 00:03:08,240 new year. So get this weather out away and 66 00:03:08,240 --> 00:03:10,240 crack on, I think. Yeah, good, good. 67 00:03:10,560 --> 00:03:14,840 So today, as I've said, we're going to look at the 100 Club. 68 00:03:14,960 --> 00:03:17,040 They were not the 100 Club, which it's called the lower 69 00:03:17,040 --> 00:03:19,400 house draw. We'll play the legendary game. 70 00:03:19,600 --> 00:03:22,400 Guess the winner. But before we do that, we've 71 00:03:22,400 --> 00:03:28,160 got, I feel, a real special guest who's who's I've persuaded 72 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,800 to come on. We've had a few discussions late 73 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:34,880 at night about in Cricket Club, about the podcast and about the 74 00:03:35,000 --> 00:03:39,240 the ruling of the Cricket Club. And this lad is quite an 75 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,680 integral part, I feel for the last few years of getting the 76 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:44,480 club into the place and it's happening. 77 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:47,200 So we welcome Paul Grace. How are you doing, Gracie? 78 00:03:47,560 --> 00:03:49,280 I'm all right, so thanks. Yeah. 79 00:03:49,440 --> 00:03:51,000 Good. She's sticky, Boo. 80 00:03:51,400 --> 00:03:53,720 Yeah, good. You got on the Zoom call really 81 00:03:53,720 --> 00:03:55,440 easy, didn't seem any issues for you. 82 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:59,400 Well, I did it wouldn't work with laptop our daughter out. 83 00:04:00,280 --> 00:04:01,960 Oh. Grace, it's all part of just a 84 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:03,560 smoke and mirrors. You were trying to you're trying 85 00:04:03,560 --> 00:04:07,360 to make you make you seem a lot more sort of savvy than you 86 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,640 actually were. There you just, you just poo 87 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:12,240 pooed it. Yeah, I'm not a techno person. 88 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,040 No, no, I can't speak Grace. I think we've done about 160 of 89 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:19,680 these podcasts and I've missed recording about 20. 90 00:04:20,560 --> 00:04:22,520 They've. Just disappeared. 91 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:26,960 But but it's really good to have you on Paul, Paul Grace. 92 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:30,680 I think we've known about each other for donkeys years, you 93 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,200 know, bumping into each other in town or having a pint. 94 00:04:33,480 --> 00:04:37,760 A massive Burley Football Club fan and now down at the Cricket 95 00:04:37,760 --> 00:04:41,120 Club, I think it's fair to say, you know, I'm not I don't want 96 00:04:41,120 --> 00:04:43,440 to embarrass you with it, but the work you do down there is, 97 00:04:43,440 --> 00:04:46,160 is really invaluable. And the part of a very good 98 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:50,280 management team stroke committee that I've got things going in a 99 00:04:50,280 --> 00:04:54,320 fantastic, you know, the, the, the, the bar sales, the 100 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:56,640 entertainment, everything is just thriving. 101 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:59,240 It really is good. But we'll go into that grace and 102 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,720 just talk us through, you know, your background around watching 103 00:05:02,720 --> 00:05:05,960 Burnley Football Club, around watching Lower House, how far 104 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,680 you go back and just a little bit of background about 105 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:11,080 yourself. Well, regarding lower house, 106 00:05:11,280 --> 00:05:16,320 back in the day, me and my mate Stephen Moss, who I think he is, 107 00:05:16,320 --> 00:05:22,880 to play with my talk down there briefly, we used alternate on 108 00:05:23,320 --> 00:05:28,160 weekends between lower house and Burnley, but that's when lower 109 00:05:28,160 --> 00:05:30,640 house was on its backside. So that's right. 110 00:05:32,000 --> 00:05:35,680 So yeah. And we, we would invariably end 111 00:05:35,680 --> 00:05:38,800 up down at Burnley and then into town afterwards. 112 00:05:38,960 --> 00:05:43,640 But yeah, the draw to come back to lower house eventually. 113 00:05:44,760 --> 00:05:47,680 I've made that decision a few years ago. 114 00:05:47,800 --> 00:05:53,080 I've been coming on, coming down on and off and then I think it 115 00:05:53,080 --> 00:05:58,320 was around COVID time, just after I was just before I've 116 00:05:58,320 --> 00:06:03,080 made that decision to come down lower house and it was the 117 00:06:03,080 --> 00:06:09,280 second game, 2nd 11 game and I bumped into Paul Stanley and to 118 00:06:09,280 --> 00:06:10,800 say it were a second eleven game. 119 00:06:10,800 --> 00:06:13,120 I think that day I bet there were about 400 only. 120 00:06:13,160 --> 00:06:17,760 We're an absolute red up there. And I've, I've since then, 121 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:21,560 basically I just go to whoever's playing at home, beat for 122 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,400 seconds, thirds and fourths and just support who's, you know, on 123 00:06:25,400 --> 00:06:29,240 the pitch really. And, you know, last season there 124 00:06:29,240 --> 00:06:31,600 was some cracking games, you know, thirds and fourths, 125 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:34,800 elevens. So yeah, just, yeah, it's really 126 00:06:34,800 --> 00:06:37,640 enjoyable and it's a relaxed atmosphere. 127 00:06:37,640 --> 00:06:40,200 It's I just think it's brilliant for your mental health. 128 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:43,000 Do you know what I mean? There's no pressure like I go 129 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:46,360 with with Clarets home and away, but there's a pressure 130 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,960 associated with that and there's no pressure with cricket. 131 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,400 It's nice and chilled and yeah, it's it's just great. 132 00:06:53,480 --> 00:06:56,800 And a couple of my mates, they've ended up coming down and 133 00:06:56,960 --> 00:07:01,120 they say the same thing. Initially they've come down with 134 00:07:01,120 --> 00:07:02,920 me. Now they just rock up on their 135 00:07:02,920 --> 00:07:06,360 own and they don't bat an hour because everybody's friendly and 136 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:08,280 they just get on with everybody. So I. 137 00:07:08,920 --> 00:07:14,280 Think going back to the start of that, it's your conversation 138 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:17,040 there, Grace, you know, COVID was horrendous, you know, 139 00:07:17,040 --> 00:07:20,160 horrendous for all of us. But when you look at what's 140 00:07:20,160 --> 00:07:22,480 going like, you know, certainly the Cricket Club thriving that 141 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:25,600 became, that was the true time of being a community club. 142 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,280 When the restrictions were lifted, we got a lot of people 143 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:30,320 coming down. Obviously we were being daft on 144 00:07:30,320 --> 00:07:33,160 the podcast and it seemed to just develop from there. 145 00:07:33,480 --> 00:07:36,880 So you've you've come down as you've described, there's a lot 146 00:07:36,880 --> 00:07:39,440 of welcoming people there. There's no hassles off anyone. 147 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:43,640 Anyone will chat to anyone and certainly over a few times and 148 00:07:43,640 --> 00:07:46,840 you're a character in yourself. When did it become apparent to 149 00:07:46,840 --> 00:07:50,040 you that you wanted to help out with the organisational side of 150 00:07:50,040 --> 00:07:51,880 things and and how did that work? 151 00:07:53,040 --> 00:07:56,080 Like the usual thing, people sit there, they sit there now, don't 152 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:57,640 they? And everyone has their own 153 00:07:57,640 --> 00:08:01,720 ideas. And Frank asked. 154 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:08,040 Frank asked me and Sam Smith to if would be interested in it in 155 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:11,000 basically coming on the committee and helping with 156 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:15,720 things as in at that time this were typical. 157 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,760 Mark White said this he threw a little an grenade. 158 00:08:18,760 --> 00:08:23,800 We've been going to quizzes up at the ice and me, Mark, Mick 159 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:27,440 and Sam and Mark kept saying, oh, you should do a quiz down at 160 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:30,600 our house, Grace. Anyhow, next thing Sam had put 161 00:08:30,600 --> 00:08:35,400 me up and lo and behold, between us, both, me and Sam, we started 162 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,360 doing the quizzes and overall they've been a very good 163 00:08:38,360 --> 00:08:40,960 success. So yeah. 164 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:45,080 But yeah, it was. Frank just approached me and 165 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:48,440 said would you be interested? I think Stan had give me the 166 00:08:48,440 --> 00:08:52,240 heads up as well. So yeah, just happy to help in 167 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:55,560 any shape, way or form. I think one of the things Frank 168 00:08:55,560 --> 00:08:59,000 said was you've got contacts all over, so do you know what I 169 00:08:59,000 --> 00:09:00,240 mean? They're coming, Andy. 170 00:09:01,080 --> 00:09:03,040 Well, when you work for yourself, you do, you get to 171 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:06,840 know people, you know, all over town and beyond town. 172 00:09:06,960 --> 00:09:09,800 So yeah. But yeah, yeah, I enjoy it. 173 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:14,720 It's, it's a bit hard at times. It's it's frustrating. 174 00:09:14,720 --> 00:09:19,360 I won't say hard in that when I want to do something, I get it 175 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:24,200 done and I do it there and then. And it's, it's infuriating, 176 00:09:24,200 --> 00:09:26,160 frustrating. Call it what you want. 177 00:09:26,160 --> 00:09:30,120 When you think of something down at the Cricket Club and it's met 178 00:09:30,120 --> 00:09:34,120 like with caution, I'd say caution more than anything. 179 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:38,400 And it has to be, you know, thoroughly thought out and 180 00:09:38,920 --> 00:09:41,120 basically they have to watch the pennies still, don't they? 181 00:09:41,320 --> 00:09:44,440 We might be a thriving club, but we can't just start throwing 182 00:09:44,440 --> 00:09:46,160 money around Willy nilly, can we? 183 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:50,400 We've got to prioritise certain things. 184 00:09:50,560 --> 00:09:51,840 Of course we do. Of course we do. 185 00:09:51,840 --> 00:09:54,960 Any and I know you'll know all this Grace, you vote for 186 00:09:54,960 --> 00:09:56,840 yourself and for other listeners. 187 00:09:57,280 --> 00:10:00,200 You know, certainly me and Gary remember the days where we 188 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:02,760 didn't have anything and it was hardly anyone doing any of the 189 00:10:02,760 --> 00:10:05,920 jobs and it was very, very difficult and you know, probably 190 00:10:05,920 --> 00:10:08,240 put quite a few players and spectators off. 191 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:11,160 Yeah. But now it has started thriving 192 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,400 and now we have, I'll start to get a few quid through because 193 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,880 of the, you know, the gate receipts and the, the, the 194 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,560 membership and the bar takings. We can't, we can't do those 195 00:10:21,560 --> 00:10:23,200 extra things. But it's important you have the 196 00:10:23,200 --> 00:10:26,920 right people in place to do it and make those right decisions. 197 00:10:26,920 --> 00:10:31,240 And I think Matt Stanley runs it, you know, quite regimental 198 00:10:31,240 --> 00:10:34,240 and, and he's, he's good at the way that he manages everyone 199 00:10:34,240 --> 00:10:36,600 else. Have you, you know, is there any 200 00:10:36,640 --> 00:10:40,040 examples of, you know, some of the projects you've undertaken 201 00:10:40,040 --> 00:10:44,680 that maybe you've, you've had some objection to or some, some 202 00:10:44,680 --> 00:10:48,400 funny stories about? Well, there's the one. 203 00:10:48,440 --> 00:10:50,800 This is the one where I gained all the credence. 204 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:55,400 We all the credit in the bank was Stan for months and months 205 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:58,400 and months. There was a smell in the bar 206 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:02,600 area and Stan, Sir. And it's dishwasher gracer Stan. 207 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:06,080 It's not dishwasher. It was a horrible smell. 208 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:06,800 Gracer. Yeah. 209 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:12,480 Yeah, there was a horrible smell culminating in one of the Ivy 210 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:16,440 EUR of World Cup games. And there's loads of builders in 211 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:18,120 the room. There were me and Sony, 212 00:11:18,120 --> 00:11:21,640 Woodworth and a few others and some builders there, and they're 213 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:25,040 all saying that's not the dishwasher, these are builders. 214 00:11:25,280 --> 00:11:28,320 Stan being Stan, I love throwing angry heads at him. 215 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:33,280 By the way, Stan being Stan just carried on saying it's the 216 00:11:33,280 --> 00:11:37,880 dishwasher. So one day I just took it upon 217 00:11:37,880 --> 00:11:39,160 me. So I went down. 218 00:11:39,520 --> 00:11:41,520 I've do gold drains out right back. 219 00:11:41,720 --> 00:11:45,360 First one I did, cleared it out. Stan said yeah, that'll be 220 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:46,880 right. I said no, I'll do them all, 221 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:48,800 Stan. Oh, you don't have to bother. 222 00:11:50,200 --> 00:11:52,840 Anyhow, dug them all out and I said it's still there that 223 00:11:52,840 --> 00:11:53,880 smells. No I didn't. 224 00:11:53,880 --> 00:11:54,800 It's not. It's not. 225 00:11:55,200 --> 00:12:01,160 Anyhow it transpired it was the outlet in the gents toilet. 226 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:04,720 So we got somebody in, did a temporary repair, it cured it 227 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:09,400 overnight anyhow, hence we ended up getting a new toilet base. 228 00:12:09,400 --> 00:12:12,720 And so that's how I ended up getting credit with Stan because 229 00:12:13,560 --> 00:12:16,800 I sorted out the smell in the toilet tissue but it was 230 00:12:16,800 --> 00:12:20,520 unbearable at the time. Don't sound anywhere near it 231 00:12:20,520 --> 00:12:23,120 really was on was an issue? Has he accepted that he was 232 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:24,480 wrong? That it wasn't the dishwasher. 233 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:26,520 Oh yeah, come. Through the dishwasher. 234 00:12:26,920 --> 00:12:29,840 He actually said, I'll show me backside on that one, Grace. 235 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:30,520 He will. Right. 236 00:12:31,680 --> 00:12:34,440 So that that was rare in itself, wasn't it, it? 237 00:12:35,160 --> 00:12:37,080 Was it should? Have come down in 90s? 238 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:42,040 No, we're there then. Well. 239 00:12:42,480 --> 00:12:44,120 Yeah, and. With no dishwasher. 240 00:12:44,400 --> 00:12:48,440 To work on it. Until until Maureen Stansfield 241 00:12:48,440 --> 00:12:50,200 came in on Monday morning to tidy up. 242 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:57,280 Going back to what you said earlier, edges about volunteers, 243 00:12:57,440 --> 00:13:00,520 people don't realise, I don't think how many volunteers 244 00:13:00,520 --> 00:13:04,480 actually do things behind the scenes down there, you know, 245 00:13:04,480 --> 00:13:08,360 from like streaming between the benches and doing the flower 246 00:13:08,360 --> 00:13:11,240 beds and you know, people just was good art. 247 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:16,360 So just come down and pass the time of day and I'm sure there's 248 00:13:16,360 --> 00:13:20,360 other clubs don't have anywhere near the amount of out that way 249 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:23,160 you get down there. I'm going to come up to Duke in 250 00:13:23,160 --> 00:13:27,040 a minute, just around because, you know, if you wrote a list of 251 00:13:27,040 --> 00:13:31,160 the various jobs that are done and a lot of the people, they 252 00:13:31,160 --> 00:13:33,520 don't want any credit for it. They don't want even to be 253 00:13:33,520 --> 00:13:35,000 acknowledged that they're doing it. 254 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:36,800 You know, like you said with the gardening and everything. 255 00:13:36,800 --> 00:13:39,480 And you know, again, you know, Gary's done it. 256 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:40,920 Been there, I've done it, been there. 257 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:43,960 But Dutchie's now spent a lot of time with the cricket side of it 258 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:46,760 and, and I think, you know, looking at the outside, it 259 00:13:46,760 --> 00:13:49,280 looked, it works really well. We have the cricket section, the 260 00:13:49,280 --> 00:13:52,200 junior section, the committee, we have the, the, the 261 00:13:52,200 --> 00:13:55,640 organisational of the, the events and then the, the bar 262 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,360 staff and everything. Have you? 263 00:13:57,920 --> 00:13:59,760 You do. You are obviously considerably 264 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:02,240 younger than me and Gary. Have you seen it over the last 265 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,400 10 years or so? Not just because Grace is 266 00:14:04,400 --> 00:14:07,240 coming, but you know the change for you Rugrats. 267 00:14:07,240 --> 00:14:10,360 Are you 7 or 8 of you who? Well, I think we are very 268 00:14:10,360 --> 00:14:14,080 fortunate and I don't, I don't really look, but, but we do like 269 00:14:14,080 --> 00:14:17,160 Grace said, we do have a, we do have a large roster of 270 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:21,240 volunteers and I know clubs like ours sort of live and die by the 271 00:14:21,240 --> 00:14:23,240 volunteers, don't they? Because because they haven't got 272 00:14:23,240 --> 00:14:26,760 money to pay people to do stuff. But I do think when I go to the 273 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:31,400 clubs, I don't see the same level as as sort of the army of 274 00:14:31,400 --> 00:14:32,920 volunteers that the lower house have. 275 00:14:32,920 --> 00:14:35,680 And I don't, I don't quite know how, how we've sort of 276 00:14:35,680 --> 00:14:38,600 engineered that. But but it's, it's great to see. 277 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:42,120 And you know, all you have to do is come down at any time. 278 00:14:42,120 --> 00:14:44,200 But there are a few standouts and we've mentioned it before, 279 00:14:44,200 --> 00:14:47,480 like the bonfire, when you go down on on the bonfire, either 280 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,520 on the event itself or in the week leading up. 281 00:14:49,840 --> 00:14:52,680 And there's literally, you know, loads of people who are just 282 00:14:52,680 --> 00:14:56,440 giving up the time for free just just just so the club can host 283 00:14:56,640 --> 00:14:58,360 this event. And it really, you know, I don't 284 00:14:58,480 --> 00:15:00,920 want to stop it, but it really is heartwarming to see. 285 00:15:03,200 --> 00:15:06,560 Just going on to the committee point, you know, we were before 286 00:15:06,560 --> 00:15:11,080 Gracie and Sam came on on board, we were lacking in diversity 287 00:15:11,080 --> 00:15:13,520 quite, quite a lot. And I don't mean that in terms 288 00:15:13,520 --> 00:15:18,880 of, you know, the usual meaning of that word. 289 00:15:18,880 --> 00:15:21,080 What I mean is we're all ex players. 290 00:15:21,240 --> 00:15:24,040 Everybody on the committee, except for what or before Simon 291 00:15:24,040 --> 00:15:26,600 Grace came on, have all been at the club for donkeys years. 292 00:15:26,880 --> 00:15:29,560 We all used to play. We all look at it through the 293 00:15:29,560 --> 00:15:33,400 same lens. And I think that's probably 294 00:15:33,400 --> 00:15:36,080 where Paul, some of Paul's frustrations come in because, 295 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:39,880 you know, we're all setting our ways on that committee and we 296 00:15:39,880 --> 00:15:44,360 all think that we know that the the best way to do stuff because 297 00:15:44,600 --> 00:15:46,520 we're all look like they were all looking at it through the 298 00:15:46,520 --> 00:15:49,280 same lens. So to get 2 fresh pair of eyes 299 00:15:49,280 --> 00:15:52,000 who, you know, haven't played for the club for donkeys years 300 00:15:52,000 --> 00:15:55,640 and haven't been around and do ask questions that that perhaps 301 00:15:55,640 --> 00:16:00,240 we won't think to ask has sort of brought a real freshness to 302 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:02,680 the committee and taking it in a new direction. 303 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:07,160 Gracie Wynes stand no end in committee meetings and it's 304 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:11,280 great to watch. But it but it's all positive. 305 00:16:11,360 --> 00:16:14,200 It's all all very, very positive and it's and it's great that 306 00:16:14,200 --> 00:16:17,520 it's sort of happened. Now that it's a, it's a good 307 00:16:17,520 --> 00:16:21,800 description of it, Dutch and yeah, and you know, it might not 308 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:25,320 carry on forever. Things do go in in circles, 309 00:16:25,320 --> 00:16:27,440 whether it's because of the standard, the cricket on the 310 00:16:27,440 --> 00:16:29,600 field reflects the people who want to come and watch. 311 00:16:29,600 --> 00:16:31,920 You need organising and then we can get events on. 312 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:35,160 You know, I do believe that things go around in circles and 313 00:16:35,560 --> 00:16:37,440 and Gary, I mean just a couple of examples. 314 00:16:37,440 --> 00:16:40,520 If you Remember Me and you going back, you know, we'd be, we'd be 315 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,360 sorting out, you know, putting the Nets up as captains or 316 00:16:43,360 --> 00:16:46,880 rolling the pitch or, you know, having to literally work behind 317 00:16:46,880 --> 00:16:49,200 the bar. Now, I know you've been up over 318 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:50,960 the last couple of years, Gary, a few times. 319 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,240 How do you, you know, you look at the club now and was he ever 320 00:16:54,240 --> 00:16:56,040 imaginable? Do you think back in our day 321 00:16:56,040 --> 00:16:59,120 that we could see the way it is? A bit of a pipe dream jazz, 322 00:16:59,120 --> 00:17:01,080 wasn't it? I think you need a few things to 323 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:04,800 fall into place. Success on the pitch gets you 324 00:17:04,800 --> 00:17:08,560 that profile and everything else and you get the odd big games, 325 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:12,160 finals and you see those packed out and people might think, 326 00:17:12,240 --> 00:17:14,560 yeah, I'm going to come down a bit more regular 1. 327 00:17:14,760 --> 00:17:19,640 So if you can get people, if you can get lower eyes with a bit 328 00:17:19,640 --> 00:17:22,280 more awareness around the town, etcetera, then that that's 329 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,520 that's the the talking point. That's the way into some extent, 330 00:17:25,760 --> 00:17:33,160 I think just that next wave of resource, if you like, from when 331 00:17:33,160 --> 00:17:37,280 players do retire and and and stay loyal to the club and go on 332 00:17:37,280 --> 00:17:39,240 the committees and and help round the ground. 333 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:43,280 You know, obviously we like we lose we lose the last instantex 334 00:17:43,280 --> 00:17:47,040 over the the the ground works and you know, Dave Ren sadly and 335 00:17:47,080 --> 00:17:50,120 and and the committee then evolves into a different shape 336 00:17:50,120 --> 00:17:53,400 with different people and and not different ideas or or energy 337 00:17:53,400 --> 00:17:56,000 or anything like that. Just just another wave and, and, 338 00:17:56,120 --> 00:18:00,520 and, and that's I think organically how a lot of it's 339 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:02,440 happened. I think the success and the 340 00:18:02,440 --> 00:18:06,400 expansion of the teams brings more parents down and the 341 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:10,000 success then they want to get involved and they don't see it 342 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,600 as a waste of time. It's something to be pride to be 343 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:16,960 associated with. I think if you could do what 344 00:18:16,960 --> 00:18:20,520 we've done over the last 10-15 years, I think all clubs would 345 00:18:20,520 --> 00:18:22,440 be doing it. So I think some of it is 346 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,360 naturally a happy accident, dare I say some of it. 347 00:18:26,360 --> 00:18:29,120 Obviously that doesn't diminish the effort people are putting in 348 00:18:29,120 --> 00:18:32,720 because you know our club would be on its house again if we 349 00:18:32,720 --> 00:18:34,680 didn't have those volunteers and the like. 350 00:18:34,680 --> 00:18:40,280 So I think it needs a few things to come together and it doesn't 351 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:44,840 happen quickly, but I think all credit, you know, the few times 352 00:18:44,840 --> 00:18:48,320 I've been up in the last year or two and you know, a couple of 353 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:52,320 times message Matt, Matt Stanley something afterwards and just, 354 00:18:52,640 --> 00:18:54,360 you know, you can see a difference. 355 00:18:54,360 --> 00:18:57,080 You know, I guess when you may be down there every week in 356 00:18:57,080 --> 00:18:59,200 week. I but if I, if I come up two or 357 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:02,280 three times a year, you can still see that difference of 358 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:05,600 maybe it's the tea room or maybe it's just like the, the, the, 359 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:12,320 the, the bar area or, or the ground or the surroundings, you 360 00:19:12,320 --> 00:19:15,080 know, just people, you hear conversations going on. 361 00:19:15,080 --> 00:19:17,360 And I don't know some of these people now, but they're 362 00:19:17,360 --> 00:19:19,480 obviously involved with the club and you can, you can hear 363 00:19:19,480 --> 00:19:22,120 conversations in the bar about them talking about doing this or 364 00:19:22,120 --> 00:19:24,800 organising that. And, and it's great. 365 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:28,760 It's fantastic to see. It's, you know, wish I wish I 366 00:19:28,760 --> 00:19:31,880 was a bit closer and, you know, so you see it a bit more often 367 00:19:31,880 --> 00:19:32,880 than getting involved a bit more. 368 00:19:32,880 --> 00:19:37,080 But yeah, fantastic. Yeah, it it, it. 369 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:40,000 Isn't, you know, the socials that we can Gracie through the 370 00:19:40,000 --> 00:19:41,600 winter. You know, you've, you've 371 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:44,920 mentioned, you know yourself about keeping active. 372 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,800 You know, winters. It gets worse as you get older, 373 00:19:46,800 --> 00:19:48,720 certainly when you're not playing sports and you can't 374 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:51,160 look forward to your football or to play, you know, or your 375 00:19:51,160 --> 00:19:54,240 cricket. So the socials, what, what were 376 00:19:54,240 --> 00:19:56,040 they about? How did that come about during 377 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,160 the winter? I think it, it, it started, I 378 00:19:59,160 --> 00:20:04,000 think Sam's initially said can we try opening on a Sunday, you 379 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:05,480 know, for the football that we're on? 380 00:20:05,640 --> 00:20:11,320 And she'd actually do the bar. And so so she worked behind bar 381 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:15,560 for for. Few first few months and and 382 00:20:15,560 --> 00:20:17,520 then they became really successful. 383 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:22,240 So it got to the point where some didn't need to work behind 384 00:20:22,240 --> 00:20:24,440 the bar. They were able to put, you know, 385 00:20:24,440 --> 00:20:27,720 the normal bar stuff on. And did you seem to be growing 386 00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:31,480 strength from strength, going from strength from strength to 387 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:37,120 strength? And I mean Wagga down even. 388 00:20:37,120 --> 00:20:39,640 Do you know what I mean? Even if I just want Guinness 0, 389 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:42,680 which stands taking credit for for getting him, by the way, 390 00:20:42,680 --> 00:20:44,120 even though I told him to get it. 391 00:20:47,000 --> 00:20:50,800 But yeah, if and you're going in and you're seeing different 392 00:20:50,800 --> 00:20:53,680 people coming in every Sunday and that's good. 393 00:20:53,880 --> 00:20:55,440 Do you know what I mean? So that's growing. 394 00:20:55,640 --> 00:21:00,480 So I don't know. It's we've got the Gold Cup 395 00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:04,680 coming up, aren't we? The Gold Cup Friday that me and 396 00:21:04,680 --> 00:21:05,880 Tony have sorted out. So. 397 00:21:07,000 --> 00:21:09,720 So. You've talked us through what's 398 00:21:09,760 --> 00:21:11,800 happening on that day for listeners if they want to come 399 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:15,240 down. So on Gold Cup Friday, I think 400 00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:21,360 it's March 13th, basically the club's opening and we're still 401 00:21:21,360 --> 00:21:25,760 not 100% decided how it's going to work, whether we're going to 402 00:21:25,800 --> 00:21:28,880 have a there's going to be two options. 403 00:21:28,880 --> 00:21:31,920 I think you can either pay a fixed fee and you'd be a 404 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:36,000 potential, it could be free, well not free, you're paying 405 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:40,360 upfront with food as well, or you can just come down as 406 00:21:40,360 --> 00:21:44,120 normal. So for them not like a drink, 407 00:21:44,120 --> 00:21:51,040 they might opt for the all in. 13th of March champions races 408 00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:52,960 that week and that's the Gold Cup day. 409 00:21:52,960 --> 00:21:56,880 So anyone who bit of a loose end and fancies an afternoon watch 410 00:21:57,040 --> 00:22:01,120 the racing and and obviously there won't be, we can't take 411 00:22:01,120 --> 00:22:05,560 any bets there, but we will have some form of a tilt or some form 412 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:08,080 of a raffle play spot type things going. 413 00:22:08,080 --> 00:22:12,480 So we'll check it till then. Yeah, and Chris will be open and 414 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:16,640 Chris and Becky put the food, so there'll be food on as well and 415 00:22:17,160 --> 00:22:20,840 I think it'll be a very successful day quietly away. 416 00:22:20,840 --> 00:22:23,880 I once went to on at Burnley and I bet there were 150 people 417 00:22:23,880 --> 00:22:25,320 there. Yeah, yeah. 418 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,160 It is a busy day, you know, and a lot of pubs, but if we can 419 00:22:30,160 --> 00:22:33,040 attract them there and yeah. And so going on to Chris and 420 00:22:33,040 --> 00:22:35,920 Becky, how they're doing. They're the new caterers at the 421 00:22:35,920 --> 00:22:38,560 Cricket Club. Yeah, and they're quietly aware 422 00:22:38,560 --> 00:22:43,040 going about a refurb up at the tea, up at the tea room. 423 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:47,560 They're refurb in it inside after the basically now just 424 00:22:47,560 --> 00:22:50,640 waiting for the remainder of, you know, the cricket stuff that 425 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:53,520 was in and the chairs for all that to be removed. 426 00:22:53,520 --> 00:22:57,280 And then they can really go for it, Elfa Leather and get it up 427 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:58,800 and running. It should be ready for the 428 00:22:58,880 --> 00:23:02,120 season Bolts. They're doing a nice, lovely 429 00:23:02,120 --> 00:23:05,800 menu. You know, I got, I took home a 430 00:23:05,800 --> 00:23:08,280 Sunday roast the other way that were very nice. 431 00:23:09,640 --> 00:23:12,760 So yeah. And it's affordable. 432 00:23:12,760 --> 00:23:15,080 It's the food. It's not silly prices. 433 00:23:15,080 --> 00:23:20,840 So yeah, they're they've got that enthusiasm, you know that. 434 00:23:21,160 --> 00:23:23,640 Yeah. New business enthusiasm, I call 435 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:29,000 it good. So yeah, it's Boundary Bikes, 436 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,920 it's called. Boundary bikes, yeah. 437 00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:34,680 So get yourself down there and and try out the delights takes 438 00:23:34,680 --> 00:23:36,720 us back, Gary. I don't think we need to mention 439 00:23:36,720 --> 00:23:40,680 any names or anything when we're playing against quite a 440 00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:43,440 successful side. And the chairman and his wife 441 00:23:43,440 --> 00:23:46,800 went in the tea room for the tea and cakes and saw a mouse run 442 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:50,360 across the floor And he reported it. 443 00:23:50,360 --> 00:23:53,720 He reported it to Jackie and he said there's there, I've just 444 00:23:53,720 --> 00:23:56,760 been in your tea room and a rat just run right across the floor. 445 00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,320 And Jack said, I think you might find it's a mouse. 446 00:23:59,320 --> 00:24:02,680 We have a nest of them. Yeah. 447 00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:05,680 Anyway, you'll, you'll remain, remain nameless. 448 00:24:05,960 --> 00:24:08,520 And we're going to go on to the draw shortly. 449 00:24:08,520 --> 00:24:11,640 But I'll ask Gary and Dutch if there's anything else they want 450 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,520 to speak to Gracie about. But first of all, Gracie, I just 451 00:24:14,520 --> 00:24:18,560 want to touch on a point you mentioned earlier around, you 452 00:24:18,560 --> 00:24:22,440 know, people feeling down and people, you know, not leaving 453 00:24:22,440 --> 00:24:24,080 the house. You know, we've all been there. 454 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:27,880 We've all had, whether it's, you know, major turmoil in our lives 455 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,080 or sometimes it can be something and nothing. 456 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,280 You know, we've had conversations on a few occasions 457 00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:37,880 about going down to the club in the summer, you know, even just 458 00:24:37,880 --> 00:24:40,440 have a couple of pints and see some smiling faces. 459 00:24:40,720 --> 00:24:43,000 You know, you've a bit of experience of that and you can 460 00:24:43,000 --> 00:24:46,840 you just describe, you know, how we help you and you know, any 461 00:24:46,840 --> 00:24:50,600 messages for people who might feel fed up and you know, and 462 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:55,000 the club could help them. Well, I went on that course that 463 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,680 the club put me forward for the six connections with Dave 464 00:24:59,680 --> 00:25:01,840 Schools at the Landmark in Burnley. 465 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,640 It was very eye opening, interesting. 466 00:25:07,800 --> 00:25:12,920 But basically it's all about talking, just talk to talk to 467 00:25:12,920 --> 00:25:17,000 somebody. And basically it's, how can I 468 00:25:17,000 --> 00:25:19,200 describe it? It's like if you talk to six 469 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:23,000 people, you know, 6 people you can talk to about various 470 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,000 things. And the idea is them six people 471 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,680 then talk to other 6 people. And basically it's just to get 472 00:25:29,680 --> 00:25:33,640 people talking. And I, I can talk, it doesn't 473 00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,880 bother me. If somebody asks me, I'm OK, 474 00:25:36,880 --> 00:25:39,600 I'll say no, I feel like crap. Do you know what I mean? 475 00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,000 I'm down it. But there's other people that 476 00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:44,360 won't. And I think it's a case of do 477 00:25:44,360 --> 00:25:46,600 you know, if you, if you ask somebody or you're OK and they 478 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:50,320 say, yeah, they're OK and you know damn well they're not, it's 479 00:25:50,360 --> 00:25:54,120 up to you then to try and, you know, just try and push them a 480 00:25:54,120 --> 00:25:56,480 bit and, you know, get them to talk. 481 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:01,160 And it is a, it is a weight off your shoulders when you do talk. 482 00:26:01,160 --> 00:26:05,800 And yeah, I don't, you've just got to speak, talk to people, 483 00:26:05,920 --> 00:26:09,240 simple as that. And, but in relation to me 484 00:26:09,240 --> 00:26:16,280 starting going back down to regularly, I just thought I'm 485 00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:20,200 not having a summer sat at home, you know, just doing nothing. 486 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:22,840 And you know what I mean. I'll take myself down to the 487 00:26:22,840 --> 00:26:25,160 Cricket Club. And like I say, I met Paul 488 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:29,240 Stanley there and we had a cracking afternoon that led into 489 00:26:29,240 --> 00:26:32,120 the night. And I've never been away since. 490 00:26:32,120 --> 00:26:35,080 It's as simple as that. And, and basically it's just on 491 00:26:35,080 --> 00:26:37,600 the back of there's always a friendly face there. 492 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,800 Do you know what I mean? It's, it is such a welcoming 493 00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:46,040 club and like people always say are going on about a pint, have 494 00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,680 a pint together. And unfortunately sometimes that 495 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:51,360 can be the catalyst for people to go the other way. 496 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,760 So, you know, you don't have to have a pint. 497 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,320 You can just sit there and chat with other people. 498 00:26:56,320 --> 00:27:00,880 There's always somebody there to talk to, and it's just about 499 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:04,160 talking. It is an important message, 500 00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:05,880 Gracie. And you know, I've got a few 501 00:27:06,200 --> 00:27:08,800 little points myself. You know, it's a subject that we 502 00:27:08,840 --> 00:27:12,000 don't like, Gary, us, you know, those males, we don't like 503 00:27:12,000 --> 00:27:15,080 talking, you know, is, is it something you've seen? 504 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,400 Is it something that that you know, you could you can endorse? 505 00:27:19,360 --> 00:27:22,240 Fortunately, not personally in that, in that sense, I mean, you 506 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,720 know, like say we all have as challenges and we've had some 507 00:27:24,720 --> 00:27:28,520 tough times and, and, you know, thankfully you sometimes you 508 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:31,080 only realise after the event you've had good people around 509 00:27:31,080 --> 00:27:34,720 you that maybe have prevented you from getting into a, into a 510 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,600 particular state. So, yeah, you know, sort of from 511 00:27:37,600 --> 00:27:40,480 that point of view, I, I, I can associate with that. 512 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:45,360 I think the talking thing is it's a it's a funny 1, isn't it? 513 00:27:45,360 --> 00:27:49,320 Because if think if you, I mean, not me, but I guess if, if 514 00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,400 you've got the world on your shoulders, sometimes talking is 515 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,920 the last thing you want to do. So like you said, that the point 516 00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:57,840 of other people talking, you don't know what they're going 517 00:27:57,840 --> 00:27:59,920 through. So trying to just, you know, 518 00:27:59,920 --> 00:28:03,720 have that conversation and eek something out and, and, and get 519 00:28:03,720 --> 00:28:08,280 it and encourage them to, to, to open up, maybe get involved in 520 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:12,040 something to like, say, get out and about hobby, some other 521 00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:16,240 interests, whatever it might be. I think he's so important that 522 00:28:16,240 --> 00:28:20,160 you hear you do is sometimes a lot of people saying or soon as 523 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,520 I started talking, I had that weight off my shoulder, but they 524 00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:25,440 probably weren't going to be the first ones to to to start that 525 00:28:25,440 --> 00:28:27,800 conversation or or open up necessarily. 526 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,160 So it does sound like it really, you know, the other people who 527 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:35,120 who who are OK in inverted commas. 528 00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:40,680 You know, we have that onus on us to to to try and instigate 529 00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:45,320 that sometimes. But no, I always feel I and and 530 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:48,240 again, look, you got you don't know it at that time, but going 531 00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,320 back when I did a lot of football, cricket, golf, and you 532 00:28:51,320 --> 00:28:54,280 sort of out four or five times a week doing all the sort of sport 533 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,760 and stuff. And you've got that social group 534 00:28:56,760 --> 00:29:01,240 around you when you step away from that, I think that's a, you 535 00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:04,480 know, if we're relating it to sort of sporting and loris and 536 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,400 that sort of activity, then then I guess that sort of friendship 537 00:29:07,400 --> 00:29:09,320 group. You know, we all miss the 538 00:29:09,320 --> 00:29:12,000 dressing room and we all miss those times. 539 00:29:12,000 --> 00:29:15,040 And we we sit on here talking about those stories until we 540 00:29:15,040 --> 00:29:17,360 blew in the face because they were great, great memories, 541 00:29:17,360 --> 00:29:20,480 great moments and we're all happy and we're all, you know, 542 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:23,600 with like minded people or just having a great time, etcetera. 543 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,520 So yeah, those changes in circumstances, it might be a 544 00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,080 job, you might that lose a job or move away or whatever it is. 545 00:29:31,840 --> 00:29:34,840 So I think, you know, probably what Paul's saying about the 546 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:39,000 conversational element of it is super important and to look out 547 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:41,080 for it happening. Don't wait necessarily think 548 00:29:41,080 --> 00:29:45,480 I'll be OK, it won't happen to me is be self aware and just 549 00:29:45,480 --> 00:29:49,640 look out for those things and try and take steps to prevent it 550 00:29:49,640 --> 00:29:51,760 happening. Not just the reactive element of 551 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,240 shit I am down, what do I do now? 552 00:29:55,240 --> 00:30:00,120 So yeah. Common subject it is and as you 553 00:30:00,120 --> 00:30:02,720 said, Gary, you know, you've been through so much and and 554 00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:05,720 you're strong and you managed it, but people don't realise 555 00:30:05,720 --> 00:30:08,680 what could be going on behind that And and long term. 556 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:11,120 I mean, you're quite a bit younger than us do Chair. 557 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,520 I think the younger ones are a little bit more open to chat to 558 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:17,600 each other, I think, but there's still an issue in there. 559 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:21,520 It's certainly in changing rooms in sports clubs of this, you 560 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:25,160 know, you've got to be, you know, each week to speak what's 561 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:27,640 your thoughts on it and from, you know, from your generational 562 00:30:27,640 --> 00:30:30,040 side. I had a lot of it intakes all 563 00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:32,600 all related to, you know, not wanting to show weakness, which 564 00:30:32,600 --> 00:30:34,200 is nonsense really when you think about it. 565 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:38,640 But like Gary said, you said sometimes a change in 566 00:30:38,640 --> 00:30:41,360 circumstances can sort of spark that. 567 00:30:41,360 --> 00:30:43,960 And, you know, I think about myself when I packed in playing 568 00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,720 cricket, then I was desperate to do something else at the club. 569 00:30:46,720 --> 00:30:49,080 I didn't want to, I didn't want to go away from the club even 570 00:30:49,080 --> 00:30:50,160 though I wasn't going to play anymore. 571 00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:53,160 And that's how I ended up, you know, doing doing what I'm 572 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:54,840 doing. But there are obviously lots of 573 00:30:54,840 --> 00:30:59,480 ways of sort of tackling it. And yeah, I think shouting up is 574 00:30:59,920 --> 00:31:02,480 is that is the right way to go if you've got that, if you've 575 00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:04,080 got the mechanism to be able to do that. 576 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:07,920 Yeah, it is. You know, just to reiterate it, 577 00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:10,720 you know, there is other organisations if anyone is 578 00:31:10,720 --> 00:31:14,720 struggling to give a shout out to and, and please just just 579 00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,440 talk or as Gracie said, you know, I keep saying, oh, come 580 00:31:17,440 --> 00:31:19,000 down for a pint, come down for a pint. 581 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,720 As friendly faces on a nice summer's day, There's nothing 582 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:22,920 wrong. We're just walking right around 583 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,640 the ground two or three times, smiling at people and going 584 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:27,120 home. You know, if that's, if that 585 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:30,520 helps helps people, it is important that that that 586 00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,240 facility is there for them. Oh, Gracie, I really agree. 587 00:31:33,440 --> 00:31:36,400 Sorry, Jeff, just before you go off, if you want to come down, 588 00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:37,800 you don't have to dig the drains out. 589 00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:39,560 I just wanted to, I just want to point that out. 590 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,680 You know, you can come that, that Gracie mentioned that you 591 00:31:42,680 --> 00:31:46,280 don't have to do any, any hard layer, but you can come down and 592 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:49,080 just enjoy yourself. And if you want to do some small 593 00:31:49,080 --> 00:31:51,680 tasks, you can, but you don't actually have to dig the drains 594 00:31:51,680 --> 00:31:53,240 out. That's not compulsory. 595 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:56,120 Big shake out to Stubbsy and Roger, by the way. 596 00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,280 I've missed them out on volunteers. 597 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,720 Probably missed lots and lots of volunteers out, but yeah. 598 00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:05,640 And Stubbs here, there we stand every day helping him out. 599 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:14,160 So The thing is, they're doing that for their mental health and 600 00:32:14,160 --> 00:32:16,280 all of a sudden stands better for it. 601 00:32:16,280 --> 00:32:21,000 So they're like 3 Musketeers together, but they all bounce 602 00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,200 off one another. But they're good for each other 603 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,280 in a mental capacity. Yeah, they do. 604 00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,760 They have some, you know, they graft and graft and the end 605 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,160 product is fantastic as the as the ground and the pitch and the 606 00:32:32,160 --> 00:32:35,040 wiki, sure, but they have good fun doing it. 607 00:32:35,040 --> 00:32:37,680 You know, you're listening to those those character. 608 00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:40,760 It's like it's like somewhat off a off a sitcom. 609 00:32:41,880 --> 00:32:45,800 So we will we will round up at the angry SE and and and Gary 610 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,640 and Dukes know this. If there's any other thing, 611 00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,200 anything else we want to discuss, but I think we need to 612 00:32:51,040 --> 00:32:56,480 look at the the draw and join the the January numbers so. 613 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,520 Before you do the January numbers, yes, I've got a couple 614 00:32:58,520 --> 00:33:01,720 of bits of correspondence to that we need to address from the 615 00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:04,520 from the December, November. Draw right? 616 00:33:05,680 --> 00:33:07,880 OK then first of all. Chris Astin Chris Astin has been 617 00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:10,560 in touch. Who won a prize in the last row? 618 00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,320 When you were describing him to George to try and get him to 619 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,440 guess, he said this lad's well into his 50s. 620 00:33:16,760 --> 00:33:20,120 He's not happy with you at all. He's 45, he said. 621 00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:22,880 If I'm willing to be 50s, how old is that silly old duffer? 622 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,280 That's why he said that would. That's his quote, not mine. 623 00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:30,200 Well, Chris, because I know what sticks up, merchants, you all 624 00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:31,360 are. I'm going to have to go back to 625 00:33:31,360 --> 00:33:34,680 the episode and re listen to it because I don't think I would 626 00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,840 have said you're in your 50s. I clearly know. 627 00:33:37,200 --> 00:33:38,600 Well into his 50s, he said. But. 628 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,080 You're not, you know, you're looking, you look in your early 629 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,240 30s. You know, when, when we see you, 630 00:33:44,360 --> 00:33:46,120 your proper dapper lad. So I will have a look. 631 00:33:46,120 --> 00:33:49,880 But if I did say 50s, I apologise profusely, you know, 632 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,480 because obviously I'm, I'm in the mid 50s and I know that you 633 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,720 are considerably younger. The next correspondence, Joe. 634 00:33:57,160 --> 00:33:58,600 The other bit is a bit more serious. 635 00:33:58,600 --> 00:34:01,680 It's from the Gambling Commission and they want an 636 00:34:01,680 --> 00:34:05,920 investigation into the guest. The winner feature from last 637 00:34:05,920 --> 00:34:09,560 time around, Joe Martin's performance apparently, and this 638 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:13,280 is all all documented, but apparently he struggled like mad 639 00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,480 to guess a very, very obvious answer early on. 640 00:34:16,600 --> 00:34:19,679 Dave Gardner and you had to spoon feed him clue after clue 641 00:34:19,719 --> 00:34:22,000 after clue. But when it came to some of the 642 00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,159 more obscure ones towards the back end of the drawer and 643 00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,760 perhaps you were running out of time, Jean, hey, he got before 644 00:34:27,760 --> 00:34:30,760 you even offered him a clue. He managed to get that right. 645 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:34,679 So there's some suggestions that the draw that the get the winner 646 00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:37,840 feature is not as transparent as what it should be. 647 00:34:37,840 --> 00:34:39,760 I don't know if have you got any comments around that, Jess? 648 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:42,400 You think there's some spot fixed betting going on here? 649 00:34:43,880 --> 00:34:47,480 The investigation will reveal all Gary but but certainly the 650 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:51,639 the George performance in the last draw is under severe 651 00:34:51,639 --> 00:34:53,840 scrutiny. Jess Fantino All I. 652 00:34:54,520 --> 00:34:57,280 Can. Do all I can really do is is to 653 00:34:57,280 --> 00:35:01,560 go off the facts and figures. So we've had, we've done guess 654 00:35:01,560 --> 00:35:05,480 the guess the winner for 11 of the draws, which means there has 655 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:11,000 been, but so 10 of that nine. So there's been 46 winners, you 656 00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:12,960 know, some of the same, but we've guessed them. 657 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:19,040 And Joe Martin has got 31 right and Joe Beneducci's got 22. 658 00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:22,200 So I'm just wondering if there's a little bit of sour grapes here 659 00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:26,120 and a little bit of let me, let me throw this an grenade in 660 00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,360 because Joe's beaten there. But, you know, bring it on if 661 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,160 the Commission wants to cover in questioners and bring it on. 662 00:35:32,720 --> 00:35:36,240 One of his evidence, I think as returned King's evidence. 663 00:35:36,480 --> 00:35:39,240 Yeah, possibly. They wanted to make it clear 664 00:35:39,240 --> 00:35:41,440 that the draw itself is not under scrutiny. 665 00:35:41,440 --> 00:35:44,280 The draw itself is is ring fenced. 666 00:35:44,720 --> 00:35:47,240 Yes, purely the guess the winner feature that they're not happy 667 00:35:47,240 --> 00:35:49,360 with. Right, let's let's see if we can 668 00:35:49,360 --> 00:35:51,000 get any more correspondence off them. 669 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:54,600 Have we had anything this this month from Drew Peacock? 670 00:35:54,800 --> 00:35:57,680 Dude, she seems to be the one that sends you everything. 671 00:35:57,880 --> 00:36:00,680 No, he's gone very quiet. I heard a whisper that he's that 672 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:04,520 he's got some legal troubles, but I don't. 673 00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:06,040 I don't know any any more on that. 674 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:07,880 Right. Well, better not. 675 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,960 We can't get in, We can't get involved in any any legal 676 00:36:10,960 --> 00:36:13,040 matters. So as you will all the 677 00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,000 listeners, you will obviously know by now because he would 678 00:36:16,000 --> 00:36:18,600 have been laughing his head off. Joe Martin's not on this call. 679 00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:22,960 So we've had to have an emergency regroup about the 680 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,960 random number generator and I've, I've asked Dutch if you 681 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:27,920 can sort it. Has it been sorted, Dutch? 682 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:31,160 Yeah, that's a brilliant. Numbers between 1:00 and Guess 683 00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,960 it right. Don't be a quitter, it's time to 684 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,640 play. Yes, the winner. 685 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:52,040 One and 177 There are still a few 3 numbers in here and I do 686 00:36:52,040 --> 00:36:53,640 want to give a couple of shout outs. 687 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:59,480 First of all, before we do it to it's Phil Haggerty. 688 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:04,640 Phil's contacted us and it's 2 lads have now joined the the 689 00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:09,600 draw, Joshua and Jacob. So their number is 109 I believe 690 00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,120 Joshua's just gone 18 and Jacob just gone 19. 691 00:37:13,120 --> 00:37:17,960 So they can they can gamble. And again Sharon Stansfield, 692 00:37:17,960 --> 00:37:21,000 she's been in a in a while, but she's we're desperate for Sharon 693 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:25,120 to win before Paul does. Lynette Waddington's joined. 694 00:37:25,120 --> 00:37:27,280 That's Dave Waddington's misses, so thanks very much. 695 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:32,080 Lynette is number 87. Tom Walker keeps threatening to 696 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:35,440 join, but he's he's yet to set up his standing order. 697 00:37:35,440 --> 00:37:38,080 Your numbers really, Tom, when you want to join, we should. 698 00:37:38,080 --> 00:37:40,920 Target all them young and strongly, not many. 699 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,840 Players in, not many players in it now, Grey said. 700 00:37:43,840 --> 00:37:48,160 But it's not mandatory, but I'm sure you can get on the case. 701 00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,360 Yeah, we'll push it. Yeah, OK. 702 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:58,520 We have obviously Chip is joined #22 Chris Ashworth. 703 00:37:58,760 --> 00:38:02,040 Thanks very much, Chris, for joining last year. 704 00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:07,800 And Natalie Grieves is number 1 and Chris Ashworth is 20. 705 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,240 Another job for you, Gracie. Mark Stewart, the London King's 706 00:38:12,240 --> 00:38:16,400 Council, he only pays by cash. He refuses to pay by standing 707 00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,320 order. And he's, and he holds, he's 708 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:21,200 behind, he holds. If you can call him next time, 709 00:38:21,200 --> 00:38:23,120 we will still keep his number in for now. 710 00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:27,760 That's a job for you, Gracie. It's sometimes outside Chippy on 711 00:38:27,760 --> 00:38:30,920 Pendle St. Yeah, we'll get £60 off him for 712 00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:36,640 the year. Let's go through the with four 713 00:38:36,840 --> 00:38:41,160 wins, 4 prizes this month. First prize 102nd, prize 8 says 714 00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,720 third prize 70 and fourth prize 50. 715 00:38:44,040 --> 00:38:45,720 So spin your balls right. Please do. 716 00:38:46,080 --> 00:38:49,280 First number there I'm sure it's the camera is 176 I'm. 717 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,560 Not sure that's taken. No, that's a free number, so we 718 00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:58,960 need to draw that again, please. John and number 123. 3123 the 719 00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:03,560 top was really, really nice. Lad comes down to the cricket on 720 00:39:03,640 --> 00:39:06,200 odd occasions. I'm quite sure that all of you 721 00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:08,840 will know him. You can join in grace if you get 722 00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,680 if you get an inkling who it is. All right, player. 723 00:39:11,800 --> 00:39:15,640 Ex Player. No footballer, An ex footballer 724 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:18,640 who played locally. Like I said, he's a really 725 00:39:18,640 --> 00:39:20,080 lovely lad. Really. 726 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:23,720 It's probably Gary's age, maybe a bit younger. 727 00:39:24,680 --> 00:39:30,240 Jump stop. No, no, he I think it's fair to 728 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:33,120 say and it's no criticism of him and his Craig. 729 00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,800 He comes down with quite a few people, but it's generally for 730 00:39:35,800 --> 00:39:37,280 big games. Well, you know the words. 731 00:39:37,280 --> 00:39:40,400 The cup finals, semi finals, last games of the season. 732 00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:42,720 Likes the pint, likes to wander around. 733 00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:47,200 I'm led to believe only because of what I see on social media is 734 00:39:47,200 --> 00:39:49,600 quite a big cycler. They like cycling. 735 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,400 No, no, no. A bit older than Dirk. 736 00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,600 See, I'll throw out a good clue here. 737 00:39:57,960 --> 00:40:01,280 Played in the same football team at the same club at Belvedere. 738 00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,640 Yes. Dave Bennett, No, same era. 739 00:40:05,280 --> 00:40:09,200 It was a right back. We're going to get out Gaz 740 00:40:09,200 --> 00:40:12,400 Evans, right? Gary's on it, Gary's on it. 741 00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:17,680 I can tell Paul Corcoran quite big mates of old Risky Lisa 742 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,240 shouted on me. But that's not right. 743 00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,640 Other Paul Stansfield. No lives, the Paul site goes in 744 00:40:23,640 --> 00:40:26,200 the pub or Paul psych a lot. Not Dad Smith. 745 00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,320 Yes, Darren's race. Well done, Duke, Well done. 746 00:40:29,320 --> 00:40:31,320 How? Did you turn there, Duke? 747 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,200 Do you? Want to make it look too obvious 748 00:40:33,200 --> 00:40:39,360 for JC? So well done Gary, £100 on its 749 00:40:39,360 --> 00:40:45,320 way to you that was #123 next one for £80 please Joe. 750 00:40:45,640 --> 00:40:48,000 Number 146. These are big guns. 751 00:40:48,280 --> 00:40:52,000 Is that a clue? Right, so you're all going to go 752 00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:55,200 mental who this winner is. It's a member of the Hope 753 00:40:55,200 --> 00:40:57,840 family. Correct Max. 754 00:40:58,080 --> 00:41:00,680 No, she's a lovely lass. Lisa. 755 00:41:00,920 --> 00:41:02,720 No, no. Da. 756 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:07,920 Yes, well done Diane, you've got 80 pound 80 LB coming to die 757 00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:13,400 Hope number 146. Next one for £70 please Joe. 758 00:41:13,880 --> 00:41:18,840 Number there we are 32. 30 better national law all the 759 00:41:18,840 --> 00:41:22,880 original members. Extraction going on. 760 00:41:23,240 --> 00:41:26,600 Yeah, he's he's been coming down for a few years. 761 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:29,760 He's not an ex player. There's a couple of really good 762 00:41:29,760 --> 00:41:32,000 clues I could give, but you get it quite quickly. 763 00:41:32,400 --> 00:41:35,640 Character a real character is is his family. 764 00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:38,680 His family play there his sons. Even SIM. 765 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:40,240 Correct. Well done, Duke. 766 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:41,720 Well done. What is that? 767 00:41:41,720 --> 00:41:43,760 Three nil now? Three nil, nil. 768 00:41:44,040 --> 00:41:48,360 Well done, Steve. That's number 3280 LB. 769 00:41:48,640 --> 00:41:51,680 Sorry, 70 LB. Sorry. 70 LB. 770 00:41:52,040 --> 00:41:54,440 And the 4th and final price of £50. 771 00:41:54,440 --> 00:41:58,600 Please, Duke. #28 number. 28 That's right. 772 00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:00,640 I'm. I don't know about you, Gracie. 773 00:42:00,640 --> 00:42:04,240 Knowing this this lad, you will have heard of him, do I don't 774 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:06,920 are you possibly played when he used to come and watch he used 775 00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:10,200 to watch us all over the place. The real character. 776 00:42:10,200 --> 00:42:13,320 Really lovely fella. Believe it or not, I think he's 777 00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:17,080 a touch older than me. He doesn't come down at all now 778 00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,880 he. Doesn't come down at all now. 779 00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:21,400 No, I ain't seen him for years down there. 780 00:42:21,840 --> 00:42:24,160 Get a little bit of interaction on social media. 781 00:42:24,480 --> 00:42:27,800 Yeah, He's a Duke. Yeah, I can give you some good 782 00:42:27,800 --> 00:42:30,600 clues. So clues where you get him. 783 00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:36,120 He he's the the story that Matt tells around a sportsman's 784 00:42:36,120 --> 00:42:40,040 dinner and he left a phone, an answer machine message on his 785 00:42:40,040 --> 00:42:41,680 mobile because he couldn't make it. 786 00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:43,640 Richard, describe. Yeah. 787 00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,760 Well done. Richard Hartley. 788 00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,640 Yeah. Describe it as Matthew. 789 00:42:48,040 --> 00:42:49,800 I've dropped him on your mental bollock. 790 00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,600 Yeah. Richard Hartley #28. 791 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,400 I'm double booked. I'm double what? 792 00:42:54,720 --> 00:42:56,120 Yeah. What are the clues were you 793 00:42:56,120 --> 00:42:57,960 going to, were you going to give us for Richard Jess? 794 00:42:58,360 --> 00:42:59,560 I think I could probably get one. 795 00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,080 Ted Whittle brought him down. Yeah, yeah, there's there's 796 00:43:03,080 --> 00:43:04,720 quite a lot any of a real character. 797 00:43:04,720 --> 00:43:07,840 He's a pity these people. But I suppose times change, 798 00:43:07,840 --> 00:43:09,280 etcetera. So thanks to everyone. 799 00:43:09,520 --> 00:43:12,040 Thanks very much, Duke for sorting those numbers out. 800 00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:15,720 Thanks everyone for we're continuing to support the 801 00:43:15,720 --> 00:43:17,880 raffle, the draw. We are getting more and more 802 00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,480 people coming in. So keep that going because we do 803 00:43:20,480 --> 00:43:24,240 have 70% of the the money is paid out in prizes and then the 804 00:43:24,240 --> 00:43:27,560 rest of us to the club for the junior section and it really 805 00:43:27,560 --> 00:43:30,240 does help. So if you want to join, then get 806 00:43:30,240 --> 00:43:34,200 in touch with me or have a look online and you can join before I 807 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,760 come round to to you all for your final comments and points. 808 00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:44,200 Before we finish, I'd just like to to give a shout out to to 809 00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:52,200 Jean Hay, who, who was very kindly donated her winnings for 810 00:43:52,200 --> 00:43:54,920 the last month. I got a message off her son this 811 00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:59,160 week saying that, you know, ask asking about the winnings and, 812 00:43:59,160 --> 00:44:02,680 and Jean, I've only got a landline number for her. 813 00:44:02,720 --> 00:44:05,920 And what I generally do is when she wins, I'll ring a long line 814 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,520 and say I'm coming round and and drop a check off. 815 00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:12,000 And it was only when for some contract that I realised I'm 816 00:44:12,000 --> 00:44:16,680 paid £100 winnings to her earlier this earlier last year. 817 00:44:16,920 --> 00:44:21,280 So she's actually 200 LB old. And when this when John has some 818 00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:26,880 spoke to Jean, she wants her to donate both of the prizes to the 819 00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,480 junior section. In particular, she mentioned 820 00:44:29,840 --> 00:44:34,040 Patty Martin and the All Stars. So thanks ever so much Jean, and 821 00:44:34,040 --> 00:44:35,880 thanks to your son John for sorting it out. 822 00:44:36,200 --> 00:44:39,880 That check has been sent to the junior session and will be used 823 00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:42,400 thoroughly for the the old stars that are running the old star. 824 00:44:42,400 --> 00:44:44,560 So that's a fantastic. Brilliant, Jean. 825 00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:49,000 Thanks very much. For that, Gracie, I'll come to 826 00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:54,480 you last before we finish. Gary, any observations, anything 827 00:44:54,520 --> 00:44:56,240 you want to you want to comment on? 828 00:44:56,240 --> 00:44:57,840 I mean, you got the last one right? 829 00:44:57,840 --> 00:44:59,960 So it's three one in that in that game. 830 00:45:00,320 --> 00:45:03,960 Yeah, no, nothing more really on that judge, but it would just 831 00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,080 comment. Before this I was just catching 832 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,760 up with stuff online and on the website. 833 00:45:08,760 --> 00:45:13,600 And so those couple of points around news items on there with 834 00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,160 the corporate membership stuff, we burn the leisure and also the 835 00:45:17,520 --> 00:45:23,600 the sponsorship logo, I think looking to sort of get that out 836 00:45:23,600 --> 00:45:28,120 and about news of that. So if people know people who 837 00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,080 know people who are looking for a bit of sponsorship logos on 838 00:45:31,080 --> 00:45:34,560 the kit, training kit, match day kit, I guess things like that, 839 00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:38,040 then it's a quite cheap option looking at it. 840 00:45:38,040 --> 00:45:41,680 So looks to be. I don't do a great deal of 841 00:45:41,680 --> 00:45:44,560 social media so obviously a lot of things things often get 842 00:45:44,560 --> 00:45:48,040 pushed out to you. But the website is also a good 843 00:45:48,240 --> 00:45:52,920 source of info if you don't do heavy socials. 844 00:45:53,040 --> 00:45:55,680 Yeah, brilliant there. Yeah, it is important that and 845 00:45:55,800 --> 00:45:58,560 just think, you know, we are literally getting hundreds and 846 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:01,240 hundreds of spectators now, sometimes thousands on big 847 00:46:01,240 --> 00:46:03,440 games. So you're right, it is, it is a 848 00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,240 good way to promote your your businesses, etcetera. 849 00:46:06,240 --> 00:46:08,800 So yeah, be in touch dude. Do anything from yourself. 850 00:46:09,200 --> 00:46:12,840 No, not really. Obviously the end of January 851 00:46:12,840 --> 00:46:15,120 now. So we're we're almost in the 852 00:46:15,120 --> 00:46:17,800 home stretch in terms of towards the season. 853 00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:20,440 So yeah, just looking forward to getting back down there and 854 00:46:20,440 --> 00:46:22,160 watching some cricket. Yeah, yeah. 855 00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:24,000 Good. It's probably worth me 856 00:46:24,000 --> 00:46:27,000 mentioning at this point the the turmoil or the little bit of 857 00:46:27,000 --> 00:46:32,360 turmoil between the MD and the cricket manager Matt Stein and 858 00:46:32,360 --> 00:46:35,520 Stan Eaton. This last week was the the rule 859 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:38,960 change meeting from the Lancashire League exec which all 860 00:46:38,960 --> 00:46:41,800 the clubs attend. It went really well, very 861 00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:44,360 smoothly. There's only there was only 15 862 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:47,640 proposals. I think Paul got knocked back, 863 00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:50,280 so there's only 11, but apparently MD can't get his head 864 00:46:50,280 --> 00:46:52,680 around them at all and Stan's not helping him. 865 00:46:52,680 --> 00:46:56,360 So maybe a bit of mediation there from you Gracie, to get 866 00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,440 them to to understand the simple rules that that have been 867 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,800 circulated Gracie. I must stop me, I said. 868 00:47:02,800 --> 00:47:04,680 It's not really clear, is it that Stan? 869 00:47:04,680 --> 00:47:05,720 He said. Well, that's right. 870 00:47:07,320 --> 00:47:09,680 That's all. When I see Stan, I'll say to 871 00:47:09,720 --> 00:47:13,400 him, like I said, just love throwing an grenade at Stan just 872 00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:17,280 to get him wound up. But can I just go back to what 873 00:47:17,320 --> 00:47:20,960 Gary was saying earlier on about over the last 10-15 years? 874 00:47:21,040 --> 00:47:25,160 I think Adam's been a massive, massive part of that with the 875 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,760 social media. We're everywhere, aren't we? 876 00:47:27,760 --> 00:47:31,480 I mean, these podcasts for one, but we're everywhere now. 877 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,080 You can't open a social media post night without Laura House 878 00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,680 being, you know, one of the first things that you see. 879 00:47:39,200 --> 00:47:41,080 You know, I mean, we're out there aren't we're. 880 00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:45,160 So anyone actually wanting to sponsor us, we are actually out 881 00:47:45,320 --> 00:47:46,200 there. Yeah. 882 00:47:46,840 --> 00:47:50,240 We've also got in a couple of weeks, 3 Coach Wards and 883 00:47:50,240 --> 00:47:52,920 Mansfield fans coming, you know, for the cups are all right. 884 00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:57,120 Yeah. So I've sorted that out and 885 00:47:57,120 --> 00:47:58,480 they're looking forward to coming. 886 00:47:58,560 --> 00:48:00,840 Just a shame they're not here for an hour earlier. 887 00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:04,000 An hour extra. That another one of your ideas 888 00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:07,080 that was initially struggled to get agreed, wasn't it Paul? 889 00:48:07,320 --> 00:48:15,200 Yes, well then the next one was plastic glasses and now I'm so I 890 00:48:15,200 --> 00:48:18,360 rings Matthew next day. I said the plastic glasses that 891 00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,760 you're all coming out way is flawed. 892 00:48:21,000 --> 00:48:24,040 What do you mean? I said, well, you're saying if 893 00:48:24,040 --> 00:48:26,480 they're good enough for our members, they're good enough for 894 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:30,480 some Mansfield fans. I said, well, there's 600 fans 895 00:48:30,480 --> 00:48:34,840 on here for a T20 and they stood outside, so plastic glasses are 896 00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:37,440 appropriate. And you mentioned Burnley 897 00:48:37,440 --> 00:48:41,360 Cricket Club, they've got a thousand, 1500 people drinking. 898 00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,560 So the bounce off plastic glasses, these are coming to a 899 00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:50,560 funk to a room inside in winter. Anyhow, Stan was still against 900 00:48:50,560 --> 00:48:52,960 it and then I said, Stan, it's not right. 901 00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:57,360 I said why not start on glasses? He went, oh, that's a good idea, 902 00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:00,640 I'll just have a look. So we're starting on glasses. 903 00:49:00,680 --> 00:49:02,760 So which? Is important. 904 00:49:03,360 --> 00:49:05,320 Keep pushing that dress. You keep pushing it. 905 00:49:05,320 --> 00:49:07,960 I think sometimes we've got to think of the environment, 906 00:49:07,960 --> 00:49:09,480 throwing all these plastic and bins. 907 00:49:09,800 --> 00:49:12,960 Yeah, you know, when there's only 40 of us and we'll we'll 908 00:49:12,960 --> 00:49:14,800 volunteer to wash them up if that's an issue. 909 00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,280 Yeah. So it's yeah. 910 00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,240 You've got to make everything feel, make Sam think. 911 00:49:20,240 --> 00:49:22,800 It's his idea. Yeah, that's, that's the way to 912 00:49:22,800 --> 00:49:23,480 do it. Yeah. 913 00:49:23,480 --> 00:49:26,520 That really is so great. You really appreciate you coming 914 00:49:26,520 --> 00:49:27,960 on. No, I've enjoyed it. 915 00:49:28,040 --> 00:49:30,320 Thank you. Yeah, we've enjoyed going 916 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:34,040 through things with you. And again, let's just reiterate, 917 00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,600 people just come down. If you're just wanting a good 918 00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,720 day out or just want to get out of the house in the summer, you 919 00:49:39,720 --> 00:49:42,440 really will be welcome. So Gracie, final point from you 920 00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:45,560 before we conclude. You can get fed and watered down 921 00:49:45,560 --> 00:49:50,560 at the house and talk and if you think somebody's not at the 922 00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:53,720 best, just try and encourage that conversation. 923 00:49:54,040 --> 00:49:56,200 Brilliant. Try and encourage a conversation 924 00:49:56,200 --> 00:49:57,400 out of them. Brilliant. 925 00:49:57,400 --> 00:50:00,400 That's a good way to end it. Thanks very much, Gracie. 926 00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,200 Let's. And roll on. 927 00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:04,520 April exactly. Roll on April. 928 00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,040 I'm sure we'll be having two or three podcasts before then to, 929 00:50:07,040 --> 00:50:10,840 to discuss the start of the season, etcetera and and any 930 00:50:10,840 --> 00:50:13,640 updates. So we now have to finish this 931 00:50:14,080 --> 00:50:16,320 without me turning it off and losing the recording. 932 00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,120 Are you on it, Gary? Am I? 933 00:50:18,120 --> 00:50:20,000 What am I on it? Are you on it? 934 00:50:20,640 --> 00:50:21,840 Am I going to be doing this right? 935 00:50:21,840 --> 00:50:24,520 Are you doing it? You you started it, Jess. 936 00:50:24,520 --> 00:50:26,400 So you you've got to stop the recording I. 937 00:50:26,840 --> 00:50:29,120 Don't think I didn't press anything at start. 938 00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,600 It was already recording. Oh my God. 939 00:50:31,960 --> 00:50:33,360 It's saying recording at the top. 940 00:50:33,640 --> 00:50:38,080 Yeah, you must have recorded it. It's saying start recording at 941 00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:41,840 the bottom of mine. Don't do that. 942 00:50:45,920 --> 00:50:49,280 I think the key last time jazz was everybody bombed off the the 943 00:50:49,280 --> 00:50:51,080 meeting before it stopped recording. 944 00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:53,200 I think that's why it probably ended up getting lost. 945 00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:56,800 So I'll make sure you just stop it and it and it says we get 946 00:50:56,800 --> 00:50:59,400 told and it that recording is stopped or whatever before 947 00:50:59,400 --> 00:51:02,160 before you close the meeting off before we end the Zoom session. 948 00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:04,080 Do it quickly because I've got to go to B&Q. 949 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:09,480 We're open till 9:00. You leave if you want Jones as 950 00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:14,200 long as Gary stops, see. I'm still logged in here at tea 951 00:51:14,200 --> 00:51:16,320 time. I'm hovering over the recording 952 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:18,120 and it's not letting. It's not coming up with 953 00:51:18,120 --> 00:51:19,440 anything. I've stopped recording. 954 00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,800 Well, who started it? I didn't. 955 00:51:22,120 --> 00:51:24,520 It was recording when I came on. You two were already on it. 956 00:51:24,840 --> 00:51:27,240 Yeah, as soon as I joined it said meeting, meeting. 957 00:51:27,240 --> 00:51:29,960 Being Jordan Jordan IT remotely maybe. 958 00:51:30,440 --> 00:51:32,600 Possible, it says. Oh man. 959 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,680 It does say recording, man. In top right, it says recording. 960 00:51:35,680 --> 00:51:38,040 I think we'll be all right, yes. And I've clicked down at the 961 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:41,640 bottom where it says record and it says please ask the host to 962 00:51:41,640 --> 00:51:45,360 give you permission to record. So obviously Joe is the host. 963 00:51:46,760 --> 00:51:48,520 Unless so you've not logged in as Joe. 964 00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:53,120 I I just opened the link on the WhatsApp and it came up like 965 00:51:53,120 --> 00:51:54,440 this. Already recording but. 966 00:51:54,720 --> 00:51:58,000 I thought the horse had to be had to at least start the 967 00:51:58,000 --> 00:51:59,760 meeting, didn't it? So did Joe. 968 00:51:59,760 --> 00:52:01,680 Do you think Joe did it? Unless you can do it 969 00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,160 automatically when you set the meeting up now, but where would 970 00:52:04,160 --> 00:52:05,840 it be called to do? We know what he's doing, Jazz. 971 00:52:05,840 --> 00:52:06,960 Do you know why I couldn't make it? 972 00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:08,960 No. I think about giving him a ring. 973 00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:10,760 He's got to meet him with his lawyer. 974 00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:15,200 I think it's going to be. Hi, Joe. 975 00:52:15,200 --> 00:52:16,000 Hi. Joe. 976 00:52:16,760 --> 00:52:19,400 We're we've finished the podcast. 977 00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:22,000 Did you set it recording at the start from remotely? 978 00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:24,600 Yeah, you did. So that's good. 979 00:52:24,960 --> 00:52:28,480 It's same recording in the top right, but none of us know how 980 00:52:28,480 --> 00:52:31,840 to turn it off or we don't. We don't leave in case it's not 981 00:52:31,840 --> 00:52:36,200 safe. Are you running? 982 00:52:38,000 --> 00:52:43,880 Just got back. You're a star. 983 00:52:43,880 --> 00:52:46,280 We're all panicking like Maddie. And don't leave. 984 00:52:46,320 --> 00:52:51,520 Joe's got a roof to fix. Yeah, you're going to do. 985 00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,560 I can't believe it either. It's going to carry on leaking 986 00:52:56,400 --> 00:52:58,440 just for safety. No. 987 00:52:58,520 --> 00:53:02,840 Isn't this property? My brother was the original Dick 988 00:53:02,840 --> 00:53:04,280 Fingers, and he's Dick Fingers too. 989 00:53:04,280 --> 00:53:11,360 I'm not doing anything. Can you hear that dude? 990 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:15,520 Joe Martin coming out well. Whenever you ready, Joe. 991 00:53:18,720 --> 00:53:21,280 You didn't sound right. Enthusiastic draw later. 992 00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:24,880 That's Joe Beneducci. Yeah, massively helpful, 993 00:53:24,960 --> 00:53:28,240 massively grateful for his help, even though he'll be next to 994 00:53:28,240 --> 00:53:30,680 useless like me. It'll be slight though, he'll be 995 00:53:30,720 --> 00:53:32,680 able to get along that. That's right, yeah. 996 00:53:32,680 --> 00:53:35,840 He could probably tiptoe across the across the roof and do the 997 00:53:35,840 --> 00:53:39,200 far side right is. It this roof. 998 00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,200 You're only around the corner from me. 999 00:53:42,200 --> 00:53:43,600 You should have. You should have volunteered to 1000 00:53:43,600 --> 00:53:44,200 help me. Really. 1001 00:53:44,440 --> 00:53:47,720 I'm going rotten stall, I've bitten Bent gym and I'm going 1002 00:53:47,720 --> 00:53:50,440 rotten stall night with lads this afternoon. 1003 00:53:50,920 --> 00:53:52,360 What's gracing it on? Yeah, yeah. 1004 00:53:55,440 --> 00:53:58,080 Disappointed you owner here. Joseph, help me through. 1005 00:53:58,080 --> 00:54:00,120 Well, they didn't tell me you were coming on. 1006 00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:03,520 You'd pick and choose, would you? 1007 00:54:03,520 --> 00:54:08,880 I didn't want to to go overboard, really. 1008 00:54:08,880 --> 00:54:10,960 I didn't want Matt Stanley to car wash it. 1009 00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:13,720 Oh, you're coming on. We're finished now, Joe. 1010 00:54:13,720 --> 00:54:16,520 We're after going I'll. Turn you off the phone. 1011 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:17,880 He just wants a credit. What's? 1012 00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:43,640 A credit. Gordon Gordon, send more house 1013 00:54:43,880 --> 00:54:44,720 to save the house.