15-10-2010 to 18-10-2010 Byron Bay 7s
We've been skunks, cows, pandas, orcas, zebras. This year is the year of the Dalmatian. October 15 - 18.
2010 Games in which we scored:
| HHRUFC Dalmatians Vs Paradice City (Old Iggies) | Lost 41 – 12 (Croucher Tiger 1 try & Frank The Tank 1 try & 1 conversion) |
| HHRUFC Dalmatians Vs Wollongbar/Alstonville Pioneers | Lost 38 – 12 (Jar Jar Binks 1 try & Nuts 1 try & 1 conversion) |
| HHRUFC Dalmatians Vs Wollongbar/Alstonville Pioneers | Lost 24 - 5 (Crouching Tiger 1 try) |
| HHRUFC Dalmatians Vs Byron Bay | Lost 19 – 5 (Medicine Woman 1 try) |
The 2010 HHRUFC Dalmatians Tour to Byron commenced again early this year, but it wasn’t Mr Movies who arrived a day early in Ballina, it was our second youngest virgin, Primak. He was however soon joined by Ralf & Rangla (Fat Ralf, youngest V) in the world’s hardest car, Ralf’s golf buggy…
Our club captain had obviously been practising his sculling since the end of the season & was keen to show it, as CCTV took out 1st scull of the tour at the airport on the Friday, drinking his first beer of the tour with the wrong hand.
Our flight to Ballina was delayed (“Time for another pint then” said Harris). Eventually landing in Ballina to stormy skies & cooler weather we met our bus & started Schapelle’s mystery tour. First stop, Ballina Liqourland for essential supplies, where we enforced the buddy rule with an iron fist, giving The Other 2nd Rower & Mr Movies 5 buddies each following last year’s events….
The Mystery Tour continued onto our 2010 destination, the Lennox Head Hotel, where the publican came out to meet us (& our beers…). He had a chat with Snoop Doddy Dodds & immediately barred us all. Once he had established Snoop is unique, in we went for a few Schooners in Lennox Head & a team photo.
Elections were held;
Bally Bar Judge.
Mr Movies, The Other 2nd Rower & Nuts Defence
Harris Interpreter (interpreted himself…)
Real Man Bailiff
Thecond & Stimpy Sergeants @ Arms / Prosecution
The Railway Friendly Bar received the Dalmatians who had a thirst (but weren’t offering dogbowls of beer…), & we realised we had left The Pimp @ the Lennox Head… The Pimp answered his phone, but we couldn’t hear him, just some incomprehensible gibberish about G-Strings, Diet Coke, bastard ingrate arseholes, hitchhiking & no Swedish backpackers. (NB, The Pimp did find his way to the Rails, but seemed quite upset at is ‘experience’, & consoled himself with a few Apricot pies…)
2010 saw the conversion of the Panda lair into the Doghouse. There was an old dogs home, a rebel doghouse, & a dog box (Frenchie & Snoop Doddy Dodds).
With Steaks on a plane & new to 2010, ‘Snags in a bag’ BBQ’d at the head Dog House, & the arrival of Gay Pride with several cases of passionfruit beer it was off into the storm that was Byron Bay @ night. Frank The Tank & Quick Fat figured they’d have more chance of picking up At Cheeky Monkeys if they got in there before sunset, so all the ladies could get a good look at them… Rangla & Harris thought getting as pissed as possible would put them in good stead to get into the Beaches (to bad Beaches security didn’t think so & Schapelle & Medicine Woman were with them…), Panda arrived late, M&Ms lost something to Dayle he’ll never get back, Rooster rode the bus so much he was ill, but also displayed his fondness for egg, Frank The Tank regretted leaving his fruit under the table & Primak got lost a few times.
Saturday saw the arrival of Crouching Tiger & Acorn (late 2 yrs in a row), the weather VASTLY improve, & the playing of the first 6 games. Security didn’t bother checking our 3 Litre 42 Below Vodka bottle this year, but Rooster was very cold, then so hot he stripped down to his “dickos” & Thecond decided he nose wasn’t sufficiently well ventilated so he opened it up. We didn’t win a game, but were competitive in most, Snoop Doddy Dodds & Schapelle were held over the line against the Fijians, (bastards…), we hit the Byron surf & a black & white dog was so attracted to us it followed us home.
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This years cinematographic viewing on the Saturday night was Jurassic Park 2 over more steaks on a plane & snags in a bag, followed by Medicine Woman & Nuts getting up close & personal at the Beaches, Quick Fat dancing on his own, Rooster got kidnapped by some cowgirls & Indians in the Northern (“I’ll be 10 minutes behind you….) & they obviously stole his money as he rang Schapelle & Jar Jar Binks @ 4am from a cab outside the house pleading bankruptcy, Crouching Tiger & Acorn let the Northern know what they thought of it, & Panda met some very ‘intense’ locals & was crowned Byron Poker king of 2010.
Sunday a late start, Ralf playing taxi driver (Thanks again mate), SCG, Joints, Frank The Tank, & Harris impersonated Caper the Ghost, Stimpy actually got on the field to do more than shake the opposition’s hand, 1 team in D division & 1 team in C division, & we had the lead against the Pioneers for a while, Thecond had his Chumba Wumba (performance of note: performed this mid changeover of hands without f*cking up) Kangaroo court – fish sauce, cheese, socks, orange vok & dog bowls – was performed, Ralf left the car @ home, surf was had again, Poker was played, Grand Final was watched, Snoop Doddy Dodds felt the warm breeze of Byron, Schapelle, Ralf, Medicine Woman, Real Man & M&Ms hitchhiked to the house, Primak went walk about again, Harris ‘lost’ his wallet, cancelled his cards, then found it in his other pants, based ourselves in the Rails for the evening (Chicken Caesar Burger) & met some more locals who found our conversational skills so riveting that they used the excuse of visiting Cheeky Monkeys (even though it was closed) to excuse themselves 
so others could enjoy us.
Monday saw the black & white dog back, the house being hosed out, a keg of cider @ the rails b4 lunch & the flight home, hope Joints, Thecond, Bally Bar & Stimpy enjoyed their Gin & Tonics….
With as many tourists in 2010 as in 2009, a team in C-Division, & the continued improvement in the opposition we faced, I felt the Dalmatians equipped themselves well in Byron in 2010. The organisers still love us, the tourists still run screaming from Snoop Doddy Dodds, the locals still love us spending the GDP of a small African nation @ the bar, & the internationals still can’t work us out.
See the below link for all the photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/boreecreek/ByronTour1518Oct2010?authkey=Gv1sRgCP7CnebOwvC0mQE#
I’d like to thank our sponsors; GRANTS BUTCHERY, & the HHHs, as well as all those who helped out. For those interested, the tour is always on a weekend in October after the Labour day long-weekend. Not sure what we’ll be going up as yet, but it’ll be good whatever we decide on.
Best tour yet.
Schapelle
Tour Director 2007 - 2010
Confirmed Tourists
