Wet Cracker still went off with a bang!

Early December was wet.

Very wet.

Too wet, it seemed, for the Christmas Cracker to take place, with early arrivers finding the lawn waterlogged and unplayable. But they were not beaten and set up some wire hoops on the cricket pitch outfield: on a slope; uneven and muddy. It made for some interesting seven-hoop games of doubles, in which the unusual topography proved a great leveller.

Luck, more than logic, and scrappy – more than skilful – play produced four finalists: Geoff Gunton and John Prior vs Simon Ling and Alan Slade. Geoff and John walked off with the prizes – an RPCC Centenary Mug each – bringing to an end a year of memorable events to mark our first 100 years.