- Our 'A' against an injury depleted Overton 'B' at Salt Ayre. A few tough games against their core team, but 13-5 final score. #
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- Club Reminder: The Gatehouse Xmas Meal 2009, only a handful of places remain! http://bit.ly/W2ezx #
- http://twitpic.com/leyxc – Playing badminton in a state of the art, purpose built venue in Torrisholme. #
- 'A' team away to Ascension 'B' tonight. After a string of limp 10-8s, a 14-4 win despite the obvious home advantage http://twitpic.com/leyxc #
- 'A' team at home to Bolton-le-Sands 'B'. Only one home match, but only 2 down for club night. Good night on the telly? 8-6 to us at mo! #
- Final result for the 'A' v. Bolton-le-Sands 'B tonight: 10-8 T'holme. B-l-S not at full strength though, so they should do well this year! #
- Not sure how the 'D' did against Moor Hospital tonight, will report later. #
- Sorry, matches upon us and I haven't yet added the fixtures to the club calendar yet. Not that anyone from the club uses it. Or follows me. #
- I'm getting worried about @AlistairCasey. He started tweeting in spanish and then disappeared. Hope he's not been taken by a Chinese mozzie! #
- Wish scientists on Lost Land of the Volcano would stop acting so surprised when they discover a new species. Everytime they leave the tent. #
- Also, why are they hunting couscous? In the jungle? #
- Via my correspondent, playing in the sticks: Having a shit time, just had a kicking off 2 old gits. Going to have wine if i'm back before 2! #
- Just come out from our A team match against Storeys A at their place. We lost 10-8. Not match fit yet, wait til next time! Nice crowd, tho'. #
- http://twitpic.com/hqt3f – Last practice night before matches. Initial selections made, now everyone's buggered off with half an hour left! #
- Just heard that Ingleton 'D' have pulled out of division 4. That's the 3rd team to do so, and now teams will play each other 3 times! #
- @Zoejh86 Die! in reply to Zoejh86 #
- http://twitpic.com/hqt3f – Last practice night before matches. Initial selections made, now everyone's buggered off with half an hour left! #
- Just heard that Ingleton 'D' have pulled out of division 4. That's the 3rd team to do so, and now teams will play each other 3 times! #
- @Zoejh86 Die! in reply to Zoejh86 #
Details of the Xmas meal available in this page (see the sidebar ===>;) and re-produced below for convenience.
The Xmas meal has been booked for Thursday December 3rd at The Gatehouse.
The booking is for 20 and the cost for the 2 courses is 17.50. There is a large selection of homemade desserts available and they will be charged as taken. Cost doesn’t include any drinks!
If you want to come, please let James know asap, as places are limited. Partners are welcome. You’ll need to leave a deposit of £5 per head to secure your places.
Christmas Evening Menu
Starters
- Winter Vegetable Broth
- Confit Duck Leg
on shredded savoy cabbage with a pink peppercorn sauce - Ham Hock, Leek & Cranberry Terrine
served with a dressed rocket salad & spicy tomato compote - Roast Beetroot, Blue Cheese & Pecan Salad with an orange and honey dressing
- Home Cured Salmon cured with lemon and dill and served
with horseradish crème fraiche
Mains
- Pan Fried Sea Bass
broccoli mousse, red pepper dressing and basil oil - Roast Local Turkey
with all the trimmings - Roast Rump Of Lamb
With sautéed mushrooms, spinach and shallot gravy - Venison Rossini
Venison steak served pink on a garlic crouton and with chicken liver pate
with a rich red wine sauce - Stuffed Chicken Breast stuffed with
Sausage & chestnuts and served on a sweet potato rosti - Sweet Potato, Leek & Ginger Crumble
- Mushroom & Chestnut Pithivier Puff pastry filled with mushrooms, chestnuts and ricotta with asparagus sauce
- Well, it's time – off to Salt Ayre for the first selection session. Let's see what the turn-out is. This is going to hurt… #
- @AlistairCasey We did wonder where you were… 'D' team for you. in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey Thanks for sharing….!
in reply to AlistairCasey # - Man dies as bus crashes into betting shop http://bit.ly/dM6Ky – What were the odds of that? #
- Good turnout for club night. Still too damn warm for Badminton in that hall, though. Latest team picks will be posted on the site soon. #
- @AlistairCasey Find the hardest looking mozzie and let it make you its bitch. It'll then protect you from the others. What do you think? in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey …or set fire to the apartment. #
- @AlistairCasey Woah, just looked at the tiger mosquito pic – You need to get a gun or something… If you do, remember to save a bullet. #
The golf event has been organised and will take place at Morecambe Golf Club on 27th September from 2pm.
Entry will cost £10 and, apparently, there’ll be prizes. Although probably not for me.
For more information see Dave S.
- Don't forget the new club season is just around the corner – First session is Sunday @ Salt Ayre from 2.30 til 4.30 – Free session! #
- RT @mashable WordPress Attack Underway: WordPress Users Must Upgrade http://bit.ly/4gaqk7 Unsure if http://torrisholme-badminton.co.uk/ hit. #
- RT @paulwmk: #bbcporn Snatch of the Day #
- @AlistairCasey lol – don't get the wrong end of the (chop) sticks! in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey Ahh, drinking problem… Must be the heat. in reply to AlistairCasey #
- RT @paulwmk: #bbcporn Snatch of the Day #
- @AlistairCasey lol – don't get the wrong end of the (chop) sticks! in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey Ahh, drinking problem… Must be the heat. in reply to AlistairCasey #
- Christ, but shuttles are expensive this year. Maybe we should all take up a cheaper sport, like polo or formula 1… #
- Ordered season's 1st batch of shuttles from http://www.inflightsports.co.uk/ 353.75 for 25dz! Avg 14.15. No free P&P! Hope they come in time #
- @UraGraymalkin Also maybe follow @danjenkinsgd, plus others, plus you could find or create a twitterfall. in reply to UraGraymalkin #
- @AlistairCasey How can you tell which lines you're playing to?! That's worse than our hall…Your twitpic works, anyway! in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey You can't call yourself selfish in the same tweet as you say you're coaching! (also, coaching sounds like suffering to me … in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey Oops, soz about the duplicate reply from @jrwi, tweetdeck multi-account mgmt maybe not as clever as it reckons! Or I'm not! in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey I do indeed use Gravity. I'm using a Nokia N96, btw. Gravity is the only good thing about it! Also does multi accounts. in reply to AlistairCasey #
- @AlistairCasey I've not used twibble but I think Gravity is well worth the £6. Love the integration with delicious & instapaper for links. in reply to AlistairCasey #
- RT @bbcnews: England badminton team has "overreacted" by quitting the world champs because of a terror threat.. http://tinyurl.com/m9v9f7 #
- RT @foreignoffice: Statement on the Badminton England Team withdrawing from the World Championship: http://ow.ly/juf8 #
- RT @bbcnews: The Scottish badminton team are "virtually prisoners" in their hotel after England pulled out.. http://tinyurl.com/mrah2f #
- Do England know what they're doing to their rep by 'withdrawing' from Badminton champs? First, The Likely Lads, now this. #
- I hope England know what they're doing to the sport's rep by 'withdrawing' from Badminton champs. First The Likely Lads, now this. #
- @shuttlemania Any more players tweeting that you know of? Badminton seems very under represented on here, doesn't it? Maybe they're too busy in reply to shuttlemania #
- I upgraded to #HootSuite 2.0 because I want access to the team workflow functionality http://hootsuite.com/upgrade #
- New prices for Inflight shuttles from August 1st – Premierplus at £13.95/doz! Avg cost last year 12.52! So, that puts our costs up by £75! #
- Check out the new look (re-skinned) website – http://bit.ly/Fzw1n. Needs some CSS work, I'll get there! #
- Members and prospective members – why not sign-up? Torrisholme BC » Mailing Lists http://bit.ly/iwXeQ #badminton #tbc #
- @paulwmk You feel sorry for @gailemms? Spread a little #ff love for erstwhile partner @Nathanbadders! in reply to paulwmk #
- RT @Nathanbadders: check out myself and @GailEmms' coaching masterclass at http://www.badmintonmasterclass.co.uk #badminton #
- @Nathanbadders Welcome to twitter! Just a quick hello before you're discovered on here and have 000's of followers, which you surely will! #
- Looking for the top drawer of British #badminton Twitter celebs? My #FollowFriday recs are @gailemms and @nathanbadders #ff #
- Although @gailemms doesn't follow @nathanbadders, so maybe that's AN IMPOSTER ACCOUNT! #