The long road to recovery

 
A quick word about Mr R, who has managed to injure himself whilst playing a charity football game. There have been a lot of annoyed mutterings from certain quarters about cricketers damaging themselves in non-cricket related ways. I’m not going to get into this argument, except to say that it’s impossible to wrap your star player in cotton wool 24/7. Yes, it does have unfortunate implications for the club at the start of the season, or until/if Ramps feels he’s able to take part in a full game. It would however be nice to see some of the members actually being interested in the welfare of the man himself.

Face it, whilst no individual is bigger than the club, he’s carried the team for more years than should really have been necessary. Perhaps some concern for a fantastic Surrey servant is due here, instead of banging on about how the club is well and truly stuffed without him?

Appreciate what you’ve got, my fellow Surrey supporters, because even if he makes a full recovery you won’t have him forever, impossible as it is to imagine.

Anyhow, I’ll speak for the Rampants here and wish Mr Ramprakash a speedy and pain-free recovery. I did my knee ligaments back when I was 21, jumping from a bus, when my leg went down on the pavement in one direction and my weight went down on it in the other. I have to be honest and say it’s never quite been the same since: in fact it feels somewhat arthritic in the mornings. So whatever the career implications of this injury for Mr R, I think the most important thing here is to hope he’s not in too much discomfort.

And now on a slightly different tack: the Strictly Live Tour 2010 DVD has been issued via Amazon! All of this is great news if you’ve already got it *cough* Liz *cough* Tricia *cough* Lesley. Some of us will have to wait until next week!!! And whilst the rest of us are waiting, some of those previously mentioned are wearing out the replay button on their DVD players!!!

Oh, well. To console the rest of us I have put up the lovely picture of Mark and Kristina, as taken by Leonie, during the tour earlier in the year.

Five days and counting...

Strictly Live Tour DVD 2010

Well, the Rampants have been waiting to get their mitts on this DVD since, like, January!

Traditionally, it seems that the winner of the entire tour gets to have their picture on the front of the DVD sleeve. The person who won the tour was Austin, despite our best efforts (only joking Austin)! And indeed, the man himself does adorn the jacket alongside the wonderful Lilia.

This time however there's a very worthwhile gentleman standing to the left of the tour winner, something which went down rather well with the Rampants it has to be said! You see, marketing counts for something. You'd be mad as the DVD producer not to show off arguably one of the most popular winners of Strictly on the cover: I guarantee that the sales of the 2010 Live Tour will be the most succesful! And besides, why shouldn't the o2 winner have his - rather fine - picture on the front?

Something tells me this isn't going on the Christmas list: it'll be watched the moment it arrives via Amazon!