Day 8 - Playing Away from home

As mentioned this morning it was the Away Day Special today. For the purpose of this a guest umpire was nominated whose task it was to poll as many attendees as possible. This task was given to Iona who lived up to the expectations we had of her and did a just and thorough job.

So what was the drapery on this fine day? I had decided to pull out the stops and wore one of the pieces from my A list collection – a nice red colour with the silhouette of a pagoda and the text “mirrorball”. Given the comments from previous judges I also made sure the iron was brought to bear on it before slipping it on. The audience agreed with my selection pretty unanimously and I was crowned the victor! Pete wore an understated but stylish o’neill number which just couldn’t quite cut the mustard today and landed him second place. Brian had gone for a slightly old school look with a minimalist dark blue offering with white stripes and trim. Sadly the judges felt it just didn’t quite work today and he came in last. In keeping with the new policy the pictures are below - note the change of background scenery.

The mention of open judging had raised the question as to whether anyone’s T-shirt could be eligible today. While this was not the case the competition would not have been stiff given the paucity of T-shirts in the house. However honourable mentions would have to go to Beili and also Paul for his oddly titled “Fast Helmets” T-shirt.

And at the end of the Away game I am once again in the lead with Brian hot on my heels and Pete bringing up the rear.