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Quintin RFC Tour to Belgium & Holland- April 2000


Little is known of the mysterious Tour of Antwerp in 2000...

 

During the Quintin Dark Age, 18 intrepid Tourists set out for Antwerp.

 

The details have been lost in the mists of time but this was the Tour that saw the first outting of ace prosecutor Hercule Poirot, Creme Anglais introduce himself to the younger members of the club, Gordon 'Butch' Ashbury - play 2 games in 2 days at 60 and have a fight on the streets of Antwerp between games, a young tourist struggle with the exchange rates, the English losing at Waterloo but thanks to the reviving voodoo powers of squirty creme make a memorable comeback to win in Holland with the assistance of the bus driver playing the 2nd half on the wing...