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Congratulations to Frances and Jeffrey England selection

#1 User is offline   paulg 

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Posted 2011-November-18, 05:00

The England team for the second weekend of the Home International Series has been published:

Frances Hinden & Graham Osborne
Chris Jagger & Ian Pagan
Jeffrey Allerton & Tom Townsend

Congratulations to them all, but especially to Frances and Jeffrey who make such a contribution to these forums. They'll be given a warm Scottish welcome next March and will hopefully remember to go easy on the team that I'm captaining!
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Posted 2011-November-18, 05:03

View Postpaulg, on 2011-November-18, 05:00, said:

will hopefully remember to go easy on the team that I'm captaining!

If you expect them to go easy on anyone, I think you'll be whistling in the wind!

Well done to all of them!
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Posted 2011-November-18, 05:14

Congrats!
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Posted 2011-November-18, 06:25

Excellent news - glad a suitable 6th was found to add to team of five from the Premier League! I look forward to cheering you on in March.
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Posted 2011-November-18, 06:53

Congratulations. I hope the selectors will continue to show such good sense when it comes to the European Championships.
... that would still not be conclusive proof, before someone wants to explain that to me as well as if I was a 5 year-old. - gwnn
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Posted 2011-November-18, 07:11

That is great, congrats Frances.
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Posted 2011-November-18, 07:29

Congratulations are indeed in order...

With this said and done, what really caught my eye were the word's "warm Scottish welcome".

I have grandparents who come from Ayrshire...
I always associated this side of the family with word's like "dour", "forbidding", and "soused"...
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Posted 2011-November-19, 14:27

Scottish welcomes are always warm as in if you try to invade we set you on fire .
BTW I think Hrothgar's word should be 'scoused' not 'soused' as in meaning a person from Liverpool.
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Posted 2011-November-19, 15:37

View Postahh, on 2011-November-19, 14:27, said:

Scottish welcomes are always warm as in if you try to invade we set you on fire .
BTW I think Hrothgar's word should be 'scoused' not 'soused' as in meaning a person from Liverpool.


Nope, I meant soused, as in pickled to the gills
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Posted 2011-November-19, 17:22

View Posthrothgar, on 2011-November-19, 15:37, said:

Nope, I meant soused, as in pickled to the gills


I thought you both meant the same thing. :D

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Posted 2011-December-16, 19:21

View PostBunnyGo, on 2011-November-19, 17:22, said:

Congratulations Frances and Jeffrey!

Yes, certainly an excellent year all-round with the Gold Cup win, Premier League runner-up, bronze medal in Poland, winning the Young Chelsea knockout and coming third in the Lederer Trophy, for some of the team.
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Posted 2011-December-19, 09:46

May we congratulate you even more often in 2012 Frances!
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Posted 2011-December-19, 14:09

Gold Cup is the equivalent of the spingold in USA right? As in, the most prestigious team event, or one of the few major ones in the english cycle?

Edit: Oops I just realized this is a different congratulations Frances thread! Congrats on being selected!
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Posted 2011-December-19, 14:19

View PostJLOGIC, on 2011-December-19, 14:09, said:

Gold Cup is the equivalent of the spingold in USA right? As in, the most prestigious team event, or one of the few major ones in the english cycle?

Edit: Oops I just realized this is a different congratulations Frances thread! Congrats on being selected!


Lol. But yes, it's generally regarded as the most prestigious event on the calendar. It's British rather than English, and until the quarter-finals matches are 48 boards and played privately.
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Posted 2011-December-19, 19:35

It's limited to British citizens or residents, so it has a less international flavour than the Spingold. It's also rather easier to win.
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