LoosePizzle   ClaimsToFame

Bevan Walker once smashed current All Black captain and No.8 Taine Randell for 6 during a Senior grade fixture at Nelson Park.  While playing for Meeanee against Randell's Lindisfarne College, Walker smashed a quick 64 including a 6 off Taine Randell's bowling which landed on the road at the Nelson Park venue.  Randell was forced out of the bowling attack and could only sulk, saying "...but he's just a basher..."     Click here for the scorebook             Oh, and before you ask, no I don't remember that other game....

Stu Gourdie once dismissed former Test Batsman Mark Greatbatch first ball of his spell with a curly, looping flighted off-spinner which proved too tempting for Greatbatch to ignore.  The ball was dispatched almost to the boundary and straight into the waiting hands of Stu's well positioned fielder who took the catch with ease.

Richard Hadley had his fifteen minutes of fame on TAB Sports Cafe when he was featured on the "People with Famous Names" segment.  Richard produced his Student ID card to verify his name and was even seen attempting to imitate the bowling style of the great man himself.  Does anyone have a photo of Richard? Ah, seems Richard himself has one - see below...

Tim Reid has made a name for himself in local circles by phoning the radio station and telling stories about his friends and relatives.  First he was heard telling the world how his brother-in-law Jamie McCarthy was called "Bubbles-Bubbles-Bom-Bom" by his mother when he was a boy. Then, the next day, he told everyone the story of Stu Gourdie and his alteration of the scorebook which earnt him the name of "The Twinkie Pixie".   Some people will do anything to get on the radio...

When the All Blacks won the William Webb Ellis Trophy back in 1987, you could be sure that Stu Gourdie would be close by sniffing around to try and claim some of the glory.  And sure enough, from the archives, comes this photo.  What's more interesting is the "big hair", the Nomad shoes (remember those?) and the fact that Stu seems to be so excited that he is stroking his own inner thigh...

Richard Hadley in the action again.  Here he is looking glum on page 3 of the NZ Herald.  Don't worry about reading the story it's just something about students not having enough beer money to last the summer, or something along those lines...