Atlantic Rovers Tour 2011 (Part 1!)

Well as long as we are having a bit of a snow break to our season I thought I might give you the first of the Atlantic Rovers Tour reports!;

Another year another tour! The Atlantic Rovers were back in action this September in the Elgin Marbles Invitation 7 a side Tournament in Lossiemouth, Scotland. Last year a brave contingent of four Madison Celtic players headed out to represent the US of A and this year the same four plus the great addition of El Gato made their way across the Atlantic for beer, pies and pals!

BOR headed up from Texas and met Roniildo, Jodingo!! and myself at Newark where we had the first of many beers that would be sunk during the trip. We met up with El Gato in Glasgow after his trip up from London and we set off on our road trip to Hopeman. Of course we had to stop at McKays bar in Pitlochry for a steak pie and beer lunch ( it's a tradition now! ). On the way we picked up Tam, our new player for the Atlantic Rovers before arriving in Hopeman later that afternoon in glorious sunshine. After a short break we headed to the Braemou for the evening reception and a fantastic night of chatting, bag piping and of course eating and drinking! A great prep for the next days event which was the 7 a side tournament! But before that we had the traditional massive breakfast of eggs ( two for Tam) , sausages, bacon, beans, toast and a heathy orange juice. After that we headed for our pre-season tour of the Hopeman harbor and talked about our tactics for the tournament to come! That worked......