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fandango:
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--- Quote from: AMRN on December 18, 2012, 08:52:05 AM ---
--- Quote from: fandango on December 15, 2012, 20:53:39 PM ---
......Now the past time i miss the most and lots of people frown upon and laugh about is Metal Detecting.........
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That might explain this desire to keep racking up APAT medals!!
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Ha Steve believe me I never found anything quite that "precious" in my time, maybe a few old roman and medieval coins and artefacts.. But never a priceless APAT medal :D
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Couldn"t resist ;D
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HaHa.. spot on Grant spot on my "precious" :D :D
fandango:
Well Christmas is over for another year, and I have been fortunate to be able not to worry so much about the cost this year.. Being on benefits, most years is always a time of the year when I have to plan well in advance.. But with my ECOAP success it made it a lot easier, I even spoilt myself to a top of the range Samsung smart tv!!.. Then Stoke was the icing on the cake, with Christmas sorted out, I booked next years holiday to centreparcs.. Although it would of been cheaper to have two weeks abroad, having 4 kids ranging from 16-4 it has a little of everything for them all, and on the plus side it is disabled friendly.
Emma can"t wait and has started the 7 month countdown already lol.. I"m keeping my fingers crossed that it doesn"t coincide with an APAT event also a few days after it is the Genting series at Westcliff so it may be a busy August!!
So I was honoured with being made the forum captain, I was overjoyed with this as it is always one of the blue ribboned events.. I was lucky in the fact that the previous year I made a team which was invited by APAT being that of " team Luton " and enjoyed the tournament immensely!! I think Luton has one of the best casinos in the country and always enjoy playing there..
Now I had the dubious task of picking just seven fellow team mates out of over 20 applicants.. May sound easy I know, but believe me when you are dealing with applicants that you know personally, respect and consider close friends it is really not easy one little bit!!
I had in my head from the start a plan that I wanted to give a chance to some of the community that had not played in a team event before a chance this time, and I thought this may of been frowned upon a little as in most cases these certain players may not of had real high forum activity.. Being a forum team event it may of been outside the box a little, but I wanted to stick with my gut feeling, I only hope I didn"t upset people with my choice.
But at the same time it was easy to pick a couple of the team, due to their outstanding patriotism to APAT and their amazing enthusiasm.
Really looking forward to the team meeting up and sharing a laugh, a couple of the team are guys who I have never met personally, but have read their blogs and followed their game and even punted a stake with one of them.
Have to say I was blown away with the freeroll response!! what started off as idea to give something back to you guys who in a way I feel you are my extended family, escalated into a mega charity raise..
In the beginning I was just going to make it a free roll where every APAT member could play regardless, but then someone suggested that why not make it a charity freeroll where anyone who wants a punt makes a SMALL donation.. great idea i thought it might raise a couple of hundred quid for Muscular Dystrophy.. So when you lot started donating £10, £20,£50 even £100!! it was no surprise the figure shot over £1,000 then £1,100 and so on.. Totally amazing what with Christmas just days away... I railed the tourney from start to finish,,shame I couldn"t chat but watched the fun, the bounty element makes some interesting dynamics, and at one point I even though Grant might win the lot, but that honour went to Tom who played like a boss all the way through, hope he can spin it up and make a few quid for Lucy and Glen along the way.. So I know I have said it a hundred times, but really THANK YOU ALL totally amazing the lot of you xxx
So as 2012 comes to an end, I have to say its been pretty amazing for me poker wise, met some great people who I would like to now think are both mine and Emma"s friends.
Been awesome to see Leigh back in the APAT fold, from my first ever APAT event he has always made me feel welcome and has always been there to help with anything I have needed.
Des has continued to bring APAT forward and make it more competitive in a fast growing market, and can only be applauded for his greatness and I owe Des a lot this past year and his kind gestures on a personal note have been greatly received.
A huge welcome to Matt Dale, Matt is my lucky charm and I would like him to be at every event I play ;D, also Matt was kind enough to set up the freeroll and came up with the brilliant idea of giving a % to second and third, long may his updates grace the forum..
So I would like to wish you all a very happy and prosperous NEW YEAR may 2013 bring you good health and some Pilgrim run good !!
Waz1892:
Best wishes to you, Emma and your family. :)
fandango:
--- Quote from: Waz1892 on December 31, 2012, 18:33:01 PM ---
Best wishes to you, Emma and your family. :)
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Thank you Warren have a great new year see you in a month or so ;D
duke3016:
all the best to you and huggle bear ;D
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