Hadfield Carnival

David Oldham (chairman of Glossop RT) invited me over to Hadfield today to help man the Round Table rugby challenge stall at the annual carnival held there.

It was rather a damp day with only a few breaks in the rain but luckily one of the guys had brought a couple of gazebos with him so we had a bit of shelter.

The game was straight forward enough - throw a rugby ball through one of three (roughly) rugby ball shaped hole in the 8' high board that had been made. Just a £1 for 3 goes - we thought we had it all worked out till the first punter came along (aged about 9) and threw the ball straight through the hole - so 5 minutes in and w were £4 down already. A hasty rethink culminated in smaller prize for winning and making sure people were further back from the board before throwing - this was much better with only 1 kid managing to get the nack and fleecing us for £12.

Alongside us were a couple of old fashioned campsites where a bunch of civil war re-enactors were camped out ready to do battle at 3pm. Cannons, guns and horns were the order of the day as the assault began.

Despite the rain it was still a good turn out from the locals - but if I get invited again i hope some one fixes the weather first!