by Jack Baxendale, September 16, 1993
HERE'S TO THE CAPTAIN, DOUG HIBBERD, - THE COLONEL,
WHO'S WRIT HIS NAME LARGE, IN OUR NINETY THREE JOURNAL.
HE HAS LED WITH DEVOTION, IN RAIN, FOG AND FROSTS,
AND HAS DEALT MOST ADROITLY, WITH ROBSON'S RIPOSTES.
THE VETS-LADIES SHIELD MATCH, HE WON BACK WITH HONOUR,
IT GAVE HIM A KICK, - LIKE A NIGHT WITH MADONNA.
AND SO WE GIVE PRAISE, TO DOUG HIBBERD'S EIGHT YEARS,
'TWAS A MOUNTAIN OF WORK, - BUT A LAKE FULL OF BEERS.
HE GAVE US A NEW CUP, - 'TWAS NAMED AFTER BUSTER,
FIERCE BATTLES ENSUED, -- LIKE THE LAST STAND OF CUSTER!
THEY WON ON HOLE TWENTY, CHAMPS - OLIVER AND SMITH,
THEN WE DRANK THEIR CHAMPAGNE, -- OR WAS THAT A MYTH?
HANDICAPS WERE FULL, ON THE WINTER ECLECTIC,
PONY MOORE LED THE FIELD, AT A SPEED, QUITE ELECTRIC.
JOHN JONES WON THE TROPHY, IN AID OF BIRCH WARD,
AND THE MONTY DUCK CUP, GOES ON HAROLD'S SIDEBOARD.
VETS CUP FINAL STANDARD, WAS THIS YEAR, PROFESSIONAL,
THERE WERE SPECTATORS, CADDIES, AND REF, IN PROCESSIONAL.
HAROLD BEAT GERALD, - A CRACKING GOOD MATCH,
YET ONE MORE TROPHY, TO ADD TO HIS CATCH.
DOUG WAS ABLY SUPPORTED WITH AUST, FORSE, AND ROW,
THE LATTER OF WHOM, DID ACCOUNT FOR MUCH DOUGH.
MATCHES FOR FIVE YEARS, ARRANGED BY DAVE FORSE,
MUCH TIME HE HAS SPENT, WHICH WE'D LIKE TO ENDORSE.
CLEAR CHARTS WERE PRESENTED, BY VICE CAPTAIN BILL,
ALL WELL PREPARED, WITH METICULOUS SKILL.
BUT, -- THE ONE MAIN INTENTION, OF THIS LITTLE DITTY,-----
IS TO TOAST, AND DRINK WINE GENTS, --- "THE CAPTAIN AND
COMMITTEE."
GENTLEMEN! PLEASE BE UPSTANDING, - AND RAISE YOUR GLASSES TO:-
---- THE CAPTAIN AND COMMITTEE!