APAT Advent Calendar 2009

[kinboshi]

Leigh, glad the accommodation issues in Cardiff didn"t get a mention.  Sigh.

[Chipaccrual]

Leigh, glad the accommodation issues in Cardiff didn"t get a mention.  Sigh.

Best forgotten, although that was more of a phone issue.  

[kinboshi]

Leigh, glad the accommodation issues in Cardiff didn"t get a mention.  Sigh.

Best forgotten, although that was more of a phone issue.  

Yes, and a spoon issue.

[scouse3465]

just seen this class video and oh the orange wings lol !!

[Waz1892]

just seen day 1 and the video.....super work...needed the laugh, so thank-you!

[George2Loose]

On the same subject- never let Kev Smith book a hotel for ya!!!

[Chipaccrual]

On the same subject- never let Kev Smith book a hotel for ya!!!

I wanted to add that story, but your blog stopped mid-Edinburgh.  I was waiting for you to finish it.

If I remember rightly, the quote went something like

"How much did you pay for the room lads. Wow thats good value, and it"s right opposite the casino.  Hang on, is that the cricket on the telly.  What you get Sky Sports aswell.   Kevvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv !!!!!!!!!! "

[Chipaccrual]

And behind door number 3 is............................



WPT Poker Magazine

APAT's partnership with WPT Magazine means APAT members get to read about the APAT events on a regular basis.  Through the partnership, members will be able to subscribe to 13 issues of WPT Magazine for £11.99, a £27.01 saving on the cover price over the same period and a saving of £6.00 off the annual subscription price via WPT"s own website.


Well, here"s a christmas advent calendar special.  How about getting 13 issues of WPT Magazine for £9.99


Struggling what to get someone for christmas.  This subscription seems the perfect answer.  To add that "personal" touch, why not win an APAT event next season and get your name and photo in a future publication.  They"ll love it.

[AMRN]

Well, here"s a christmas advent calendar special.  How about getting 13 issues of WPT Magazine for £9.99

Jeez just how bad do I run?? I ordered my WPT subscription last night and paid 11.99!!  FML!

[cincicrappykid]

And behind door number 2 is............................



A Hotel Room

Accommodation is an essential part of any APAT weekend and the logical thing to do is find someone to room with and share the costs (+ev).  It seems a simple decision, who to room with and where to book, but, get this wrong and it can have a huge impact on how your weekend may go.

Take this scenario for example that happened whilst at the APAT Scottish National Championships.  For ease, let"s call the two individuals involved Brian and Steve.  

Steve takes up the story...........

My travelling companion, Brian Yates, and I were sharing a room at a small B&B about a mile from the casino. We had one set of keys which opened the front door and the bedroom door. Brian who wasn"t feeling so good left the casino early evening, and suggested I call him when I arrived back at the B&B so he could let me in. At around 11.30, feeling dead tired, I trudged the mile walk along the Glasgow Road and rang Brian"s mobile....... the conversation was along the lines of:

Brian "Hello"
Steve "It"s me. Let me in please"
Brian "I"ll throw the keys out of the window"
Steve "Don"t be a t&@t - just come and let me in the door"
Skylight window opens and Brian appears...
Brian "Here you go - catch"
Steve "Make sure you throw them far enough - mind the gutter"
Brian "Oops, they landed in the gutter"
Steve "Daft t&@t"
Brian "Sorry mate"
Steve "It"s raining, cold, and I can"t get in"

A mile in the rain to get back to the casino to find Paul McGuinness (he was staying in the same B&B). Waited til 2am for close of play and walked back with Paul. Another mile!

It was an interesting conversation next morning when Brian had to ask the old boy who owned the B&B for a ladder to get on his roof!!





Every APAT weekend seems to have an accomodation story of some sort.  Whether it"s the Orange Wings in Vienna, The Fitzwilliam Townhouse in Dublin or whatever went on with the Scottish and Irish teams in Brighton.  Most are probably not fit for a public forum.

So make your choice wisely, and if you need help, you can always try  

lol, had to chuckle at that, well up to the mention of Orange Wings anyway.    

APAT weekends often take people into a strange twilight zone.  In Luton last week, I arrived back at the hotel at 4.30am to find my key card would not work on my door.  So I headed back to the lift on the 2nd floor on my way to reception, only to pass Tony Trippier heading the other way.  "Hi Des", "Hi Tony" - lol, 4.30am on a strange square of land, not another soul in sight and it all seemed completely normal.

lol so thats where i was  ..all a blurrrrrrrrrrrrr

[Chipaccrual]

And behind door number 4 is............................



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Welsh Elves ?


It wouldn"t be an advent calendar without one of these.  This was posted by Alan Armitage during the European Team Championships.  The Welsh captain was seen to shrug his shoulders, then sigh, then comment "To be fair, he"s done a good job of that"


If you are brave enough to see the rest of the work in Alan"s collection, click below.


Never too late for 2012

Just wrong in so many ways

[duke3016]

Another man with too much spare time on his hands - LOL

[bigalhx3]

it was not very hard to make the Welsh team look daft

[BOINGBLITZ]

LOLOL......The tears have just run down my cheeks Leigh. Superb mate.....though I AIN"T a Brummie !!

[Ant1966]

LOLOL......The tears have just run down my cheeks Leigh. Superb mate.....though I AIN"T a Brummie !!

......wuz wundering when yam wuz gunna pipe up.