Gillian Aghajan presents the Inns Of Court Gold Cup to Alain

Without a hangover in sight, a number of us met at the Hurlingham Club on Saturday May 8th to contest the Inns of Court Gold Cup.  We had another good turnout with Steve Bateman, Rob and Sue Brooks, Lawrence Burr, Alp Orge, Anton Pollard, Julian Tyson on his visit from the USA, and myself.  Gillian Aghajan, Andrew Brannon, Brian Hill and Pinar Orge (and dog Polly!) attended as spectators.

With a pool unique of 8 we fenced to 3 hits in 2 minutes in order to make the most of the good(ish) weather.  After some very close fights, and a little bit of frustration with the wireless scoring equipment, I somehow managed to win all my fights and was presented the Cup by our guest Gillian, before some much needed light refreshments under equally-needed umbrellas.