red24 Rock n Roll Revival Tour '10 - red24 return

red24's Rock n Roll Action Cricket Revival Tour 2010 kicked off last night at the Stadium of Light to great fan fare and delirious scenes, reminiscent of the 1983 All Stoke Championship Kite Flying Contest. red24 had last toured the hallowed halls during the Corlett, Noak, Merrett and Harrison era, a glorious age of gold medal triumphs and butt slapping. The first game back in action for the fabled team of myth and lore was not as successful as their sponsors, KFC, or fans would have liked. red24 batted first and put on a respectable total in the postive numbers. Allan Gray, a seasoned outfit of angry accountants, bowled and batted well but only surpassed red24s total by a digit. That digit took them into the hundreds past the red24s total which was in the tens.

All in all it was a great start for the team which picked up a number of KFC awards on the night. Bryn picked up the KFC Junior chicken nugget award for best supporting act in a short innings while Rob and Cathy surprised all in attendance with the KFC Feast award for the most runs in a pair. Andre and Camilla were unlucky to lose out on the latter award but had to settle for the KFC small chips award for their efforts in trying to run each other out at every opportunity. In a surprise twist KFC's upcoming youngsta award went to the hugely impressive Odette, whos talent shone brighter than a UK L2 alert on Neil's Blackberry. Jon Vincent's performance on the night was marred by lapses into semi-comatose states of awareness and he rightly received a 12 week stay in a KFC Rest Lodge and Diner. Kudos must go to organiser supremo, Petronia "Always" Reddi who's leadership and pure dam amazing never to be repeated brilliance raised morale to levels never ever, ever, before seen in the history of human kind (yes, she paid me to say that).

red24 look forward to next weeks game which will feature a number of new faces, including Jacque Kallis and Ricky Ponting. red24 will also be staging a contest for a name change. So far a number of suggestions have been put forward including "red24 - Pow pow, we win" "red24 Spartans" and "red24 Ra ra Ra with a R" More suggestions are welcome and can be sent to Petronius for considerationz.