Good news for those London dwelling En Zeders. Toast NZ moves back outdoors after the slightly claustrophobic Earls Court Olympia in ‘08 (…lets be honest it was pretty rubbish indoors!)
This year Toast NZ is cutting loose in Clapham Common on Saturday June 27th…a short stumble to a lot of antipodean dwellings (which will no doubt result in some significant after parties). The Dobber is confirmed to perform….the wine tents and quality gourmet food tents are back as is International Polo…all is forgiven!
Plus for the 29th year in a row international rugby’s largest cranium returns and will be swigging beer with the Beige Brigade in the Sports Zone.
Tickets are on sale now - just click HERE for all the info and getting your filthy mits on tickets.
This is what some people searched for when they stumbled across the Beige Brigade website - crickey there are some od people out there who must thave been hugely delighted or hugely disappointed to have discovered us. This is only a mere taster of course but includes most of the non-triple-X highlights…
beige brigade [normal]
beige [solid]
jeremy coney [iconic]
anzac day 2009 [coming up]
mark richardson [over-exposed]
the small horse [mascot]
byc [podcast and activity]
stubbies [compulsory]
bede skinner [beige TV star]
snow cricket [good idea]
lycra [yes!]
grand national dress code [like we would be good advisors on that]
pulp sport [legends on TV3]
nude of the day [?]
lion brown [our adopted beer who’s brand manager doesn’t get it]
te ahu davis [sub fielder]
paul henry moustache [legendary effort]
biege brigade [love the dyslexics]
underarm photo [good]
andrew penn [unbeaten boxing legend]
when chuck norris was born [eh?]
small horse sex [uh-oh]
jandal socks [sold out]
horse genitalia [oh no]
sideline slogger [us at Stuff.co.nz]
hawera pub crawl [good idea]
porirua working mens club [what?]
budgie smugglers [new product line for 09/10?]
beige bragade [moving from dyslexic to a bit thick now]
the npower girls [lovely]
bob parker mayor [and beige fanatic]
daniel vettori’s glasses [qualified librarian]
security guard at eden park [degraded]
nz spelling [love it]
who started the beige brigade? [good question]
brian o driscoll rumours [???]
martin snedden worst bowling [see also: Mick Lewis & Tim Southee]
photos of clark gayford [not here]
gang initiation at walmart [???]
dennis lillee [mo king]
geoff howarth [gin king]
underarm play [funny]
shearing images [ha ha baaa baaa]
the southerner london [wonderful spot]
andy ellis man cave [legend in Chch]
david trist [!]
biege bridgage [completely stupid and/or drunk]
beige mayhem [valid]
sportzah [defunct]
bruce edgar [total legend]
cricket smurf [J Langer]
best stag weekends westport [tough gig]
haircuts for chaps [ha ha - Paul’s favourite]
beige penguin [fundraising]
indian team in nz beigeboys [delightfully odd]
Brett writes: “Here’s the Hawera HighTowers cricket team after we won the ‘Naki second grade cricket title last week, looking fantastic in beige.”
We concur. Love your work lads! The serious team photo is here.
The “banner” written in Vivid marker pen is quite memorable too. Definitely supporting the steretype.
Episode 85 (29 March 2009) is the “God Bless Naenae’s Finest” episode in which Kev, The Woman Slayer, Off White Thunder, Fat Lou’s Old Man and The Godfather review correspondence from Meghan, Susan, Danny and Reg, the Ruse is very difficult, we salute J Ryder, redeem Ross Taylor, and the Woman Slayer is described as the Stephen Hawking of The BYC….…listen in to the streaming version or download the mp3 below…all the shows are online here…or visit The BYC page on iTunes.
[Check out the Tim Harford column on tossing - coin tossing here]
Episode 85 of The BYC: Beige Brigade podcast [28:53m]:
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If you are in London and keen to dust off the pads for the 2009 season then get in touch with the chaps from The London NZ Cricket Club (Any Kiwi’s based in London are welcome to bend the back and erupt through cow corner).
It’s a cracking wee club that get invited to play at some sensational grounds in and around London. Click HERE to view the website and get in touch to register your interest.
They also have a fairly healthy social calender including the famous club ‘Drinks Party’ at NZ House on April 22nd…an ideal start to the 2009 season.
Top marks to this chap in the UK….
”An 18-year-old has secretly painted a 60ft drawing of a phallus on the roof of his parents’ £1million mansion in Berkshire. It was there for a year before his parents found out. They say he’ll have to scrub it off when he gets back from travelling”
Kyle Mills coming in as nightwatchman at number four and then going out for 2 on Friday evening was certainly not the primary reason we lost the Test match at Hamilton. But, along with dropped catches, reckless batting, messy ground fielding, inconsistent bowling and a smidgen of bad luck, it certainly didn’t help. I was despondent as I mowed into my chicken, cranberry, camembert burger and watched Mills trudge off forlornly.
Read on and on and on here
If you are looking at securing a solid (and early) Fathers Day gift this year - look no further than Justin’s latest wee number - The book basically follows Justin and his 4 mates as they travel around India in a Hi-Ace van with bat & ball in hand challenging locals on any surface…basically a BYC pilgrimage through India. Check out the slide show of them bending the back in the most unusual setting…certainly beats having a beer crate as wickets! Click HERE to view.
*PLEASE NOTE this tour was not BCCI endorsed…Justin and his friends have unfortunately been banned from all forms of cricket back in NZ…except women’s cricket.
Bowling Through India - out in June!
Episode 84 (22 March 2009): The “What About Those Warriors?” episode in which Kev, The Woman Slayer, Off White Thunder, Fat Lou’s Old Man and The Godfather review correspondence from Murray, Reg, Sharky and Mark, the News or Ruse goes off-track, we reselect the New Zealand team, Kev drops Ross Taylor, and the Woman Slayer tees off with his first fresh song for a while and it is pretty pessimistic - plus Warriors updates…listen in to the streaming version or download the mp3 below…all the shows are online here…or visit The BYC page on iTunes.
Episode 84 of The BYC: Beige Brigade podcast [28:28m]:
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