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The forum is usually an opportunity for members to vent their spleens, but in a Championship winning season (have I mentioned that fact before?) there wasn’t too much spleen to vent. In the period that Janet regularly reported matches for MTWD, between 2006 and 2009, she provided a great many match reports and photographs. As the MTWD team had advised me, Janet wasn’t the easiest contributor on our books. The Thomas Lord Suite is large enough for a lecture-style room for the meeting and a large open space next door for the party afterwards. The mood at the party was as good as you might expect. Apparently this was an age-old Seaxe Club tradition, but as far as I know it has not been done since 2009 (May 2017 is the time of writing). Part two of Kev's three parter, as a departing gift to MTWD. This capturesa uniquetake on our September roller coaster ride on somehow achieving promotion. Enjoy!

Before and after the buffet, Gus Fraser hosted a show; basically a reprise of the 2016 County Championship campaign. There were several sections and subsections (Gus got mightily confused/confusing over the segmentation aspects of the show), including video clips and discussion, with the whole 2016 squad forming a large panel. Subsequently, Ian Lovett and Mike O’Farrell have been remarkable generals of the club. I don’t think Ian and I will ever forget an evening we spent at Old Trafford in 2014, when relegation seemed a genuine possibility. We sat in the hotel bar at some unearthly hour both nursing gin and tonics almost too tense to talk, scared we would in some way jinx our team – a team that neither of us thought should be fighting to avoid relegation. Mike will be a brilliant Chairman, I know of no-one who is calmer in troubled times or has better judgement. I was born and raised in Devon. My father was a supporter of Plymouth Argyle and Somerset CCC. For a reason we never managed to resolve, he didn't take me to see his favourite teams so I didn't become a fan of either of them. I left Devon and moved to London in 1980, my working life taking me into into the television, travel and mobile telephony industries over the next almost-40-years. I retired in August 2018 just before I would have been expected to work on a project installing 5G networks across the country for one of the big four mobile providers. Far too much stress!

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Of course those one day finals, were embellished by significant successes in the County Championship (to me it will always be sponsored by Schweppes!) and the John Player League but it was those limited over thrillers that inspired me and I am determined that my tenure as CEO will see more of them - days that supporters remember forever, days that make heroes.

Barmy Kev got a bottle of wine quite early in the event and kindly shared it with me. I now owe Kev a couple of drinks; a point that needs stating and on the evening was oft-repeated. The panel discussion, with traditional libations before and during the panel, was quite lively, with Richard Scott and Shilpa Patel bringing very different perspectives to the questions.Janet’s match reports were often brimming with details about her life…details of her journey, her lousy neighbours, every aspect of the lunch she had brought with her, the posse of Allen Stand gossips who attended that day. Astonishingly, MTWD match report readers learnt more about Janet’s pussy (indeed several cats over the years) than the UK public ever learnt about Mrs Slocombe’s pussy, Tiddles, in Are You being Served. Richard Goatley decribes his Middlesex Journey from a kid supporting the club to Chief Executive. A fascinating read.

The AGM was no more dull than usual, in the main. The contentious issue of the new T20 tournament was handled very well, with Mike O’Farrell signalling what was to come in his opening remarks and Richard Goatley then reading out the statement, getting early applause when the gist of it became clear to the throng. Today's announcement from the ECB draws a line under the matter, and we accept their findings that historically, under previous administration, the club has been poorly financially managed over a number of years," they said. Middlesex responded with a statement that described them as "extremely disappointed with the outcome of the ECB's investigation and the sanctions which are imposed upon us."Middlesex and Lord’s have impacted me in other ways too. I first met my wife Lucy at Lord’s in 2005 and we had our wedding reception in the Committee Dining Room. My children have all grown up knowing Lord’s as a second home to them and love the association. They were truly born into the club. Not such clever scheduling on my part for this day (my own fault), so I ended up hot-footing it from the City to get to Lord’s on time. My timing issues were exacerbated by the early start scheduled (17:30) and a late change to the AGM venue, which was supposed to be in the Thomas Lord Suite, as last year, but was switched to the Nursery Pavilion at the last minute.

Still, I took the Friday off and went to Lord’s to see Day One of the Northants match, probably taking a wad of reading with me, as was my wont.This one was supposed to be in The President’s Box as last year (a suitable size of venue) but had to be moved to The Thomas Lord Suite (ridiculously oversized) due to some flooding problems and the need temporarily to relocate some MCC staff to The President’s Box. When I first met Chunky In Argyllat Lords , I encouraged him to write a match report for MTWD . Close to what seems like 100 years later Chunkyhas complied. Hestarts with memories on what watching sport 1923. Then we have an account of Middlesex Somerset game 9th March 1923. Our beloved game has changed so much. We look forward Chunky's next offering 2123. Thank you chunky for sharing. Enjoy. Yes, Janet certainly had her favourites. Chad Keegan, I recall in particular. She also had a soft spot for Chris Wright – I remember Janet was devastated when Chris left Middlesex (or should I say, in Janet style, “was poached by Essex”?). Despite the supersized venue, this was still a cosy gathering of the Seaxe clan; depleted in numbers this year but always a joy to see those friendly Middlesex faces again.

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