With thanks to our former newsletter editor, Gordon Fogg, this collection includes limericks devoted to Club members past and present. It also includes other poetry that has appeared in the newsletter!
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| Limerick 1: John McGowan (life-member & former vice-chair) |
| ‘Though John M. sits in our vice chair |
| Of his vices we’re not aware |
| His virtues we know |
| But he has to go |
| So goodbye and good luck down there |
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| Limerick 2: Michael Collins |
| Master-mind of our move to SB |
| Master Chef, he’s been seen on TV |
| As a master maths don |
| He’s second to none |
| And at Club he’s also our MC |
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| Limerick 3: Maralyn Scott (former “Sisters Network” co-ordinator) |
| Most of us knew Maralyn Scott |
| She was down at the Club quite a lot |
| But if you missed her |
| She was little Big Sister |
| To the lady members we’d got |
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| Limerick 4: Gerry Smith |
| His London training went to plan, |
| Now he’s KRAC’s top marathon man |
| If you wanted a bet |
| He can do better yet |
| Then the banker is that Gerry can! |
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| Limerick 5: Pete Kyberd |
| Pete Kyberd’s C.V. clearly shows |
| More on bionic arms no-one knows |
| So why in athletics |
| Can’t he use his prosthetics |
| To get us four firsts in the throws? |
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| Limerick 6: Alan Caine |
| Our press secretary Alan Caine |
| He’s clearly not one to complain |
| He’s the strong silent type |
| And you won’t hear him gripe |
| Unless Mick Search beats him again! |
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| Limerick 7: Jose Phillips (former Club throws specialist) |
| Thirty, ten, fifty’s the goal |
| For Phillips, our ace-in-the-hole |
| He gives all he’s got |
| In the discus and shot |
| But javelin for Jose … it’s a stroll! |
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| Limerick 8: Ruth Allen |
| Great respect our Miss Allen enjoys |
| As by day teaching skills she deploys |
| But come training nights |
| She dons lycra tights |
| And cruises the streets with the boys |
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| Limerick 9: Gordon Fogg |
| Your newsletter editor Fogg |
| Went out for a cross country jog |
| In avoiding a dog |
| He tripped on a log |
| And he fell face first in a bog |
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| Limerick 10: Gary Jennings |
| You’re top man in that green and gold vest |
| For your points in Division 4 West |
| Your all round expertise |
| Plus your hammer PBs |
| Have ensured Gary J’s been the best |
| You’ll look back on field and track and be proud |
| Of those pre-nuptial agreements you vowed |
| For with honeymoon planned |
| All high hurdling was banned |
| But one recalls your swinging balls were allowed! |
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| Limerick 11: Dave Lancaster (Fellow Reading resident!) |
| Our first Reading link was Dave Lanc. |
| A link that you’d think I would thank |
| But he’s too quick for me |
| As training company |
| Due to all that drink that I’ve drank! |
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| Limerick 12: Mick Search (Keen Wolves fan!) |
| My last line is to blame … that’s for sure |
| If you think Michael Search must be poor |
| For you see … it is true |
| His house name’s Molineux |
| So he can’t keep the Wolves from his door! |
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| Limerick 13: Graham Cripps |
| On a diet of sausage and chips |
| Of spicy Doritos and dips |
| On biscuits and cake |
| He’s thin as a rake |
| For only whole foods pass his lips |
| But enough of these culinary quips |
| Hot Chocolates and Chicory Tips |
| As a pub quizzing buff |
| He knows this old stuff |
| But can he tell what the hell rhymes with Cripps? |
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| Limerick 14: Wiz Bunce |
| A limerick rhyme for our Wiz |
| Is what these lines actually is! |
| That’s wrong insofar |
| As it ought to be “are” |
| But critics can mind their own biz! |
| Now back to the subject in hand |
| Ever since Dubya Bunce joined our band |
| He’s been really nifty |
| Belied that V50 |
| But not all races run went as planned! |
| He’ll recall Reading roads that’s for sure |
| Where he ran ‘til he couldn’t run more |
| He finished and then |
| Swore “Never again!” |
| Where on earth have we heard that before? |
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| Fate or Physics? |
| A cautionary tale must be told |
| Of events (and a bike) that unfold |
| It concerns Peter K |
| Who, commuting one day, |
| Found some cruel dice of fate had been rolled |
| His routine I ought to explain |
| Involves stowing his bike on the train |
| To complete such a feat |
| It folds up nice and neat |
| Yet reforms with a flick once again |
| Up ‘til then he had wheeled undisturbed |
| He’d trained back to Oxford unperturbed |
| Whereupon he bestrode |
| And his old Brompton rode |
| But his journey was soon to be CURBED! |
| What occurred, so I’ve heard, on this day |
| Was that haste had led caution astray |
| And a momentary lapse |
| Brought on total collapse … |
| Led to wipe out as surfers would say |
| So with damage to shoulder and pride |
| He’ll reflect what deflected his ride |
| For Newtonian law |
| Left him there on the floor |
| And such dictates cannot be denied |
| After this my details are dim |
| Whither bike? And indeed whither him? |
| At some stage wounded wing |
| Was trussed up in a sling |
| And wounded bike, alas, lost a limb |
| Was it fate or physics caused this mess? |
| Which culprit caused Peter duress? |
| What force broke his shoulder |
| Corrupted his folder? |
| I’d guess that he couldn’t care less!! |
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| “CLUBMAN” (dedicated to Paul Jennings) |
| He’s a javelin hurler |
| A hammer chain whirler |
| He heaves that ball from the cage |
| He’s a local road racer |
| Sometime steeplechaser |
| Competing with men half his age |
| He’s a trainer, a trier |
| A van Oudtshoorn flier |
| Even a pitcher of tents |
| He’s a marshall arranger |
| For certain no stranger |
| To putting on social events |
| He’s a spiker, a raker |
| A high-hurdle breaker |
| Doing the best that he could |
| He’s a London survivor |
| Has been our coach driver |
| But never a stick-in-the-mud ! |
| He’s a race-walk winner |
| A pole-vault beginner |
| A jumper, a sprinter and more |
| And ‘though no world beater |
| Over 5000 metre |
| He will always add to the score |
| He’s a cross-country harrier |
| A vaulting pole carrier |
| A chauffeur to meets far and wide |
| He’s our track and field leader |
| A super-vet speeder |
| There’s little that he hasn’t tried |
| Grandfather and father |
| He’d probably rather |
| That line was simply not seen |
| But for this PB setter |
| What could serve the Club better |
| Than three generations of Green!? |
