Welwyn at the Stockholm 10's

Having completed 1 month of pre-season training and with 6 weeks until their first match, Welwyn RFC are sending a squad to the Stockholm Kronenbourg 10's Tournament. Departing 28th July for 4 days, they join 31 other mens teams at the event which has become one of the largest 10-a-side tournaments in the world.

stockholm team picture

See below for some amusing (?) profiles of the team that is going......

Name: Francis Baron Sutherland
Height: 6'
Weight: 15 stone
Favourite music: Sister Sledge - Frankie
Favourite Film: The Money Pit / The Flood
Interesting fact: Censored......

Name: Robert Inglebert Picken
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 16 stone
Favourite music: The Beegees
Favourite Film: Any Early Charlie Chaplin movie (silent)
Interesting fact: For charity the Bearded one once spoke non-stop for 2 days 6 hours (a world record), and is currently preparing an attempt to beat his own record.

Name: Louis Little Richard
Height: 5' 4"
Weight: 8 stone
Favourite music: The theme to the Rocky Horror Picture Show
Favourite Film: Me, Myself and Irene
Interesting fact: Louis has to buy his shoes from the internet, as "you can not find a good Cuban heel in the shops these days!"

Name: Thomas Roman Rominoff Jankalsky
Height: 5' 9"
Weight: 16 stone
Favourite music: Take that, Boyzone, Busted and now McFly.
Favourite Film: Brokeback Mountain
Interesting fact: Tom collects handbags, his collection is currently numbering at about 260, with all but 4 of them new and unused. These 4 are his favourites and he uses them at the weekends.

Name: Mark Christian Cullen
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 11 stone
Favourite music: Telly tubbies theme
Favourite Film: My Girl
Interesting fact: Mark spends over £1000 every visit to the hairdressers; his highlights alone are worth a cool £400!

Name: Peter Hansie Engledow
Height: 6'
Weight: 13 stone 8 pounds
Favourite music: The Rocky theme Tune
Favourite Film: Rocky I, II, III…
Interesting fact: Peter has the impressive ability to belch the entire South African national Anthem, whilst doing a head stand!

Name: Duke Robert Jessie James III
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 14 stone
Favourite music: Queen
Favourite Film: Carry on Henry
Interesting fact: Owning most of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and some of Hertfordshire, makes the Duke the 5th largest land owner in the UK.

Name: Jacques Jappie Naude
Height: 5' 10"
Weight: 18 stone
Favourite music: Bjork –It’s oh so quite…
Favourite Film: ‘Silence’ of the Lambs
Interesting fact: Although by many misinterpreted as being from South Africa, Jacques is actually from a small tribe called "the Mumbles" that live on the boarder between South Africa and Zimbabwe.

Name: Simon River Banks
Height: 5' 11"
Weight: 15 stone
Favourite music: Acid House
Favourite Film: Tootsie
Interesting fact: Despite appearing to be going bald, Banksie actually is getting more head!

Name: William Chunkarello Freeston
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: "Off the scales"
Favourite music: ABBA – Dancing Queen
Favourite Film: Summer Holiday, although anything with Cliff Richard in it.
Interesting fact: On first impressions you would believe that young Will is a bit of a ladies man. This is a common misconception as he is besotted and devoted to a particular Hertfordshire Lass.

Name: Peter John (PJ) Elliott
Height: 6' 2"
Weight: 15 stone
Favourite music: Beethoven
Favourite Film: Zulu
Interesting fact: While ‘living the dream’ and being the epitome of a lad when, with his mates, PJ likes nothing more than relaxing at home in front of his open fire, wearing only in his silk dressing gown (open) and smoking his favourite pipe.

Name: Joseph Brace-Letts
Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 18 stone
Favourite music: Gangster Rap
Favourite Film: Dirty Dancing or Pretty Woman.
Interesting fact: Like a prisoner serving a life sentence, Joe’s bed has been whittled away to nothing from the notches he’s had to make.

Name: Luke Robbie Williams
Height: 5' 8"
Weight: 10 stone
Favourite music: Robbie Williams – Angels (with a pint…)
Favourite Film: When Harry met Sally
Interesting fact: When not at rugby, Luke is studying to be Trolley Dolley for Easyjet, and is even taking lessons to walk “that way”!

Name: Dave H. Orton
Height: 6' 4"
Weight: 19 stone
Favourite music: Barry Manillo
Favourite Film: Anything with John Wayne – cowboy films make him cry!
Interesting fact: Don’t go near Dave with a magnet. He’s had extensive surgery to implant torso moulded metal plates under his skin, this causes an awful lot of problems at airport customs.