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IT'S not too often we tell you about the extra curriculum activities of our writers. Even less do we boast of their not inconsiderable success rate, but this week we make an exception.
While our athletes, decathletes and pentathletes were "enjoying" their worst Olympics since 1904 Les Oldridge, our legal eagle, and his son David were picking up a gold and a bronze at the Beaulieu Motor Museum.
They entered their Wallace 3hp engine in the stationary engine rally and won the vertical class, for which they received the Lister Trophy.
They also won the prize for working engines, that is engines used for driving some sort of machinery. Les and David completely overhauled the Wallace, which was built in Glasgow in 1920.
would now like to say that it was used to drive machinery in a whisky still, but, alas, no — was used in a cider factory.