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Way down South
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Bob South, ex Royal Marine NCO and now the transport manager at Aerosol Products in Fitzherbeet Spur, Portsmouth, is a persuasive character—he had to be in his former career. "Being the best was only a case of giving the lads a bit of confidence," he says.
Last Saturday 31 years after he was "giving the lads a bit of confidence" at Normandy, Bob was at it again. This time 'in the less dangerous surroundings of Bordon Camp, Hants, at the CMLDoY eliminating heat. Bob's company operates only left-hand drive drawbar outfits and for some inexplicable reason there's no drawbar class in the LDoY competition.
Undeterred but determined to get his company into the final, Bob borrowed an attic outfit on the Friday evening before the event. He then set about persuading Tony Hayler, one of hits drivers, who had not driven an attic for two years, that there was nothing to it. You've guessed it—Tony competed at Bordon the next day and won Class G. "As I say, it's only a matter of giving the lads a but of confidence," said Bob.