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61 YEARS OF ENTENTE CORDIALE!

61 YEARS OF ENTENTE CORDIALE!

Jason Tams5 Oct 2015 - 08:46
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A group of distinguished Club members flew out to Nice on 24th September to meet up with Lille University Club (LUC) for the annual Dieppe Cup Golf

A group of distinguished Club members flew out to Nice on 24th September to meet up with Lille University Club (LUC) for the annual Dieppe Cup golf match,and three days of celebrations.
. For younger members' info, this reunion takes place, annually - alternate years in the UK and France - with a different venue every year. We've celebrated our rugby friendship in some great places including Brighton, Dieppe, Cannes, Liverpool, Bournemouth and Carcassonne - the 50th celebration was in Lille.
This year, the sixty first, we were in Biot, near Nice on the Cote d'Azur... a stunning hilltop village with a long history of art, glassblowing, ceramics and medieval battles. Our golf battle ended in a win for LUC - with fine performances by the French team and, for Brighton Blues, from Geoff Hindle and Keith Dixon, the hero of the day who played despite a leg injury..
The mayor of Biot, Mme Guilaine Debras and her husband danced the night away with us on Sunday.
Many thanks to our many Lille amis, especially Gerard Vincent and Vanessa Gheorghiu, Marie-Pierre and Stephane Verbreugh, and the team and supporters, for a great trip.
C'etait Magnique!!
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