Profiles - Irish Deliverance 2012

Name: James
Role:   Front line paddler, Diplomacy, Experienced Woodsman.
Age:    49 (will be when we start)
Born :  Coventry
Work:   Bricklayer, Diplomat, Singer.
Married: Nearly 
Drinking: Premiership although prone to nodding off late on.
Interests :  Dogging or Dog Walking (?) Mongol veteran

Name:  Steve
Role:   Front line paddler, Navigation, Repairs to anything that breaks
Age:    49 ( will be)
Born:   Leamington Spa
Work:  Jovial Landlord, Roofer
Married: Indeed, to an extremely waspish type
Drinking: Champions League. Landlord of Hope & Anchor, Likes the Woods 
Interests: Engines,Golf (ish), More engines, Mongol veteran, Women's underwear



Name: Big Dai
Role:  Front line paddler, Tipster, Erection of tents (he's been camping before).
Age:    50
Born:   Leamington Spa
Work:  Engineer (Or something in a factory ?)
Married: Divorced, Latest status subject to speculation
Drinking: Premiership, Tends to slyly slope off
Interests: Horse racing, Running, Bit of a concert goer, Raves, Mongol veteran
Note: Photograph cropped to avoid embarrassment to family








Name:  Paul ,Lone Wolf McQuade, The Chosen One
Role: Front line paddler, Seeker of ale, Sage, Entertainment
Age:   48 or 49
Born:   Leamington Spa probably
Work : Plumber
Married:  Yes, On about his 4th or 5th
Drinking:  Champions League, Miserable without ale
Interests:  Drinking, Weddings, Leamington Football Club, Cream Horns, Drinking, Mongol Veteran


Name:  Steph
Role: : Driving, Reconnaissance (Pubs) Could be roped in to paddle a mile or two
Age: 40 ish
Born:  Caerphilly, Wales
Work: No Idea, somewhere Birmingham way I think
Married: No, but newly courting, A bit of a Lothario,
Drinking : Premiership, Often seen propping up the "wood" when not skint
Interests:  Rugby Union (well he's Welsh) Women, Loving, Golf bunkers.



Name:  Shorty
Role:    Driving, Cooking, Sarcasm
Age:      50  
Born:     Leamington Spa
Work:   Roofer, House husband 
Married:  Yes to Elizabeth, Grandfather to many.
Drinking: Premiership, Highly caustic whilst intoxicated
Interests:  Sleeping, Sarcasm




Name: Kev

Role: Trailblazing canoeist, Photographer, Blogger, 
Age:  About 46
Born:  Leamington Spa
Work: Dedicated, Irreplaceable cutting edge delivery officer at Royal Mail
Married: Cruelly separated but hasn't cried for ages
Drinking: Premiership especially since being back "on the wrist"
Interests: Photography, Pure Mathematics, Quantum Physics, Archaeology, Computational Chemistry and Marbles.


Name: Jonny
Role:   Front line paddler, Organiser, Repairer,
Age:    Mid 40's
Born:  Leamington Spa
Work  Designs cars I believe, pity it wasn't boats
Married : Was, but now with partner and proud producer of young son
Drinking:  Division 1, although not 100% about this, May struggle to keep up with the top drinkers like Lone Wolf.
Interests:  Organising things, Concerts, Turkish hospitals, Mongol veteran.










These are the lads I know that are definitely on the ferry to Ireland, the finest body of athletes you could  wish to meet !?...... Anymore, and I think that is likely, and the profiles will follow assuming of course that I know 'em.