Totton & Eling's Simon Preston is a man of many talents. In his younger days, a very decent footballer and a year or two back a useful Southern League batsman. Nowadays he's MasterChef and Groundsman et al at Southern Gardens - but never previously had flood clearance on his CV !
These were the bleak scenes on the morning of Totton & Eling's eagerly awaited match against the Lashings World XI, Southern Gardens afloat after a Biblical storm.
Hey presto (or should it be Presso ?), where King Canute failed to stem the tide in 1016, Simon Preston succeeded in August 2022 and, with a little help from his super-sopper and his trust garden prong, he got the pitch and outfield playable - so his marquee full of corporate guests could enjoy an afternoon's cricket ... and a Totton victory (Bad luck, Scott Charlton ...).
These were the bleak scenes on the morning of Totton & Eling's eagerly awaited match against the Lashings World XI, Southern Gardens afloat after a Biblical storm.
Hey presto (or should it be Presso ?), where King Canute failed to stem the tide in 1016, Simon Preston succeeded in August 2022 and, with a little help from his super-sopper and his trust garden prong, he got the pitch and outfield playable - so his marquee full of corporate guests could enjoy an afternoon's cricket ... and a Totton victory (Bad luck, Scott Charlton ...).