Monday 4 March 2013

NS-ARRRRRGGHHH!

The 'heroes' assembled




The 1st of March, not only the star of spring but the start of a very interesting weekend, welcomed a group of paddlers to the everyday scene at sheds, and it is here where our heroes start their journey’s…

So as per usual we had the meet at sheds for packing and stacking which became interesting very quickly by the introduction of Grog McDimond’s girlfriend ‘Busty Bonita’ the figurehead for our pirate ship and a would-have-been mascot for the university. After a rather uneventful journey consisting of showing off our sex doll to strangers and pissing on bins we arrived in full force a whole set of swashbuckling heroes at Nottingham’s only half decent spot, the National Water sports Centre.  It is here where our heroes’ story becomes dark, darker than ever could have ever been imagined.

Our unsuspecting villain, Samuel Salisbury AKA Woman killer, Fun sponge and Twat, was hit on the back of the head by a flying inflatable sex toy kicked by Iain. Sam, innocently and unsuspectingly, kicked it back and managed to pierce the ‘Gooch’ of Bonita with his clown feet and blew her womb into confetti. 

Once the tears had fallen and Sam had been abused, our pirate captain Stu led his men on a journey of self-discovery and self-abuse. That night consisted of hard-core partying and drinking with some of the country’s best (and worst) kayakers, there were naked men, naked women, copious amounts of body odour and Liverpool’s pirates proceeded to party on through the night making their presence known. 

What really occurred on that dark night nobody is sure, what we do know is somehow Tim pulled, James pushed…. his guts all over the floor for the next 24 hours and Bonita was still lying in tatters.

The next day the majority of us were up surprisingly early and headed to the course with a heart full of dreams and a head full of ideas of how to take the NSR by storm… Grog wasn’t one of these people, whilst earning man points for being the first on the water he proceeded to be the most miserable looking kayaker of the day. To add to this humorous occasion Greg was only saved from swimming on the novice wave by some help from a fellow kayaker but true to form he battled through and made his way into the intermediate men’s. 

Once the rest of us found our energy we made to the water and showed every other Uni what we could do, we tried our best and had a good time. The kayaking that day was topped off by two events which shall go down in Liverpool pirate history. Firstly, the Duo, which sadly and questionably Liam and Stu lost, although they put in brilliant effort and showed off rolling around. This was then followed by Hannah and Fiona putting in some bitching moves in the Novice heats, whilst Fiona may not have made it through, Hannah used the trip porn (Some brilliant material provided by Ruth) as best as she could and pushed her way into the finals. Kayaking competitions over for the day the pirates went to work.

Finding the highest peak in Nottingham to place our trusty ship we set up camp and proceeded to drink and pillage to the best of our abilities. We managed to steal the clothes off of Aberystwyth’s back and kidnap the Rodeo Rabbit, all in good fun, and made good headway into winning the spirit of NSR only to be hindered by Birmingham’s candyfloss and clowning around.

After catching the sun Liverpool’s heroes had some dinner and naptime then got their inner animal on for an evening of circus tricks and sticky wicks. But for some this was not meant to last, our fellow pirate Seaman Staines (Hannah) fell at what would be considered the second hurdle as she did make it through the door. She then passed out and hugged a pole, an actual pole, which caused amusement for many. Once she returned to her cabin the rest of us continued to party hard, some with the spirit of an animal, some with a lack of balance and self-respect and others with junior freestyle champions. It was fair to say that night some people came, some people got sore (Adi) and some people got conquered.

Happy Fred
As rosy-cheeked dawn ascended the spring sky fewer paddlers made it than previously had been hoped, although some did make it to the water and put in brilliant performances, many others set up camp once more and cheered and partied their way through a day of brilliant expert kayaking  and Rodeo Rabbit takedowns. Whilst a number of males, you know who you are, put in brilliant yet under-rated performances in the intermediate men’s, there was one woman who stood above the rest and held Liverpool’s brightest future in her hands… Hannah.  As we watched on with anticipation those dick-heads from Birmingham continued to clown around although somewhat less enthusiastically than the day before and somehow managed to beat Hannah with her fancy dress, punny placards and boobs. 



And although we ended the day with less prizes than we may have hope for we did what we wanted to do and showed the rest of the UK how Liverpool do it.

By Sam Salisbury