Presidents on collision course as ex-Railway chief tackles Old Wesley claim
Francis Roche has taken 'huge' exception to a recent Notice Board article on current Old Wesley president Dave Bursey's exploits in Metro League Division 9
Railway's immediate past president Francis Roche has taken 'huge' exception to a recent Notice Board article on current Old Wesley president Dave Bursey's exploits in Metro League Division 9.
"Only playing president in the whole province? He wasn't even the only playing president in the whole match," claimed an exasperated Roche, who plainly follows the mantra 'once a president, always a president'.
Roche was said to be particularly aggrieved as Bursey didn't remember him, even though he was his opposite prop for the entire 80 minutes.
"To add further fuel to the fire," added Roche, "our current president, Shirley Corcoran played the full 80 minutes on the following day in our Women's AIL Division 1 victory in Highfield. So we had two playing presidents in the one weekend."
Roche conceded, however, that Bursey was instrumental in securing a comprehensive 32-3 victory for rampant Old Wesley, a fact that didn't seem to discourage a bullish Roche.
"The return fixture is on January 17 in Railway," said Roche. "And my bet to Dave is this: both of us tog out again and the losing president buys a round of drinks for both teams."
Over to you, Dave!
