Player Profile - Randal "El Presidente" Whittaker
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Bio - Randal is comfortably the elder statesman of the side having clocked up over 390 games for OHRFC. He was "elected" President of the Club for the 2009/2010 season replacing Andy Charles by dint less of ability, but age and no-one else wanting to do it. The legend goes that before the 2009 Canterbury Tour Randal had never missed an OHRFC tour despite his numerous bouts of Alzheimer's and Impotence. The fact that Randal has a wife and children and yet still turns out week-in and week-out for the Magenta and Whites is a testament to the security of his underground cellar network. No-on has ever seen his family, and he never, ever mentions them. Position - A Hooker by trade he has recently been seen masquerading as a full back, disappointingly backed up by a rifling right-foot cannon and disturbing turn of pace. His recent addition of lycra undershorts has, whilst accentuating his shapely excavator's thighs, added a "go faster" look to his ageing equipment. Despite this his unerring arrows in the lineout and his "experience" are still his chief weapons. Central to a dominant front row in 2008/2009 he also adds value around the park often fielding high kicks and running them back with the vigour of lost youth. AKA - "Randy", "El Presidente" and "Old Man" |
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Long and Rambling Bio Randal was born in the 60’s as a result of which he has a very sad but extensive selection of 80’s music and he claims that he was at Wham “the Final” and also at the Live Aid concert, in addition to having been to see Frank Chickens, Billy Bragg, Half Man Half Biscuit and other bands that you will not have heard of. Randal started his rugby career at Haberdashers Boys school reaching the dizzy heights of the 4th team in his final year. Having then been persuaded to join the might of OH back '87 he found himself playing for the Ex A team surrounded by like minded individuals who thought they were better than they actually were. Due to the retirement of several senior players, injuries to others and through the liberal use of bribery/blackmail since the start of the 89/90 season he has regularly ended up playing for the 1st XV and has done so in every position “definitely jack of all trades and crap at them all”. With the advent of professionalism there were concerns that one of the big teams might come in for him but for some reason the rugby club scouts overlooked him and as a consequence he continued to ply his trade down at Croxdale Road. As he now enters his twentieth season playing in the 1st XV it is quite frankly astonishing that he has still not been found out and now at the age of [Inset Number] he continues despite the protestations of others, to pitch up on Saturdays with his boots, still expecting to be selected.To add to the mystery he has also recently taken on the role of Club President and is the first individual in this role to continue with the pretence of playing. Randal enjoys – being 10 years older than everyone else in the team, an occasional glass of Blue Nun, talking about the old days and how at one stage there was no lifting at line outs and how professionalism has ruined the game, basically he is a miserable, grumpy old ……. Favorites song: Puff the Magic Dragon and Wake Me Up Before You GoGo Favourite gym exercise: unsure what a gym is but quite likes a Jacuzzi | |||
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