Jimm Crosby - Wing (UIUC Illinois, USA)
"I asked for a long pull, I dread to think what a short pull is like"
"Nice inviting water, like a fly and a nice inviting spider's web"
"I'll trade my . . ."
About Finland: "They've got girls and reindeer, and I'm not sure which was better"
"Why do we have to have mornings? Why can't we just have late afternoons that we can sleep through?"
"Two sticks up" Jimm - the world's first hydrophobic Octopush player

Douglas Cuthill - Wing & 1st Team Captain (Chesham)
"The wild man of Bologna"
"All I need now is a scooter and a medallion"
Fighting off Sara and Anna: "Aaarghhh, I've got a stitch"
Following on from the Orkney tour: "Three beautiful neutrophils, ha, ha, aaarghhh!"

Chris Davey - Centre (Chesham)
"Daay-Oh!"
"Once it gets going, it lasts for ages"
About Dejan: "If he wasn't on my team I'd have had him years ago"
When asked "How are you feeling?": "Five to eight is how I'm feeling"
"My head hurts just thinking about it"
"Oh God, what have I said *now*?"
Jumping into the water: "I think the pool's just rejected me"
With monster hangover: "I'll drive!"
Still with monster hangover, about Paul: "He's got his bag with him - he looks very organised, very serious. It won't help him today"
Pointing out through the flap of the tent after a night's rainfall: "There's a beer over there". From Martin: "Yeah, watered down, just like back home"

Ed Eilerts de Haan - Forward (Chesham / Slough)
Bouncing up and down as we landed (in stereo with Chris): "Oops, that was the end of the runway"
"Do you want me to get up and piss where I'm standing? I can do that"
To Mark S: "Are you sure your arse is OK?"
"A A A R R S E !", as he falls over the guy ropes AGAIN.

Sara Grenside - Forward (Chesham / London Ladies)
In a vodka-induced drawl: "Ish Hitaly han hour ahead?"
"So what's on offer?"
From Doug: "Aahh, fluffy"
"It was too irresistable . . .", as she kicked Dejan's backside and tickled Doug for the twentieth time.

Peter Hollingbery - Forward (Watford)
"I kept on being woken up throughout the night, by the rain and whatever"
"The few Italian words I know, I don't know what they mean"
"Once I hit the water, I'm in"
A la Marc Bolan: "Who put those trees in the way?"
". . . and a beer!"
About Doug: "Ah, he wants a quick release"
From Gilly: "I'll take that as a challenge". From Peter: "Well, I've not failed yet"

Val Lofty  - Wing (Watford / London Ladies)
From Paul: "It would take a lot to surprise Val"
"Don't you think Luca is sexy? There's just something about him"
To Peter: "Let me give you a hug to sort out your cramp". Val was cold and needed warming up!

Dejan Milovanovic - Back (URS Belgrade, Yugoslavia)
"God says I shouldn't smoke, so I won't smoke . . . has anyone got a lighter?"
About Chris: "I can smell you next door"
"I've been married". From Val: "Oh, your poor wife!"
"I'm not from Mexico"
"I don't need this shit to talk"
To Martin: "Can I borrow your ass?"

Liz Newton - Wing (Spectrum Angels)
To Martin: ". . . but you haven't got me paralytically drunk yet"
About Martin: "The wrist's obviously not up to it this week"
About Luca: "Bald heads are just so sensitive"

Martin Reed - Wing / Forward & 2nd Team Captain (Chesham)
To Chris: "Well, if Ed reckons you're diseased in breath, wait until he checks your mind"
"More totty than you could shake a stick at"
From Gilly: "Tell her to take a chill pill". From Martin: "She needs to take a whole packet!"

Rob Shipley - Back (Chesham)
"I'm using up all my energy just stopping myself from having a hangover"
"I must have been here before, because I'm here now"
"There's two bags and a tray over there, and if you view them from a certain angle they look like a duck"
"Food, beer, food, beer"
To Chris: "Hey, Garçon!"

Gilly Spencer  - Wing (Dunstable)
From our Zimbabwean diplomatic representative: "It's only 100,000 lire, but if it's the French it's too much"
"Go and score, Peter, and you'll score tonight"
"It was a lot easier at midnight in the dark, wasn't it Doug?"
"When I've had a bit too much to drink, things just slip out"
From Liz: "Bring on another man". From Martin: "They'll eat him for breakfast". From Gilly: "He wouldn't even touch the sides"

Paul Spiller  - Back (Watford)
"This is a silly idea, awakening before twelve"
"So will you suck my bones as well?"
"It's OK to be all shrivelled up on a cold day, but not on a warm day"
From Gilly: "I like her costume". From Paul: "I like what's in it!"

Mark "Damian" Sullivan - Forward (Chesham)
To Val: "Unzip me!"
From Mark: "I'm busy". From Liz: "What with?"

Keith Taylor - Wing (ex-Chesham)
"I put my chin in a grow-bag"
(Keith is six-foot-four or thereabouts): "I'm a legs man myself"
To Peter: "Well, you managed to wipe it all down my arm"

Anna Trivett - Forward (Chesham / London Ladies)
"Every time I put my suncream on, the sun goes in"
"I need winding up"
"Thank you"
About Rob: "The more drunk he gets the more 'Somerset' he becomes"

Mark Zvilius - Centre (UIUC Illinois, USA)
About GB2: "Come on, they're a physically stronger team, but we're better"
"I've sorted out everyone else's train times but my own"
"This trip this year has been the 'search for summer'"
"Is there any water in this water?"