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LOFT's Summer Special
6/20/2004

Yesterday, LOFT held its Summer Special at the Birkbeck Tavern in Leytonstone. First up was the 1st Annual LOFT Pool Competition, which was won by Dale Jacobs (his prize: a crate of lager) who beat Oli Button in the final (second prize: a pool cue).

Then, after a buffet lunch laid on by some members of the LOFT committee, came a talk and Q&A session on the subject of "Football in Politics and Politics in Football" with our special guests, Tony Banks MP (former Minister of Sport) and Harry Cohen MP (who is, of course, one of LOFT's trustees).

Among the subjects discussed were:

The quote of the afternoon came form Tony: "The short answer at the end of my long answer is that I don't know what the answer is!"

The afternoon ended with a Golden Goal competition based around the Germany vs. Latvia game, and the resulting 0-0 scoreline meant that the competition lasted right up to the final whistle!

Thank you to those who attended; we hope you enjoyed the day. Thanks also to Tony Banks and Harry Cohen, not only for taking time out of their schedule, but also for such an interesting and lively meeting.

Pictures of the meeting can be viewed by clicking here.

Many thanks to Roy (the Birkbeck's landlord and another of our trustees!) for the use of the facilities and for providing the pool cue; to Gudrun, Frank, Vicki and Jonathan on the committee for laying on the food; and, to LOFT's Chair, Doug Harper, for calling Tony Banks a hypocrite in the first place (for which he publicly apologised at the meeting), which was the genesis of the meeting!




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