GROGS Lunches seem to becoming more and more popular as, once again, a record number of members gathered to hear a well-known character in West of Scotland rugby - Tony Peters, President of Marr Rugby Club. When introduced by Chairman, Johnston Sime, we were told that Tony’s nickname was “Motors”, because of the business he was involved in. Tony didn’t let us down although those who came along to perhaps learn why Marr is not doing so well this year or what the residents of Troon think about the goings-on in the denizens of Murrayfield were about to be disappointed. On the other hand, those who came to hear Tony the stand-up comedian would have been delighted, as would most of the rest who might not have known what to expect. His skill as a speaker was obvious from the start and his experience with a rugby orientated audience was equally obvious throughout. Tony started off pretending that he had applied for an AI generated speech, which was clearly not the case. This was all his own work! He then gave the best advert for shopping at Asda that anyone listening would ever have heard before going on to deliver a series of one liners our only previous stand-up comedian speaker, Andy Cameron, would have been proud of. Tony did mention rugby when he described the perilous position Marr finds itself in, standing in 10th place in a 13 team Premier League from which 3 teams will be relegated this year. It was obvious he was hurting! He also mentioned his own limited experience in the playing side of the game, a bitter disappointment to his father, a Welsh rugby fanatic. Then on with the one-liners, particularly targeting some of the GROGs present. He had obviously done his homework as all his targets were on the mark, perhaps with one exception towards the end! Tony’s final story involved a punch line of “mind your own business” but the Chairman’s last piece of business was to express much appreciation and to award him with a well earned bottle of Famous GROGS Whisky.