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contact Backfire, Commercial Rm H203, Quadrant House, The Quadrant, Sutton, Surrey SM2 SAS, or fax 020
2 8969. Alternatively you can e-mail brian.weatherley@rbi.co.uk.
) Kiwi students who )ed onto the roof of a truck arch of a free ride across Ain city in New Zealand got 3 than they bargained for
1 they ended up 180 rather eight miles away. The cashpped pair aimed to jump off the driver stopped at ic lights. However there no stopping this driver and wasome ended up on a rcaaster ride doing speeds to 60mph into the wind and before arriving in Ashburton where they were met by the local police. Unusually for students drinking themselves into a stupor on cooking sherry and tequila, the pair were stonecold sober on their little adventure. But it seems some folk never learn—the pair then asked if they could hitchhike back home. "We weren't prepared to let that happen,'' said a bemused police officer. We took them to the information centre and made them buy bus tickets back home."
Coals to Newcastle...
grass to the UK. Dutch intermodal company Geest North Sea Line was called in to deliver 977 rolls of the finest Dutch turf to Cardiff's Millennium Stadium and Glasgow's Hampden Park in preparation for the Rugby Heineken Cup Final and UEFA Champion's League Cup Final. A spokesman says: "We hope this isjust the start of many victories to be seen on this hallowed turf." Well, they do say the best grass comes from Holland.