Dear St George’s Cricket Club,

I am writing this out of love and respect for our eastern traditions.

Much to the angst of most of my family, including my mother, June Famous, who have always supported that “other team”, I have been a lifelong supporter of St George’s.

For decades, I gleefully endured their very sad and disappointed faces after we took the trophy back home year after year.

Now it seems the shoe is on the other foot.

So I am just publicly letting you know that this year my continued support of St George’s has cost me dearly in many ways.

I am now forced, under duress, to make a public listing of all my debts.

Payday

To my aunt May Smith of the Pringle/Bean and Pine Smith clan, I have to arrange to visit Allen Temple to ask for forgiveness.

To her daughter, my ever-loving cousin, Selena Simons (née Smith), I owe a lobster dinner whenever lobster season starts. Wonder if she would settle for a guinea chick?

I owe some homemade goodies to Lisa Talbot (née Cann) and Crystal Burgess, Pine Smith’s daughter (which sucks even more, as they are from that “other school”).

Speaking of Pine Smith, Kevin Burrows, Lionel Pearman and Mr Scott, I owe them case of whatever they demand of me before I can set foot up George’s Bay Road again.

The Woody’s twins, Mya and Malika Smith, will be making demands of me as well before I can cross Watford Bridge again.

Then there is my children’s aunt, Michelle aka “Mikey” aka “Pinky”, of the Cann/Horton clan.

For the past eight years, $200 has been my standing bet with former national team and Somerset player Kevin Hurdle.

So I guess lunch will be peanut butter and jelly sandwiches for the next few months.

Perhaps the hardest one to face for the next 50 weeks is going to be Kevin Hurdle’s father-in-law, James “Bill” Minors, of St David’s. Anyone who knows him knows his mouth never stops moving.

Cyberbullies

On Facebook, there is a clan of people who take great pleasure in hounding all St George’s supporters with a month-long tirade of online Cup Match bullying. Now would be an opportune time to recognise or out them:

• Power Girl Trina

• Jefferson Sousa, the politician

• Graham Maule aka Mr Trombone

• Ellen-Kate Horton

• Carla John

• Makai Dickerson

• Dena Butterfield Phipps

• Sharon Burgess

• Mujib Swan

• Gilbert ladies (Betty Jean, Dawn and Karen)

• Shawnette Somner

• And the grand dame of the Somerset Facebook team, aunt Judy Outerbridge of the Cann/Horton clan

To them, I owe unblocking them on Facebook. Well at least until July 1, 2016.

Loyalist

I want to take a moment to say thank you to some other loyal St George’s supporters who have endured a ton of abuse online:

• Harry Brook Washington

• Senator Renee Ming

• Patrick Caton

• Brotha Richie

• Shari-Lynn Pringle

• Cindy Swan

• Jeff Sousa aka Conscious J from Irie FM

So you see St George’s Cricket Club, there may be many who are suddenly claiming that their granny’s cousins’ uncle once played for Somerset and now will be suddenly supporting Somerset, but we won’t be yellow-bellied traitors.

Signed,

Very Very Blue

P.S. Please bring back Uncle Charlie next year.