Its funny, as Brett Geeves prepares to play for Australia in the upcoming 20/20 in South Africa, i discovered a bit of paper i thought i had lost. What does this have to do with Brett? well its how i met him nearly 8 years ago.
In early 2002 i was in year 9 at New Norfolk High School in Tasmania. This was my 2nd year at the school and my 2nd year in Tasmania and it had only been in the previous 6 months that i had become a big fan of the Tasmanian Tigers cricket team. I remember sitting in Art class with my 2 friends trying to survive the time because i was dying of boredom, until one of my friends noticed the year 7rs were having PE class on the Oval. As we watched we saw they were having cricket games which were being directed by 2 guys one of which was wearing a Tasmanian Tigers uniform. One of my friends commented on how good looking he was and how we all wished for once that we were in PE rather than Art class.
So on my suggestion we took off at the bell through the emergency exit to get to the Oval as quickly as possible. We were going to try and get the guys autographs and perve whichever came first. But at the very last minute my 2 friends chickened out and left me to go over and ask for autographs by myself, so i did. As i walked over ill admit i was nervous, i hadnt done this sort of thing before but i used all the confidence i had and had a lengthy conversation with Brett and Peter Dickson (the other guy) while my 2 friends poked their heads around the side to see what was going on.
So as i got my bit of paper signed and my other friends, i commented that one of my 2 friends thought that Brett was hot. What i didnt realise was that Peter then wrote Bretts mobile number on her bit of paper!. This shocked me when i took it back to them afterwards. But i thanked the guys and left to rejoin my friends. I cant really comment on what happened next because i dont really know from what i heard my friend texted Brett several times and got Bretts girlfriend annoyed. Now if anyone who knows Brett or if Bretts girlfriend reads this im sorry again i should have stopped my friend from doing it.
2 years later i went to college and in my last year before i took a year off i decided to go to the Tigers vs the Bulls 4 day game at Bellrieve Oval. And unfortunatly it started to rain and it was going to be hours before my dad was due to pick me up. When Brett came out to sign a few autographs for kids i decided to re-introduce myself, i was shocked when he remembered who i was. We ended up having a lengthy chat about what happened and he even told me he had to change his mobile number over it! (sorry Brett again!) I apologised on behalf of the others but he told me not to worry as i wasnt involved.
So now its 2009 and i was going through some folders and i found the bit of paper Brett autographed for me years ago. And then i remembered this story, i do plan on writing to Brett to remind him to see how things have gone haha.
I wish Brett the best of luck for the 20/20s and ODI's in South Africa, its nice to see his career go the way it has.
Anyways here is the autograph i got from Brett and Peter. And Bretts inscription makes alot of sense now doesnt it? haha
PIC: http://karissawebster.fotopic.net/p56881788.html
Enjoy!
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