World_of_Groggs

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GROGGS
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MADE IN WALES

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As you can imagine things have been quite hectic here preparing our new figures in time for christmas and there have been two big events in our calender were the Ex-players Association dinner and the presentation to John of the Chancellors medal by the University of Glamorgan.

The Ex-players dinner took place at the Marriott Hotel o

n September 20th. and celebrated the 25th. anniversary of the 1976 Grand Slam. We were delighted to be involved, donating number 25 of the Limited Edition Gareth Edwards 'Hand-off' figures for auction and presenting each player from that legendary side with a figure of themselves complete with a special commemorative Grand Slam inscription. It was a great evening and it was lovely to meet up with our heroes once again.

It certainly doesn't seem like 25 years since we were basking in the 'Glory years' of Welsh rugby.

'The Greatest' - Gareth Edwards with the No. 25 'Hand-Off'figure
Alongside: John, Richard and Max Boyce

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"Feeling Groggy", John get's to grips with old mates, Steve Fenwick and Tommy David

Graham Price with his specially inscribed 'Front Row'

Spear tackled by the deadly Scarlet's mid-field of Roy Bergiers and Ray Gravell

On the 19th. July, 'Our Leader', John Hughes, was presented with the Chancellors Medal by the University of Glamorgan, "in recognition of his distinctive contribution to the promotion of welsh culture".

John was honoured in the same week as Tanni Gray Thompson, Phillip Madoc and Sir Patrick Moore. We would like to thank again the Chancellor, Rt. Hon. Lord Merlyn Rees and the Pro-Chancellor, Mr. R.P.V. Rees OBEfor a great day aand their wonderful hospitality. At the moment there are no plans to make a Grogg of Johnin his robes!

Talking of Groggs, there are many new figures and some old figure making a return to our range. Due to popular demand some of the older 9" clay figures have been re-modelled and put back on the shelves. The first of these are:
Steve Fenwick, Robert Jones, Phillipe Sella, Gavin Hastings and last but not least, Englands record cap holder, Jason Leonard.

Richard putting the finishing touches to the New 9" Keith Wood.	New Limited Edition 9" figures of Dafydd James and Keith Wood are now available to order, both limited to 300 pieces. The Keith Wood was started the week prior to his amazing 'Man of the Match' performance in the Irish win over England and will be available in Irish and Lion's strip priced at£49.95 and £59.95 respectively. Three new Mini's have been added to our ever growing 6" collection: England's goal kicking ace, Jonny Wilkinson, the 'Lion King' himself, Martin Johnson and Wales' daredevil full-back, Kevin Morgan, all available at £24.95 each. Some more great memorabilia has come our way. Neil has kindly donated his Lion's No.10 shirt from the recent Australia tour, a unique double for us as we are now the proud owners of two of his Lion's shirts! Garin has presented us with his League Champions 2001 Swansea shirt and Lee Jarvis has filled the only gap in our collection with a Japanese shirt from the Welsh summer tour.	Grogg of the Month
The new Kevin Morgan mini nearly finished	Great new memoribilia	The new Jonny Wilkinson mini
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A new Limited Edition Collier has been finished just in time for Christmas. Standing approximately 15" tall it depicts in great detail John Hughes' paternal grandfather, Richard, who was a repairer in the Albion colliery, Cilfynydd, in the 1890's. This evocative piece is limited to just 100 figures of which 27 are already sold.Collectors will be pleased to hear that a special 30th. anniversay collectors guide to the World of Groggs is currently being compiled and should be available before Christmas, a great stocking filler for any Groggs fan. Although difficult to compress the shops history into a book format, the intention is to chart the story of the Groggs from their beginnings in the coal shed at 26 Llantwit Road, to their now well established home at the Groggshop in Pontypridd. Robin McBride recently visited us at the Groggshop following the Lion's tour of Australia to recieve his mini groggs in both Wales and Llanelli strip. We are pleased to say that he was delighted with them. The New Limited Edition Collier
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