So the time has come, my 21st birthday was Saturday and the trip to Vegas begins now. Am currently at Shieldsy's and as soon as we have this introduction done for you all we will be playing some PES until the cab arrives at 6am in the morning. Also joining us two on the trip are Rosy and Noly. We leave Heathrow for LA at 11.15 in the morning, and then as soon as we land at LA we leave for Vegas for the last hour of the journey. To start this diary I am going to introduce you all to the people on this trip and provide a profile on each


Name : Ben Turnstill
Nickname : Rookie
Sexuality : Straight
Age : 21
Weight : 8st
Playing Style : SLAG
Brief Description : Most successful of the quartet. Originally taught by Shieldsy, he started dealing the ITB home games before playing. Every week he used to play Shieldsy heads up, the score currently stands at 187 - 186 to Rookie.
Funny Moment : Famously wore womens underwear to play a 5-a-side game in Cardiff.

Name : Allan Shields
Nickname : Shieldsy
Sexuality : Straight?
Age : 27
Weight : Currently Unavailable as the docks are closed at time of writing.
Playing Style : Weak/Passive
Brief Description : Fat. Has been after a heads up game vs Rookie for the last two years, but has been denied every time, despite playing every week for the previous 373 weeks.
Funny Moment : Has been known to pull out the moves on the dancefloor. Caterpillar is his specialty. Once had a dance off in Charlie Browns and threw his opponent through the air onto their arse (she was a 4ft female).

Name : Rory Dawson
Nickname : Rosy
Sexuality: MILF Hunter
Age : 12
Weight : 6 st
Playing Style : Luckbox/Cardrack
Brief Description : Currently 2nd in the ITB Rankings, behind Shieldsy. Rosy has improved considerably, since the days of the small ITB home game. "The Rosy Stab" - to put an obvious bluff into a pot when checked to you.
Funny Moment : Jumped head first down a kids bouncy slide on Yarmouth seafront. For every bounce there was an "Argh"

Name : Darren Nolan
Nickname : Noly
Sexuality : [ ] Straight
Age : 45
Weight : 14 st
Playing Style : 'tard
Brief Description : Ginger. World's Strongest Man winner 1995-98, then 2000-08. 1999 was a year he will want to forget, he famously pulled out of the competition after the press revealed pictures of him and a mystery man (later to be revealed as George Michael) at a swanky Brighton hotel.
Funny Moment : Almost killed Rookie when setting off a fire extinguisher in a caravan at Yarmouth whilst Rookie was asleep. All because he was accused of being "not very exciting".