AND IF YOU SPOT A GROUP OF BIKERS, THEN BACK OUT QUIETLY..

The machete wielding masked bandits who burst into the Regents Park Sporting Club in Sydney, obviously hadn't thought things through properly. As they ordered the occupants of the bar to lie down on the floor they failed to notice the 50 bikers in the next room.

President of the Southern Cross Cruiser Club, Jerry 'Jester' van Cornewal. said, 'Fifty of us jumped out of our seats and raced out to the main bar.'

In an effort to escape, one of the robbers charged through a locked glass door, leapt off a 16ft balcony and ran through a bowling green, while the other ran through an exit behind the bar. The bikers tied up one of the men and waited for police to arrive. Police soon also located the second robber nearby. A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old were charged with attempted robbery.

The final word must go to Club founder, Noel 'Bear' Mannix, who said, 'It was very hard to see the expression on their faces because of the balaclavas, but I imagine it was something along lines of "Oh s***, what have we done here?"'

Ananova