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Members from the M3s/M4s/M5s gathered under stunning bright blue skies.
Chairman John Greaves split the players into purples and yellows by first ordering everyone to stand in a firing line formation. Unfortunately, our collective hockey starved brains didn't remember what a line looked like without a fare bit of prodding, but once ...
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Five Thursdays, over 13 hours of hockey, 123 goals, 4 penalty shoot-outs and 100 chocolate medals either eaten, worn down the pub on Friday night or melted in your stick bag at the Saffron Walden Bailey Cup on Saturday, it’s all over for another year! Forget the summer solstice, the new start of summer ...
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The car was filled with an inflatable mattress, two cool boxes, a gazebo, several crates of beer and cider, camping chairs, personalised T-shirts, vacuum-packed duvet, a cardboard shell and a papier-maché star: this can only mean one thing…Ely weekend!!
Everyone woke early on Saturday morning and managed to make it to Ely on time ...
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Before we start next season, it's time to reflect on the achievements of 2016/2017 and immortalise the great players and hapless comedians of the past year. For those looking for the unofficial blogpost with details of the revellry, hop on over to Robyn and Simon's entry.
To wrap up the 2016/2017 ...
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By Robyn McLean
I guess I should have seen the writing on the wall when I had to take my shoes off because they were hurting too much at 5.45pm. Nonetheless, I’d had my champers on ice since the late morning and nothing was going to stop me. I popped in ...
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A new format saw club night run across two evenings, with the cup final on the second night. After a gripping game between the Red and Yellow teams (captained by the Edges), the winners of the tournament were the Yellow team (I am the Law-ra).
A big thank you to the helpers on the evenings ...
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Celebratory fizz was popped; costumes were climbed into; questions were raised over whether Dave Aston had gone commando inside his Bunny onesie. Pleasantries (and some woeful warming up) concluded, the teams were split: Humans vs Animals (plus a few stragglers)
The game was tense! There were mini-match-ups all over the pitch. Mario Alan fighting Toad ...
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This is a sing along Blog, go for it.
Oh the weather outside was frightful... but the company was so delightful. The Panton Arms was transformed into a veritable Winter Wonderland to host a fantastic turnout of Southerners including more than one surviving member of the earlier "Elfs" vs Santas battle. Yes that's right ...
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Elfs (vaguely l to r): Howard Steed, Lucy Mitchell, Lauren Brown, Chris Pearson, Colin T (capt), Hazel Polge, Simon Jelley, Matt Kern, Wilco Dijkstra, Tom Rosselli, Louise Walker (GK), Eimear Lee
Santas (vaguely l to r): Meg Barne, Mike Karran, Dani Kilsby-Steele (capt), Shin Kim, Rich Hollidge, Harry Chalk, Oli Lamming, Andy Thomas (GK), Cath ...
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A few years ago, while on a return trip to India, I visited One Thousand Hockey Legs, a non-profit organisation based in Delhi that aims to give disadvantaged children an opportunity to learn about and play hockey. I was very inspired by the charity’s work, which is now running hockey teams in 80 schools ...