The mighty phowars were praying to mother nature to keep the snow off till at least after 13:00 when they were due to play Slazengers which if we won would make us champions and gain a second promotion in two seasons. After some persistence from both teams, Slazengers called to say the game could go ahead. Before a single hockey ball was touched there were a few people who could have easily got themselves DOTD. Read more
Yet another snowy start to a Saturday morning meant that the Ladies 1s waited to hear news from Harrogate. With most people still in bed or lounging about the ladies were surprised to here that the Harrogate pitch was playable and the game was on. Relieved to not have another postponed game the ladies set off. Upon arrival the conditions seemed to deteriorate pretty quickly with the warm up alone being a cold snowy affair. Read more
Once again the wintry conditions decided to intervene and spoil hockey proceedings at the weekend. The 8.30 am pitch inspection on Saturday morning saw the astro covered in light snow and the prospects of play looked very slim. Phil Bayford had already made his own mind up and was still enjoying a Saturday morning lie in. With Harrogate the away team at 10.30 due to play the ladies 2s and Scarborough v the ladies 4s at Read more
Last week was national pie week, I mention this as we had an outstanding Sheppards pie made by yours truly for after match teas, so out standing man of the match was a close run thing and nearly ended up going to the pie it’s also a good metaphor for what we were throwing at the oppo goalkeeper whilst in search of goals during the match – pies, and lots of ’em. As per the Read more
Men’s 3s – but not as we know it , Out of orbit, warp drive and launch control Men’s 3 had a two big games this weekend to continue their quest to the top of the table. With Captain Tom Beale missing Saturday , and a few changes in the line-up, Greg Hilton stepped up to lead the Men’s 3’s away game against Boston spa. A challenging away fixture as Boston were 3rd in the league. As Read more
This season, the weather seems to have frustrated us more than ever, causing postponements and fixture rearrangements that have given our fixtures and umpire secretaries nightmares. Deadlines from the YHA for final games of the season, the threat of further bad weather and our astro already maxed out on Saturdays with 5 home games mean it gets increasingly harder to find that Sunday window of opportunity to squeeze in rearranged games. Thursdays snowstorm created a Read more
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