Gutted, a loss!  

It was so close and all down to the last match that unfortunately (& surprisingly) Mark & Colin lost to two youngsters (15 & 14!), who Worby & I had beaten 6-1! Obviously our fatness intimidated the kids! So now I go off on holiday and hope that we can get a win in the last game next Monday at Leverstock Green and then it is out of our hands.

Another great result against the team we were tying with at the top of the table! So bring on St Albans who are our main competition now.

Tea was great (as I did it yet again!). Costco pizza and profiteroles but aided by Mark who supplied some chocolate gateau and cheesecake – thanks. Good as team spirit is at the moment, there is a feeling Peter may be better off leaving the roll-ups until after the clearing and washing up has been done, rather than having a fag & then coming inside the clubhouse to find all has been miraculously completed!

Another injury for the captain (calf strain) and a holiday for Colin Hewett (well deserved?) meant a call up for James Sylvester and Chris Hewett. A late turn-up by one of their players meant that we had a 1-0 start by 7:01pm! It continued from there and we recorded another win (Pete & Chris – politeness prevents me from commenting!).  

Tea was the standard bread, ham, pate, cheese etc but a bottle of Budweiser each upped the score by half a point. Surprise of the evening was Worby declining the beer and going for a tea – perhaps feeling guilty?! 5.5/10

Played last night with slight trepidation as Cassiobury were top of the league and unbeaten. However, after the first round, we had gone into a magnificent 3 – 0 lead which shocked the opposition, and from there we were able to continue to a fantastic victory. Very well done to all, particularly Colin & Mark who won all three sets and the rest of us managed to support them.  

Very hot evening and a hastily put together team. I was non-playing captain due to injury and there were last minute fitness tests on two other players – Colin & Peter. Thankfully they passed but late on, Boycey informed us that he couldn’t play due to the world falling out of his bottom. It was decided that this would be awkward if he went up for a killer smash and………  

So at the last moment Warren was called up to join the already promoted Leo. The team responded magnificently to beat the team that included the legendary “The Wall”, so well done to you all.  

Boycey mate, you and I need to respond to get our places back! Perhaps you could pass your tummy bug round so that we get a chance!

Tea was fantastic as I did it – jacket spuds, beans and cheese – comfort food! Thanks to Pat for helping and providing left-over cakes! 9/10!

Yay get in! First win as skipper!  

A cool blustery evening that looked like rain at the start, but happily that was the only dreary thing about the evening as Croxley A’s took their first win of the season, thumping West Herts D 8 – 1. The two W’s punched well above their considerable weight losing only 3 games in their 3 sets. However, they were well supported by Colin H, Mark E, Boycey and Laurence. Somehow though the Boyce/Burch partnership managed to lose a set which obviously meant the washing up duties!

Which brings us to the tea…. Wow, the worry is that the catering has peaked too soon! Liz provided us with a sumptuous lasagne and garlic bread as well as cheesecake and chocolate cake. The only downside for the tea was that Liz also provided salad (green leaves, cherry tomatoes and Coleslaw), for which Peter insisted that there ought to be a ¼ point deduction! A lengthy conversation was had as to whether coleslaw counted as salad. So from the poor tea at St Albans a couple of weeks ago which probably rated a 1 at best, a score was awarded of 9.75 for this one – thanks Liz!  

It will be very upsetting for the team when I do my one of bread, cheese & pate!