Sometimes we play in tournaments. Sometimes they're serious. Sometimes they're really not. But they usually result in some good stories. Which we try and record here!
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Unlike matches, tournaments do not usually have a Lemon. However, there are some occasions that demand that an exception be made. The M3s’ trip to Norwich City’s Pre-Season 7-a-side Tournament was such an occasion.
The award was sealed (very) early doors by, of course, Will Jones. Having gamely and slightly surprisingly signed up for a ...
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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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Cambridge South Ladies 1s were kindly invited to take part in a 7s tournament hosted by Norwich City Hockey Club on Sunday.
Three cars were deployed bright and breezy from Cambridge, full of bleary eyed hockey players who were neither bright nor breezy. But fear not, the Cambridge South Spotify playlist and a cheeky Maccy ...
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The day got off to a somewhat surprising start with Neil showing off his pilates master skills, somehow holding this position for well over ten minutes;
Lou W (aka Lou G – don’t ask me what the W or G stand for, as I have no idea) was also showing off (she wasn’t, she ...
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Five weeks of competition reached its climax last night with the Summer 7s Finals Night. True to form, the weather was cool and threatening, but a pre-game shower proved to be a false harbinger and in the end we were spared another evening of torrential rain.
Kicking off proceedings were the 3rd place play-off ...
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DONNER UND BLITZ! Quite literally. It was semi-finals night, but at 7.30 the prospects for the most un-summer like summer tournament on record were not looking good. The rain was torrenting down in rivers and the pitch resembled a paddling pool.
Still, the BBC weather app (maintained by our own Simon Frampton, so I ...
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The final round of group games have been played and now we get ready for the winner-takes-all of the knock-out stage.
Last night's games started with the Group A teams, and St Ives 1 showed that qualification hadn't stemmed their competitive juices with a very solid 3-0 win over Cambridge North. Meanwhile, Melbourn ...
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We're deep into the group stages now and, like Euro 2016, hope and anticipation is beginning to build ahead of the inevitable knock-out stage penalty-bottling, disappointment and bitter recriminations. Still, at least the sun was shining this week.
First up last night were the Group B teams, where the Average Joes succumbed 3-1 to ...
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Thanks to everyone who turned out last Thursday for the start of the Summers 7s on the most un-summer like day imaginable. I'm assured that the CSHC Weather Control Machine should be fixed in time for this week.
Results from Week 1 were:
St Ives 1 4-2 Melbourn Outriders
TFI Thursday 0-0 ...