0-11. 0-15. And now 0-16. There are only so many times one is willing to go through the same cycle of we take centre, they take the ball off us, they attack, they score. This is clearly not a competition for us. So we won’t be entering again, at least not until a good chunk of the distressingly young M1s and M2s all turn 35 and indicate a desire to play Masters Hockey. Up until that point, we are simply not strong enough for the England Hockey competitions and don’t have the playing numbers to enter the O45s or O55s instead.

Instead of talking about the game, let's listen to Shirley Bassey and the Propellerheads instead:-