The annual Boxing Day hockey match
It was Christmas Day Evening. The Christmas Dinner had been a success,
relations were still talking to each other, some were slumped in front of
television with mulled wine in hand, and those involved with the hockey were
quietly excited -the seasoned players with a steely resolve and the initiates
wondering to what they had agreed. There was something distinctly in the air.
Then at 8.25pm David Towriss, Bulbeck manager/captain, phoned to say he had just been told that the match was off because the pitch was frozen. I tracked down the authorities to discuss and was informed about health and safety and insurance. I thought to myself "O dear me, that is such a great pity" . It was now after 9.00pm that David and I began informing the teams. And Janet Willmott took her mulled wine off the stove and we apologised for any disappointment caused. We look forward to next year and did at least have the cheering news about the England Ashes performance on Boxing Day.