A sign of getting older is how quick time passes, so should I be worried about just how quick April flew by?
It seems mad that the end of the season is here already, but as the end of the 15-a-side game looms, the 7-a-side circuit takes off - no rest for the wicked.
April has been another good month on the pitch - a cracking SW1 game between two of the leagues top sides kicked the month off, with a Cornish Cup final thrown in for the mix.
The games could not have been different, and played only three days apart. One had glorious weather and saw two teams fling the ball all over the field and run from wherever. The second was played in a mudbath with what seemed like a monsoon raging the Cornish coastline!
And it was also a month for another first - two games in one day, not to be recommended as my hamstrings will testify. A leisurely trip to Henley for the National Colts semi-finals (with me all set for a 3pm KO) turned into a fast-lane dash up the M4 when a call came in asking me to get there for the 12pm KO as the referee failed to turn up.
The lungs held out, but the hamstrings just about recovered in time for another pasting on the Rec the day after when the rocket boots came out for the Bath United v University of Bath match - a warm-up for the Real Varsity Match between the University of Bath and Loughborough Uni this week.
I was lucky enough to be in the middle for the women's Real Varsity Match and while the pace of the game allowed the hamstrings to recover, the endeavour shown by the players was just as great, if not greater, than their male colleagues.
And so April has drawn to a close and with it the 15-a-side season. Bring on the 7s!
It seems mad that the end of the season is here already, but as the end of the 15-a-side game looms, the 7-a-side circuit takes off - no rest for the wicked.
April has been another good month on the pitch - a cracking SW1 game between two of the leagues top sides kicked the month off, with a Cornish Cup final thrown in for the mix.
The games could not have been different, and played only three days apart. One had glorious weather and saw two teams fling the ball all over the field and run from wherever. The second was played in a mudbath with what seemed like a monsoon raging the Cornish coastline!
And it was also a month for another first - two games in one day, not to be recommended as my hamstrings will testify. A leisurely trip to Henley for the National Colts semi-finals (with me all set for a 3pm KO) turned into a fast-lane dash up the M4 when a call came in asking me to get there for the 12pm KO as the referee failed to turn up.
The lungs held out, but the hamstrings just about recovered in time for another pasting on the Rec the day after when the rocket boots came out for the Bath United v University of Bath match - a warm-up for the Real Varsity Match between the University of Bath and Loughborough Uni this week.
I was lucky enough to be in the middle for the women's Real Varsity Match and while the pace of the game allowed the hamstrings to recover, the endeavour shown by the players was just as great, if not greater, than their male colleagues.
And so April has drawn to a close and with it the 15-a-side season. Bring on the 7s!
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