Another day dawns and we play again. In the morning the tourists went shopping or swimming whichever took their fancy, many taking the chance to buy a Subway or McDonalds. You can only eat so much local food! We were again playing at the magnificent Bukit stadium. The boys continued their assignment against the St. Francis Institution, having lost 1-4 the day before. A tough challenge if ever there was one. It looked like a large mountain to climb as the side st...

The boys first match in Malacca was against diffcult opposition who won the game 4-1, but the effort from the boys was tremednous. The score could have been closer had we not missed two open goals. The girls faired better winning 2-1 in another thrilling match. The result should have been 3-1 when a ball hit outside the D hit the gk and went in. Under the new rules it should have been a own goal!! Rachel Johnson remonstrated with the umpires till he reached for h...

Dear all sorry about the delay in publishing, but the wifi connection at our new hotel was very poor. We played our last two games in Sri Lanka. The girls played the first game against the Central Province side. It was thrilling affair played in monsoon condtions. Over here they do not wimp out just because of a few puddles. Only the centre of the ptich was really playable, on the wings the ball got stuck in puddles!! Phoebe saved a penalty stroke in the first fi...