Well the University of Chester has recently purchased, County Hall in Chester to be the new home of the faculties of Education and Health and Social.
We will be calling the building Riverside, which ties in with this popular song.
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So on Saturday i played hockey which was quite a heated affair between Chester 6th and Chester 7ths. Two Club teams in the same league should never happen in my opinion and neither are anywhere need promotion. With parents on the sidelines of the 6ths as the 6ths are just a bunch of youngsters with one or two senior players to give some authority which wasn’t happening as the youngsters were spouting off their mouths, I’ve never heard so much bad language ever. The game was very controversial in many points of the game, with dodgy umpiring and the one umpire just not been keeping an eye on the game.
Our first goal was awarded after one umpire had to speak to the other umpire, there equalizer was down to sloppy defence. But our 2nd, 3rd and 4th goals made it all worth while as we annihilated them and smashed their resolve. As soon as we scored the 3rd their confidence was shattered and the game was in our hands. But we have nothing to cheer about as we only beat a bunch of 15 year olds but, they acted like spoilt brats, appealing and trying persuade the umpire into giving them the ball on fouls, nothing to do with the fact that one umpire also happened to be their youth coach.
I played a varied game, initially i started in midfield. i have never ever played in midfield and not an experience i enjoyed but i had to work at it and im sure in future games i could control the game better, but i within the first half i came off and was then back on the left wing which i found to be my A game and i was annoying their right wing who just didn’t have the talent to keep me from going forward, i set up our 2nd goal due to my persistent annoying self on the wing. Second half i started in midfield and felt a bit more relaxed but its so hard to keep track of the forwards and try to command the game, it was different i can say that much, but i enjoyed it more. Then towards the end of the half i played on the right wing and that was fun, i don’t get many chances on right wing and i enjoyed it alot more freedom and more chance to annoy the left wings and left backs.
Oh and that card i got a green card for disrupting play, and was warned. My first card ever in hockey so its nothing to worry about, and it was a fair challenge well i thought it was.
Anyway i can look forward to next weekend when i will be playing against Bowdon 9ths.
Finally the snow is starting to melt it was nice while it lasted, but the snow has dented Britain. With our infrastrure, and transport networks almost coming to a halt all because of abit of snow. Its ridiculous why we cant cope with snow like this, when other countries in europe have no problem with it.
Well with the snow going atleast the country can get back on track, which means for me the hockey season can begin again, which i have missed. If the snow hadnt come, i had a chance to play for Chester 4ths, nevermind. I will keep playing and perhaps one day i will play at that level.
Also with the snow going, no more horrible driving conditions and a car that will probably function alot better, the horrible snow has gone.
The Big Freeze, so the UK is currently the worst snow and ice weather since 1981.
Its the last time my parents remember the weather was this bad, its so cold out today. I’ve not gone outside yet but weather forecast reports it could be -6 at 9.am in the morning, that extreme i’ve never experienced cold weather like. Apparently it may have been -7 last night in Chester.
It means once again tonight i will have to warm the car up for 20mins to keep the battery topped up and to make sure its still starting ok despite the cold weather.
I’ve included a few nice photos of the snow, before it now has turned to ice. Yet there is more snow forecast for this week, so it looks like things will be getting worst before they get better.
Recent hockey happenings:
Saturday played against Wimslow Hockey club, i scored the second goal of the game 
Had my University of Chester Hockey Club Christmas meal on Monday which was awesome, a free course meal at the Westminister Hotel near Chester train station and a free bar. The meal was £40 so most of us made sure we got our monies worth. It was a fun and drunk night which ended up at Cruise Nightclub.
Wednesday i had the honour of playing for the University Men’s 2nd Team against Warrington Mens Hockey Team, so it was an inter campus battle. The game was awesome we scored 5 goals in the first half, our work rate was phenomenal. Second half was not so good, but we held out for a 5-2 win.
I had a good mention in the after the match as i held the left wing and not one player got past me on that wing. All in all an awesome team performance
