Brigg hockey player Matthew Bell has asked us to spread the word about the forthcoming Hurricane Sports Hockey Camp - Brigg (and we are delighted to oblige).
It will interest many in Brigg, we are sure. Full details through this link...
It's about a dozen years now since, having reached mid-40s, "yours truly" last brandished a stick for Brigg Hockey Club in the Yorkshire League (lower reaches of). And like many who have retired, there are Saturdays when I still miss the game. Even a 70-mile trip to the base of Ikley Moor, where it really did snow sideways!
It remains a goal of mine to see an all-weather, floodlit pitch installed at the Recreation Ground in Brigg so our hockey teams - men's, ladies and juniors - can once again start playing home games in the town, instead of having to use facilities elsewhere. (Hockey on grass pitches appears to be dead and buried)
If the powers-that-be decide to build a new Vale Academy, off Wrawby Road, and if The Vale uses the nearby Rec for its sports facilities, this will massively increase the chances of getting an all-weather facility for use by the hockey club and other sporting organisations in Brigg.
I've used two "ifs" there - and in all honesty there will be more than two to overcome before this can happen.
But as the great man once said in the US... "I have a dream." And so do many others connected with hockey in Brigg.
Those on Twitter can find out more about the hockey camp by contacting Matthew, who also plays cricket for Brigg, - @matthewbell2110
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