The end of pre-season - and registration

Apologies for the gap in any postings, but there's not been much to report ove rthe Bank Holiday - and I've been elsewhere anyway.

Final pre-season training tonight (6pm as usual) before the "real" thing begins. Which, admittedly, for the first week or so will be mainly training... but not for long. Mike will be publishing the fixtures shortly, but the main points for the next couple of weeks are:

This Sunday:
Registration, starting at 10.00. Bring a parent and a cheque book. Leaving them in the clubhouse to work their way through the paperwork will leave you free for an important Sunday session, because the following week is....

County day (9th September)
at Welwyn for all Hertfordshire people. Trials for U18s, training sessions for U12s and U15s. There will also be county days for East Midlands, Eastern Counties and Hampshire (for those with an interested in these) but - so far as I am aware - the actual trails for these three are not until the 30th, when Herts will also probably have their U15 trials.

This actually means that - for U18s who are dual qualified - you can have a go at getting into the Herts squad without it stopping you trying elsewhere a few weeks later - you are not tied to any one county until selected, and until you accept that selection.

After that its the build-up towards the first fixture. As I said above, Mike will announce the details shortly but it will be a visit to a club we have never visited before - and buckets and spades might be in order...