Maria in her dance outfit

Maria has started dance lessons

Summer photos

It felt like summer was here last weekend and we had a lovely time on Bournemouth beach despite being surrounded by students from school!

Sorry about the picture of me - let that be a warning to you all. Go for a healthy lifestyle.

Sparkshop update

It's been a little while since the last account but we had only played one game in the league by last Monday when we had an early top of the table clash. Suffice to say they were the reigning champions and they certainly played like it despite the heavy rain.

We had a full strength side out with Dave C in goal meaning Rich was out on the pitch again alongside a returning wanderer, new Matt, fresh from his journey to the wilderness of the Midlands and the North. Lining up at the back we had Dom and Doug, Phil, Matt C and Pete in midfield. I made up the numbers.

It was a difficult game throughout against a slick side who were all comfortable on the ball and it was no surprise to be 2 down quite early on. The pleasing aspect was the fact that we did not collapse and were putting on pressure as the half went on. Indeed, the second half was drawn with a further goal apiece for both sides. The last time we played them, we didn't even have a shot on target so it was great when new Matt turned and hit a great shot goalward only to see it come back off the post leaving me with a simple enough finish to pull it back to 3 - 1.

There was never any doubt where the points were going but many better teams than us will lose more heavily to this side and we are confident another win in the top league will follow before too long.