DAVO THROWS DOWN THE GAUNTLET
13.11.06

Fighting talk from 1s' pretty boy Paul Davison....

Dear Webmaster,

I would be grateful if you could post this letter on the HHC website as notice of a challenge to the elder statesmen of the club to an Under 30’s versus Over 30’s hockey match. Whilst I am aware that many of their generation may well struggle with the new fangled technology required to access this site, I am sure that Sam Martyn’s secretary or one of Ali Hutson’s 15 kids will be able to help.

The reason behind this challenge is simple, as one of the more junior members of the ageing men’s first team, I have noticed in recent years that some of the former Harpenden greats have begun to creak, snap and generally break down with an increasing regularity! No longer do we see Nippy Nash flying down the right wing, Wisey working from D to D or Russell with any hair. This led me to a number of questions,

A) Are players such as Nashy, Wisey, Spaniel and Mox past their best?
B) Could a group of Harpenden’s hungry, talented young bloods beat the old boys?
C) Who has the greater combined age, a back four of Nash, Martyn, Jeffrey and Moxham or the Rolling Stones?

After discussions with a number of my fellow wippersnappers, we were led to one unanimous answer….yes of course we could!!! Oh and Asbo asked “who the f8ck are the Rolling Stones?”.

While this challenge may be viewed by some as men against boys, the vets will certainly be hindered more by their zimmerframes than we will be by our nappies. A football pundit once observed that Teddy Sheringham still has a yard in his head, however he failed to consider that old Sheri would have need more than ten yards up top to shake the attentions of Team Virgins centre back Tom Bunbury.

So what all this boils down to is the first inaugural Veterans versus Virgins match on Saturday 1st April 2006 and baring any late hip operations we say “come and have a go if you think you’re fit enough…….”

Yours sincerely,
Paul Davison
Virgins Team Captain

So, there's a challenge! Davo's captaincy counterpart will be the evergreen Paul Nash, so if you are available for this game, please email Davo or Nashy to let them know.

Young or old?