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Daily Archives: August 15, 2013

The Double Cube

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by laurencereade in W

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architecture, Daniel Houseman, Hampshire County Council Sportsground, Harry Rudge, Liam Nancholas, Overton United, Paul Anscombe, Winchester Castle

Wednesday 14th August 2013 ko 18.30

Hampshire Premier League Senior Division

WINCHESTER CASTLE 2 (L Nancholas 64 Anscombe 78)

OVERTON UNITED 4 (Houseman 24 31 Rudge 51 58)

Att 15

Entry FREE

No Programme

Tea FREE

Chocolate 50p

I do like these early season early kick-offs, a quick exit after work, and back home afterwards at a sensible hour. That of course is in complete contrast of course to what will follow until the clocks go forward next year!

It’s worth noting that Winchester Castle don’t play in Winchester, the Hampshire County Council Sports Ground is in fact in Chilcomb. Even that’s an approximation, the ground lies off the A31 and if you’ve visited Alresford chances are you’ve passed this place, although its easy enough to miss the entrance, I nearly did!

The view from the ground is spectacular Continue reading →

Thinking About The Lions

15 Thursday Aug 2013

Posted by laurencereade in B

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Borough, Broxbourne, Cheshunt, Goffs Lane, Kerem Bashkal, Sheldon Hussey, Spartan South Midlands, Welwyn Garden City

Tuesday 13th August 2013 ko 19.45

Spartan South Midlands League Division One

FC BROXBOURNE BOROUGH 1 (Hussey 6) Bashkal sent off 90 (2nd booking)

WELWYN GARDEN CITY 0

Att 76

Entry FREE

Programme £1

Whilst I enjoyed my Saturday in Cumbria, I’d found it slightly bruising. I like to see all of these events go off as flawlessly as possible, so after digesting the lessons learned, it was good to get back to simple, solo groundhopping, and a nice easy one at that.

The Borough of Broxbourne is probably best known as being where Tesco’s head office is based, in Cheshunt, but there’s News International’s Park Plaza, Waltham Cross to consider also. It’s the world’s largest printing plant, printing the English editions of The Sun and The Times amongst others. It can produce 86,000 newspapers per hour on each of its twelve printing presses. It cost £350 million and replaced the News International press in Wapping, the scene of a strike and civil disobedience when it closed in 1986.

The club play on the outskirts of Cheshunt, and that’s where the fun starts. Continue reading →

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