President's Patter for 10th January 2015

A Happy New year to my reader back in action this Saturday after a rain out last week and the Christmas break before that.
The 1st XI were not in action this week, the Reserves lost to a very good NU Oilers in the AFA Cup, this their second defeat to them in cup matches this season.They can now concentrate on winning promotion. We are well placed and if we can keep our heads as well as we did on Saturday we have a good chance.
The 3rd XI had no game but the 4th XI bowed out of the AFA Minor Cup 4-2 at home to Old Thorntonians.
The 5th XI lost narrowly to Old Garchonians 4s and the 6th XI pulled off a good 5-2 victory over Southgate Olympic 4s. 
Next week we have a full programme let's hope we can get the 2nd half of the season off to a good start.