President's Patter for 21st Jan 2017

Not a lot to report this week, the 1st XI had no game due to an uneven number of sides in their division it being our turn to miss out this week as it turned out all the games in our division were postponed due to frozen pitches.
The Res XI lost 2-1 to fellow relegation strugglers Old Lyonians making it difficult to see us avoiding relegation.
The 4th XI on the big pitch beat EBOG 12-1, as I have said before there are some very good players in this team and could make a strong 3rd XI next season if only the SAL can sort out the regionalisation of 3rd XI and lower sections/divisions.
The 5th XI fixture at Broomfield was postponed.
The 6th XI were the team of the week scoring a late goal to beat the Hill 3-2, they are top of their league, but before we get carried away we were playing the Hill 8th team so plenty of work to be done before we get back to their level.
The 7th XI took their cup tie very seriously and hired a mini bus to travel to Old Suttonians, but to no avail as the game was called off, they diverted to the White Bear in Broxbourne where the bus remained until Sunday morning. 
We would like to wish our former stalwart Forbes Chapman our Best Wishes as he enters hospital for an Operation this week. Good Luck Forbes, hope to see you back on your feet very soon.