All this rain has made me realise what a sad, empty life I must have. With hardly any cricket being played, I am feeling lost. I'm hardly getting any coaching done and matches that I should have been running for the Herts East Area boys have all been cancelled (bar one, which was a fairly miserable affair).
The schools coaching I do has virtually all been done indoors, in small halls, with foam balls being crashed around by up to thirty youngsters all very frustrated at not being able to get outside and play some proper cricket.
The one light on the horizon was the local girls kwik cricket tournament that was run at Hertford CC. Five schools entered teams, four of which I'd been into to provide some coaching. Fortunately the sun shone and there were some very close matches. The standard of cricket was varied but overall I understand it was much improved over previous years. Hopefully some of that was down to the work I put in. Later this week I will be selecting a squad for the local area for the Girls Kwik Cricket team for the Herts Youth Games, which is taking place in Hatfield on the day the Olympic Torch comes through the town. I'm looking forward to the day as a whole, whatever the result for our squad.
