Last day

Well its the last post of this weird trip! It doesn't seem like a hockey trip as the last time we played was days ago!!!

This morning we did a hard fitness session, led by Derek. The only people who didn't have to do it was me and Ralphy who had a couple of wee niggles. The rest of the boys were delighted we weren't doing it and they were.

We then headed off to the hockey to watch the final day of action. First on the pitch was Egara and the french team. We wanted a heavy French loss and thats what we got. 4-0 Egara! We have been told that this has guaranteed us two places in next years EHL by 0.125 of a point over the French. Nice!

Next up we watch Reading loose to Rotterdam, which was satisfying. When we got back to the hotel everyone was pretty burnt. So at least we can say we have been on holiday.

Well thats pretty much me finished. The blogs is over. Hope you have enjoyed it and I will see you in the back bar for a few beers.

See you later

Nelly

Day 4

Well it's fair to say there were a few casualties this morning! There was an after party at some club in Barca arranged, so a few of the boys decided to attend to show face for the club. I think they had a good time as they didn't arrive back till about 9am!!!

This afternoon we decided to head into the city centre to do a bit of shopping and sight seeing. Not everyone made it to this(which was to be expected) but those who went had a good time.

Some did some shopping in the harbor then went to a pub to watch the English premiership games. A few others decided to hike up a mountain to try and find the Olympic village! We thought it would only take about 10 mins but 1 hour later we found it! It was worth the walk. We got good views of the city and got to look around some of the sports venues.

After this it was off to the Camp Nuo to watch Barcelona play some rubbish team. It's fair to say the stadium is Awesome! Barca won the game 4-1 and didn't really break sweat. It was a good game to watch.

People are feeling pretty nervous tonight. There is a rumor on the grape vine that we are going to have to do a hard running session tomorrow. I can't wait!

Going to bed now feeling pretty tired after a long day. Last blog tomorrow, then its back home to sunny Scotland!!!

Bye, bye

Nelly

Day 3

This seems like one of the weirdest hockey trips I have been on, we arrive play our game the next day, loose, then have nothing to do for another 4 days!

We just found out today nobody wants to give us a friendly match tomorrow, so we will have to do a bit of fitness training instead or a game of 5's football, which I think would be a better idea!

A few of the boys were feeling a bit fragile this morning after spending a little too much time in a local bar last night but by this afternoon everyone was feeling better!

We decided we would go and watch the hockey today. The first full game we saw was the Egara bloomendaal game, which had a packed crowed in the stadium. Some guy called ChickenDance scored two for Egara for them to sneak it 3-2. We also stayed to watch the Reading Cannock game which Reading won but it was very very boring and cold!

Also Matt's bag has turned up so he no longer has his stinking travel gear on!

Just about to head out dinner. I will let you know if we get up to anything interesting tomorrow.

Nelly

Day 2

Well no doubt you will have heard the result. It was the usual as far as our team are concerned with european games, close but no cigar! To be fair we were 3 down with 10 mins to go, so to take it to extra time was a good effort.

The boys are gutted but we are not planning just to go out every night. We still have a league and cup to win because we want to play in this next year, and get further!

We will be training and doing a bit of sight seeing. Hopefully we did the club proud! Speak to you all tomorrow. (Also my tv doesn't work and I can't watch dvd's! GUTTED!)

Nelly

Day 1

Finally the blog begins! There has been a few technical issues. The main problem being the internet wasn't working!!! Don't worry we have managed to figure it out.

The trip started ok with flights being on time and everyone remembering there passports! But on arriving in Barca Matt's bag was missing! He should be getting it back soon but who knows what will happen. He is definatley getting the best use out of his travel clothes.

On Thursday night we trained at Terrassa's ground. It was really just to stretch our legs and perfect our corners routines (we will see if that works today!)

Just sitting around before lunch and then game preperation after that. The boys are looking for a good result as we know we will get a re-match against Loughbourgh if we win.

See you tomorrow

Nelly

First Post

Welcome to the new Kelburne blog where we hope you will be able to keep up-to-date with some of the exploits of our players as they play all over the country and the world.

As a taster for the Men's 1st XI's game(s) this weekend at Club Egara, here is some footage from their last round of Euro League games: