Andrew Bromley reports: "After the first two matches of January had been postponed due to cold temperatures, we were somewhat surprised when heading to the away pitch dugout that this week hadn't seen the same wave of cancellations. Obviously we were keen to play but these were not the conditions to play in if your fingers struggle in the cold! We had been hoping to play on the new Hailsham pitch but, as that wasn't quite ready, we faced off at Bede's School in Dicker.

The reverse fixture had seen a fairly balanced game, with the exception being penalty corners. Hailsham had scored five of their six, whereas we'd scored nil of our ten. With the recent addition of Nim (Nirmaan Mudher) we now had a proper penalty corner threat. However, Nim was carrying a severe case of Freshers Flu and was also adjusting to a new (sponsored) hockey stick! We also welcomed Chris Sharrock to the Boulders, hoping that he was going to be our Shamrock of good luck. Both teams were clearly light on numbers, BHHC with 12 and Hailsham with potentially one more.

The game was a cagey affair again and only really spiced up when Seb was given a green card for apparently shaking his head. The sight of the card seemed to spur the opposition on (perhaps through jealousy?!), so the robust Hailsham tackles started. One such tackle was so robust it prompted the local leap of lemurs from the School's lemur enclosure to show off their very loud array of grunts, snorts and clicks!

Half time came and we were 2-0 down. Before the game we'd agreed that one aim was to be 'within reach' at half time, as we had to trust our fitness (but appreciated that we were rusty!). Sadly, what hadn't been factored in was the impact of the cold on the team's phalanges, as unfortunately the marathonesque foil blanket had to be deployed in an attempt to restore blood flow. It's not easy to hold a stick if you can't feel your fingers!

Approximately halfway through the second half Brighton scored through Chris Page The Second, but sadly couldn't seem to put together a threatening penalty corner. We did have the ball in the Hailsham onion bag (credit Jacob Ridley) but his skilled waist high deflection sadly came after the award of a penalty corner. Perhaps it was also due to former Brighton player Alex Smith finding his calling as Hailsham's centre back?!

Hailsham put the match to bed five minutes from the end as we just couldn't find the composure in the D to get a good shot away. That being said it was a game that BHHC managed some really good passages of play, so we certainly didn't beat ourselves up.

MoM was awarded to Cold Weather Chris Page, with honourable mentions to Gibbar, Shamrock, Mylo and Danny the Hat.

DoD was a tighter affair, with the head shaking Seb taking the beret for possibly the most ridiculous green card we've witnessed in the last 20 years. DoD nominations also went to Theo, Jacob Young and several others (probably due to proximity during voting, rather than any actual offence!)

Lewes 2s at home this week in the Juggs Cup. We are very much hoping to take all six points from them this season!"

Other results
Guildford 3s 3 BHHC 2s 1
BHHC 5s 2 BHHC 4s 0
St Francis 1s 0 BHHC 6s 4
BHHC 7s 4 Worthing 5s 1
BHHC 8s 4 BHHC 10s 2
St Francis 2s 2 BHHC 9s 2
BHHC Over-35s 1 Sittingbourne Over-35s 1 (Sittingbourne won 3-2 on penalties)