Flooding problems return to the KGV

With the weather mild and wet, conditions for algae to flourish in the astroturf at the KGV were perfect and yesterday the pitch flooded once again. This was the scene at 2pm this afternoon.

The only slight silver lining is that the level of sludge on the pitch seems relatively light at the moment, which may ease the process of bringing it back into use. In the meantime we have asked to have the pitch treated for algal infestation as soon as possible, so we are hoping that we will not lose the pitch for weeks on end as we did last season.

Kobras tonight is likely to be off, but we'll inspect at 4pm just in case it has drained sufficiently. We'll notify everyone shortly afterwards.

Kinross scores with Mars Milk Play Fund!

Some great news on the pitch fund front. Our efforts over the summer to get people to vote for us on the Mars Milk Play Fund has paid off. Although we didn't manage to get first prize, we have recently been informed that we are the lucky winners of a £300 runners up award.

So huge thanks from the committee to the Mars Milk Play Fund, to everyone who voted for us and pestered their friends into voting for us, and to all those in the world hockey community and beyond who put a shout out on our behalf: Grove Menzieshill, Ross Bone, Vicki Bunce, Eilidh Child, Scottish Hockey, Bahrain Hockey, Jamie Dwyer, Mercian Hockey and lots of others too.

Lucy wins gold at interdistricts

Congratulations to Lucy Smith (update: and Daisy Foniciello too!), who won gold in the Girls U16 with the Midlands team at the interdistricts, in a team featuring - by my reckoning - no fewer than four ex-Kobras too!

Update: There are some official pictures:

• Lucy in action
• Hannah in action (she played for a combined EastWestMidlands team)
• Daisy Foniciello (ex-Kobras, now playing for the Ladies 1s), in action and again here.