New level, tougher challenges....

Anna is definitely experiencing a different standard of football in the JPL this season, but I think she is relishing it and already starting to shine. She is extremely studious, reflective, trains hard and is fearless in the games. She is part of a newly formed team that is taking it's time to gel with a tough pre season full of freak injuries and some hard opponents. She is loving it and desperate to prove herself. Their first league game on Saturday was a harsh footballing lesson with a 7-2 loss to an established Coventry side with bags of skill and energy. I can already see improvement in Anna in training with these boys who are really good, they just need to learn to play as a team in the coming months. She is growing in confidence and making some friends too, which always is a good sign she feels comfortable in the space she's in. Keep up the hard work Anna and that first win will come 😊

Schools out for summer...

Such enthusiasm in the Hammond house for the joy of learning and progression. The summer holidays that never really were have finished and the girls and Amy trudge back to school and work respectively. It's twenty eight degrees and the sun is finally shining!!  Lucy looks a bit more up for it than Anna as she enters her last year of school and her GCSE year. Dear god where did that time go! They look so smart and well presented, befitting of a photo proudly displayed on social media like the doting parents we are! 😆 I have one wish for them both and that's an uninterrupted school year, where they can learn, get out of house, spend time with friends and rebuild. By the looks of those strained smiles in the photo, I'm not sure they feel the same. Go get them girls, the world is your Oyster!