Back in the early years of the National League when Havant were adding considerably to their trophy cabinet, the Hampshire club enjoyed a reputation for being one of the most friendly, sociable and efficient on the circuit. How pleasant it was on Saturday to find that this was still the case. A much depleted Vintage side mustered a valiant eight for the trek to the south coast and Havant generously provided spare players and a second umpire for a prime time slot on the water based pitch at Havant College, their primary home venue.

After taking an early lead Havant failed to find their way past Malcolm Carter's impressive performance in the Amersham goal. Although Havant enjoyed a greater degree of possession, Chalfont were not without chances. Sean Cremin was a constant threat down the right wing winning several penalty corners but Alan Crossman, magnificent as he was in defence, failed to take advantage of his promotion to number one corner striker.

Trevor Wood went close with a brave deflection but an equalizer eluded the visitors.

The Eight: Malcolm Carter, Lionel Warren, Alan Crossman, Peter Colwill (Capt.), Steve Coleman, Steve Richman, Sean Cremin and Trevor Wood

CPSA QUIZ NIGHT - JAN 24TH

Quiz Night is back, please help to support this ever popular event. Details are as follows.

Thank you to all the people that umpired for teams last weekend. Here are the people that I was told about:

THAMES VALLEY LEAGUE NEWS
There is still a possibility that the 1st XI will be relegated, but it is now odds on that it will survive in Division 2B for the 2004 season. The provisional 2004 Thames Valley League fixtures have been published on the club web site.

2003 SEASON STATS
These are published on the club web site, click on the latest news page on the club web site for all the links.

ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING
This will take place on Friday, 6th February, 2004, 8.00pm at the clubhouse. Please make every effort to attend, and please also think carefully about how you can contribute more to the club in 2004. We are a volunteer run club, just turning up to play on Saturday or Sunday afternoons is not enough!

INDOOR NETS
These are being organised at the moment, watch this space for further details!

Amersham and Chalfont prepared for this week's league resumption with another friendly against Bracknell - who beat us 2-1 at the start of the season. This match was completely different with A&C dominating from the start. The movement and passing was excellent from every member of the team and it didn't take long to break the Bracknell defence down. The first goal was converted from a short corner won by Scott and slotted neatly by Cartledge. The second came from a pass from Van Duyvenbode to Watts who rounded three players and ran round the back before laying the ball off to Cartledge to score from a difficult angle. The third before half time was again from Cartledge, this time a wonderful flick from another short corner - giving the keeper no chance.

The break saw Bracknell starting to make further inroads, though nothing significant, although a goal was scored at Lovelace's near post giving them an opening. A&C made it 4-1 from a short corner won by Watts who was repeatedly hacked on the way to the D with Chiles converting another training ground routine at the near post. Bracknell scored another two goals one from open play and again the near post and one from a well struck short corner before Cartledge scored another goal, this time from open play and a rebound from a Scott shot which he flicked into the top of the net.

Team: Lovelace, Chiles, Van Duyvenbode, Watts, Martin, Woolfenden, Turner, Wardman, Scott, Cartledge.

CLUB CALENDAR
The all new club calendar is now on the website - please check it out for sports, external and social events. When using the clubhouse for meetings please check the website www.chalfontsports.org.uk calendar and contact Sandra (Taylormade) 01494 775212 to book it into the diary.