The club rooms at Mansfield Park are not looking the best at the moment. We are waiting on a structural engineer coming in, but all the functions from now until after Christmas have been cancelled.

It is taking about 20 a week straight out of our wages.

It's much different the way the ball comes off the bat. The ball doesn't jump as quickly off the wood bat, unless you hit it just right.

We're all real excited about the change. It adds a whole new dimension to the game. It becomes more of a defensive game. It's going to be a great experience.

I sat down recently with the boss and we decided it would be much better for Johnny to go out with a bang than to hang around the Square for years, ageing gracefully.

Fortunately, we have a conveyor belt of talented youngsters and under new head coach Jim Hay I know they will give their all to bolster the reputation that Mansfield Park will be the toughest place our opponents have to play,