I think the problem was because I wore trainers to play hockey on a grass pitch. I fell over twice last year and slipped once this year. This was of course in the mother and daughter s school hockey match. So this was the second match that I had played since I left school, and I was pretty stiff today. It started raining just as play started and kept on raining for the rest of the day, and night, and was particularly ” wet” rain. I did not score a goal against my daughter who was the goalie, much to her delight, but we all had fun and came in soaking wet ( after 15 minutes each way, the mothers could not have managed much more ) to a delicious match tea. Hanging wet coats and scarfs by the log fire in the hall.