The Pool of Black

What a week… Unfortunately though, not for the right reasons! It was that time of year again, the Easter weekend, which can mean only one thing… Blackpool Hockey Festival!

Castletown hockey club have attended this festival for the past 4 or 5 years & it’s never disappointed in terms of being brilliant fun, or making me thinking about giving up alcohol for ever & this year turned out to be no different.

Yes, we did play 3 or 4 games each day for 3 days but I think the alcohol & bad food unfortunately may have taken the training into a bit of a decline on a usual week’s workout.

I remember warning Dave that Blackpool would not be good for training, but I think we’ve both dedicated such a large part of our life & time to our training & this mammoth task that I didn’t feel too guilty in having a break & enjoying myself.

I won’t go into too many details on the trip other than I had one of the best nights of my life on the Friday in a Karaoke bar surrounded by Blackpools finest ‘locals’, which I must admit I never thought I’d hear myself say outloud. Played in the beer pong championship of the world on the Saturday & ended up dressing as a camp caveman on the Saturday…

I’ve attached a few photos below to give you a flavor of some of the goings on! More can be seen on facebook if you're feeling adventurous!