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The Racqueteers v Great Canfield, Sunday, 9th June

The Japanese, we are told, recognise no less than 72 micro-seasons. Each “ko” lasts about five days. They have beautiful poetic names: “first peach blossoms”, “frogs start singing”, “distant thunder”. They make England seem a bit prosaic. And maybe stingy – after all, we have just the two seasons: cricket season, and the off season. … Continue reading The Racqueteers v Great Canfield, Sunday, 9th June

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The Racqueteers v The Rioteers, North Walls Recreation Ground, Sunday, June 2nd, 2024

The first June fixture, at North Walls Rec, is what you might call a bit different. It features not so much the thwack of leather on willow as the thump of stick on drum â€“ but that’s what you get when on the other side of the stream they’re holding the cheese ’n’ chill festival. Or rather, the cheese ’n’ chilli ’n’ rock n’ roll festival. Hard … Continue reading The Racqueteers v The Rioteers, North Walls Recreation Ground, Sunday, June 2nd, 2024