The weirdest year!

There's no pattern to the beach this year! Except that the sunniest days coincide with the weekends and then it's carnage! With only three weeks to go of the main season it's going to be interesting to see which businesses are doing well and which are struggling. Word on the street is that Women's fashion is the sector struggling the most in the surfing industry. My overall take on Polzeath is that the beach has been quieter than normal - which is no bad thing! We were doing really well up to the end of July. We might be dropping a bit in August, but no real concern.

Okay, now onto more important things!! Over the weekend the Billy and Fin along with cousins Charlie and Jamie headed up to Plymouth. Man Utd were doing a training camp for a load of kids. Up for grabs was the Champions Prize, an invitation to join twelve other boys from around the country to play a match on the Old Trafford pitch and meet the players. If you couldn't get fired up for that... what an opportunity. Billy played okay on Saturday finding his feet. On Sunday, myself and Bro-in-law cycled to the training ground and met up with Janey who was already overseeing proceedings.

So we settled down to watch the mini tournaments. Billy was playing as well as I'd seen him play. But I wasn't sure his coach was quite on the ball. I moved down to watch Fin and his cousins. Then the main man joined in with Billy's tournament and played against him. Watching from afar I could see that Billy was playing really well. Janey was in ear shot as a conversation took place between the coach and main coach after the match. "So that's Billy then?" As we went into the assembly room at the end of the training, Billy's team mates were telling him that he was going to win. And then they called out his name! Just amazing. Proudest moment.

Only problem is that the prize is for Billy and one adult!! Could be an almighty scrap for that one!! ps there's a book out called Bounce. If you have kids that like sport, it makes for a very interesting read.