A much appreciative THANK YOU to Steve Rickerby, for being the only player to send me a few words on the Helsinki tour in July.
Here they are:
"As per the norm our hosts were excellent and made us all feel welcome. After last year we, sort of knew what to expect, but they really were wonderful hosts.
Our game in the morning was hard work but given our age/weight disadvantages it was always going to be tough, but at least we kept going right to the end, with everyone giving 100% and enjoying themselves, even if may not have looked it a we 'relaxed' by collapsing into the chairs outside the pub afterwards.
We didn't get totally overwhelmed. Losing 2 1 was quite respectable although with some better finishing we could of had a couple of goals. But it was a fair result at the end of the day.
The whole Olympic site was quite impressive and I'm not sure when ours gets built for the London 2012 Games you will see half decent athletes being able to use the
tracks for practice like the Finns do. They seem to take pride in making all the facilities open to all regardless of ability. I've not seen a sports complex so free of graffiti or vandalism before, which maybe says more about the English than the Finns. I also really enjoyed the visit to the Finland Sports Museum. It's a shame we don't have one in London.
Finally, as well as a thank you to our hosts for being so welcoming, I'd also like to say thank you to Mick & Hutty for organising the tour."
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