Late friday afternoon Rick was called by BBC Radio Sussex asking he would go on the radio to talk about the FA Cup and Church football. As he did not hear back later that afternoon he that was that.

However bright and early around 8am Rick got another call asking if he could go on just before 9am.

The link below is the result of that fatefull interview.

Forward to 2 hours 54 minutes and 20 seconds to find the interview.

BBC Radio Sussex

PS Just to set the record straight Rick is not a Brighton fan (the researcher was deaf). He is a Spurs fan!

We are pleased to confirm that Carmela Resturant in 3 Denne Road, Horsham, RH12 1JE is the venue for this seasons Seniors End of Season Dinner and Presentation Evening on Saturday 28th April.

We have the the upstairs area exclusively for the evening from 8pm, this can hold around 34 guests.

Senior players, Committee members, coaches, wives, girl-friends, Managers and Supporters of the Club are most welcome.

The Restaurant specialises obviously in Italian foods and I can confirm the smell is fantastic as you walk in!

The whole menu is open to us but we must pre-book any starters and main courses. This can be done by going on to Carmela website menu and send your order to Rick on www.brantsrus@gmail.com

As the numbers are restricted this will be done on a first come first basis.

We also have a guest speaker this in Chris Roe who is the Chaplin at Crystal Palace FC.

Lastly all the trophies will be presented at the end of the evening.

I understand from Francesco our host that we can stay as long as we like! Could be a long night!!

A review of Carmela and Carmelas website

This years Chesterfest Tournament is from Friday15th June to Sunday 17th June and will be the third time the Club has entered this tournament.

The aim is to leave on the Friday evening around 7.30pm and return Sunday around 16.00pm.

The squad will not only play in the tournament but arrangements will be made to watch European Championship matches as well.

Staying in local Premier Inn's the cost on the assumption 9 players go is hoped to be £75 including breakfast (not evening meals) and travel for the trip.

A deposit of £25 is required to secure your place. If you interested please contact tour organiser Eamonn Geogheghan on  eamonnsue@talktalk.net or 077115 15583.  

Click here for tour prgramme.

The Club hare delighted to announce that Dave Marney is to set up a new Under 8's team. Dave will be initially supported by Mark Taylor.

Training will start after the Easter school holidays. Venue for this is likely to Bennetts Field.

The idea is to enter this new team into the HDYFL for the start of the 2012/13 season as an Under 9's team.

Dave brings with him a wealth of experiencece in running adult teams in form of Faygate UTD. Linda will be supporting Dave on the admin side of things.

If you have a son or daughter or brother or sister who will be going into year 4 in September and would like to play or know more please contact Dave on 07974 783733 or David.Marney@tmlewin.co.uk

Good luck to Dave, Linda and our lastest team.

The First Teams home match against West Chiltington was cancelled by the council yesterday and the Reserves had no match scheduled. So an inter-club friendly has been arranged.

Paul and Eamonn (with Andy's assistance) have arranged a game on the Astro pitch at the Welad School in Billingshurst.

The pitch pitch has been booked for a 1pm start sp please meed there around 12.30pm so that teams can be organised quickly.

Cost I understand is £3 per player and please bring your own socks and shorts.

Frederico Demarchi our Argentian import from Buenos Aires returned home after his months stay in Horsham.

Freddie works for Royal & Sun Alliance and spent his time at their Head Office in Horsham.

Freddie played mostly for the Reserves and was well thought of playing the centre of midfield. Some of you may remember the 'hassle' both Freddie and the Club had getting him International clearance to play. Amazing red tape!

I should add that Freedie would be very welcome back anytime.

Freddie returned home just before Christmas but here is a recent email that he sent to the Club.

Hi all,

I should had written this email before but the last days of 2011 were quite hectic. After some days off visiting my family in South Florida for Xmas and New Year I'm back to work in the Buenos Aires office of RSA.
I wanted to thank you all for letting me be part of a such wonderful group during one year of my life which I'll certainly never forget.
I miss trainings (I can proudly say that I missed just a couple of them and with valid reasons) and saturday games, and though it might sound weird I also miss the weather (the 40°ish "feels like" temperature every single day of the warm South American summer is not for me anymore).

I wish you all the best for this 2012. Please extend my regards to the rest of the team.

Freddie

Our Under 9's are looking for more players. Ideally including a goalkeeper.

So if you are interested in joining this team and having fun call Rick on 07799 885876 or email brantsrus@gmail.com

PS Sorry about the strange looking lot to the right!

The adults teams will be using Christs Hospital Asto pitch from 7th February through to the end of March when the clocks change and once again we will revert to Bennetts Field thereafter.

This will be a trial 2 months for the seniors to see if it meets our needs primarily for the numbers that we regurlarly get at training these days.

The pitch is booked from 8-9pm however we will meet before hand. Time TBC. 

The cost is a significant one to the Club and this is reflective in the training fee being £2 while we are at C.H. It will continue at £1 while at Tanbridge.

Three of the junior teams already use the facility and it is hoped that the adults will also benefit from these excellent facilities. 

The Club has announced the date for the 3rd Annual Quiz and Fish & Chip Night in aid of Sports Aid.

This will be Saturday 24th March and Brighton Road Baptist Church, starting at 7.30 pm

The cost inludes a Fish & Chip at 'haf-time' and this is £7.50 with all the prfofit minus the Fish and Chips going to the Chaity Cause.

As in the past we are looking for as many teams as possible and the evening is opened up to adult players, parents, friends, grand-parents, member of the Church in fact anybody interested in a Quiz or would like to support thr Club in this way.

So if you would like to enter a team contact Rick.

If you don't have a team but would still like to take part no problem, let Rick know and he will find you one.

Rick's contact details are; 07799 885876 or brantsrus@gmail.com

Quiz Night Poster

Horsham Baptists & Ambassadors FC would like to invite all players, parents, grand parents and supporters to its Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Tuesday 1st May 2012.

This will be held at Brighton Road Baptist Church @ 8pm.