Amigo’s and Amiga’s,

The only part of my job as President I don't like is to have to inform you that the games are cancelled due to excessive rains. We had a classic example last weekend with the rains starting Saturday morning and not ending until Monday morning. Nothing worse than a Sunday without Football. It gives you this nerve wrecking feeling and you go straight into a “Sunday Blues” everything else will not be as good as running after a ball for 90 minutes with 11 friends.

Let's hope the New Year of the Dragon will bring only “ rain-free” weekends! A dragon year usually is good for business and good time to marry or a good time to expand the family! Let's see how BIG the SPL family will grow in 2012! To name you a few famous Dragons of the past, Bruce Lee, Sigmund Freud, Julius Caesar, Martin Luther King and of course we have our own SPL players born in the year of the Dragon!

Yamada-san will take a look at the schedule after last week cancellation and inform you about the changes. We as well plan to hold the SPL Cup draw in Japan during the Chinese New Year Holiday and post it on line !

We wish all the team a fantastic and successful SPL year no matter whether you are at the bottom or at the top of the league table !

Cheers Freek / SPL President on behalf of the SPL Committee