Early pitch inspections, snails in a car and slippery pitches made for a tricky start to the day.
And top of the league Herne Bay didn't make the day any easier even though they arrived late.
A makeshift ladies 3's set about stopping them though and we did so with skill and gusto in the first half holding off wave after wave off Herne Bay attacks with the help of guest player Ali.
Herne Bay did manage to sneak one in early in the half but Blackheath gave as good as they got and some great attacking play from Emily, Isla and Daisy meant we went close a few times but went in at half time 1-0 down.
Unfortunately we couldn't repeat our efforts in the 2nd half and Herne Bay began to capitalise on a tiring team scoring four unanswered goals.
Special thanks to all the Ladies 4s this week who stepped in and all played really well.
PoM - For all round attacking play and great effort.
DoD - Alex for being late due to snails in her car ?