Sorry the table didnt appear as I thought it would. So here it is again (ignore the dots)

.......A..................B....................... ..C..........................D
1.................01/07/2012............02/07/2012.............03/07/2012
2 NAME
3 John................H.........................H
4 Gary...........................................H
5 Paul................H............................. .........................H

Hope it works this time