The Record 2006 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The Life of the College
novices into pros! Hopefully next year, we can continue to play
well and make it through to finals day without as much rain as
this season brought.
Dancesport
(Mat Treece)
Football (Women’s)
(Helen Pugh)
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Football (Men’s)
(Chris Byrne)
The Keble Dancesport team boasts many members of the Oxford
Blues (Southern and Varsity champions) and Beginners (National
and Varsity champions) teams and a good number of non-team
members in addition to these. We finished a respectable third
overall in Cuppers and with our number of experienced dancers
we are (hopefully) set up for victory next year! Thanks must go to
our coach Bruce Richardson, who will no doubt help make Keble
Dancesport’s next year as positive as this one has been.
This year began with some frantic recruiting, the result was a
enthusiastic team of novices with a core of golden oldies. Talent
was obvious and skill quickly emerged following some serious
training sessions. After the first couple of matches it was clear
Keble once again had a team to be proud of. Unfortunately it
wasn’t enough to turn around our Cupper’s fortunes and we
went out in the group stage, but we maintained a strong League
presence and finished fouth in Division 1.
Keble football has enjoyed a successful year, culminating in
promotion back to the Premier Division. With few new recruits,
the squad remained largely unchanged from last year, so the team
had a solid base on which to build. In the opening game, Keble let
a two goal lead slip to draw with St Peter’s, but followed this with
a convincing 3–0 win over Balliol. Poor results against Hertford
and Lincoln turned to improved form and a flurry of goals in the
remaining games before Christmas, with victories over Trinity
and Lincoln, and a draw with LMH. An early exit in Cuppers
allowed Keble to focus on their promotion aspirations.
The team won four of the first five games in Hilary placing
them firmly in contention for promotion but then suffered an
unexpected 4–0 thrashing at the hands of Balliol. Unperturbed,
the team showed determination to win their next two matches.
This left Keble needing one point from their last three games
to secure promotion. They then lost to eventual League and
Cuppers winners St Edmund Hall, leaving the team with a
nervous end to the season. However, Keble managed to pull
together in their penultimate game to draw 2–2 with Trinity,
securing their deserved place in the Premier Division of college
football. Though the whole team can take credit for the successes
of the season, special mention must go to a select few. Richard
Craig was voted Players’ Player of the Season and Captain’s
Player award went to Ade Roche for his great efforts over the
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