The Record 2006 - Keble College - University of Oxford

The Life of the College
on a fairytale theme – a very convincing Shrek won first prize.
Thanks to the Keble Association for its support which made the
trip possible.
Squash
(Andy Baker)
Tennis (Men’s)
(Toby Joy)
Ultimate Frisbee
(Alastair Arnold)
The principal aim this year was to get more people involved in
the sport as the Club has struggled to field a consistent 1st Team.
The instigation of a ladder encouraged more players and Keble
managed to field a second team regularly. The 1st Team had a
consistent top four with the fifth seed rotating until we finally
found our order. The team performed well and missed out on
promotion to the 1st Division in Michaelmas by one point.
The teams were also successful in Cuppers, with the 2nd Team
reaching the Final after a tough first round draw. The 1st Team
also progressed well and reached the quarterfinals losing to the
eventual finalists and winners of the League, St John’s. Hopefully,
the Club will be able to build on the success of this year.
It has been a highly successful season this year, resulting in
promotion to the top division in the League. We started with
a testing tie against Exeter, but the players dug deep, dropping
only one set on the way to victory. Our performances continued
to improve, brushing aside St Catz, and then destroying a useful
Merton outfit, despite gale-like playing conditions. A comfortable
victory over Wadham followed, despite more attempts by the
weather to hamper play. With Somerville conceding, we sealed a
clean sweep of the League. Our run in Cuppers was sadly ended
by Lincoln, with us struggling to get a full team out due to exams.
There were many fine individual performances. James Alliston
and Toby Joy were unbeaten in singles and doubles, and were
very ably supported by first years Ritchie Balmer, Pete Bolton and
Richard Mant, as well as by graduate Thomas Brennan. Things
look very bright for next year.
It was a year of ‘almosts’ for the Ultimate Frisbee team. With
an enthusiastic group of Freshers added to our returning old
hands we breezed through the group stages of Michaelmas
beginners tournament, but tired in the semi-final and went down
to eventual winners Oxford Brookes. We began the first Spring
League season with the aim of returning to the top flight after
a two-year absence. We started well with three straight wins
including revenge over Brookes, however a depleted side lost the
penultimate game to strugglers New meaning we had to win our
final match against Balliol to claim promotion. It was very close
from start to finish eventually going to a sudden death extra point
where we lost in heartbreaking fashion after thinking we had
scored a winner just moments earlier. The second Spring League
season followed a similar pattern – early wins tempered by a loss.
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