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28 The Founder | Wednesday 23 February 2011 Sport . . . . Svensson Says: Johanna Svensson Sports Editor …injuries suck! Not a very daring statement in all honesty, I’ll admit to that. But the weight of truth remains as heavy just the same. Michael Jordan once said: ‘My body could stand the crutches but my mind couldn’t stand the sideline’. The trouble with injuries is, there’s not much of a choice! You can’t choose not to squeeze the sideline and in all honesty, if you plan on clasping on to any level of sanity throughout, you better hug it like it was your best friend. In fact it NEEDS to be your best friend! After all it is the place where you will spend most of your time (save for the gym perhaps) and it is also the closest you will get to your sport, as much as you hate to acknowledge it. In other words, it is your link; a sort of bridge between where you are and where you want to be. I and the sidelines go way back. It probably knows me better than anyone else, and that’s saying something. We first hooked up years ago and our history has since then been characterised by agonising twists and turns and frequent disappointment. As in all relationships there have been hard times and challenges along the way. But I oughtn’t to be unfair; we have had our moments. Once or twice you may even find yourself savouring the thrill of progress! But then you reach that point in your journey: the point we all tf face sooner or later (and almost certainly both). The question ‘is it all worth the struggle?’ presents itself in blinking red neon lights and slaps you across the face. Perhaps the red should be taken as a sign of warning, but the mind seldom goes there. Along with this question tags a slippery slope. - Get too close to the edge and you risk a hasty voyage downhill. I want to break up with my sideline. We all do. But the little ****er lingers around, leaving the chains on. And so we reconcile with the fact: we sit down next to our friend and gaze dreamily across the bridge to the other side where, obviously, the grass looks – and is – much greener. Royal Holloway’s Emily Moss runs for England Royal Holloway’s runner and STARS student Emily Moss was selected to compete for England in Bratislava after excellent results this season. We asked her to give us an account on her experience. Emily Moss “The excitement was building in the lead up to the day, especially when all of my England kit arrived by courier to my house. I spent much of the afternoon trying on all the various arrangements and having a mini photo shoot in the garden, trying to decide what combination I looked best in. Seeing ‘England Athletics Team’ on the various garments made me feel especially proud and I knew I would feel very honoured to pull on my England kit when it was time to race. After winning the Northern Championships in an indoor personal best time of 2:10.22 for 800 metres, which at the time ranked me 2nd in the UK, I was thrilled to be selected to race for England in an International Meeting in Bratislava on January 30th. “We met at the airport the day before the meeting and I was introduced to the team managers and the other athletes on the team; of whom several others were debutants. However, there were also several “legends”, as I call them, on the team, in the sense that they have competed for Great Britain at major Championships, so I was keen to speak to them and embark on their wealth of experience from such events. “The hotel in Bratislava was better than I had been led to believe, but still resembled something from the former Communist Eastern Bloc Countries in the 1980s. It was literally like being in a time warp!! However, as an aspiring top-level athlete, I have to get used to this and be able to cope with anything that is thrown at me, so it was all good experience. “I did not feel I ran that well in my race, recording 2:11.44 for 6th place. The leaders took the race out at a ridiculously fast pace – passing through 400 metres within world indoor record pace – and therefore it became a case of trying to hold on for as long as possible. I hung off the pace, but still found myself getting dragged into going far too fast in the initial stages and I consequently struggled. However, determined to do my best for my country, I didn’t give up and worked as hard as I could all the way to the end, and ended up overtaking two athletes with faster pre-race times in the final 50m. Although I felt I had struggled and I was disappointed with my time, the team managers were pleased with me as I finished two places higher than my pre-race ranking. Everyone had misjudged the pace, so no athlete was particularly pleased with their time. Why everyone went so fast I will never know. I had learned two things from the race. Firstly, that I need to work on my pacing and secondly that I am not yet in world record shape! “It was a great experience to be in such a fast race and I hope that it will stand me in good stead for my domestic races later this summer. It was a big step up in my first winter focusing on 800 metres and I certainly did not feel overwhelmed by the occasion, although I had hoped to do better. “I have a few more races planned this indoor season, where I really want to keep improving my time and win a medal in the BUCS Indoor Championships. It is going to be hard, but that is what I am concentrating on if I am feeling good on the day. Further ahead, I plan to take a short rest after my final indoor race to try and refresh myself and get myself back feeling good ready to hit the training hard in the lead up to the outdoor season. “Racing for my country has been a target of mine since I first started the sport as a 13-year-old, so it really was something very special to me. I really want to use this experience to make me a better athlete and I hope that I can stay healthy, keep improving and go on to bigger and better things over the coming years.”
The Founder | Wednesday 23 February 2011 29 The Founder Sport sports@thefounder.co.uk thefounder.co.uk/sports Editor: Johanna Svensson MACS at LUBE L.U.B.E - i.e. the London Universities Bouldering Event – is a new student-led climbing event for universities from all over the country and our very own Royal Holloway Mountaineering and Climbing Society is currently competing in it. Alice Norman With over a hundred and fifty climbers and experienced teams from many different universities, this event is highly competitive and provides an excellent opportunity for us to show everybody what a great team of climbers we have here at Royal Holloway. The competition as a whole consists of 4 rounds, held at different locations across London: from the Craggy centre in Sutton to the Arch Climbing Centre in central London. Each university enters two teams of three climbers for each round as well as individual climbers who want to enter into the solo competition. You gain points for the number of successful climbs you complete but the points decrease depending on the number of times you try to complete a route so it is just as much about the tactics as the stamina. So far three rounds have been completed and we are pleased to say that our teams are doing really well. Our A-team currently holds the highly respectable grand total of 1,293 points and our B-team, another tremendous total of 1,184. This puts us in the top 15 universities in the whole competition. Special congratulations should be awarded to Jack Appleby and Chris Stroud who, competing individually, have achieved outstanding scores of 506 and 478 across the first three rounds and are, quite deservedly, currently ranked 18th and 23rd in the whole competition – and that is out of over 100 climbers! Congratulations should also go to Heather Rumble who is leading our female climbers with the number 22 spot. We would really like to thank everyone for getting involved and competing, as it is the first time that our university has been involved in such an exciting climbing and bouldering event and we want to wish our team members ‘good luck’ for the final round, which will be held at the Arch on Saturday 5th March. Sport . . . . A cracking Wednesday for RHUL Squash Ben Hine RHUL Squash marched onwards in all of their campaigns this Wednesday with key wins putting the club in continued high spirits. At home, the Men’s 1st team were looking to continue their unbeaten run of five games. They hosted Brunel, a team with which they have a stormy past. Brunel inflicted the team’s only loss of this season so far in the first game of the year, where they surprised the boys with a strong 4-1 win. The firsts were therefore out for blood and looking to take advantage of being on home soil. Simon Green (5) put in a good effort but lost 3-1 against a tough opponent, whilst Tim Scarfe (4) used all his experience from playing in leagues in Egham and Windsor to secure a 3-1 victory, placing the teams at 1-1. Arran Waterman (3) and Jamie Pearce (2) “a.k.a Mr Reliable” put in solid and consistent performances to push the overall score to 3-1 with 3-0 wins each. This made Adam Robin’s (1) game a formality on paper, but in order for RHUL to jump to top of the league, a 4-1 win was needed. Unfortunately, Adam could not capitalise on the no-pressure situation and lost 3-0, but a 3-2 win against Brunel 1st team is still a major Sports . . . . achievement and the lads should be commended. Jamie Pearce had this to say: ‘a hard fought win with signs that this team can push on for a cup win, even if the top of the table is out of reach.’ The ULU 2nd team travelled into London to face LSE 3rd team to defend their current 100% win rate and their position at top of the league. After facing the 4th team and coming out with a 5-0 victory, the players felt confident that the momentum was with them for this particular match up. Elliot Rawstron (5), Callum Chaplin (4), and Johnny Chapman (3) all cleaned up with superb 5-0 victories, showing that they are really paying attention in training and converting that to some really slick moves on court. Jason Dunn (2) struggled in the 3rd game, whilst 2-0 up, due to a dodgy call by the referee, but came back strong in the 4th to provide a 3-1 win and a 4-0 lead. Ben Hine (1) put in the only disappointing performance, allowing a different technique to upset his game, and not being able to capitalise on a key opportunity in the 3rd game, leading to a quick 3-0 loss. The Women’s 1st team travelled away to SOAS for their last league game of the season, aiming, more than anything, to ‘suss out’ their opponents ahead of an almost certain cup match up. Rachel Smith (4), Sofiya Sosyedka (3) and Laura Goswell (2) all lost, 3-0, 3-2 and 3-1 respectively, whilst Julie Peachey (1) maintained her three and a half year unbeaten record with a 3-0 win, putting the match score at 3-1 in favour of SOAS. Despite the loss, the team are only looking ahead, and are looking to use what they have learned about their rivals to hopefully overcome them in the cup and reach a third final in 3 years. As well as great competition results, RHUL Squash is also still recovering from the shock of their huge RAG success in RAG week last week. On Friday 29th January, several members of the squash club undertook ‘The RHUL Bears Squash Ninja challenge” and spent the day on campus collecting money in buckets in aid of Street- Invest, the designated RAG charity this year, all whilst dressed in full ninja costumes. In total, the club raised £490.66 on the day, and, in addition to RAG auctioning off Michael Krayenhoff, Hagen Brümmer and Mauricio Izquierdo for £45, the grand total raised was £535.66; making RHUL Squash the number one RAG contributor this year! A big thank you to everyone who contributed and huge congratulations to Rory Voake and Rachel Smith who individually raised £96.86 and £101.55 respectively. RHUL Squash is on a roll with no signs of stopping any time soon! The Next Deadline for the sports section is: Monday 28th February Correction: The photos from alumni sports and day should have been attributed to Tony Hart and RHUL Sports Office. More photos are availabile at www.tony-hart.com
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