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28 The Founder | Thursday 4 November 2010 Sport . . . . Royal Holloway heading to Svensson Says: Johanna Svensson Sports Editor tf the BUCS Championships The 4th annual BUCS Championships, the pinnacle of the domestic university sporting season, will return to Sheffield in March 2011. This season 19 BUCS sports will be in action over seven days of competition. The City of Sheffield will witness some of the best athletes in the country competing in world class sporting venues. The BUCS Championships brings together thousands of students who will be competing in individual championships or their team sport finals after a season long campaign. Some great BUCS finals are expected in sports such as hockey and netball while sports such as judo and climbing will see hundreds of students fighting for individual glory. Last year, Royal Holloway did exceptionally well at the Championships with students winning a number of medals across various disciplines. Notable performances include the Judo Club which walked away with Gold, Silver and Bronze medals, in particular Fiona Jones (STARS) who took Gold. Further special mentions go to Emily Moss and Darren March (both STARS students). Continued on opposite page » …what a week! As lecturers go crazy on essays and reading (funny how they manage to accidentally plan their deadlines in the very same week!), our sports teams craze it out in their respective venues. Royal Holloway did well in general, and for our five Performance Package teams, the week proved highly successful. ‘Performance-what?’ you say? Not to worry, you’re probably not the only one. The Performance Package was introduced at RHUL Sports 2009 as an important step in boosting its ranking in the British University and College Sports (BUCS) table, at the time finding itself on a 62nd place. The ultimate aim is to place Royal Holloway in the top 20 within the next 5 years by giving five teams additional support in form of professional coaches and strength & conditioning sessions for example. The outcome? Royal Holloway climbed to 52nd place in the BUCS ranking – an impressive improvement in one year! Back in the days; back in 2002/2003, Holloway placed itself on a slightly humbler 93rd place, and an even less boastful 96th (!) place the following year. 04/05 proved to be a golden generation as RHUL shot up to 70 – that’s a 26-step climb! In the season of 05/06 our athletes leaped up another 4 places to 66th and the progression has only gone up from there. However, (and this applies to all 40-or-so competitive teams in the college) as long as UCL remains higher than Royal Holloway in the ranking, we shall not rest. Many would label UCL as something of an ‘archrival’, and I don’t think anyone would particularly mind seeing them trailing behind RHUL. As a reference: they are currently ranked as number 40. Looking back in their history in the BUCS table, they have resided quite comfortably around places 40-45 as long as the records go. In other words, no significant development in ten years or so. Women’s football beat them last weekend (well done, ladies!) and I know the clash is coming up in basketball soon… Stay Tuned. Rhul Trampolining Club raises money for charity Sarm Falaki The RHUL Trampolining club is small but vibrant and has a growing membership year on year. We play hard and we work hard and no more so than this week when we raised money for our chosen charity. In light of the university’s Make-A-Difference day, we decided to make our difference in our own way by hosting a fancy dress themed trampolining session with the help of RAG. Through a combination of session fee’s, selling RAG t-shirts and passing around the charity bucket we raised over £65 for Great Ormond Street Hospital. We must have looked a strange bunch to the kick-boxing club practising across the hall, but then it’s not every day that you see a pirate, a zombie, a fairy, an angel, a devil and all other manner of “Make Believe” characters working their moves on a trampoline! Sessions run every Thursday from 8 - 10 PM and cost only £3, which enables us to hire our lovely coach Laura to take us through badges and competitions. Members need to have valid insurance from the SU and pay a one-off membership fee of £10 which helps us to plan socials and sort out equipment we may need. Socials are nearly always casual, and planned for a night in which most people can make it; they range from a relaxed drink at a local pub to days out at theme parks to weekends in Amsterdam. Everyone is welcome to join our club from all skill sets and backgrounds, whether you are a complete beginner or you know the trampoline like the back of your hand. We’re always happy to get new members so please come and try it out!
The Founder | Thursday 4 November 2010 29 tf Sport . . . . Royal Holloway heading to the BUCS Championships Emily competed in a highly contested 800m final and after going out strong and attacking the lead she was beaten in the final 30m pushing her to third. Darren March looked comfortable all weekend after qualifying for the final after one jump. He continued his form into the second day by standing out as one of the more competitive triple-jumpers taking a well deserved Silver. With the support of Sheffield International Venues (SIV), who will also be hosting the majority of sports at their world class elite sporting venues, BUCS is thrilled to be returning to the City of Sheffield to make use of its world class venues. BUCS Chief Executive Karen Rothery said: ‘It is great to bring the BUCS Championships back to Sheffield for the fourth consecutive year. Sheffield offers some of the best facilities for sport in the country and I know students appreciate competing in these world class venues. The BUCS Championships bring together some of the finest student athletes in the country who will have fought hard to make it to their respective finals. SIV is a great partner to help us to make their experience as memorable as possible and a reward for all their hard work during the season” Royal Holloway will be aiming to support even more students to represent the College at the Championships, this is possible as RHULSPORT is being support by the Annual Fund with a donation of £2,000 to subsidies cost of accommodation, travel, and student support services at the event. Mark Hyndman, Sports Development Executive comments: It will be great to travel back to Sheffield for what is a spectacular student sports event and I can’t wait to see more Royal Holloway student compete. The support from Alumni Fund allows us to support more students to attend the event, which is enriching their student experience at the College through sport. A team worth watching: RHUL Women’s Football Paola Orive The new football season began this Sunday 17th and what a start did the women’s first and second team had. Having won last years ULU premiership by a clear point and goal difference to second place UCL, Women’s 1st had to maintain its reputation in the field, and so they did! Winning both games of the season so far from both BUCS and ULU leagues by crushing scores (7-0 and 8-1) proved that this team was not going to be satisfied by simply being known as last year’s champions. They stayed true to their title and are now establishing a well deserved reputation amongst the other teams. They are so far the only team who has scored more than three goals in a match and it doesn’t look like they will stop any time soon. As I caught up with my last year’s teammates and heard all about the first two games of the season, I was very excited to go down this Sunday 24th to the sports field for their first home match of the year. I knew this would be a tough match since they were playing archrival UCL. The first half began and already by 20th minute RHUL had scored three goals (one courtesy of UCL’s defender), and so I began to see what all the fuss was about this year’s team. Even though there are many new girls in the team, the chemistry on the pitch was apparent for all who went down to see them play. RHUL played the ball with ease and always looking up for open teammates. It came to no surprise that this team was doing as well as their charts say they are. The game ended with a clear win for the Holloway girls winning 7-0 against a worn-out UCL 2nd, sending out a thunderous warning to UCL’s 1st team who will be facing Holloway in the near future. It looks like the 2nd team has a lot to talk about as well: they remain undefeated at ULU league having beaten SOAS 1st and Goldsmiths 1st this Sunday at their first home match. I guess the reputation that follows the 2nd teams in sports as being ‘not as good as the first’ is not applicable for the Royal Holloway girls. The 2nd team girls are just an extension of the 1st team. As an example, RHUL beat Kings’s team in a friendly by no less than 13 - 0. Not only were the girls’ football skills impressive but the club President Sian also talked about the future plans for the club. They are planning on being very pro-active during Volunteering Week with a traditional football activity called Spring Street Cleaning and there is also a football camp going on in campus some time during summer. Looks like this club is going to be a very big threat for others who aspire to win any colors in the climatic end of the year’s Colors Ball. Coming down for their games is not only a nice way to spend a Sunday or Wednesday evening with your mates, but is also a chance to watch two grand teams play their hearts out for our university. Their matches are a result of the love they have for the game and their devotion they have to take Royal Holloway to the highest of the league’s charts. For whatever reason, these girls are worth watching and keeping a good eye out for what they are to become and what they are to make of our football team. Make note of them, for I can assure you, they will give a lot to talk about in the future.
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