Issue 60 - University of Surrey's Student Union

40 SPORT
The Stag | 29 th May 2013 sport@thestagsurrey.co.uk
2012/13 club round-ups
Netball
Ultimate Frisbee
By Katy Illife, Netball President
Winning ‘Most Successful
Club of the Year 2013’
illustrates just what a spectacular
year Netball has had. With a
step up of training and extra
sessions, plus an introduction of
a fourth team and a third coach,
all squads were able to improve
at a spectacular rate. Across all
four teams, we only suffered 2
losses and 1 draw, having played
40 matches, resulting in winning
all four BUCS leagues, being
promoted, and making Team
Surrey history in the process.
Social Netball has
progressed hugely this year,
with numbers increasing and
there being more opportunity
for players to play competitively
if they wished in local netball
leagues.
I’d like to record my
thanks to Head Coach Tamsin
Greenway, the committee, Sharon
Garner, Naomi Taylor, and all the
players this year for their hard
work and commitment.
It has been a brilliant
year, and has solidified Surrey
Netball as being a force to be
reckoned with.
By Riccardo Imbriano, Ultimate Frisbee Committee
The Ultimate Frisbee club is
coming to the end of its most
successful season since it was
founded in 1999. With a number of
Freshers recruited, building on the
previous year’s intake, the club is
in a healthy position with over 40
members to progress in the next
few years. This has not only meant
improved results on the pitch, but
has also meant the social side has
been excellent as well.
Some highlights of the year
include the Open team finishing
2nd at both Indoor and Outdoor
Regionals and therefore gaining
qualification to Division 1 Nationals,
(which had previously never been
done Outdoors), but the real success
came in Mixed tournaments. This
began in February when the team
came 2nd in the country at Mixed
Indoor Nationals, having never
previously finished in the Top 16.
We had prepared extensively for
this by attending a couple of warmup
tournaments and training
together for months and it paid off
with many of the players getting
to play in their first National final
against local rivals Sussex. This was
a massive result for the club and
definitely made a big impression
in the Ultimate community. The
team also played at Mixed Outdoor
Nationals for the first time, coming
10th and further cementing
ourselves as one of the top mixed
teams in the UK.
The club is in a good position
to build on the achievements of
the year, taking on the strengths
developed throughout the club to
progress into next year stronger
than ever.
Tennis
Fencing
By Gareth Raynes, Fencing Club
This year has been a fantastic
one for Fencing in all areas
of the club. In particular, our
Women’s first team are now the
first Team Surrey team ever to be
in the premiership for their sport,
which is a fantastic achievement.
The Men’s teams have had
a great year too, with the first
team being promoted to Division
1. Outside of BUCS, we
have had a great deal of successes
including our 24-hour fencing
marathon which raised more
than £6000 for charity and earned
us the Steve the Stag award at the
recent Colours Ball, an emormous
amount of money for a great
cause. Liz Ng is now the women’s
national champion for foil, a welldeserved
title recognising her
work and achievements in recent
times. We’re all looking forward
to next year, and all the successes
it will hopefully bring!
By Owen Davis, Tennis Club President
As this year draws to a close, we
can proudly say that that we
have had another very successful
year at the tennis club!
From shouting into megaphones
at Freshers’ Fayre right up to
hosting our AGM and writing an
annual report to rival the length
and depth of War and Peace, it
has constantly been a vibrant and
exciting club to be part of!
With over 65 members we have
cemented ourselves as one of the
largest clubs at Team Surrey, and
have introduced new additions
to our weekly routine to provide
for people of different standards;
such as beginners coaching and
intermediate hitting sessions.
Our BUCS sides continue to
perform in the higher divisions of
the tennis leagues, with our ladies
team (captained by Stag Sports
Editor Anna!) coming close to
gaining promotion to Division 1A
this year.
Social tennis, despite
unsurprisingly being unable to
maintain the average of 40 people
for 6 courts that we started with in
October, has remained successful
despite regularly suffering
conditions that make the Indian
monsoon season look like a light
shower. On the social side the club
has continued to make the most of
drinks offers at Citrus, as well as
making our return pilgrimage back
to Saloufest, with involuntary hair
shaving and bus chundering never
in short supply!
Looking forward to next year,
we’re lucky to have a committee
full of enthusiasm and ideas to take
the club to new heights! For anyone
around next year; don’t miss out!
See you next year,
Surrey!