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n Thursday 10th December 1998Surrey Pride 11Surrey Pride Star ProfileNumber 8, Brett ArnallVital Stats;Age: 24Dept: Varsity Bar Manager (Brett’s Bar and Bistro)Nicknames:Brettstar AllstarMeasurements: Receding (hair!) - where?Sporting Interests (and why?): Part time footie(ankle injury) after making my USFC debut at 15. I’vealways felt welcome to join in and be part of the Club.Marital Status:Single (Head of Harem)Personal Info;What is your favourite feature? Ability to be cheekyto anyone!What do you go for in a man/woman?Man - makes me laugh (Cakey wetting himself at the bar withoutknowing it!) Woman - Smile and the ‘something abouther’ factor, failing that, a prize pair of Banfields.Favourite Drink? Pernod (No Tequila Brett?)Favourite Food? Beef (Curtains??)Favourite Music? After listening to Ian Woodley unpluggedat the Vars every day, anything, but preferably John Lennon.Sporting Info:What does Surrey Sport give you? Good bartakings! Hopefully good growler, and a chance to get to meeteveryone (or just the growler!).What is your;most memorable moment in Surrey Sport? Reffing IDsports rounders, I got a bloke in an arm lock to stop him fightingjust as the fella he was arguing with punched him, particularlyhard, in the face!funniest moment you can recall from your days atSurrey?When Fitzy, Colin Sewell, my brother and me gotjumped by about 15 policeman after walking a young ladyhome. (I heard she had to be up for school the next morningBrett!)worst injury?Ankle ligament damage - although I was moreconcerned recently when I couldn’t walk for two days afterGutzy squeezed my balls!worst STD?No comment (my mother will read this!) [Buthadn’t she just polished the dining room table hours beforeyou caught it? - Sports Ed]Do you have any sporting superstitions?Never sit next to Gutzy in a changing room!How does Surrey Sport affect your Social/Private life?It gets me in the zone (sometimes)!Is sex better before or after sport?Could volunteers please register via the BF office to help methoroughly investigate this conundrum?Who is your sporting role model?Papa Arnall, despite being bald and past it, stills brings greatenjoyment to everyone he coaches/plays at sport (aahhhh!)Which sports personality would you most like to meet?Lindsay Dawn Mackenzie - of the Sunday Sport!Sum yourself up in 3 words? Rob Haggart’s Boss!Emma Banfield’s nominated question; Do you have myhair grip?No, but I recall you had a hard grip!Now that you are a Star of the Pride, as this is the lastProfile of the semester, which question would you likeadded to the standard profile list for the next semester?What person on campus would you like to zone it with andwhy?Thankyou, the Allstar! If you wish to see (and indeedtouch) the legend that is younger Arnall, he can be foundfurnishing USFC’s finest with monkey oil at the Varsityand fleecing the hide of The Beast Haggart, with a spikedleather Cat O’Nine Tails for your pleasure. When theSurrey Pride returns in the New Year, the Star Profiletemporarily takes on a new guise with an in depth interviewwith Fencing Sports Scholar and England numberone, Debbie Catchpole. Pierce me with your epee!For those of you not in theknow the Netball birdshave been on a ‘Tour’, orperhaps a weekend at HastingsHoliday Havens park (if only theLadies FC could be quite so honestwhen describing their‘tours’)! To end the traditionalrumour mongering of ‘Who didwhat’ the management havedecided to cordially inform youof the ‘Bare Facts!’We arrived after a journey ofreading unintelligible directionsto find that our stay coincidedwith the Havens ‘Glam Rock’weekend and spent our first nightat the on site club, Glamorama.However, we quickly foundother modes of amusement andwere soon having such a goodtime that the owner enquired ifhis son could join in. Little MissSlapper (Clark-Wilson) requiredno second invite - one down andtwo more to follow as she daredto call the third ‘ugly’ - did shehave her eyes shut for the firsttwo?Little Miss Sloshed managed tokeep her number down to one(for the first evening!) and Tinydanced with two guys wholooked about 12 before Kellycarried out some ‘PrivateInvestigations’ on the colour of avariety of fellas underwear! Kathmet a lovely bloke, Kara felldown the stairs, Nicky pulled outof obligation, Claire wascrowned ‘Most Pissed’ and CJnarrowly avoided plastic surgeryby Dr. Glass Ashtray and StaffNurse Angry Girlfriend, aftershe spent most of the eveningchatting to a guy who ‘claimed’to be single (don’t tell me youfell for that one on a ‘tour’!). Weretired after this evening ofdebauchery to the chalets forgirlie chats, tea and toast.At 8am Saturday morning, wewere all woken up by a brightand cheery Little Miss Mischief(obviously extremely pleasedwith her conquest of the previousevening). Feeling somewhatjaded, we travelled toEastbourne only to be thoroughlythrashed by Brighton Uni forthe second time in 2 weeks, toadd to the hangover blues. Asever though, the pain brought onby the mischief of the beer monkeywas at least partially relievedby the consumption of copiousquantities of Maccy D’s, beforethe return to camp and the firstsession of Kangaroo Court as thedrinking fines flowed fast andfree. This was a mere warm uphowever, as we ventured intoHastings to JR’s night-club toBattle of the GiantsSurrey Stingers 6HertfordshireHurricanes 30unday saw two of the bestteams in the country faceeach other in what wasSsure to be a tough and rivettinggame. The Surrey Stingers facedthe Hertfordshire Hurricanes,the present reigning champions.Both teams were as yet undefeatedand Surrey was the onlyteam in the country to not havebeen scored against.The game showed skill anddetermination on both sides ofthe ball but the Surrey offencewas unable to penetrate theHerts defence. Before long, theoppo ran in a punt return toscore their first touchdown,although it was disputed by theSurrey coaching staff because ofunseen fouls by Hertfordshire.This continued with Surreybeing blighted with bad luck toWGirls Just Wanna Have Fun!Little Miss Netball Tour 1998go into the half time break withstill no score. Into the secondhalf, Surrey’s quarterback,Duncan Watkinson, was injuredas he was sacked and dumpedon top of the ball. In stepped theback up QB, Phil Macdonald.The deficit and the loss of ourstar player pushed the Stingersinto overdrive to rush the ballupfield to score their first andonly touchdown, run in byAdayo Ashaye. Hertfordshirecontinued their efforts to run upthe score but were again hamperedby Surrey’s defence whocontinually broke through Hertsdefence to sack their QB to finishthe game 30-6. The stars ofthe game were Rob Scruby withover 100 yards rushing andAshaye with his TD for theoffence. On the defensive sideof the ball, Simon King made 8tackles and 2 and a half sacksalong with Kerry Grey (6 tacklesand 1 and a half sacks). Allplayers gave 110% on the day.And a Happy New Year!Paul Cliff, Sports Editorell, it’s almost here!Time again to destroyall that hard work,puffing and grunting in the gym,throwing yourself around on thegrass and shuttling end to end onthe ATP, by heading out on afour week bender of alcohol,turkey, pickles and chocolate,with the only scheduled hardwork of getting an extra 200 quida term out of the parental cashbox to ‘fund your extensive readinglist’, more commonly knownas the bar stock of Union, Varsityor Bojanglez. Throughout theabsence of the pages of Pride, abevy of sporting activity occurswith the recommencement of theAshes series, a feast of domesticand European football, the continuingroad to the NFLSuperbowl, and the outsideworlds Annual Colours Ballevent as the Sports Personality ofthe Year Awards take place at theweekend. Bugger me, Santa hascome early (he ought to trythinking of a Sports StandingMeeting).Do spare a thought for us occasionallywont you, as we dreamof our extensive 4 day Christmasholiday and bring yourselvesback full of New Years resolutionsto get fitter, write moreSports reports and buy the SportsEditor drinks at the bar! Well, I’llpop it on my wish list anyway!Merry Christmas SurreyPrideFirst Past the Post by Eddie HeardmanTwo more winners in threeraces last weekend, and acouple of non-runners -always a danger when writing thisat the five day declaration stage!Direct Route came up trumps at ahealthy 7-1 in the Tingle CreekChase at Sandown, after having thefavourite, Edredon Bleu, in hissights all race. See More Businesscame in at odds-on favourite to winthe Rehearsal Chase at Chepstowfor the second year running, a feathe will now attempt at Kempton onBoxing Day as he tries to retain theKing George VI Chase. Back atSandown, my other selection,Blowing Wind, found the burdenof top weight too much to carry inthe William Hill Handicap Hurdle,as he came in fourth to 16-1 shot,Polar Prospect.Cheltenham dominates the card onSaturday. In the Tripleprint GoldCup, last year’s winner, Senor ElBetrutti, takes on one of this season’srevelations, 5-year-old CyforMalta. I can’t see the plucky littlegrey completing a double, butSimply Dashing is meeting theyoung pretender on 9lb betterterms for a one length defeat, andthat may well tip the balance hisway. From the bottom of theweights, Northern Starlight maybe worth a place. SeveralChampion Hurdle contendersclash in the Bonusprint BulaHurdle. Dato Star returns to thetrack, although he may not get thegoing he needs. Pridwell makeshis seasonal reappearance, afterhaving beaten Champion hurdlerIstabraq towards the end of lastseason, and I take him to reinforcehis standing as a quality performer.Keep an eye out also forLet’s Be Frank in the BonusprintNovice Chase, who found theheavy going too much on his firstouting over fences. Up atmeet Shovelhead, and proceededto order 20 tequila’s at a time andattempting to down them ‘on thebounce’, Domino style!Requesting such timeless classicsas ‘Raining Men’ and theheadline tune, we set about causingquite a scene with Abi leadingthe way getting absolutelyruined on Alcopops! During ournext mission to completely takeover the club, I think I gotthrough roughly (How roughCJ?) 4 random men despiteHelen deciding to abstain toprove she’s not really a slapper atall (it’s all about the barn doorand the bolted horse!). Kathreturned to planet ‘Dreamysmile’ when the geezer she hadpulled the night before arrived.But Jo, I think it was pretty obviousthat she wouldn’t be needingher PJ’s that night, although itwas nice of you to ask (especiallyin front of Glen!).We spent the rest of Sunday (bythe time we got up!) dawdlingaround the sea front in the seeminglyendless search for somegreasy spoon that would seat 20of us and finally found the mysterypot of gold after about halfan hour. Most of us enjoyed thenosh with the exception ofSloshed who found a hair in herVegitana Pasta, after which wequickly packed and made ourway back to the Paradise that isGuildford, to be greeted by therevered Surrey Angel as wecame in sight of the Cathedral. Areally fantastic weekend was hadby all, so that all their remains tosay is a big thankyou to Kath fororganising a brilliant weekend(and to Cliffy for interpreting mydrunken inkwell spider handwritingand typing it up for us -ahem!).Little Miss Bossy (CJ)Haydock, the three mile TommyWhittle Chase sees the last twoGrand National winners lockinghorns, as ‘97 victor, Lord Gyllene,makes his comeback from injury.However, he is bound to need therun after 18 months off the track,and ‘98 star Earth Summit mayfind the distance a bit too short.Everything seems to be in thefavour of Suny Bay, ironically secondto both horses in theirNational victories, although one tolook for is the young novice,Tamarindo, who may find he istackling the big boys too early inhis chasing career.There has been much talk in recentdays of changes in the BritishBetting industry. The Ladbrokeschain bought the Coral name for£363 million at the beginning ofthe year, a deal which was blockedby the Trade minister, PeterMandelson, in September. Therace is on for the second sale of theCoral outlets, which must be completedby March. Two currentbookmakers, Tote and Stanley racing,have expressed an interest,with the former apparently willingto table an offer of £350 million.The final list of interested partiesis to be declared over the next severalweeks. A proposed cut in Irishbetting duty from 10% to 5% hasencouraged top turf accountantPaddy Power to make plans toattract the British punter fromunder the noses of the Big Threeover here. In a clampdown on illegalbetting operations, a NorthWales man was jailed last weekfor 8 months. Ian Collo took betsof more than £1/2 million, neglectingto hand over £35,000 to theInland Revenue, while workingout of pubs in the Chester areafrom March ‘95 to December ‘97.So, be careful with those sportsmen’sbets, the Taxman Cometh!

OStrength TrainingWhy Train For Strength?ver the last few years,numerous studies haveshown that strength trainingproduces many health and fitnessbenefits for people of all ages andsexes. Medical bodies, fitness professionalsand medics now advocatestrength training for everyone.The following are just some of themany reasons why you should starta program of strength training yourself.To Increase Muscle Mass andStrengthResearch has shown that a basicweight training programme of just25 minutes three times a week canincrease muscle mass by approximately3 lbs over an eight weekperiod. A well planned weighttraining programme trains all themajor muscle groups, which leadsto balanced muscle development.To Strengthen Tendons andLigamentsWeight training increases joint stabilityby increasing the productionof collagen proteins, causing anincrease in their structural strength.To Avoid Age-Related MuscleLossMuscle mass and strength tend todecrease with age without strengthtraining, as adults typically lose 5-7lbs of muscle every decade. Muscleatrophy (loss) occurs primarily inthe fast twitch muscle fibres (thoseinvolved in strength and explosiveactivities).To Increase Bone DensityStrength training improves bonestrength and increases bone osteoproteinsand mineral content. AnAmerican study found that womenwho followed a weight training programmetwice a week for one year,developed 76% greater bonestrength than those who did nostrength training. These findingssuggest that weight training reducesthe risk of osteoporosis and bonefractures.To Increase Metabolic RateStrength training increases the restingmetabolic rate, the energyrequired for tissue maintenance andessential functions. This is due tothe fact that strength trainingincreases muscle tissue which has ahigher energy requirement than fattissue, i.e. muscle tissue is metabolicallyactive. People who follow aprogramme of strength training usemore calories throughout the day.Surrey PrideTo Reduce Body FatStrength training can help reducebody fat by increasing resting metabolicrate and therefore daily caloriesexpenditure.To Reduce Blood PressureStrength training has been shown tolower systolic (highest) and diastolic(lowest) blood pressure, withan even greater effect when combinedwith aerobic training.To Reduce InjuriesA well conditioned and well balancedmuscular skeletal system hasa much smaller chance of sustaininginjury. A stronger body is betterable to avoid or resist impactinjuries from falls and activitiessuch as running or jumping.To Improve Psychological WellbeingAll types of exercise help reducestress, anxiety and depression,uplifting mood and increasingrelaxation.Weight Training MythsDespite these well recognised benefitsof strength training, there aremany myths which still exist. Hereare some of the most popular misconceptions.Strength training makes womenlook too bulky. Strength trainingactually improves the tone and definitionof the muscles, creating afirmer and more shapely appearance(Nice - -Sports Ed!).If you stop training the muscle willturn to fat. It is impossible for muscleto turn to fat as they are twocompletely different types of bodytissue. Muscle mass and strengthwill gradually decrease if you stoptraining.Weight training makes you muscleboundand will ruin your flexibility.Increasing your muscle mass doesnot make you muscle bound, reduceyour flexibility or loose your speed.Strength training, performed correctly,can actually improve yourflexibility as the muscle is exercisedthrough its complete and naturalrange of movement.Andy Goring, Sports MassageTherapistTel. 452028, CampusportUgg! It's exam timeagain, this means thatit must be gettingnear the end of the autumnsemester. So what have YOUdone this semester? Getdrunk at the Union, miss lectures,wake up in bed withsomeone who's name youcan't remember?Well we've done all that andmore... Read on!The first trip of the year sawan elite squad of hungoverclimbers heading for the wetand slippery delights of thePeak District! By the way,I'm talking about the Rock!Anyway, a superb weekendof vertical mastery ensued,with the odd screaming falland much alcohol fuelledentertainment. On to thenext....Plans for a sunny weekend inNorth Wales were dashed byforecasts of heavy rain. But,undeterred we headed for theWest Country anyway, onlyto find that the Wye Valleyresembled a Vertical Ice-rink!Having travelled 100 mileswe weren't in the mood togive up, so a storming IndoorClimbing wall was found,with (surprise, surprise!) abar attached!Yorkshire - Land of all-nightpubs, cheep beer, bitter coldand dangerous climbs, atwhich the skilled U.S.M.C.members had no qualmsabout tackling... Unlike servicestation Car parks.Despite the friendly atmosphere,Chairman Dan stillmanaged to get Glassed (selfinflicted!)much to the dismayof the Pub Landlord.After 5 hours trying to findPortland, because the navigatorhad gone to sleep and aIt was with the sound ofringing in their ears thatthe B team awoke onSaturday morning, a hotchpotch team assembled byBurmanski to face the alcoholicallychallenged teamfrom the lower reaches ofDivision 1. On arrival werealised that we should havepacked our bayonets andrifles along with our boots asthe pitch was more reminiscentof scenes from theSomme than the immaculatelymanicured magnificenceof Fortress Varsity.To Climb or not to climb?That is a dumb question!brief visit to Portland Bill,we made it to the sea cliffs.As per usual we went a lessthan obvious way down tocliffs that froze your fingers.We spent about 3 hoursclimbing and watching forsilly hats surfacing on top ofthe cliffs. When it got darkwe scrambled back andwound up having to pushstart one of the cars andeventually we got to thepub. Although I'm bad atclimbing it was definitely alaugh, but NEVER DRIVEBEHIND COLIN!!! (OhCheers Emily!)Due to the slightly dubioussafety record of our sport,we decided that we reallyshould learn how to patcheach other up. The First Aidcourse.... AVALANCHE!!Well as close as you can getin 6 inches of Surrey mud,provided much entertainmentin the form of fakeblood and snapped bones!Well, at least we know we'llbe nice and safe now!Well that's our brief résuméof autumn '98, with only theClub Crimble piss-up and aNew Years jaunt to Northof-the-boarderleft to go.Next semester is shaping upto be a storming 5 monthswith trips to all FourCorners of the UK, and evenFrance.Feeling left out? DON'T!Anyone is welcome to jointhe University of SurreyMountaineering Club. Youcould have been climbingsince you were knee-high to agrasshopper, or you may havenever seen Rock or snowbefore (if you're fromLondon, this is highly possible!).The game commenced withour boys showing the sameprofessional attitude that hasseen them come so far andreach so high this season andit was no surprise when‘Monkey Boy’ Bedford celebratedhis seven game suspensionfrom domestic competitionby ramming homefrom 25 yards, aided by thekeepers total lack of goalkeeping(as opposed to goalletting)ability.With the pitch deterioratinglike race relations in Americaafter the Rodney King affair,the opposition contrived anequaliser from a corner, 10seconds after ‘Desperate’Dan Taylor had ‘doneenough’ to distract theTaverner’s penalty taker,which was given away by‘Elm Street’ Burman forwhom the nightmare had justbegun......Stung into action, the B’scountered with the move ofthe match coolly finished byThe Club meets everyWednesday Afternoon (3 -5pm) and Tuesday Evening(8 -10pm) at the Vertexclimbing wall at Campusport.The club will be running aFREE beginners' course startingon Wednesday 3rd Feb(Week 3).For more details e-mail Dan‘Goat Peter’ Bjorkhaug leavingthe half time score at 2-1,the lead resting with the overallbalance of play.Despite strong words at halftime, the Taverners towniesequalised within 5 minutes ofthe restart, a goal we blamesquarely on ‘Sicknote’Spencer’s inability to last 90minutes and Burman’s inabilityto play football. But, hark,‘tis the sound of Surrey hammeringdown on the acceleratorand pulling away. No sir!‘Tis the sound of them, likeGeorge Michael, goingbehind, as, with a gutturalroar, Elm Street failed to cutout a simple centre andTaverners took the lead, 3-2.With 5 minutes to go, surrenderseemed to be the only(me71ds @surrey.ac.uk) orColin(ee73cs@ee.surrey.ac.uk) of checkout the club notice board atthe Vertex.Written by: Colin Sermons,Tom Linecar, Emily Berryand Malcom Martin. PhotoBy Claire Knott.Horror Flick Ends With A Fluky Winning KickTaverners Utd. 3 USFC B 4option but the B’s, havingbeen nursed into greatness bymighty Captains of Olde, aremade of stronger stuff thanthe R.F.C. boat race team. Asthe Spanish Fly Mendes wasfelled by the racist rubbishcentre half, the Excellence ofExecution, Gutz, coolly putaway the pen with 2 minutesto go, so concluding his onlycontribution to the game.Somebody then scored afluky winner in the lastminute to the cries of ‘Go OnRatikainen!’ Surrey B’s werecrowned team of the day,hailed the bus driver and nosurrender to the RFC as theyreturned to the Varsity amidsta storm of yellow and blueglory.Kruger