Issue 51 - University of Surrey's Student Union

Sport Editor: Anna Giles | Copy Editor: Emma Fleming The Stag | Wednesday 14 th November 2012SPORT 43Surrey Men’s FootballSurrey Men’s 1st vs. ReadingBy Connor Mcloughlin, Sports TeamSurrey Mens 1s: 1Reading Mens 1s: 5Last week the USFC men’sfirst team picked up a great 4-2win away at Brighton, but werewithout Captain Matt King forthe game against University ofReading FC Men’s first team. Inhis place, Liam Hark took over thearmband for the game.Surrey was a bit slow to getstarted in the game, concedingtwo goals inside the first tenminutes. One goal coming inthe form of a looping headerafter a free kick, not long aftera deflected free kick went pastgoalkeeper Jonathan Grilo. Afterthese early goals, the game evenedout, although Reading producingbetter chances and seeing Grilohaving to make multiple saves.However, Surrey did begin to getmore into the game. They limitedSurrey BasketballReading to counter attacks,maintaining possession insidethe oppositions half for longperiods. The best chance of thehalf for Surrey fell to Neil Swann,but his shot was well saved by theReading goalkeeper.Against the run of playReading scored again, from acounter attack. Their striker ranstrongly with the ball and had hisshot saved, but the rebound fellkindly to his feet for him to finish.Surrey would have felt unlucky tobe 3-0 down at half time whenthey were the better side in thegame for long periods.Coming out at the start ofthe second half Surrey lookedthe more dangerous of the twoteams, creating multiple chances,including a chance for EmekaNwaubani who was unlucky tonot score after another good savefrom the Reading goalkeeper.From a Surrey corner the ballcame out to Neil Swann, he beat aman before putting in a dangerouscross which eventually fell to thecentre back, who finished at thefar post.Goals were conceded late onwith Surrey pushing more playersforward in order to try and getsomething out of the game. Therewas one goal for Reading fromthe edge of the box and anotherwith their striker beating a highdefensive line to race throughand finish neatly.There was no way the resultjustifies the way the game wasplayed, however, Reading didfinish their opportunities betterthan Surrey. Stavros Panagiotouwas the best player on the pitchand tried hard to push the teamforward late on.Surrey 1s Line Up: Grilo, Hark(C), Osei-Bonsu, Panagiotou,Sargeant, Howells, Odusina,Rossides, Nzandi, Swann,NwaubaniSubs: Davidson, Platt, RoscoeSurrey defeated in the HeatsBy Alex Beddoe, Sports TeamThis weekend saw the SurreyHeat, a team who wereunbeaten on home soil this year,take on the Plymouth Raiders ina very important game, the BBLCup Quarter Final. Unfortunately,despite a valiant fight from bothteams, The Heat struggled with anearly ankle injury resulting in adisappointing loss of 74-79.Surrey’s Coach, CreonRaftopoulos, expressed hisfrustration post game - “The feelingin the locker room is very low now,which is good. I want the guys tofeel the same pain I do and not treatit as just another game. We had achance to get to the Cup Final, butthat’s gone now. We didn’t reallyplay our game and never got into aflow in the first half.”Despite the final score, Surrey’sHome crowd proved that the SportsCOMPETITION - Win 2 Heat Tickets!Park knew how to throw an array ofentertainment, not just a game ofbasketball, with Mini Grand Prix’s,Bongo Cam’s, Cheesy Songs, Streetdancers, and who could forget thecomical contrast between coachesopinions on the dress code!For your chance to catch all theaction, get your tickets for Surrey’snext game on Sunday 18th againstGlasgow Rocks at 3pm, and enterour competition below for freetickets!Where do Surrey Heat home games take place?A) The SpectrumB) Surrey Sports ParkC) University HallThe Stag has secured two pairs of adult ticketsto the Surrey Heat home game on Saturday 1December at 7pm. This year, Surrey’s only premierleague basketball team have had a fantastic startto the season, and are hoping for yet anotherhome win when they take on the ManchesterGiants at the Surrey Sports Park.As always, the game will feature exciting andfast-paced action from one of the world’s mostdynamic sports, as well as performances from theincredible street dance group, Heat Street 13, andmascot Scorcher playing his usual games with theaudience!Tickets are normally half price for studentsat £6, but we have two pairs to giveaway byanswering the question above:Email your answers, A,B or C, to:sports@thestagsurrey.co.ukThe first match after Christmas will be 2 ndFebruary against the Newcastle Eagles.For more information about upcomingfixtures or to buy tickets visit:www.surreyheat.comA Geek...Turns pizza into sportBy Adam Lodowski, Sports TeamI’ve always been awful at sport.I’m that kid who was alwayspicked last for the football team,not because I’m unpopular, butbecause I would inevitably manageto fall over my own feet before Imade it to the start line. However,I’ve heard everyone is good atsomething, so in this column I tryout a new sport every fortnight tosee if that’s my hidden talent… noluck so far!You may have read my columnin the last issue, I said howmuch I wanted to get involvedwith RAG and the failure thatensued when I attempted torun a marathon. Well, the goodnews is that it turns out thereare other ways to get involved.The bad news is that I’ve been sobusy organising my new team ofRAG volunteers that I haven’t hadtime to try out a new sport.But fear not! Instead, I’veused my limited time to createan entirely new one! And the bestthing of all is it features:PIZZA!!!You may have already heardthat all this month Pizzamanis teaming up with Surrey Heatto run a competition where youdesign your own “Surrey HeatPizza” to be featured on their newJanuary menu, with 20p fromevery pizza sold going directly tothe Surrey Heat Foundation.This definitely isn’t a sportin any way, so I decided to spiceit up and actually make my pizzaas well… oh and I only allowedmyself an hour to do it.So on Tuesday I sat down atexactly 10am and scribbled downthe four ingredients I’d put ona Surrey Heat pizza (meatballs,green chillies, pepperoni andminced beef, if you’re interested)and rushed to Tesco to buy them.Now it’s a 20 minute walk thereand back from my house so I hadto sprint to have any chance ofpulling this off in an hour!If, like me, you were a massivefan of Supermarket Sweep youcan probably imagine how Ilooked. A sweaty 20 year oldguy stampeding down the freshmeat aisle screaming “Where arethe f**king meatballs?! I don’thave time to make these fromscratch. Who do you think I am?!Gordon f**king Ramsey?!” I musthave been quite a sight for thegrannies and parents with theirinnocent children (who, it turnsout, are all on half-term and willask their parents what “f**king”means…). The only thing missingwas a rather brightly colouredjumper and Dale Winton cheeringme on from the side-lines.On the plus side, I did geteverything in time and got back tomine within 25 minutes so I nowonly answer to Adam “The Flash”Lodowski. The only problem wasI forgot tomato sauce to put onthe base, and it turns out a tinof chopped tomatoes is not asuitable substitute… It was lessbuttery biscuit base, more soggybottom.Much to my surprise, I didcomplete the challenge. The pizzawent in the oven with 6 minutesto spare and was (kind of) fullycooked at exactly 11am. Somemay argue this is still not a sportbut merely an amusing anecdote.I DISAGREE! For the Union toconsider something a Sport itmust be two of the following:physically active, competitive,and be a part of BUCS. I admitPizza Project isn’t a part of BUCS,but I ran to and from Tesco sothat’s definitely active, and Icreated it for a competition sothat’s competitive. Keep an eyeout because Pizza Project couldwell be the latest addition toTeam Surrey before you know it!If you want to get involved indesigning and naming your ownpizza it’s very easy. Simply emailPizzaman@surreyheat.com withyour four toppings and the nameof your creation. The winner willthen have their pizza featuredon the Pizzaman menu and wintickets to a Surrey Heat homegame of their choice.For more informationand the range of toppingsto choose from, visitwww.pizzamanonline.co.uk© Ramen Kuriso