211075 Downing Record 07 - Downing College - University of ...

Women’s BadmintonThe first team began the year in the third division, comfortably won all theirmatches in Michaelmas term and were promoted to the second division. DuringLent term they also played well and missed promotion to the first division by ahair’s breadth (a single game). The profile of women’s badminton has definitelyimproved this year (for example, a second team was established) and looks set togo from strength to strength next year.Women’s BasketballCaptain: Michi Wong2006–2007 has been a very successful year for the Downing women’s basketballteam. The joint team with New Hall performed excellently throughout the yearwinning all but one match in the college league and came top of the league thisseason. From the Downing side we have seen the consistent contributions fromkey players Frieda Mansfeld, Jurate Karciauskaite and Vicky Lister; we have alsoseen a number of new promising players Camille Paxton and Geidre Motuzaite-Matuzeviciute. It has been a season of development and achievement thanks toeveryone who played, and we are looking forward to another great season ahead.Boat ClubCaptain of Boats: Nicholas WoodsLadies’ Captain: Anne O’LearyThis year, we once again had a large intake of novices taking more women thanmen into the club in October. This greatly helped strengthen the women’s squad,who despite having an inexperienced crew in comparison to previous years finishedthe Fairbairn’s Cup races with a commendable 6th place. The men’s first VIII hadan excellent race, with a crew comprising of both experienced senior oarsmen andsome with a little less experience and finished a very respectable 3rd place behindJesus (winners) and LMBC. A scratch coxed four finished 4th out of 13, despite twoof the crew having not picked up an oar all term and two others having raced inthe VIII moments earlier. As always the term was rounded off by a very enjoyableFairbairn’s dinner and it was pleasing to see so many of the Segreants inattendance. Earlier in the term, a men’s coxless IV raced Jesus in the final of theCambridge University IVs races. After a gruelling race, a dead heat was achieved,and under the CUCBC rules of racing, both crews were declared winners.In a change from previous years, the club travelled to Banyoles in Spain forthe January camp to make use of the excellent weather and training facilities. It80