College Record 2017

linking sound to landscape as one image slowly merged into the next while the choir
sang. An enthusiastic audience filled the Leonard Wolfson Auditorium, and brought
the house down by clapping along to the last piece, an arrangement of Loch Lomond
by the Canadian composer Jonathan Quick.
The Choir also gave a lunchtime Christmas / Winter concert in December, and
performed at the Winter Ball. It is one of the handful of Oxford choirs taking part
in a study by Sigrun Lilja Einarsdottir on the socio-economic, cultural, and political
issues underpinning Oxford’s collegiate choirs, ours being one of only two to be
conducted by a woman. Assured of our unique place among the ‘dreaming choirs’
of Oxford, we hope to further enrich its choral scene by introducing fresh repertoire,
innovative programming and a radically inclusive approach.
Meghan Quinlan
Cricket
The Wolfson / St Cross team has lots of new players, and this year has won four
matches and lost two. There is one left to play. We have high hopes for next year.
Sahil Kureshi
Croquet
Enthusiasm for croquet was at an all-time high in 2017, with two outstanding events.
On Cherwell Day, a stylish crowd celebrated the most Oxfordesque of activities
– drinking Pimm’s on the lawn and competing in a leisurely croquet tournament.
In a highly anticipated final, Sabin Sulzer and Henrik Luetke-Stockdiek narrowly
defeated Lucho Hildebrand and Kevin Fender, taking over the title from previous
champions Jasper Barth and Jonas Pollex, and thus continuing the tradition of
Teutonic excellence on the croquet lawn.
In Trinity Term, Wolfson fielded seven teams for Cuppers, Oxford’s intercollegiate
croquet tournament and one of the largest of its kind. All teams fared well, but
special mention goes to our premier team consisting of Sarah Schmidt, Josh Field,
Yasser Khan and Edwin Dalmaijer, who made it to the quarter-finals, thus finishing
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