SPORTS YEARBOOK 2011 (Including the 2009-2010 Review

We have several archers who
shoot for their county and
compete in local and national
level tournaments and, indeed, we
have archers – including Heather
Reynolds and Carrie Oliver – who
hold external British records.
16th May 2010 on John’s Backs,
Cambridge
Cambridge: 3344, Oxford: 3238
(Cambridge win)
Cambridge novices: 2132,
Oxford novices: 2780 (Oxford
novice win)
After a convincing win by
Cambridge last year, the pressure
and expectations were on the
Cambridge archers to seal their
13th consecutive Varsity match
win back on home soil. And they
did not disappoint.
Throughout the day, Cambridge
stayed focussed on their goal of
lifting the historic Rose Bowl, and
were rewarded by sunny and
reasonably calm conditions to
make the task an even more
enjoyable one.There was some
good shooting from Oxford’s
leading archers, however, it was
Cambridge’s solidarity and great
team effort that sealed the victory,
with the highest threshold to
make the team in recorded history.
In the final team, and achieving
their Half Blues were Carrie Oliver,
Heather Reynolds, Caroline
Sandford and Tak Ho.
Carrie Oliver put in the highest
score of the match, and was
rewarded in her last ever Varsity
match with her first 6-gold end (a
perfect end).
Unfortunately, despite their
convincing win last year, the
Cambridge novice team (Otava
Piha, Ben Price, Nick Soderberg
and Katie Borley) did not fare so
well this time, and their efforts
were not enough to hold off the
fearsome Oxford novice
competition.
However, the Cambridge mood at
the end of the shoot was a
positive one and, as we packed up
the field, Oxford busied
themselves making human
pyramids, much to the
bemusement of the Master of
St John’s College, our Lord Patron
for the match. Afterwards both
teams headed off to Pembroke
College for a fun formal.
Other News from 2009/10
As usual, all three terms were
packed with competitions and
Cambridge squad members
managed to bring home a good
medal haul. Notably, Heather
Reynolds won an individual silver
ladies longbow medal at the BUCS
indoor championships in Sheffield,
as well as a gold, silver and bronze
medal in the senior ladies recurve
at the three BUTTS league shoots
she attended. Caroline Sandford
also won a ladies silver medal at
the Derby BUTTS leg, and Tak Ho
won gents senior bronze.
The novice team was fantastic
over the indoor season, with two
gold team medals at Oxford and
Nottingham BUTTS matches. Ed
Marffy was the star archer, winning
3 individual gold gents novice
recurve medals to add to his team
medals. Ferenc Huszar also
managed 2 silver gents medals,
Karl Williams won a bronze gents
medal, Otava Piha won one gold
and one silver ladies novice
medals, and Katie Borley won the
gold at the BUTTS indoor
championships for ladies novice
recurve.
The annual Cuppers match was
won by Robinson College (Tim
Craig and Kingsley Warren), who
narrowly defeated the Jesus pair
(Heather Reynolds and Sam
Burnand) in the final.
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