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in the Dark Blues’ favour by an
agonizingly close 2&1 margin. The
next four matches were split
evenly between the sides, with the
victories claimed by veterans
Ramsay and Whittington leaving
the match poised on a razor’s
edge. In the sixth match, Andrew
Dinsmore ran out of holes as he
fought back well from a 4-down
deficit at lunch, and David
Duncan’s four birdies early in his
afternoon round saw him gain
little ground in the face of solid
golf by Oxford perennial Ben
Twiney. Alex Silver, playing in the
last match, also lost a closelyfought
contest, meaning that even
the comfortable wins by Stewart
and Dewhurst in the eighth and
ninth games, respectively, were
not enough to turn the tables for
the Light Blues.
Olympic Gymnastics Club
www.societies.cam.ac.uk/
gymclub/
The Gymnastics Club is a friendly,
social club that caters for
gymnasts at all levels, from
beginners to international
competitors.The club continues to
grow year upon year, and currently
has a larger membership than ever
before.We train up to five times a
week, both at Fenner’s gym in
Cambridge and Marriott’s gym in
Stevenage.
21st February, 2010
Huntingdon Olympic
Gymnastics Club
Men: Cambridge 339.00 –
321.20 Oxford
Women: Cambridge 192.60 –
207.90 Oxford
Women B Team: Cambridge
100.50 – 98.00
Throughout recent years the level
of gymnastics displayed at the
annual varsity match has been
rising steadily; the 2010 Varsity
match was no exception. After
months of focussed and exhausting
training,the 21st of February was
the day to travel to the Olympic
Gymnastics Club in Huntingdon and
to battle it out with the equally wellprepared
Oxford teams.
After the loss of former Captain
and national athlete Alex Hedges,
as well as another of the 2009
competitors, Jeff Wheeler, the
men’s team was reinforced by two
new members - Richard Mochrie,
another national athlete, and Tom
Bachmann. In addition, Mike
Andrew, Seb Barfoot, Edgar Engel
and Steven Methven made reappearances.The
Oxford team was
stronger than ever, with the return
of Matthew Bullimore, a former GB
gymnast, and Simon Haenni, a
former Swiss national champion,
both of whom produced some
spectacular routines. However,
Cambridge fresher Richard
Mochrie wowed the crowds with
When the scores were tallied, the
final result was a 9-6 win for
Oxford. However, the standard of
the golf was uniformly high
throughout the week. Indeed, it
was a relieved Oxford side - having
been so heavily favoured, and
having won by such a narrow
margin - that headed into the
clubhouse to celebrate on
Saturday evening.
some stunning displays, and was
the only gymnast to finish in the
top three in all disciplines.
Cambridge were stronger all
round, and the result of their
effort: another victory, a new
Varsity team record of 339.00
points, three individual scores
worth Full Blues - Richard Mochrie
(overall winner in the individuals
category): 92.40 points, Edgar
Engel: 85.10 points,Tom Bachmann:
80.4 points, and another three
worth Half Blues - Seb Barfoot:
41.70 points, Steven Methven:
39.50 points, Mike Andrew: 38.30
points.The Oxford team, despite
beating their previous year’s
winning score, had to accept
defeat with 321.20 points.
The men’s B team, captained by
Jolyon Winter, had prepared
thoroughly for the event, and were
extremely disappointed to turn up
and find that Oxford had failed to
put together a team, and there was
thus no opportunity to perform.
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