Concrete, Wednesday, November 25, 1992
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Sport
Mixed Results Sub Aqua: the wet and willing UEA vs Essex: Clare Gemmell reports on a day of varying success ESSEX University descended in force upon UEA last Wednesday, and a cold, wet and muddy battle ensued. The men's First football team had a tough match and were constantly under pressure. Three brilliant saves from goalie Anthony Ebbut prevented a crushing defeat for UEA. The team played well, however, and Tim Finlayson scored to win the
The men's first football team had a tough match match. One player was quoted as saying the team were "lucky" . Not so the second or fourth teams. Again the goalkeeper played an important role with Kerry Plummer holding out very well for the seconds to keep Essex's goals down to two. Paul Chronnell managed to score, however UEA 's scrappy play kept them in defeat. The fourth team were leading 2-1 until a last-minute goal by Essex held them to a draw. The Third team played a strong game with lan Duntern scoring in the first fifteen minutes. Essex equalised in the second half but UEA came back after a "tense" period with a freekick by Scott Wade from outside the box . Richard Y ameli and James Lindale then both scored to force Essex to a 4-l defeat. The men's third rugby team proved to be the stars of the day, playing an excellent game now they are back to full strength after
The men's third rugby team proved to be the stars of the day losing several members previously. The forwards were very strong and the backs made excellent passes. Glen Turvey, playing for the team for the first time (although with a distinguished history of clubs including the Wasps at 13 years old, London Irish and U.C.L) was felt to have been "Man of the Match".
Ali Hogar was a close second and J.G.Philips, Jim Goodwin, "Tigger'' (captain) and Ben Lucasall deserved a mention for helping to bring Essex to their knees and a crushing 31-0 final score. Unfortunately the first and second rugby teams could not match this success. The ftrsts had a very tough game and lost 8-3. The seconds had a bad day and although Essex were not particularly skilful, UEA's lack of aggression pushed them to a 12-5 defeat. The women's rugby team also had a hard time, losing 15-0. Despite good wingers and superb backs they were unlucky, especially in losing a fly-half in the first -half. The women's first hockey team played very well against a tough Essex side resulting in an even match with Elizabeth Lorraine managing to score to win the game. Luck played a part when Essex missed a flick but UEA deserved to win and go through to the next round of the UAUs
Unfortunately the first and second rugby teams could not match this success after an excellent run of wins. The second team tried hard with Jo Malcolm playing brilliantly but collapsed in the middle of the game under alot of pressure from first team players in the Essex side and some very drunk and obscene Essex supporters. The men 's first hockey team had a very disappointing match due to bad luck and tough opposition. They lost l-0 but may be through to the next round on goal difference. The men' s second team also lost 2-0 despite being the better team and playing well. Essex ' s defending and goalkeeping were just good enough to stop many attempts to score bearing fruit. The thirds drew 1-1 with a very good goal from John Powell but felt they should have won. They are, however, through to the next round.
The excitement of rubber wetsuits, under-water wrecks and sea wildlifewhere else could you experience this, but through Sub Aqua?
Report by Craig Eason The main reason that students choose not to join the scuba club is the cost. However this has not put a substantial group off joining and spending theirsunday evenings on the bottom ofa swimming pool learning how to
take thei. masks off and put them on again. The training and equipment are taken seri-
ously, the club owns a lot of gear that is certified as safe by the British Sub-Aqua Club. The club itself is part of B.S.A.C., and the training is thorough and clear. The club owns the aqualungs, regulators and weights. All the novice needs is a pair of fins, a mask, boots and a snorkel. Every thursday evening the novices are expected to attend a one hour lecture and learn all about the methods of diving, surfacing and rescue. Also during the two terms of training and instruction there are the pool sessions on Sunday evenings, where they learn how to breathe underwater, snorkel and do somersaults. During the training period there are tests to check on
the trainees knowledge and keenness. At the end of the training the novice diver is allowed to dive, and this is rewarded by the Easter trip; the first open water dive and where the novice needs to have bought him/herself a good wetsuit. This is a weeks trip, (the last one being to Oban in Scotland), wherethelongwaiting, hopefuls find themselves in cold, murky water and enjoying the experience. A look in the dive log book shows the variety of events divers can
partake in. Some love crawling around old wrecks, some enjoy poking themselves into holes, others can not resist trying to tangle with the subaqua life. Theyareveryaware of the sensitivity of the sea and leave absolutly every thi as they find it. Once the training is done the sea is your oyster. After training as a novice diver, where you dive as a buddy with a dive leader, you can goon to become sports diver and dive leader, then a 1st class diver.
Mixed success for Pirates THE PIRATES had an awesome start to the season on Sunday 8th November. They scored eight touchdowns against a struggling Reading University side. Scoring came from: Julian Weldon, Warren Smart, Ralph Maynard, Jeremy Scarborough, Neil Sulivan,
two from Michael Bucher and an interception returned for a touchdown by club president GarethBillington. This result is encouraging for the Pirates who have acquired a new head coach, Robin Burton, for the 1992/ 93 season. The first away game of the
season, against the Cambridge Pythons on 15th November proved to be a rather lack lustre performance from the Pirates. The offence failed to find the form that gave them a win the week before. Seven offensive fumbles (two which led to Cambridge touch-
downs) and the kick-off at the beginning of the secondhalf being returned for a touchdown, put any plans for a comeback beyond reach. Results: UEA Pirates 50 vs Reading Whiteknights 0, UEA Pirates 0 vs Cambridge Pythons 34 By Toby Leaver
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