Football 2004 began with Queen 'Firsl XI in Division Two, still srruggling 10 fi nd a foothold. Even the annual Old Boys· match was an easy win For the Old Boys. calling 10 mind Queens· former glory. So il was that a result again l King"s in late 2003 became crucial. and the last game of the sea.~on saw Queens' meet Selwyn to decide the relegation battle. We took an early lead and held il for 70 minutes, on ly 10 concede two goal. in the fi nal 20. The 2004-5 season bec:an without some familiar talent and faces. Kris Comerrord. Merri! Goulding. Stuart Mcinnes, Lewis Phillips, and Paclman Vamadevan were ail sorely missed as Queens' beg:m a bold c:unpaign with a win against Girton. Half a season later. ail rhree Qucen · sidc are characte rised by a good team spirit but with good results jusr out of reach. Second-division side Pembroke needed exrrn rime 10 cake Queen · out of Cuppers. while Magdalene only progressed in the Plate with a J -0 win. Queenf can therefore use 2005 10 focus on gaining a solid position in the League, whi lst looking forward to the resurrected Doxbridge tour 10 Dublin. There 's also some excellent players from the first year - Matthew Bumard. Philip Egan. William Lalande. Daniel Seolt aml Doron Seo are ail names to look out for. For Queens· football the. only way is up! The 2003-2~ eason was highly . uccessful for the Queens' women. The fir t · won li\'e of their even league matche to fini h the eason second in Division 1 and the seco1Jds had ~a remarkable run al! the way to the semifinal of the plate where they were beaten by the evenrual winners Caius an exrremely strong team. Fir rs· captain Dana Abraham lost several key fir.;t team players to graduation. but was boo. ted by lhe return of Jo Whelan from MIT and the arrivais of Stephanie Claussen (an MIT exchange srudent) and new firsr year Fion a Harrison. ail of whom went on to represent Cambridge at University level - Fiom1 st.irting for the Blues in their Varsity Match. Once again Ciarn Chivers performed uperbly up front. with help for the Michael mas Term from German exchange student Charley Jaekel. T he strong league performance was complemeoted by a good run in Cuppers. disappointingly ended by Jesus for the second year ninning. The econds were boosted by a large intake of keen first years - of note. Emily Bounds, Sarah Richardson and Laura Biron all turned om regularly. The team struggled at fi rst with many players starting from scratch. but really gelled under captain Holly Wile. a. the season progressed to finish a~ the top college econd team in Cambridge. The 2004-2005 season staned well with another stronggroup offirst years and many older Queen ·· ·tudents joining. Unfortunately the firsts' fürm has been inconsistent as they have struggled to cope with the loss of Ciara Chivers and Chantal Conneller up front. The econds have hown i mprovemenl with every match but have played trong opponents ail ·eason - they are the only second team in Division Thrce. New players who have already conrributed much to Queens' football include Lizzie Payne-James. Anne-Marie Lyne. Fran Boait and Caz Neville.
Golf The annual Queens· Golf D ay took place on a sweltering Thursday at the beginning of May Wcek. As usual, competition for places had been tierce and ·o only th.ecrème de la crème of the golfing talent in the collegc was on show at the Lake ide Lodge near Pidley. The morning 9-holes (Texas scrnmble) acted as a gentle warm up for these ea oned pros. however, the p ychologicaJ games clearly tarted early, with a few of our number hitting their tee ·hors into the water at the I". Gamesmanship possibly. or maybe the first signs of pre. sure affecting the play. ft was clear, though, from the swagger of the winners (Messr ikolic, Carroll and Watson) as they strode up the las1 that they had 1101 been fazed.
Afrer a light lunch, the afternoon compelilion ( 18 hole tableford) began with groups of four teeing off into the withering heat. Beads of perspiration accompanied every shot and very oon the standard of golf began to drop. However. when honour i · at stake, Ed Hobb and his boys let no one down and oon enough the 19,h hole wa teeming with tired but ·atisfied gol fers. Prize were awarded over dinncr with Alan Watson winning the main event in the aftemoon with a consi tent, if not pectacular. 36 points.
Hockey As the '03-·04 season drew to its clo e, Queens' were left teetering on the brink of relegation to the Second Division. owing to an unrepre. entative run of tosse early in the year. With our fate resting on a single result against Downing, a bottom of the table clash. there was nothing that tl1e Captain. fame · Piper. could do to stop the inevirable. Despite good performance [rom some oftheClub·s mo I seniorplayers, Jon Le Ro singol and Padman Vamadevan to name but two, Queens' were unable to convert :t one ail half time ~core and lost 2-1 in the dying minutes. going down to Division 2. With a new eason. new Captain (Allan Williamson) and new shirt.. Queens' ·tarted the season with high spirits. Regulartrainingsecured the Club several new face. , significantly that of Jon Campion-Smith, an experieuced goalie. An early fixture against Trînity Hall aJJowed retuming playe1 Dan Goodacre and Vice-Captain Eliot Read to dust off the cobweb and how tbe newbies how it was supposed to be done, leading to a colossal 5-0 victory. This form was carried into the first round of the Cup, where Queens· came up against Clare. Even with the inspiring midfield debut of Dutch po tgrad Jan Bcnes. a. crappy 70 minutes lead 10 a 1-J· full rime score. and with botb capiains agreeing to play exrra time the two tiring teams banled ir our 10 a 2-2 score line. Thi should have led to penalties, but the pitch booking ran out, as did the money in the lights, o there was nothing el e to do but replay the game a week later. With a strangefeeling of déjà vu, a 2 -2 full timescore line counesy of Nikhil Amin and Chris Bamford. meant, yet again. extra tirne was needed. Tight defending by Rich Bradish and Ed Adams, allowed Tom Matthews to weave his way up field and l'inally tip the balance in Queens· favour. and book a date with Homerton in the secoud round. Thankful ly. this was a more clinical affair. insult being added to injury by Owen Watson al the back post, laie in the second hal f, to sec ure a 3-0 victory. and a tie with Division 2 leaders. Fitzwilliam. Now more than half way through the season, the League looks et for a close finish. Victories against Gin on (3-0) and Peterhou e (1 -0, we only had ·even men. to their e leven!) have provided not only the foundutions of a worthy promotion campaign. but an arena for the boundles enthusia. m of l11111111 Ahmad. A single Joss against Corpus (2-3) is the only taste of defeal the new talent of Kevin Davies and Ben Selby have had to endure. The end of last eason saw the Queens' Ladies keep their hold in the Fir t Division. The team worked hard throughout the Lent Term against other colleges. many of whom had numerous University players. and werc rewarded with a mid-table position. Unfortunately we were knocked out of Cuppers in ù1e second round through penalty Hicks after a match on grass which Queens· had dominmed. The Michael ma Term has seen much enthusiasm within the ladies· side of the club. The introduction of training once a week has helped player build up confidence and novices 10 come along and have some fun. The intake of some keen freshers helped us titis term with Jenny McArthy, Caroline O ' Reilly and Priya Shah ail becoming commined member of the tearn. New players this season have not only been freshers: a number of second years. including Olivia Gray, Kelly O"Keefe. Susannah Whaife. H ilary Cartwright-Taylor and Fiona Henderson, agreed to rry their hand, rather uccessfully. ar college hockey. Michaclmas Tcnn proved 10 be quite a s1ruggle witb some of our players being new to the game, however, as the term progressed. the increasing confidence and ability has been evident and bodes well for the future. The team got to the 2 nd round o f Cuppers. to Jose 1-0 to Christ 'i; after a great team performance.
Lacrosse The econd half of last year"s ea on saw more good performance from QCLC: in Cuppers we nùssed out on a semi-final by a very narrow margin. after doing brilliantly in a rough group stage. This year, Queen. · Lacrosse Club has gone from strength to strength. The squad boa t a wealth of enthusia tic œcruits teadied by several 1111iversity playen;. Theresults from the Michaelma Term haven' t reflected the standard of play. with some difficulties in attack preventing Queens· getting the victory we deserved in several of our matche. . Hopefully these difficulties Can be ironed out thi term, and we ·tand a good chance of improving on last year's achievemenL~, both in the 'League and in Cuppers.
Martial Arts The Me11's Hockel'Team.
Pharo: JÉT Phorogmphic. the Cc1mbridge Smdio. by kind permission.
The Queens' Col lege Martial Arts Society has gone from strength to strength this year with increru,ed member hip and the introduction of a professional înstructor from a local club. Thai Kickboxing bas been the focus of the
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