A Warm Welcome Back - From the Sports Secretary

A Warm Welcome (back!)

Hello again to all OBs from the Sports Secretary. After unprecedented times when, due to the pandemic, we had to stop sporting activity, start again, stop again etc., I am sure all sports clubs are looking forward to a year ahead of planning their fixtures and events without any issues. Let’s keep our fingers crossed that it remains that way.

The magazine provides me with an opportunity to let you know that the OB Committee support a number of sports clubs and we would love for all OBs to get involved.

We have sports clubs that run activities over the academic year, with some providing regular competitive opportunities, to others organising a few key events. So whether you still want to run round a football pitch, miss the fives court, or want to feel a rifle in your hand again, please get in touch. Over the next few pages you will read about the activities that have taken place over the year, and some of the impressive results the teams have been achieving.

The magazine also provides me with an opportunity to thank the team of volunteers who run the sports clubs. All captains are volunteers, who often organise their sports club activities while working full time, and they do a great job. They are often supported by a team of volunteers who are each responsible for tasks that help lighten the overall load. Without the volunteers, our sports clubs would not function so, as always, we would like to extend our thanks and appreciation to all who are involved in making the OB Sports Clubs such a success.

If you are reading this, but thinking your sport isn’t represented, then please get in touch. The OB Committee offer funding to help establish new clubs, and continued funding to support activities. We are also interested to hear from those of you who may be more inclined to the Arts rather than Sports. If you feel there is a need for a chess club, choral society or orchestral day, please let us know. We are happy to support but would just ask for help organising events. If you would like to get involved in a sports club or would like to set up a new club of any kind, then please contact me at alison.connell30@gmail.com

Alison Guthrie (Connell, Ho ’97)

The Old Berkhamstedians’ Sports Secretary