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Inter-Collegiate Golf Tournament 2006 The ninth Inter-Collegiate Golf Tournament took place on Tuesday 18 April at Frilford Heath Golf Club. This year it was the turn of Pembroke to run the tournament and host the dinner. Thirteen colleges entered with teams of up to 10 players. Corpus Christi were clear winners with 204 points, with University and Merton Colleges joint runners-up with 197 points each. Pembroke, unfortunately, finished in 12th place, joint with New College, with 175 points. In the individual competition, the winners were Bill Ford of Merton on the Red Course, with an incredible score of 47 points and on the Blue Course, Terence Coghlin of St Edmund Hall with 40 points. That evening a prize-giving dinner was held in the Hall, which was attended by 85 competitors, their wives and Development Officers. This was preceded by a drinks reception in Broadgates Hall. The prizes were presented Graham McCallum (1944), pictured with by the Master. Graham McCallum spoke about the Martin Matthews of University College and origins and growth of the tournament. He then invited Adrian Roche of Keble Tom Hennessey, Committee Chairman, to present Norman Riley, the principal founder of the tournament, with a presentation volume of The History of the Oxford and Cambridge Golfing Society; a subject very close to his heart.
Eights Week 2006 Eights Week 2006 started very well for Pembroke, with all five crews needing to qualify successfully rowing on. This resulted in ten crews, five men’s and five women’s, competing in Eights, the largest cohort of Pembroke rowers in the College’s history. Both the Men’s 1st VIII and the Women’s 1st VIII started the week in 3rd place. The Men began the week positively, by bumping Oriel on the Wednesday to take 2nd place. Not to be outdone, the Women bumped New College on the Thursday to also move up into 2nd place. On the Saturday, both Pembroke 1st VIIIs started in 2nd place, with many hopeful of an historic second ‘Double Headship.’ Alas, it was not to be, as The Men’s 1st VIII rowing in Thursday’s race the Women were bumped back down (photograph taken by Joanne Bowley) into 3rd place by New College. In the Men’s race, the Pembroke Crew managed to hold on to their position and will begin Eights 2007 in 2nd place on the river. The performances of the other boats were mixed, with five crews starting next year in lower positions, two in higher positions and one in the same place; the Men’s 2nd VIII managed to maintain their position as the highest placed 2nd crew on the river. A special mention also goes to the Men’s 4th VIII, who narrowly missed out on achieving Blades, after failing to bump on the Saturday. They finished the week in 9th place in Division V, having started in 1st place in Division VI. Pembrokian August 2006 www.pmb.ox.ac.uk