TABS TRIUMPH
If consolation can be taken from the 121st Varsity match, it is that the forty-two thousand fans who braved the bitter cold conditions enjoyed a display of top-quality rugby. This was a game dominated by Oxford, but sadly a game ultimately won by Cambridge.
Sport: Tales from Twickenham
Thousands of Oxford supporters must have wished they had passed on that pre-match pint in order to see a victorious Oxford team at Twickenham. If they had ventured out of the bars before the main event they would have witnessed a ravenous Under 21 Dark Blue side feast upon their opponent's misfortune to rack up an impressive victory. The score sufficiently reflects the dominance of the Dark Blues as they led early on with a short-range try from hooker Clark; a lead they were never to lose. ...
Sport: Brave Blues Bashed!
Oxford held the league-leading Milton Keynes Falcons to only six goals in a hard-fought match on 1 December. The Blues kept the Falcons off the scoreboard for almost all of the first period with close checking and solid defensive play. Stellar play by the veteran defensive trio of Captain Kat Ryder, Andy Cummins and Emma Eckered frustrated the Milton Keynes offence, especially in front of the Oxford net. Veteran centres Felicity Bulmer and Catherine Rothon were tireless in their rushes and in their back-checking. The score stood 0-0 until the thirteenth minute of play. After Blues goalkeeper Marianne Fedunkiw made the first, sprawling save on Falcons' sharpshooter Dodwell, the rebound popped out and Vale knocked it in to put the Falcons ahead 1-0. Forty-five seconds later, Dodwell, an ex-Blues captain, got the first of her four goals by jamming the puck past Fedunkiw's stick....
Sport: Blues squash opposition
A tough first BUSA weekend at the start of last term meant that the Blues travelled to the Birmingham finals having to win convincingly to remain in the Premier Division. Restored to full strength for the first time this season, however, they remained unbeaten to finish fifth in the BUSA rankings.
Sport: Sporting Thoughts
How can so many respected journalists and politicians unanimously agree on something that is patently wrong? The Times talked about a "clear moral case"; Clare Short's honest proclamation prompted Tony Blair to issue a similar statement: the England cricket team should not go to Zimbabwe. The arguments being jockeyed about seem to be based on security, financial and moral grounds. 'Morality' seems to be at the fore of proponents' reasons for a boycott, because by and large the other two issues are pretty settled. The ICC has declared Zimbabwe safe and secure enough a country to host cricket matches for the World Cup, and the financial implications of a boycott on both counties' Cricket associations would be disastrous if not fatally ruinous. ...
