EASTER 2014 Review of Sport holds promise for the future University makes positive steps in support of sport “The Council shares the Review Committee’s view that sport makes a valuable It can be seen that the effect of such changes would be to place Sport contribution to life in the Collegiate University, by enhancing health and wellbeing, firmly within the mainstream of University management and governance. fostering a sense of community, creating opportunities to develop valuable skills, That will serve to give it a voice at the level where planning and funding and enabling levels of sporting excellence to be achieved. The Council endorses the decisions are taken, and help to keep it visible where competition for conclusions of the Review Committee’s report, which suggest a need for greater resources is fiercest. In the words of Chris Pratt “I believe that this report oversight of the development of sport within the University..” has the potential to be transformational for sport in Cambridge”. With these words the University Council expresses its support for the report of the The process is not yet complete. There are many details Committee that it had established in November 2012 to review “the governance, to be worked out, including such an apparently simple management and funding of sport” within the University. issue as “what constitutes a sport” - the Committee’s In April 2012 Dr Pat Marsh (CUWBC) had voluntarily undertaken a review of recommendation being that it should be those activities University sport, and submitted a draft interim report to the Sports Syndicate that considered by Sport England to be sports (for which see highlighted the need for substantial changes. As a result, the Chair of the Syndicate http://www.sportengland.org/our-work/national-work/ and the Registrary asked the Council for such an independent review to be initiated. national-governing-bodies/sports-that-we-recognise/ ). Nonetheless there is optimism that the structures outlined The 9 strong Review Committee was chaired by Professor will begin to come into effect from the beginning of the Jeremy Sanders, the Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Internal Affairs next academic year. and Professor of Chemistry, and included two Hawks, John Walker Christopher Pratt (Athletics, St Catharine’s 1961-64, and Those interested in reading the report in full will find it at: Bursar of Jesus College) and John Walker (Boxing and http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2013-14/weekly/6343/ Rugby, Hughes Hall, 2011-13). It also drew on external SportReviewRevisedReport.pdf experience in the form of Dame Shirley Pearce, former Vice- Hawks’ Trust Chancellor of Loughborough, and Professor Sanders Keith Zimmerman, recently Director of In the latter half of February the Trustees each individually tackled the not Student Administration and Services at inconsiderable task of assessing the 231 applications (up 35% on the Oxford (which includes responsibility for sport). previous year’s record entry) for Hawks’ Trust bursaries. Those individual After consultation and revision, the Committee published its sets of scores were then combined for the final assessment at a meeting at report in February 2013, with a total of 15 recommendations, which the awards were made. which briefly boiled down to: Having £22,350 to disburse, it was decided to give as many awards as Chris Pratt x The Sports Syndicate should be reformed as a possible by reducing some of the larger sums, and extending the £100 “tail”. committee, to be known as the University Sports Committee, with responsibility It was thus possible to make donations to 147 men and women in amounts ranging from £100 to £500, with four special awards of £750, which are for establishing a vision and strategy for sport and chaired by the Pro-Vice- Chancellor for Education. The new Committee should make the case to the made in the names of major benefactors of the fund. These were: University for funding that strategy, and also provide direction for fundraising David Jennens award - Harry Leitch, Fitzwilliam, Squash. Harry is a priorities and oversee use of the University brand in sports sponsorship. There international at doubles. should also be an underpinning sub-committee structure to oversee, inter alia, Sir Adrian Cadbury award - Hayley the registration and management of clubs, and health and safety in sport. Simmonds, Cycling. Hayley is aiming to be x The Department of Physical Education should be retitled the University Sports selected for Team England for the Service; will become part of the Unified Administrative Service (UAS); and will Commonwealth Garmes. be responsible for the delivery of University sports strategy as defined by the Bob Barber award - Bradley Dixon, Modern new Committee. The Director of the Sports Service will report to a senior Pentathlon. Aiming for England team. officer in the UAS, to be determined after further consultation, but in the first Bradley Dixon, Hayley Simmons Sir Arthur Marshall award - Jonathan Harry Leitch instance will be the Registrary. Cook, Jesus, Athletics. Jonathan is aiming x The Director of the University Sports Service should liaise with the Colleges, for international competition at 1500 metres, aiming for a sub 3:40 time. and with the managers of other University-related facilities and partner Awards were given to 58 women and 89 men, covering 27 Colleges, and organizations, to identify and facilitate a mutually beneficial use of all sports some 50 different sports. For a full list of the awards see: facilities and services for all students and staff of the Collegiate University and http://www.hawksclub.co.uk/hawks-trust/awards-2014.aspx the wider community. One such amenity might be, as provided in Oxford, a club To make a contribution to this most worthy cause either contact the club, or transport service. go to http://www.hawksclub.co.uk/hawks-trust/donations-to-the-trust.aspx Sports Centre goes from strength to strength New Squash Courts take off

The University Sports Centre has now been open for nearly 10 months, and the Physical Education Due to be finished by the 3rd October, the centre will Department is delighted with how the first three terms have gone. The membership numbers have boast five world-class glass-backed courts. With the steadily increased month on month, with a wide range of student, staff, alumni and community members backing of England Squash and Racketball (ESR), which all accessing the world-class facilities, as well as 32 of the University Sports Clubs using the Centre for represents a major endorsement for Cambridge, these their training sessions. The classes have quickly gained a strong following, with Yoga for Sport, Zumba new courts will create a focus for University training and and MetCon all now attracting a core set of regulars. In addition to this, the Sports Centre has hosted a competition and act as a regional squash hub for players wide range of events in its first year, including Science of Sports sessions as part of Science Week, of all levels from beginners to international competitors. Disability Multi-Sport sessions, the British Heart Foundation’s Oxford to Cambridge Bike Ride, a Yoga For years, Sport Science Clinic, the National School Champions Badminton Competition, the Southern Universities’ University Trampoline League and the UK Chinese Five-A-Side Indoor Football University Cup. squash The next year also promises to be an exciting time for the Centre, with work starting on the Squash players Courts on the 19th June - see separate article opposite. Beyond this, the Centre is currently working with have used Sport England to develop the first floor West Wing (see below right) into a multi-purpose team training individual area, offering even more space and equipment to its members. The Physical Education Department is courts also looking forward to hosting a wide range of Varsity spread matches for the 2014/15 season. throughout the city, and team events have required travel outside of the county. Nevertheless, Cambridge has a long and illustrious squash-playing history and among our alumni we count British international players Jeremy Lyon (Hawks, Magdalene 1956-58), Sir Nigel Broomfield (Hawks, Trinity 1955-58), Philip Ayton and Harry Leitch (Hawks, Fitzwilliam 2003-14). Half of the funding required for the courts has been committed, and the aim is to raise the remaining amount by the time the courts open. Those interested in finding out more about the project or helping with raising funds should contact Tony Lemons ([email protected]).

Boxing facility plans

Fives Courts opened As part of the development of the first floor West Wing it is Those who have followed the progress of the Sports Centre in these pages will know of the long battle to proposed to install a boxing ring and appropriate boxing get Fives Courts included within the plans. Since 1995 with the demolition of the Fives Courts at Portugal training equipment - facilities that have been missing since Place there have been no Rugby Fives Courts to play on within the University and only one Eton Fives the closure of those at Fenners. Funds are being sought Court at Magdalene. The lack of facilities has been a huge disincentive for new entrants to the University from Sport England for the whole West Wing development, but alumni can make a big contribution towards the to play the game. provision of specialist training equipment. Get in touch Fortunately, in Rodney Knight, President of the Eton Fives Club, and Bob Dolby, President of the Rugby with Karen Pearce ([email protected] or Fives, were found two indomitable champions who would not give up the fight to get new facilities 01223 762954) if you would like to help. provided somewhere, somehow. With the development of plans for the new Sports Centre Sportswomen of the Year 2013 the opportunity at last arrived, but at a price. Nearly a quarter of the £1million needed was offered by the CU Trust Our congratulations to two Cambridge alumnae who set up after the Portugal Place demolition in honour of Jock shone in the 2013 Sportswomen of the Year Awards Burnet, long-time President of the Clubs. However the task 2013. seemed almost impossible until two benefactors came The Lifetime Achievement Award was given to the forward with very large donations, leaving Rodney and Bob incredibly talented Professor Sarah Springman CBE to find the rest from their past players. This was just FREng FICE. At Girton 1975- achieved by the deadline with the help of the sports’ 78 she represented the supporting charities and court building was able to go University in no less than 6 ahead in the Spring of 2013. sports, playing in 11 Varsity On 9 Nov 2013 the six new courts, three of each discipline, matches. Following were formally opened, with Tony Lemons seen here cutting Cambridge she went to work in the tape, watched by veteran players Richard Black, Jonathan Asquith, Richard Barber, and Rodney Fiji where she became South Knight. Pacific Squash Champion. These new courts will galvanise the Clubs and permit players in the local community and the city to play. She returned to Cambridge to Women did not play the game at Portugal Place, though Cambridge has boasted some of the best take up a lectureship in Soil national women players in the last decade. Charlotta Cooley and Karen Hird are current National Ladies Mechanics as a Fellow of Champions. The men’s Eton Fives team won the Varsity Match in 2013 and the first pair, Rob Wilson and Magdalene, and along the way Jamie Abbott won the Universities Tournament for the second time. The new courts in the Sports Centre initiated the Language have enabled much more practice and Home fixtures to be played here in the University, as the results of Programme for Engineers. She was appointed Professor the 2014 Varsity matches have showed (see the back page). of Geotechnical Engineering at ETH Zurich in 1997, became a Fellow of the ICE 2006, and FREng 2009. Your old photographs please! As if her professional successes were not enough, she took part in the first ever British Triathlon event in 1983, Following an exercise to get every picture in the Clubhouse copied, we have become even more aware and has amassed 11 British titles, and 21 elite European of the paucity of our records. So, open your cupboards! Dust off the archives! Dig out those old (or medals including 3 individual golds and 5 team golds. In perhaps not so old) photographs and either email electronic copies to us, or send originals for us to copy 1994 she took up rowing, aiming for the Atlanta Olympics. and return to you. Committees, teams, action shots, all are welcome, and add immeasurably to our (continued next page) archive of the rich history of this great club.

2 Sportswomen of the Year CUMPC shoots down 18 year duck (continued from previous page) Going into 57th Modern Pentathlon Varsity Match, history was against the Cambridge Men. Oxford had won a Unfortunately Atlanta could not be achieved, but total of 35 Varsity Matches against Cambridge’s 21, and there had not been a Cambridge team victory for 18 she rowed for Britain in the World Cup regatta in years, back in 1996. Furthermore in 2013 the Oxford team had broken the Varsity Match record score by a 1997. She still competes in sculls, and remains considerable margin and had four returning Blues athletes from their record breaking side, and 3 current or undefeated in her age bracket. former Great British pentathletes in their midst. The facts and figures were not on our side, but what they did not account for was that this was the Cambridge Men’s year. From the beginning she became involved in a number of sports administration bodies including There are six gentlemen in the Blues Team, competing in a full pentathlon, comprising the five events of the British Triathlon Association, the ITU and the fencing, swimming, horse riding, running and shooting – the latter two combined. The competition takes place ETU. She was part of the team that lobbied for the over two days, starting with the fence and finishing with the combined event. inclusion of Triathlon in the 1994 Olympics, and The fence always produces the most intense atmosphere, with two pistes more recently has campaigned for the inclusion of crammed into a tiny hall and every athlete fencing each other twice for one hit. Paratriathlon in the Rio Paralympics. She was This is the only discipline where points can be gained by one team at the expense involved in the negotiations which led to GB’s of the other, since athletes are in direct competition with each other rather than successful bid for the 2012 Olympics, and has against the clock. Oxford finished only one hit ahead of Cambridge, a mere 40 served on the Sport Lottery Fund. points. In 1997 she was awarded an OBE for services to The swim was the discipline where Oxford had the greatest lead on paper, and it sport, and in 2012 this was followed by a CBE. was always going to be a question of damage limitation on Cambridge’s side. This they achieved, limiting Oxford’s lead to a mere 152 points. Overnight on The Helen Rollason Award for Inspiration went to Friday Oxford led by 192 points, a margin that was well within Cambridge’s grasp. the indomitable Sarah Winckless, Fitzwilliam 1993-97. At Cambridge Saturday 5th April saw the riding phase take place in the morning, with each Blues she got blues in 4 athlete riding an unknown horse over a series of 12 show jumps, with two sports, Netball, Rowing, combinations and a maximum height of 1.10 metres. Each gentleman from Cambridge rides the same horse Athletics (becoming a as a man from Oxford, with the order randomly pulled out of a hat the night before. Again Cambridge was GB discus thrower), and able to limit the damage conceding a mere 24 points to Oxford – there was everything to play for. Basketball. In 1996/7 On the Saturday afternoon therefore the Cambridge Men went into the final combined event with a points she was President of deficit of 216, which equates to 54 seconds, or 9 seconds per man. the Women’s Boat This was the closest points difference that any Cambridge team had Club. Her father, Bob, achieved in recent years. The match was open and could go either is a Hawk (Rowing, way, especially when you factor in the notoriously nerve-stricken Fitzwilliam 1966-69) shooting in between each kilometre lap. As it was Cambridge placed and she was herself a 2nd, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 7th and 8th, leading to a comprehensive victory in the regular visitor to the event. But was it enough to win overall? We waited with baited breath Clubhouse, where legend had it that she could out- as the scores were finalised. drink any man in the place. The eruption that greeted the announcement of the first Cambridge Following Cambridge she joined the GB Rowing Men’s victory since 1996 was enormous. Overall the Men scored squad, and proceeded to establish herself as a 29,844 points, a Cambridge team record, versus Oxford’s 29,536 force in world rowing: Silver medal single sculls points, a clear, but slim margin. Each Cambridge man scored over the World University Games 1998; ninth place double required 4,640 point barrier to earn a full Blue, a feat that is believed sculls Olympic Games Sydney 2000; Bronze to be unprecedented. Oxford secured first and second place individually, with Brad Dixon in third place, with a medal double sculls Olympic Games Athens 2004; score of 5,280, and Edward Tusting in 4th. This was not a competition that will be easily forgotten for all those winner quadruple sculls World Cup 2005 and who took part or spectated. 2006; Gold medal quadruple sculls World Article by Archie Myrtle, Men’s Captain 2013-14, Corpus Christi College. Championships 2005 and 2006; fifth place eights Olympic Games Beijing 2008. She retired from active rowing in 2009, but her Rackets whitewash Oxford influence in those years made a huge contribution The Cambridge rackets team approached Varsity 2014 having not won the fixture for over a decade. to lifting the ambitions and confidence of the However, after a close match last year and having gained fresh racketing talent, Cambridge was confident women’s squad, ultimately leading to the that history could be made. The Oxford team had lost one key player, but still boasted four Foster cup successes of 2012. Since her retirement she has players in their team; their strength in depth demonstrated through the fact that the winner of the 2010 Renny become the first person to chair the British Olympic cup could not quite make the starting four Association’s Athletes Commission, an influential Like the Oxford team, the light blues consisted of four Foster cup players: Freddie Kalfayan (captain), Ed conduit between the athletes and the BOA. Kay, Tom Elliott and Jamie Giddins. That these achievements have been made in the Kalfayan and Kay came on first to win 3-1 and 3-0 to set the match going in the right direction. Up stepped shadow of a positive diagnosis for inheriting the Elliott. With some incredible variation on his serve, and a degree of unpredictability to his game, he came Huntington’s disease gene from her mother makes through to win 3-1. With three rubbers yet to play, Cambridge had to win just one more match. The crowd them all the more remarkable. Following that watched on anxiously as Giddins emerged onto the court. The competitive spirit was there for all to see as diagnosis she has hurled herself into the task of the first set came down to the wire, with Giddins producing some fine rackets in the crucial moments. He supporting those involved with the disease with the followed this first set victory with two ruthless sets to win the rubber that brought the trophy back to same dedication that she gave to her rowing. She Cambridge. is Patron of the Scottish Huntington’s Association. Even though the varsity match had been won, Cambridge were still keen to finish the job they had started, She remains committed to the Cambridge rowing and win all six matches, a very unusual feat in the rackets varsity. In the afternoon doubles matches, both club, presenting the plans for “Advancing pairs were as focused as they were in the singles, dropping just one set between them. Cambridge had Cambridge Rowing” during the Alumni weekend (see the Michaelmas 2013 Hawk), and on the succeeded in taking an emphatic six-nil win. morning after the Sportswomen of the Year All the matches were played in great spirit, with both sides showing sportsmanship despite the competitive Awards opening the renovated Goldie Boathouse. nature of the fixture. Light and dark blues gathered in the early evening for the fantastic champagne reception provided by the Maison Pol Roger, whose support and sponsorship is greatly appreciated by the players of this beautiful game.

3 OBITUARIES David Jenkyn Howell (1916-2010) Michael E. L. Melluish OBE (1932-2014) John Henry Page (1919-2014) David Howell was born in Penarth in Mike Melluish was educated John Page was born in Blakeney, South Wales. A keen all -round at Rossall School in Lancashire. Norfolk, into a prosperous, games- sportsman he played cricket and He captained the school team in playing family. Educated at Canford football for Shrewsbury School. He his final year, setting a school School, Dorset, he excelled at went on to read medicine at Caius record of 913 runs in the season, racket sports, captaining the school College between 1933-37 and at an average of 70.23, and he at tennis, real tennis and squash played football and cricket for opened the batting and kept and winning the public schools Cambridge University. Unfortunately, wicket for the Public Schools in their annual match tennis doubles championship. He due to injuries, he never obtained a against Combined Services at Lord's. read Geography at Caius College where he played blue but was nevertheless invited to become a Hawk. number one for the university at real tennis, beating He went up to Caius College in 1954 and was a He always wore his Hawks’ tie with pride. the future amateur champion Lord Aberdare in the regular in the university side throughout his three Varsity match. He also played lawn tennis for Norfolk. He qualified as a doctor in 1940 from St Mary’s years. He was secretary of the club in 1955 and Medical School and a year later he joined the RAF as captain in 1956, with a draw in the Varsity Match. When war broke out he joined the Royal Army a doctor being attached to the 73rd Squadron till the Whilst his batting lost the sparkle of his school years Ordnance Corps and was posted to General HQ, end of the war. (442 runs at 11.33 in 41 matches for the University, British Expeditionary Force (BEF), at Arras in France. He became a very popular General Practitioner in with a top score of 36), his wicket-keeping brought When the Germans broke through and the BEF Amersham where he continued to play cricket and him 65 catches and 30 stumpings, many of them off retreated to the Channel ports, Page and his golf. He retired to live in Jersey. He was very happily the leg-spin bowling of Gamini Goonesena. company arrived in Boulogne on foot and boarded married to his wife Rosie for 60 years and they had one of the last boats leaving as German tanks rolled In 1956 he played for the Gentlemen in both their into town. He was then transferred to the 2nd Punjab four children. He always maintained his wonderful matches against the Players, at Lord's and sense of humour and enjoyment of life. Regiment in Meerut, and from there to Burma where Scarborough. He played one County he became involved in provisioning airfields and Obituary from his son, John. Championship match for Middlesex in 1957, and one parachute dropping zones in close proximity to the first-class match for MCC, one more for the slowly moving frontline. In late 1945 he was about to Colin McArthur (1944-2014) Gentlemen, and three for D.R. Jardine's XI. He board a landing craft off a Japanese island when Colin was born in Edinburgh and played no first-class cricket after 1959. He captained news arrived of the second atom bomb and Japan’s attended the Edinburgh MCC on a short tour to the Netherlands and Denmark surrender. Academy and Fettes College in August 1963. After the war Page joined Christ’s Hospital, teaching before winning a scholarship to It was as a supporting force in the background that he geography and games. Among his cricket pupils was Sydney Sussex Cambridge to really made his mark. At Cambridge he is celebrated John Snow, who would go on to bowl for Sussex and read Classics, and play Golf, in as one of the trio of Quidnuncs who led CUCC’s England — Page had advised against a cricket which he got his Blue. revival in the 1960’s, initially as Hon Secretary, and career, thinking Snow not good enough. Popular with He then turned his focus to Law, later as President from 1988 to 1993. the boys, in 1953 Page became the envy of other joining Waterhouse and Co. (which later became staff when he bought a new Standard Vanguard He subsequently took on the Chairmanship of the Field Fisher Waterhouse) London in 1967, retiring as Estate. Such was the pride which he took in his new Arundel Castle Cricket Foundation (the charity that Managing Partner in 2006. He practiced as a machine that some of his colleagues were inspired to supports disadvantaged young people through cricket commercial lawyer, but (unusually) with manoeuvre it securely between two of the large trees and other sports) from 2003 to 2011. He worked considerable litigation skills as well. He was which then lined the Avenue at the school. Suspicion tirelessly behind the scenes, superbly supported by particularly active and highly regarded in the field of rested on the six powerful masters who played in the his wife, Anna, to strengthen the Board of Trustees construction law and in the specialist fields of pension Harlequins 1st XV. For days it proved impossible to and improve the financial impact of the and partnership law. Colleagues commented on the move the car — but Page took the prank in good part. depth of his legal knowledge, his generous giving of Foundation. Thousands of young people have In his late thirties, Page began secretly courting Carol advice, his honesty and his fairness. benefited, without knowing it, from his energy and commitment. Macnutt, the daughter of his fellow housemaster and Since his retirement Colin was able to pursue his Head of Classics, Derrick Macnutt (the famous wide and varied interests, particularly his love of Having become a member of the MCC in 1956, he crossword compiler “Ximenes”). While Page was books. He leaves an extensive library sourced from served on the Committee from 1973 to 2002, plucking up courage to ask Macnutt for Carol’s hand, all over the world reflecting his varied and eclectic becoming Treasurer and an Honorary Life Vice- his future father-in-law began recounting his latest interests from Aphorisms to golf techniques. He was President. He was President in 1991/92, at a time golf round, happily reporting: “I got my par over the always an enthusiastic sportsman, who was still when this role also included Presidency of the ICC. water at the 15th.” Sensing Macnutt’s good humour, enjoying running and playing golf by the sea in North He has also been a Trustee of the MCC Foundation. Page seized his moment, interjecting: “By the way, is Berwick. He devoted much of his time to attending One might not expect to find his name associated it all right if I marry Carol?” “Yes, of course, John,” classes both at the City Lit in London and through with CU Rugby, but he made a huge contribution Macnutt replied, “and on the 16th I sliced it into the Lifelong Learning at Edinburgh University. His there also. He was involved in facilitating the woods and lost my ball, ending up with a double greatest passion was Philosophy but he also became Bowring Sponsorship which lasted 25 years and bogey.” intensely interested in all aspects of European which certainly contributed to the resurrection of the Page never lost his love of sport and helped to literature. His interests led to extensive travels with Varsity Match during the late 1960's/1970's. Michael reopen Petworth House Real Tennis Club in 1960, his New Zealand wife, Elizabeth, whom he married in was a Director of the Merchant Bank Singer winning his last national title at the age of 78. This 1979 and their daughter, Camilla. He will be missed Friedlander who paid for the flood lights which was the British fathers and sons championship, in by family and friends for his dry sense of humour, his enabled the club to play evening matches at a time which he partnered his son, Andrew, himself a former generosity and his quiet and gentle manner which when the major clubs became increasingly reluctant number 2 GB amateur, and latterly British allowed him to share his extensive knowledge so to travel to Cambridge to play mid-week. His support ambassador in Slovenia. John Page’s daughter, humbly. Colin will be remembered by everyone who through Singer Friedlander and through his huge Joanna, also became a gifted player and a finalist in knew him as one of life's true gentlemen. network of friends in business contributed generously the Australian Open championship. Obituary by his daughter, Camilla. towards funding of some major tours. After Page’s retirement in 1979 he and Carol ran a He was awarded an OBE in the 1999 Queen's furniture business . Page continued playing real Birthday honours for services to cricket. tennis doubles until his mid-eighties, and was renowned for his elegant style, bitingly accurate serves and his white flannels.

4 OBITUARIES Small Bore Club continue dominance William Garth Morrison (1943-2013) The Small Bore Rifle Varsity match was held on Saturday 15th February, at Sir Garth Morrison is best the National Shooting Centre in Bisley. Shooting started around 11:00, but known for having served as with a two hour drive to get there that still meant an early start. After a 1 point Chief Scout for the UK and win last year and consecutive Cambridge victories since before 2008, the Overseas Territories from 1988 pressure was on to perform. to 1996. He made an This year’s team was a relatively inexperienced one, with only three of the outstanding contribution to eight shooters having shot in the 1st VIII Varsity before, although all had shot securing the future of the Scout in important matches. Three of the four members of last year’s women’s 1st Movement, relaxing the uniform IV returned to it this year, as well as making the 1st VIII, and were joined by a rules to make it more accessible to everyone, and previous 1st VIII shooter to make a very strong team. allowing girls to become scouts. He was heavily The match itself proceeded without incident and we ensured that the correct involved in the 1992 Promise Appeal, which raised gauge was used to score after last year’s cards had to be completely re-marked. All the scoring was done at £2.5 million for Scout Groups across the country. the end of the match so no one really knew who was in the lead as there were similar scores from both sides. Garth was born in Edinburgh and was educated at The final score for the 1st VIII were Cambridge 1505, Oxford 1496 ex 1600, and for the women’s 1st IV were Pangbourne College, where he became Chief Cadet Cambridge 753, Oxford 719 ex 800, continuing our winning streak. The top score was achieved by Harriet (head boy). He captained the English schools Nuttall and Elizabeth Potter with 194. Along with David Firth, scoring 193, they earned Half Blues. under-15s rugby union team, and also made the Scottish schoolboys under-19s team when it played The Mississippi Million John Marks 90 not out.. England. He spent two years in the Navy (1961–63), On 10th May 2014 Dr then came to Pembroke in 1963 with the assistance The Great River Challenge looms John Marks hosted a of a naval scholarship to study Mechanical The extraordinary project to row the length of the get together at Girton Sciences. He won three golf Blues, captaining the Mississippi in a pair of Victorian Thames skiffs is to celebrate his 90th side in 1965, as well as playing rugby and rowing for about to begin. On August 2nd, John Pritchard and year. Pembroke. On graduation, Garth went back into the Paddy Broughton (Blue boat, 1986) will row the John, who was an Navy, retiring with the rank of in 1973. Mississippi to raise $1,000,000 for the charity Right English Trial Cap in Garth went back home to work with his father on the to Play. They will be joined by around 50 guest crew, each of whom will row two successive Hockey in 1946/7, family farm at West Fenton, East Lothian. A joined Girton in 1977 neighbouring farmer, George Gray, invited Garth to marathons and help raise the funds. John and Paddy will each row a marathon a day for three as one of its first male help with , and so began his fellows. He has ascent within the Association, culminating in Chief months, ending in a spectacular party in new Orleans on 26th October. Hawks from around the coached cricket and Scout in 1988. He was also a member of the World hockey at both Scout Committee (1991–2001), and after that world will be most welcome to join them at the final party should they wish – John and Paddy have College and Honorary President of the Scottish Council of the University level, and Scouting Association. made it clear that by then they will undoubtedly be thirsty….. is particularly well known for his long association with Garth also served as Deputy Lieutenant for East rowing, having been Senior Treasurer for both men’s Lothian from 1984–2001 and after that held the To support them on this epic undertaking, look at and women’s boat clubs. honorary title of Lord Lieutenant for East Lothian www.mississippimillion.com John joined the Portugal Place project when the new until his death. He also held major roles within the clubhouse was being planned, and ever since has been health service. He and his wife developed ‘Muirfield Welsh dinner report a Director of the Hawks’ Company, an active member of Riding Therapy’ – a riding school on their farm Despite a number of Welsh Hawks being the Management Committee, and is a Trustee of the where young people with mental or physical unavailable, having cited excuses as ridiculous as Hawks’ Trust. disabilities could ride ponies. ‘refereeing Heineken cup in Montpellier’, thirty of .. and his Grand Project Garth was awarded the CBE in 1994 for his work in Wales and the West’s finest, or formerly finest, the voluntary sector and knighted in 2007. Cambridge sportsmen enjoyed the Annual Dinner In the last Hawk we previewed John Marks’ Grand In everything he did, Garth was particularly noted for at Cardiff and County Club. Project, to bring the Abraham’s book of Varsity results sharing leadership and encouraging all to play their In the absence of the one Freshman to the dinner up to date from 1932 onwards. We have already had a full part, offering security and assurance under if fell to Tony Lewis (1959, Christ‘s) to speak of his number of offers of help, for which we are grateful, and which lay a quiet but deep practical Christian faith, time as a Test match Commentator and the which we will follow up as the work progresses. consternation caused by his commentary on a which also especially sustained him in his final John has been hard at work and now has an almost Pakistani Fielder, called Fakii, dropping a simple illness. complete record of crews and results for rowing, both catch (“Fakii dropped it")! He further related some Garth is survived by his wife, Gill, and their three men and women, and the lightweights, recorded in the of his experiences playing for Glamorgan C.C.C. children, Alastair, Clare and Christopher, and six format that will form the basis of the book. He is now under the shrewd, often belligerent, captaincy of grandchildren. The Queen sent them her hard at work transferring the Rifle Association (Full that great Welsh and Cambridge sportsman Wilf Bore) records from the web site on which they are condolences on his death. Wooler. (To Tom Graveney: " That's the currently recorded. Information from his brother, Barry (Hawks, Golf and worst ....200 I have ever seen") Rugby, Pembroke 1963-66) On a more serious note, there was general and It is already clear both that this will be a multi-volume heartfelt concern that Welsh students, high in both work by the time it is complete, but also that there are Saved by the Lightweights sporting and academic pedigree were not being many gaps in the records. considered fairly or seriously, for places in This is therefore a plea for anyone who has records Cambridge Colleges. To the amazement of all of any sport (not necessarily just the ones in which they gathered, an account, well-documented, was given took part), to send us what they have. You can send of an Olympic oarsman, scholastically brilliant, who them either to the Cluhouse ([email protected], was pre-warned not to mention his sporting or by post to the address overleaf), or directly to me, prowess at interview! [Editor’s note: see the article [email protected]. Note the plea on page 2 for on the front page - the tide, we hope, is beginning photographs also, since these can often be an indirect to turn..] source of valuable information. In a commanding position, the Men’s Lightweights The next Annual Dinner is scheduled for The We will be making a similar plea to Oxford, and with approach the Temple finishing line at the Henley Cardiff and County Club on Friday, January 23rd their co-operation hope to get as full and accurate a Varsity match, thereby saving Cambridge rowing 2015. All Hawks are welcome ; enquiries to Steve record as it is possible to get. from the ingnominy of an Oxford whitewash! Whitehead ([email protected]).

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Total wins: Cambridge 45 - Oxford 37

Sport Varsity Result as at May 2014 Sport Varsity Result as at May 2014 Amateur Boxing Oxford 7 - Cambridge 2 Modern Pentathlon Women Cambridge 24,324 - Oxford 22,584 Association Football Cambridge 0 - Oxford 0 (penalties 4-2) Netball Oxford 42 - Cambridge 31 Association Football Women Cambridge 2 - Oxford 0 Orienteering Oxford 4:21:24 - Cambridge 4:31:33 Athletics - Cross Country Cambridge Orienteering Women Cambridge 2:41:47 - Oxford 3:59:13 Athletics - Cross Country Women Cambridge Powerlifting Cambridge 2268.72 - Oxford 2131.88 Athletics - Indoor Field & Relays Cambridge 9 - Oxford 5 Rackets Cambridge 6 - Oxford 0 Athletics - Indoor Field & Relays Women Cambridge 9½ - Oxford 4½ Real Tennis Cambridge 6 - Oxford 0 Athletics Oxford 108 - Cambridge 104 Real Tennis Women Oxford 5 - Cambridge 1 Athletics - Women Cambridge 110 - Oxford 89 Revolver & Pistol Oxford 2160 - Cambridge 2144 Australian Rules Football Oxford 90 - Cambridge 14 Revolver & Pistol Women Cambridge 2064 - Oxford 2047 Badminton Oxford 12 - Cambridge 3 Riding Oxford Badminton Women Oxford 13 - Cambridge 2 Rifle - Small Bore Cambridge 1505 - Oxford 1496 Basketball Oxford Rifle - Small Bore Women Cambridge 753 - Oxford 719 Basketball Women Cambridge Rowing - Blues Oxford Duathlon Cambridge Rowing - Women Blues Oxford Duathlon Women Oxford Rowing - Lightweights Cambridge Eton Fives Cambridge 3 - Oxford 0 Rowing - Lightweights Women Oxford Eton Fives Women Oxford 6 - Cambridge 0 Rugby Fives Cambridge 269 - Oxford 153 Fencing Oxford Rugby League Oxford 40 - Cambridge 0 Fencing Women Oxford Rugby Union Football Oxford 33 - Cambridge 15 Golf Oxford 8.5 - Cambridge 6.5 Rugby Union Football Under 21s Cambridge 30 - Oxford 19 Golf Women Cambridge 6.5 - Oxford 2.5 Rugby Union Football Women Oxford 17 - Cambridge 12 Gymnastics Cambridge 296.6 - Oxford 232.9 Ski and Snowboard Oxford by 1.10 s Gymnastics Women Cambridge 160.85 - Oxford 154.25 Ski and Snowboard Women Cambridge by 25.73s Handball Oxford 32 - Cambridge 26 Squash Rackets Cambridge 5 - Oxford 0 Handball Women Cambridge 23 - Oxford 12 Squash Rackets Women Oxford 4 - Cambridge 1 Hockey Cambridge 2 - Oxford 1 Swimming Oxford 61 - Cambridge 29 Hockey Women Oxford 3 - Cambridge 2 Swimming Women Oxford 47- Cambridge 43 Ice Hockey Oxford 13 - Cambridge 7 Table Tennis Cambridge 10 - Oxford 0 Ice Hockey Women Oxford 10 - Cambridge 1 Table Tennis Women Cambridge 8 - Oxford 2 Judo Oxford 4 - Cambridge 3 Taekwondo Oxford 3 - Cambridge 2 Judo women Cambridge 5 - Oxford 0 Taekwondo Women Cambridge 3 - Oxford 2 Karate Cambridge 74 - Oxford 56 Trampoline Cambridge 433.8 - Oxford 389.9 Karate Women Oxford 82 - Cambridge 20 Ultimate Frisbee Cambridge (Out 12-10, In 8-9) Kickboxing Cambridge 4 - Oxford 3 Ultimate Frisbee Women Oxford (Out 11-4, In 6-4) Korfball Cambridge 11 - Oxford 10 Volleyball Cambridge 3 - Oxford 0 Lacrosse Oxford 15 - Cambridge 11 Volleyball Women Cambridge 3 - Oxford 2 Lacrosse Women Oxford 11 - Cambridge 9 Water Polo Cambridge 10 - Oxford 8 Lacrosse Mixed Cambridge 9 - Oxford 6 Water Polo Women Cambridge 11 - Oxford 6 Life Saving Oxford 11 - Cambridge 10 Windsurfing Cambridge Modern Pentathlon Cambridge 29,844 - Oxford 29,536 Yachting - Team sailing Cambridge

CONTACT YOUR CLUB Dates for your Diary Administrator: Sarah Malcolm 29 Aug 2014 Hawks’ Golf Day - at Royal Worlington and Newmarket Golf Club. 18 Portugal Place Contact Roger Dalzell at [email protected] if interested. Cambridge CB5 8AF Tel: 01223 314666 26 Nov 2014 Steele Bodgers - Cambridge networking event of the year at Grange Road. Marquee, lunch, bar. Kick off 3.0pm. Contact the Clubhouse. Email: [email protected] Website: www.hawksclub.co.uk 10 Dec 2014 The Hawks’ London Dinner - details in the October Hawk. Editor: [email protected] 11 Dec 2014 The Rugby Varsity Match - at Twickenham. Kick off 2.0pm Back copies of The Hawk may be found at: http://www.hawksclub.co.uk/the-club/publications.aspx 23 Jan 2015 The Welsh Dinner - contact Stephen Whitehead at [email protected]

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