A World Class Facility for a World Class University

MICHAELMAS 2013 A world class facility for a world class University From the President Gentlemen Hawks, I am proud and honoured to have been elected President of this special club, and my committee members and I will do our utmost to uphold its fine traditions. Looking around my committee, it reminds me of what the Hawks' Club is all about: talented athletes Borna Guevel from completely different disciplines coming together to uphold the fantastic solidarity that exists within Cambridge sport. Cambridge now has a state-of-the-art new sports centre and I hope it well help usher in a new era of dominance over the Other Place. From our Following a quiet opening in August, this magnificent structure, standing next to the Coton footpath on the West perspective, as well as offering sports massages Cambridge Site, boasts sporting facilities of the highest quality, now being enjoyed by a rapidly increasing to our members, we have invited physiotherapists membership. and nutritionists down to the Clubhouse this year. We hope this will widen access to crucial aspects From the extensive cycle parking at the front, to the incredible sports hall within, every detail has been of elite sport for many of the teams affiliated with implemented with the convenience of the sports user in mind. Hawks. We start with the reception area, which includes a soon to be Continued on page 2 opened cafeteria, with comfortable seating, and information screens. Users are equipped with a membership card which gives them both access to the areas for which they have enrolled, and also acts as a The London Dinner key for the lockers in the changing rooms. Don’t forget the London Dinner at the Savoy, on With a glass front that Wednesday 11th December. Eddie Butler, extends the full width of CURUFC, Welsh Rugby International, and BBC the reception area, the commentator, will be the speaker. Tickets Fitness Suite presents a available from the website. positive prairie of sophisticated equipment. Further details on page 3 Around the corner is the Strength and Conditioning Suite, with a superb range of weight equipment, and a two- Squash Courts Appeal lane plyometric track. The amazing Sports Hall We understand that the appeal has passed the has space, as can be seen in the picture overleaf, for 8 badminton half-way point - an encouraging start, but much courts, and is also marked out for basket ball, netball, volleyball, and remains to be done. The Fives people have shown five-a-side football. It is surrounded on two sides by a viewing the way by raising their own funds to make their gallery, from which the picture is taken. The electronic multi-sport magnificent courts a reality. In a Centre of such scoreboards are both visible from anywhere in the gallery. Padded quality, how can Squash supporters resist the bleachers seating extrudes from one wall to accommodate up to 400 opportunity to contribute to making their own courts spectators. Storage is provided for additional Sports Hall based equipment such as trampolines. a reality? Along the back of the building, behind the Sports Hall, there is currently a vast empty space awaiting the funding To make your contribution talk to Nouman Qureshi necessary to implement the Squash Courts. It is intended that there will be 5 courts of international standard, two at the University Development Office: 01223 of which will be equipped with a movable wall to accommodate doubles. 766200 or [email protected] Continued on page 2 The Cambridge Sports Centre From the President Continued from page 1 Continued from page 1 We have our charity ball coming up on Saturday 9th November at the Cambridge Union, an event that has been a resounding success over the years. We are once again delighted to have Right To Play as our main charity and we hope to widen our charitable donations this year by forming a link with The Boxing Academy. This is a scheme that runs two specialist schools in East London, acting as an alternative to exclusion for teenagers; its aim is to reintegrate them into society using a unique blend of sport and education. We hope it will be the start of a fruitful relationship similar to that which we have formed with Right To Play. We always love to hear from Hawks of all ages so please do get in contact ([email protected]) if you have any ideas or queries for the club. For those on social media, you can now find us on Facebook (facebook.com/ thehawksclub) and Twitter (@thehawksclub). Thank you for your continued support of The Hawks' Club. I hope to see you in the Clubhouse very soon.

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Borna Guevel Hawks' President 2013-14 Hughes Hall, Boxing Moving upstairs, and again stretching nearly the full width of the building, there are two Studios, with retractable wall between so that they can be made into one large space. The Committee 2013-14 This caters for all manner of floor-based sports, including fencing, dancing, gymnastics, and the martial arts. Ed Bosson (Secretary) Pembroke Rowing Continuing on the first floor, down one side there are the Fives Courts, 3 each of Rugby and Eton. Spectator Will Cairns Trinity Hockey seating is provided - what appears to be inside the Rugby Tom Elliott Sidney Sussex Cricket, Hockey, Fives court is Rackets actually just the Ross Elsby Pembroke Athletics reflection in the glass back wall. Muhammad Jaffer Selwyn Rugby League, Cricket On the opposite side of the building there Max Mather Downing Rugby Union remains a large Tommy Palacios Fitzwilliam Rugby Union empty space, which, like the Squash Francis Sanders Magdalene Rugby Union, Courts, attends upon Rugby League funding to develop. It Tim Swinn Gonville & Caius Hockey, Cricket is intended that this will hold a Circuit training area, Boxing Ring, and Treatment room for sports massage, etc. “There have been a few snagging issues, which is only to be expected in a project of this scale” admits Smoke Rings Simon Cornish, PE Department Head of Operations, and therefore overall manager of the complex, “but as we discover them they are being resolved, and the overall build is of the highest quality.” The editor can not but agree, for here we have a building worthy of this great University of ours that will serve many generations of sports people, whether recreational users or serious competitors, for years to come. A sighting of the Tie - Dr John Marks The Cambridge News reports: “A College sports pavilion has been opened by the man it is named after. The John Marks Pavilion was funded almost entirely by more than 800 Girton alumni and includes two changing rooms, an umpire’s changing room, and a social space. It was named after Girton life fellow Dr John Marks because of his support for the college and his role in promoting sport. He coached cricket and hockey at college and university level and was A collector has recently let us have this image of a Prof Susan Smith, Dr John Marks, responsible for the men’s and women’s Boat Races for many years. cigarette packet in his collection. He believes it to date Prof Sarah Springman Girton’s mistress, Prof Susan Smith, said: “Sport is an essential from the 1950’s but would like to know more. Does any ingredient of the all-round education Girton has always delivered”.” Hawk have any recollection of these? Perhaps someone out there has even smoked them (and still lives to tell the Indeed, since going co-ed, many Hawks have come from Girton. John Marks was Senior Treasurer of tale). Please let us know: [email protected] . CUBC and CUWBC, is a Director of the Hawks Company Ltd, and is on the Management Committee. The Savoy - the place to be on 11th December! A Hawk on the Mississippi

Come to the Savoy, reunite with old friends, or make new ones. Enjoy an excellent meal, and be The Great River Rowed to Raise entertained by the speakers, the chairman for the evening, Richard Brooman, and this year’s guest, Eddie Butler. Our chairman this year is our one and only indomitable dinner committee man, Richard Brooman (Trinity 1974-79) whose ‘elevator pitch’ runs something like this……Richard read slowly at Trinity and eked out a delightful five years of economics and law, ossia Rugby Football. Apart from playing in the 1975 and captaining the 1976 LX Club sides, Richard sat out an idle 80 minutes on the bench at Twickenham in 1976. Energised by his new legal studies, he went on to win two Blues in the front row in 1977 and 1978. He also fought in three judo varsity matches. Apart from the excitements of one win and one loss in The Matches, he was fortunate enough to play against the Viet Gwent Lions front row at Pontypool and to feature against the 1978 All Blacks and also to play for British Universities. As President of the Hawks’ Club in 1978/79, Richard set the bar bill very high. Following a successful career in finance Richard is now a NED in a range of organisations, and a Board mentor. He is involved in a number of charities, and is a governor of Merchant Taylors School. He has also been known to sing a bit of opera. $1,000,000 for Right to Play Edward “Eddie” Butler 2320 Miles, 10 States, 1 Skiff. This is the Mississippi Eddie Butler was at Fitzwilliam College from 1976 to 1979 and won Challenge that John Pritchard, former Cambridge Blue, three blues for rugby in 1976/77/78. He represented Wales 16 times and last year’s Dinner Chairman, will face in the summer between 1980 and 1984, scoring 2 tries and was captain in six matches. of 2014. He also led Wales in non-cap matches against the Maori in 1982 and Japan in 1983 and on a summer tour of Spain in 1983. In the WRU's John, an Olympic Medallist and a former President of the centenary year of 1980 he toured North America, played against the Hawks’ Club, faces rowing approximately 25 miles a day USA, and later against an Overseas XV in Cardiff. He toured with the for up to 100 days to raise $1m for Right to Play. His British Lions on the 1983 tour of New Zealand and also represented the chosen charity, of which he is the Chairman of the UK Barbarians six times. branch, is dedicated to educating and empowering children through sport and play, making the rowing Born in Newport and educated at Monmouth School, he played 14 challenge remarkably appropriate to represent it. Set with seasons at number 8 for Pontypool RFC from 1976 to 1990 (a rare breed a formidable challenge, John will find himself meandering of one club man, certainly by today’s standards) and was captain during through 10 states in a Victorian skiff, beginning in Lake their powerful run between 1982 and 1985. He twice represented the club against Australia in 1981 Itasca, Minnesota and ending in the Big Easy: New and as captain in 1984. He also captained Monmouthshire against the New Zealand Maori in 1982 Orleans. Originally a schoolteacher, Eddie Butler later became a rugby But this challenge is not one John plans to face alone: you correspondent and commentator. He has written a weekly rugby column in have a unique opportunity to join this truly herculean The Observer since 1991 and also writes for The Guardian, as well as being challenge. Split into legs of around 25 miles, intrepid a BBC sports commentator with Brian adventurers are invited to help John succeed in his Moore, the former England hooker. challenge by joining in on a leg, provided they can help He has presented two popular history raise funds to reach our target of $1m. series: Wales and the History of the If you’d like to explore new and remote landscapes of World (BBC1 Wales) and Hidden varied scenery, have your own seat in a lovingly hand Histories (BBC2) and has written two books: The Greatest Welsh crafted Victorian skiff, raise money for a positive cause, XV Ever and The Tangled Mane: The Lions Tour to Australia 2001. register your interest now at He lives in Monmouthshire and has six children. http://www.mississippimillion.com/ .

Rowers hold Champagne Reception in Hawks’ Club CUWBC and CULRC, outlined the changes taking permission and attendees had the chance to view the place. architects’ model and ask questions from members of From 2015, the Women’s Boat Race will be staged in all three Executive Committees. London, over the same course and on the same day If you would like to find out more about The Ely as the Men’s Boat Race. Summer 2013 has seen the Boathouse Project and how you can help, please extension and renovation of the historic Goldie email [email protected] in the first instance. Boathouse to make room for the women to land train alongside the men. A new Boathouse in Ely, for all three University clubs, has recently received planning

Roger Silk, Chris Dalley (CUBC), Professor Paul Luzio, Lady Jean Gurdon and Clive Rees examining Members of the three and discussing the architects’ model of the new Ely Clubs making their Boathouse presentation; Sarah The Hawks’ Club was the venue for an event during Winckless (CUWBC and Olympic Medallist 2004, Presentation to Sarah Malcolm, the the September University Alumni Festival. Entitled, World Champion 2005 & Hawks’ Club Administrator, by Dr Pat ‘Advancing Cambridge Rowing’. Alumni crowded into 06), Chris Dalley (CUBC) Marsh, who said it was ‘in grateful the Clubhouse for a Champagne Breakfast. Joint and Paul Sansome thanks for working from dawn that presentations by all three Boat Clubs, CUBC, (Chairman of CULRC) morning, a time when only rowers were normally seen about!’ OBITUARIES Howard Campbell (1921-2012) to Magdalene, where he was do an MBA at the London Business School. Born in Machakos, Nairobi, Kenya, quickly into the blues football side, Don’s career thereafter was spent mostly in the Howard Campbell was sent to playing alongside those other Midlands where he worked for, ran and set up school at Oundle. He went up to supremely gifted sportsmen, various light engineering firms. Sportsman (a Magdalene in 1941, but was soon Trevor Bailey and Doug Insole. redoubtable tennis player and a much sought-after serving in the Royal Engineers in Serving in Iraq and then Italy partner), hill-walker, fisherman, gardener and dog- the war. Involved in clearing mines on the beach on during the war he was mentioned lover, Don lived his life to the full despite his D-Day, and following a number of other engineering in despatches, returning to Cambridge in 1946. Here increasingly precarious health. He cherished his exploits during the advance on Germany, he was he played for Corinthian Casuals, Old Salopians, and family above all. The respect and affection felt for awarded an MC for: “His courage, always of a high as an amateur for Cambridge Town. In a famous Don among colleagues and friends was reflected in order, and capabilities of leadership are an example match against Tottenham Hotspur he scored all 4 the huge turn-out for his funeral in the small church and a constant source of inspiration and goals to achieve a draw. of Leek Wootton. encouragement to the troops under his command”. After Cambridge he trained as an Accountant, and Obituary by Bob Dolby (Hawks, Rugby Fives) Resuming his college career he gained his blue for gained his articles in 1951. In 1954 he gained two John Lush (1928 - 2013) rugby in 1946. He had already been playing for partnerships, the professional in John Gordon John went to Sherborne School Scotland in the 1944 Services internationals, and in Harrison Taylor, and his life partner, Hazel. 1947 and ’48 he gained caps for Scotland playing and was at Emmanuel 1947-51. In the meanwhile he was playing cricket for Leeds against Ireland and England. He was Captain of Crusaders CC. Cricket Club, which he captained for 14 years from In 1952 he joined Eastbourne He played for London Scottish, and went on to 1949, leading them to the Yorkshire league title in College to teach History, and represent the Barbarians. 1958. Simultaneously he was playing for Yorkshire become Master in charge of His working life was spent with Shell, having II, and in 1951 achieved the pinnacle of his career cricket, a role he continued for the next 36 years. He postings in Sri Lanka, India and South Africa. when he captained Yorkshire CCC for one game. also taught Economics and Politics, and introduced Retiring he settled in Reading where he was a keen He served on the Yorkshire committee from 1954 to hockey to the College in 1957. Variously photographer, and played golf at Henley. 1983, serving as Treasurer, and in the last 3 years housemaster of Powell and Gonville Houses, many He is survived by his wife, son and two daughters. as Chairman. Sadly the latter period coincided with generations of pupils were inspired by him. a political struggle involving the sacking of Geoffrey Following retirement he continued to run the College David Cornock-Taylor (1918-2013) Boycott, his subsequent reinstatement, and the Library, and maintained a fatherly eye on the cricket. He went to school at Haileybury, resignation of the Committee. According to Roy and was at Trinity Hall 1937-39. A Hattersley, the only person to emerge with any credit He always appreciated receiving the fixture list and keen all round sportsman, he from this affair was Michael Crawford. newsletter each year from CUCC, and he wore his Hawks’ tie with pride. He is survived by his wife played cricket, tennis and rackets He continued his dedication to Yorkshire, becoming Jenny. His son, Christopher, is also a Hawk. for the University, and squash and vice-president in 1979, and an honorary life member real tennis, and golf in later life. He in 1983. He also served on the TCCB for 16 years, Derrick Lyon (1942-2013) wore his Hawks’ tie with pride, and and on the MCC committee for 9. He excelled at golf After growing up in Slough was a contributor to the fund raised for the new Club and was still playing to within a year of his death. Derrick’s senior rugby career house. began at Saracens whilst he was A quiet and modest man, true and kind, he was studying for a Mechanical Following the war he became involved in London trusted in all he undertook, and respected in his youth charity work, and became General Secretary Engineering degree at what is now responsibilities. He is survived by his wife, daughter City University. The sandwich of the London Federation of Youth Clubs. Leaving and two sons. course placement with a Sheffield them he joined UAC, the west African business of steel company enabled further Unilever, and became Personnel Director there. He Don Ellwood (1946-2012) hardening at Nottingham Rugby Club. He also spent realized that, in the climate of political change that An outstanding sportsman at a year on VSO at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, existed in the 1960’s, it was necessary to recruit the Merchant Taylors’, Don Ellwood North Nigeria where he lectured in mathematics, helped organise the annual inter-university sports future cadre of African management, and initiated pursued his two great loves at processes to do that. He was influential in African championships and undertook long and precarious Cambridge: Rugby Football and motor cycle journeys to see Pam, then his girlfriend, affairs and was on the council of the Royal African Rugby Fives. He played rugby for later wife, who was a volunteer further south. Society. his college and the LX Club and Realising he was not really an engineer Derrick He retained his interest in youth club work and was then, on medical advice following came to Cambridge to read Economics at St Johns and take his chance as an experienced hooker of Chairman of the Endeavour Youth Club in Merton a number of concussions, he turned increasingly to from 1982 to 1998, where he was known indomitable will and determination. He gained his fives, playing for the University against Oxford, affectionately as “The Colonel” for his imposing first blue in the winning team of 1967 and led the coming runner-up in the 1967 BUSA Rugby Fives side successfully in 1968. He was the first captain to bearing. He was much respected by all who came in Singles championship and winning the Doubles the engage a professional coach from outside the contact with him and when he stepped down in 1998 University, probably more significant in the victory same year with his captain, Bob Dolby - the first he was made President in recognition of his work. than Derrick’s version of Shakespeare’s Henry V Cambridge pair to win the Championship. He is survived by his wife, Ruth, and four daughters. speech at Agincourt delivered in the changing room After Cambridge, where he read Natural Sciences, beforehand! In 2008 he organised a well-attended 40 year reunion for both teams. Michael Crawford (1920-2012) Don went on to work for British Steel in south Wales. Derrick made his career in company finance in the Learning to play cricket at Shrewsbury he played for There he joined Bridgend and played several times the 1st team for 4 consecutive years, as he did packaging industry and worked for WR Grace in New in their first XV until he suffered more concussion football too. Academically bright he gained a bursary and gave up the game. He left Wales for London to Continued overleaf OBITUARIES Derrick Lyon - continued from previous page: and was lauded by the Department of Industry, but In 2010, on the occasion the development of digital technology rapidly of his 96th birthday, he York, Lausanne and Paris before moving to superseded his idea, held court in a Cambridge Manchester as managing director of Smurfit. Grace In 2003 Mills devised an innovative multi-lingual hotel dressed in the had a world-wide patent on the machine that made computer aid to help prisoners to use touch brightly coloured robes of perforated polythene used for wrapping bread whilst screens to access information. The programme was Onuna-ekwulu Ora, or still hot from the ovens. Derrick thought he could intended to reduce self-harm and suicides in prisons, “the man through whom improve on its design and set up his own business, and the first trial scheme was launched by Princess the history of the Igbo people speaks”, surrounded Bakery Packaging Services in Runcorn. He always Anne in Pentonville in 2003. More than 100 prisons by scholars from Africa and Cambridge, and joked that in the early years he made more money asked for the system and 20 were initially delivered. attended by the then Hawks’ President, Ian Ralby. from re-selling plastic sacks and toffee papers than Because of the size of the order it was put out to public A confirmed pacifist, Shaw became a Quaker in the perforated polythene. tender, a competition which was won by British 1960’s, and campaigned vigorously against After attending many gymkhana and pony club Telecom, who then failed to deliver any further apartheid. A keen gardener and long-distance events with his two daughters he decided to learn to systems. Defeated, Mills turned to fishing. walker, he founded the Icknield Way Association to ride and there began a new passion in his life which In 2006 he suffered a major stroke. In the nursing campaign for the reopening of the Icknield Way, a he pursued to the end, and through his 15 year home where he then stayed until his death, ironically, prehistoric route from Norfolk to Wiltshire, as a long- struggle with prostate cancer. He fancied the he was to make use of his own non-slip mats. distance path. physicality of polo, set up his own Harlequins team Passionate supporters of the Hawks’ Club, his wife, In 1939 he married Ione Magor, and they had two and played in many tournaments at home and sons and three daughters together. She died in abroad, often touring with his own full entourage. Narelle, knitted Hawkeye, the Bear which sits in the Trophy cabinet in the clubhouse. 1992. In 2004 he married Pamela Smith, a historian He chaired the West Cheshire Polo Club for several of archaeology. years and secured the ownership of their ground. Thurston Shaw CBE (1914-2013) Robert Stinson MBE (1931-2013) He won many trophies and brought to his side the A brilliant all-rounder from an early same robust engagement and enthusiasm he had age, at Blundell’s School, Tiverton, Robert Stinson (Marlborough, and always enjoyed at rugby, though he was never more he won prizes for Greek and Emmanuel College 1952-54) proud than when playing in the same side as his music, played rugby and cricket, represented Cambridge versus daughters. was Head of House, and President Oxford at the 220 yards low Derrick won high regard in the polo world where his of the Debating Society. He went Hurdles in 1952/’53/’54. He went qualities of generosity, thoughtfulness and friendship up to Sidney Sussex to read on to become a solicitor of some became appreciated as they had been by all those Classics, to which he added Archaeology, gaining a considerable note, whilst maintaining his passion for who knew him. He was successful, diplomatic, first in1936. Athletics through his lifelong commitment to national welcoming, entirely unpretentious and was a model and international administration. His prized, Encouraged by Louis Leakey to undertake favourite, and almost permanent, Hawks Tie was family man. He also had a great sense of fun and archaeology in Africa, Shaw went to the then Gold even at his funeral, attended by over 300 people, he prominently on display at his memorial service, Coast (now Ghana). Here he lead two major placed in prime position next to photos of family and had the last word recording a moving message of excavations and helped to build up the collections his athletic endeavours. thanks to his family, friends and acquaintances that were to become the foundation of Ghana’s prefaced by an apology for not standing up. National Museum, and the Department of Immediately upon graduation Bob took the position Obituary by John Tredwell (Hawks, Rugby & Archaeology of the University of Ghana. of Honorary Team Manager to the Achilles Club, a Swimming) track and field club open only to members of CUAC Returning to England in 1945 he served with the and OUAC, which can still boast more Olympic David Mills (1937-2013) Cambridge Education Committee and became a medals than almost any other club in the world. David Cecil Mills was born in tutor for the Cambridge Institute of Education. Thereafter he became further involved, becoming Cornwall and educated at Clifton In 1959 Shaw was invited to perform an excavation Clerk to the Achilles Trust in 1965 and finally College and Emmanuel College, at Igbo-Ukwa (near present-day Onitsha in Nigeria), Chairman in 1987 through to 2005 where ill health Cambridge, where he read where he proceeded to uncover evidence of a and elevated years forced him to pass the mechanical engineering and played sophisticated Igbo civilisation of the 9th century, responsibility on to the next generation. rugby. He was a flanker in the including glass beads, and bronzes fashioned using He retained his involvement with the club throughout 1958 Varsity match won by Cambridge and also the lost-wax method. He was able to demonstrate his entire life, remaining Vice President at the time of played for Cornwall in the County Championship that this technology had been developed there long his passing. final. He played for Harlequins and in the summer before any possible contact with Arabs or His energetic role in Achilles, led to his chairmanship played cricket for the Gloucestershire 2nd XI (and Europeans, thereby overturning a long-held of the British Athletic League in 1969, of which he once for the 1st XI). In Switzerland, working as a orthodoxy that this could not have been the case. was one of the founding fathers. He became translator after graduation, he did the Cresta Run. In 1960 Shaw joined the University of Ibadan, Honorary Assistant Treasurer of the British Amateur Mills was a brilliant and innovative engineer who never Nigeria, and in 1963 became Research Professor of Athletic Board in 1972 and its Honorary Secretary in personally profited from the inventions he devised. Archaeology, and established a department that was 1977. He was head of delegation and manager for His most successful idea was a non-slip plastic, to train generations of talented archaeologists. He GBR & NI teams at many international meetings and Dycem, now used world-wide as an aid in disability and remained there until his retirement in 1974. In 1968 championships in the 1970’s, and from 1979 he rehabilitation, which he invented in his mother's Cambridge University awarded him a Ph.D on the became a Life Vice President. garage in 1964. strength of his published work. He served as the Most significantly as Chairman of the Finance His next venture was to publish Computer Manuals for Director of Studies in Archaeology and Anthropology Committee of the BAAB, Robert was architect of the Duffers in 1983. He had been a close friend of John at Magdalene College from 1976-79. athlete trust funds which were at the core of the Cleese at school, and got him to write the foreword, an Shaw’s contribution to the archaeology of Nigeria sports’ transition to the professional era and oversaw hilarious account of his technophobia. Cleese would was recognised in 1989, his 75th birthday, when he the introduction of random out-of-competition drug describe how Mills had collected honours at school was made a tribal chief of Igboland. testing which continues to attempt to keep the and college "in a supermarket trolley, while still finding In 1972 he was awarded a CBE. He served as playing field level for all athletes. Disappointingly it is time to be kind". president of the Prehistoric Society from 1986 to still very much required in 2013. Mills's next big invention was the application of micro- 1990. He was elected a Fellow of the Society of From the BAAB Robert then became I.A.A.F. processors to film-strip cutting machines. He was Antiquaries, whose Gold Medal he was awarded in Honorary Treasurer in 1984 until 2003, working in the first person in Europe to apply this technology 1990, and a Fellow of the British Academy in 1991. Continued overleaf OBITUARIES Robert Stinson - continued from previous page: Boat Race and representing GB in the Calcutta Cup game, was won by Scotland with Bill European Championships and scoring the decisive try. the Juridical Working Group and a member of the Olympic Games. He was a great He spent the rest of his working life as a GP in Kent. IAAF Delegation to all the early World supporter of the Hawks’ Club and From material supplied by his wife, Flora. Championships and World Cups. contributed to the fund raised for the His Memorial Service, held in Richmond in July, was new Club house. Ken Webb - obituary corrections addressed by Dai Roberts (Achilles Chairman and He learned his rowing at Raymond White (Hawks, Cricket) writes from South Hawk), and by Lord Sebastian Coe (IAAF Vice Shrewsbury, competing in their 1950 Africa: President) who remarked upon Robert’s and 1951 Princess Elizabeth crews, where he was a “I saw the obituary of the late Ken Webb who was consummate skill at negotiating with varied contemporary of John Hall-Craggs and Bill Masser, with one of my oldest friends having met him at prep personalities and being able to conclude arguments whom he would later row in the 1956 Cambridge crew. school and then been at all of Hilton College, Natal between parties with as little as a well timed wink After National Service in the Parachute Regt, in October University and Jesus College with him. Sadly I was and a smile, defusing the most heated of 1953 he went up to Queens' to read Law & Economics. also in Plettenberg Bay on the day he lost his life on conversations. He really was ‘our man in Havana’… The college had a strong squad and won the Ladies' Mount Formosa. He had been in rude good health Plate at Henley in 1955, with Ian at 7. He was awarded and Moscow… and Leipzig. and it was tragic that such a strong man should have his Blue in 1956, and rowed 5 in the winning Cambridge As IAAF President, Lamine Diack, commented, “with died whilst still comparatively young. Robert’s death the world has lost one of its true crew of that year. During that summer, this crew raced in Rio de Janeiro and convincingly beat the leading I enjoyed the obituary written by Patrick Delafield gentlemen, and it’s a much sadder place for his but wish to point out one small correction. Ken was passing”: an opinion held by many – his calm and contenders to represent Brazil in the 1956 Olympics. He then rowed at 7 in the GB eight contesting the European not selected for the Springboks. I doubt if the jovial way of breezing through life was a lesson to us Springbok selectors had ever heard of him because all. Championships at Bled, and subsequently at 3 in the GB eight at the Melbourne Olympic Games. He was he did not play in the front row until he went up to His honours include: fittingly appointed captain of the GB Rowing Team for the Cambridge. He had become a somewhat pedestrian MBE Games. loose forward who was more interested in wrestling. Honorary Doctor of Law. Laurentian University, At Cambridge his immense strength was quickly Ontario Canada. In 1958 he was a leading figure in the attempt to put recognised and he found a place in the front row Orden del Atletismo Sud Americano together Leander crews for the Commonwealth Games where he earned two Blues. After his second Varsity Prince Chichibu Order of Japan. of that year, and coached the Cambridge boat race match he was invited to an England trial but IAAF Silver Order of Merit crews between 1964 and 1966. subsequently damaged his knee in a skiing accident He was a gentle man and a gentleman. He was immensely proud of having served with the and I do not think he played rugby again. Para's, and brought their mental and physical Tony Swales (1929-2013) toughness and no nonsense approach to his rowing. I was astonished to learn that he did not become a Tony went to school at Lancing He was a tower of strength in all the crews in which he member of the Hawks’ Club. I am sure that I was on College, Sussex from 1944-48. It rowed. the committee of the club when he became eligible after his first Blue. I think Paul Marsh, another South was here that he developed his He qualified as an accountant, and enjoyed a successful African, was president at the time and I can think of love of sport, squash in particular. career with Arthur Andersen, where he became a no reason why Ken did not become a member He was an outstanding partner. On retirement, he moved to the North Norfolk unless he declined an invitation to do so.” sportsman, representing the coast and devoted himself to sailing in various boats and school in cricket, soccer, tennis exploring the numerous creeks and inlets of Blakeney John James (Christ’s 1961-67, CURUFC, President and squash - but always modest and unassuming. Harbour. 1965-6-7) writes: In 1948 he won the Drysdale Cup for the English In recent years he had suffered poor health, but the In the obituaries in the Easter issue of the Hawk may Under 19 Amateur Squash Championship. vigour of his outlook on life remained undimmed. He is I correct one detail about the late Ken Webb. Ken Before taking up his place at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, survived by his wife, Dee, and their son, daughter and was elected to membership during my term as Club to read medicine, Tony opted to do his National five grandchildren. secretary 1964-5. In fact we shared digs at 5 Service, spending 18 very happy months in Kenya. Obituary by Michael Delahooke (Hawks, Rowing) Thompsons Lane for two years. At Cambridge he won a squash blue, and was Are the old records for the '60s still in existence or elected captain of the University team. Bill Young (1916-2013) have they been lost with the Club Moves that went Subsequently, in 1952, he led the University team on Bill Young was born in Scotland, on? Ken would have had his third Blue in 1966 but a tour of the East Coast of America universities. He but moved to Sidcup as a child. suffered a fractured jaw during the lead up to the later became a member of the successful Old Boys Attending City of London School, Varsity Match and had to be satisfied with a soup Londonderry Cup team. he became Captain of Rugby. He diet for the rest of the term. Ken was a very valuable Following his pre-clinical medical studies Tony went up to St Catharine’s to read member of the 1965 Combined Ox-Cam Touring moved on to St Thomas’ Hospital, London, qualifying medicine in 1935. He gained side to Argentina as a strong scrummaging prop. In in 1956. He continued to play squash, becoming Rugby Blues in 1935, ‘36 and ‘37, fact for many years in the ‘65 to 70 era we were the and played against the All Blacks. captain of the United London Hospitals Team. last side to beat the Argentine Pumas at home in He also played for London Scottish, King’s College Buenos Aires. Eventually he joined a rural General Practice in Hospital, and the Barbarians. North Nottinghamshire, working there for 33 years. The club was going through some turmoil due to the He retired in 1990 to the west coast of Scotland He won 9 caps for Scotland before the war, including big ideas of the Senior Treasurer of the time who where he spent happy years until suffering a severe the 1938 Calcutta Cup won by Scotland to give them almost resulted in the club becoming homeless in stroke in April 2011. Tony died on 27th February the Triple Crown. This was the first match ever to be 1966 hence why I was asked to continue as televised live, and Bill was the last surviving member 2013. President for two years.” of that side. He leaves his wife, Jennie, whom he met at St Editor’s note: the error about Ken’s membership He spent the next nine years working as a doctor for Thomas’, and their two children. must be due to the inadequate records that have the African Inland Mission in Kenya, and became Obituary by his wife, Jennie survived from that period. A number of us scoured captain of the Kenyan national Rugby side. all the records that existed when creating the Ian Welsh (1933-2013) He returned in 1948 and, ten years after his previous database for the fund raising for the new clubhouse, Ian Welsh, who died on 2 July 2013 aged 80, was one appearance was selected once more to play for so the absence of his name from those records of this country's leading oarsmen in the mid 1950s, Scotland, thus making one of the longest seemed conclusive. We apologise and stand having achieved significant successes at Henley and the international careers on record. This, another corrected. CU Association Football in need of a sponsor Boschie gets spliced Dear Hawks, Lest you should think that we only print obituaries, your editor is Please note that the Cambridge University Association Football Club (CUAFC) is currently delighted to be able to say “This is not an obituary!”. offering sponsorship opportunities for the forthcoming, 2013-2014, season. The Club is looking Congratulations to Dr J R “Boschie” Bosch, (St Edmunds and for one major sponsor, whom it can promote via all of the media outlined below, although there Hughes Hall 2000-2005, CURUFC) on his marriage to Chantélle is some scope for negotiation and the sponsorship package could be compartmentalised. Drury. The media via which CUAFC would provide a sponsor with exposure include: logos on The Club’s match kit, training kit, varsity kit, minibus, website and mid-season tour, and, in addition, The Club would also look to collaborate with the sponsor in order to organise networking opportunities with Cambridge students if desired. CUAFC offers a considerable sponsorship opportunity as a prominent sports society presence at The University, both on and off the field. The Club has enjoyed outstanding success in recent years; winning both league and Varsity for the last two seasons running; securing successive promotions during those years, culminating in The Club’s current status as a BUCS Premier side, the highest division of university football comprising of the nation’s top 12 teams; and recognition as the current Hawks’ Team of the Year. The Varsity football match is held at a Barclays Premier League ground in London and attended by thousands of supporters. The game is also filmed, photographed and reported on live for student and national media. This offers a great chance In the picture: Duncan Blaikie, Chris Derksen, Daniel McGrath, Stu Eru, for a sponsor to Mark Chapman-Smith, Angus Innes, Ben Dormer, and Nicolaas Alberts. network and gain exposure, as do other high-calibre Ollie K.O’d events such as the annual Old Boys’ Yes, our redoubtable London Dinner and the tour Dinner Secretary, Ollie Slack, to the world-class La (St Edmunds 1997-99, Boxing, Manga Club in Rugby, and Hawks President Spain. 1998-99) has finally been A Sponsorship brochure with further information is available upon request and any queries can knocked out. Not by a boxing be directed to this season’s Sponsorship Officer, Daniel Forde, [email protected] or glove, not by a rugby boot, but 07851424290. by the petite Delphine, to whom he has become engaged. A most ambitious project Congratulations to you both. This is the flyleaf of that famous book by Harold Abrahams and J Bruce-Kerr that lists the results of every Varsity match in every The case of the missing President Blue and Half-blue sport from 1827-1930. For the main Blues sports it lists not merely the results, but the details of the ….is now closed! Yes, thanks to Brian Guest (Hawks, Churchill participants in the contest. 1975-78, Captain of Hockey) who suggested that the President of Dr John Marks (see picture on page 2) has decided that the time the Hawks Club that year was also has come to produce the up to date version that will run from 1931 President of the Boat Club. A quick search of to the present. The task is, quite literally, monumental. Simply Battle of the Blues (from which this photo getting his hands on the data will be a major, and likely in some is taken) yielded the name Mark Horton, cases, impossible, task. Then transposing it all to the format that Downing 1975-78, now at Slaughter and Abrahams has used without creating errors of transcription will be May, and an email to him jogged the another formidable effort. memory and brought confirmation. Clearly John will need some assistance, both on the research side So thank you Brian Guest - a bottle of and on the transcription and editing side. Anybody who feels they could lend a hand please champagne is on its way to you. And get in touch directly with John at [email protected]. Similarly if anyone has a handle on the welcome Mark Horton to the pantheon of Presidents. Our list back records of their particular sport please get in touch with him. Getting hold of the data is from 1890 to the present is now complete! the first and most formidable challenge.

A blast from the past Andy Hodge (Hawks, Athletics, Gonville & Caius 1991-95) writes: This picture is of Bob Stinson hurdling in the Varsity Relays, circa 1953, 4x110yards H shuttle relay. You will note the hurdle separating the two runners faces the opposite direction and is for the 1st and 3rd leg runners who run against the grain as it were - none of this modern health and safety with gaps between lanes nonsense. I think Varsity Relays was the last place this race was run (along with the 220 yards H shuttle relay - arguably an even more bizarre race) until it was dropped in favour of the indoor varsity athletics match we now have - for some reason modern athletes think early March too cold to run and jump if there is a lovely warm facility to use ! The race is believed to be at Fenners but I argue it might well be at Eton which looks very much like this photo and is a neutral ground. The Oxford man is wearing a 'relays' vest - something quite distinct - even in my day we only had a specific vest for full varsity. Results-Results-Results Thank you Malcolm Hamer Catching up with some results omitted from the Easter edition, and those matches held since.. Our grateful thanks to Malcolm Hamer (Trinity, Association Football) who has donated a copy of his book, “Patriotic Games”, to the Club. Sport Varsity Result as at September 2013 American Football Cambridge 20 - Oxford 13 Archery Oxford Dates for your Diary Athletics Cambridge 112 - Oxford 98 27 Nov 2013 Steele Bodgers - the Cambridge networking event of the year, Grange Athletics Women Cambridge 104 - Oxford 96 Road. As usual the marquee is sponsored by Januarys Consultant Canoe & Kayak Oxford 4 - Cambridge 0 Surveyors, for which our grateful thanks. The bar in the marquee is Canoe & Kayak Women Oxford 4 - Cambridge 0 open from 12.00 and stays open until the beer runs out! Lunch in the marquee is at 1.00pm and can be booked as individual seats or tables Cheerleading Cambridge 74% - Oxford 60% of 10 at £40 a head - the same price as last year. To make your Cricket 4 day Oxford by an innings and 186 runs booking contact Sarah at the clubhouse Cricket 1 day Oxford by 7 wickets Cricket 20/20 Abandoned Cricket 1 day Women Abandoned Croquet Oxford 9 - Cambridge 0 Cycling Cambridge bt Oxford by 12.17 Cycling Women Cambridge bt Oxford by 19.44 Lawn Tennis Cambridge 12 - Oxford 9 Lawn Tennis Women Oxford Motor Drivers Cambridge 79 - Oxford 61 Mountaineering Cambridge 180 - Oxford 110 Polo Oxford 11 - Cambridge 3 Pool Cambridge 52 - Oxford 38 Shooting - Clay Pigeon Cambridge Shooting - Full bore Cambridge 1142.86 - Oxford 1115.92 11 Dec 2013 The London Dinner. At the Savoy. 7.00 for 8.00pm. Sponsored by Cobra Beer, for which our thanks. See page 3 for details. Shooting - Match Rifle Cambridge 836.67 - Oxford 816.54 Triathlon Cambridge Triathlon Women Oxford Yacht (Fleet racing) Cambridge 4 - Oxford 1½ Yacht (Ladies 2-boat) Oxford 4 - Cambridge 3 Taken with the results reported in the Easter Hawk, the overall result for 2012-13 is Cambridge 63 - Oxford 44 Paypal makes it easy... ..to pay your subscription, or to make a donation to the Trust. Don’t forget how necessary are the subscriptions paid by our alumni to the long term security of the Clubhouse. If you are not already paying a subscription why not go online and do it now at: http://www.hawksclub.co.uk/the-club/donations-and-subscriptions.aspx . To make a donation to the Hawks’ Charitable Trust, go to: http://www.hawksclub.co.uk/hawks-trust/donations-to-the-trust.aspx 12 Dec 2013 The Varsity Match. Twickenham kick-off at 2.00pm. See http://www.thevarsitymatch.com/ . 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