Michaelmas 2016
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Michaelmas 2016 All change at the Clubhouse From the President In the last edition we reported on the Hawks’ had so clearly merited it. So it was that, under Every time I walk into the Development Project and the changes that are on- the guise of attending her last Management fabulous Hawks clubhouse going both in the Club, and within the wider meeting, we managed to sneak in a presentation or wear the distinctive gold University. Little did we appreciate a number of as the picture shows. Sarah, you will be sorely and maroon tie I find it other changes that were about to come upon us. missed. hard not to reflect on what an honour it is for all of us Sarah Malcolm retires Tomi Ayodeji joins us: to be members of an Sarah joined us in 2003 Tomi (pronounced Toe-mee) has joined us to establishment with such a and very quickly got take on the Administrator role. She has been with rich history and one which command of all the us for a little over 3 weeks and has charmed all has been called ‘home’ by administrative who have been in so many sporting legends. This year I am fortunate complications of touch. It will, of enough to have the even greater honour of serving as running the Club, course, take some the club’s President, and I, along with the rest of my fulfilling a role that, time for her to committee, will strive to uphold the traditions, quirks where the senior office become fully up to and atmosphere that makes this club the place we all holders are all speed with all the love. The club unites a wonderfully eclectic group of volunteers, is so vital. details with which sportsmen and for me personally it is great to see Over the years since, she has to deal, but more and more Hawks elected from some of the she has become the she’s not afraid to university’s smaller clubs. eyes, ears, and beating ask questions and Already a few weeks into Michaelmas term the club heart of the Clubhouse. approaches continues to thrive and I am excited about many of She has seen Stewards come and go, and problems with a the initiatives the club will undertake over the coming committees come and go. She has been adviser cool head. Don’t be afraid to contact her in the year. We are in the process of updating the website, (and sometimes, dare one say, mother) to same way that you used to be able to contact making it more user friendly for residents and alumni, countless resident Hawks. She has managed the Sarah. which will come in tandem with a slicker merchandise extravaganza that Steele Bodgers has become, Tomi lives in Cambridge, is married to a Vicar and section. The club will continue to promote much of turning out to serve behind the bar, while keeping has 2 young children. She comes with a BA in last years good work, building on success of the track of a plethora of bar bills. She has been a Business Administration, qualifications in ‘Birdbird’ online sports magazine diary and reminder system. She has total grasp of accounting and project management, and plays (www.bluebirdnews.co.uk), and the incredible work by the details of the Summer Event, saving it from the piano to grade 8 standard. Arav Gupta in setting up the ‘Hawks & Ospreys either bankruptcy or litigation on more than one Access to Sport’, which over the past year has Chris Pratt retires: occasion. She has run the Club and Company worked with schools in the local area, to teach accounts, putting up with ceaseless requests for This is the second time that Chris has retired. students the benefits of sport. Last weekend we were more information. She marshals the applications Having performed miracles with the finances of delighted to host the hugely successful ‘Hawks & to the Trust, and then processes the decisions of Fitzwilliam College, Ospreys Charity Ball’ and I am delighted to say that the Trustees to distribute the funds. and overseen the we have been able to donate our largest ever sum to As if all this were not enough, she has taken on erection of their new the charity ‘Right to Play’. library, he was on his anything else that needs doing. One summer she I look forward to seeing many of you at the London way to a well- was to be found in the bar, paint roller in hand dinner but in the meantime please contact me deserved rest when redecorating. On occasions when we have been ([email protected]) if you have any ideas or queries; Jesus College temporarily without steward or cook, Sarah was to it is always great to hear from our members. managed to persuade be found flipping burgers in the kitchen, and Alternatively you can keep up to date on Facebook him to pick up the drafted husband Ian in to help in the bar. (facebook.com/thehawksclub) and Twitter Bursar role for them The DRC committee organised a collection among (@thehawksclub). their membership and a substantial sum was as a temporary GDBO raised as a signal of how highly Sarah was measure while they looked for a permanent regarded by them. The Hawks’ Company also incumbent. It was not long before his qualities Jamie Giddins made it quite apparent that they need look no made a significant donation to her, in the same Hawks’ President 2016-17 further than to keeping him on, and proved very vein. reluctant to let him go. Having overseen the Fitzwilliam, CUGC, CUSRC, CURTC, CURC Sarah was always very modest and self-effacing, refurbishment of much of Chapel Court, and the not liking a fuss to be made of her, even when she Contnued overleaf All change at the Clubhouse Powerlifting Success Fresh from Varsity, and Inter-University Championship, success, the Cambridge Continued from Page 1 acquisition of Wesley House, and its refurbishment, to name only a Powerlifting team headed to Belarus in July for the IPF Student World Cup. few of his achievements, Chris can no longer be persuaded to stay Admin-Nazi and confessed cat-lover Frank Sanders (Hawks’ President 2014-15) had any further and will be seeking refuge on the north Norfolk Coast. done the team proud: everyone had obtained their sacred Belarusian visas and the team Alas, this means that the Hawks’ Club and the wider University will stash was en route. Talk of the team was Jamu Zhao, who caused controversy with his 3- also lose his services. day pre-comp 100 kg weigh-in for the 83kg class. Baffled by the dual Belarusian Chris was at St Catharine’s College 1961-64 and was a 400 metre currencies, he managed to spend $1,000,000 on his first meal in the country. runner. It was in 1992 when the Club was desperately in need of First up was Alex and Salman in the 74 kg class. Squats and bench went smoothly for some financial and accounting expertise that Chris first held his both Sal and Alex, with Alex hitting PRs in both. For the podium it all came down to the hand up and volunteered to help. Since then he has fulfilled the deadlifts. Salman found himself locked into battle with his former Polish nemesis for the roles of Senior Treasurer, Company Secretary and Financial number 1 spot. He had to make his final deadlift of 260 kg to stand a chance of winning. Salman pulled 260 kg, and proceeded to flatten his coach, knocking over the medal table, Director. the Belarusian models and almost starting a civil war. Next, it was the Polish-guy who In 1996 Chris managed to persuade some Hawks’ alumni to put up needed to pull 260 as well to knock Sal off the top. Unfortunately for him, he pulled sumo some money with which he created the Hawks’ Charitable Trust. In with hook grip, which gives you a 75% chance of dropping the bar at lock-out, which he 2003 he shepherded through David Jennens’ generous bequest did. Salman was crowned victor. which really transformed the Trust into a major force in University sport, and has remained Chairman of the Trustees throughout. It The next day, Jamu and Ali Ghareeb took on the most competitive class in the can truly be said that, without Chris, there would simply be no competition: the 83s. Injured, food deprived, and in Ali’s case 5 kg under the class upper limit they kept their spirits high and pushed on. For Jamu, every waking moment was pain Trust today. and even 9 minutes of lifting became a marathon. Spurring each other on they both Chris has been Chairman of the Bursar’s Committee, and a managed to post totals, and Ali managed to go 9 for 9. Success. Director of Cambridge University Cricket & Athletics Company that For the next day of lifting, they passed the baton to Matt and Jack in the 93s. Would owns the cricket ground at Fenner’s which was also once the Jack’s crossfit training pay off? Would Matt’s spine explode during the deadlifts? All were university athletics ground. He was influential in the initiation and important questions which demanded an answer. Squats were unlucky for Matt, who implementation of the Sports Review, which now holds such easily stood up with 202.5 in his third attempt before getting distracted by the Belarusian promise for the long term future of Cambridge sport.. His woman’s team and losing his balance.