University of Cambridge Sport Sports Yearbook 2016 Incorporating the Annual Review 2014 - 2015 A word from the Vice-Chancellor Welcome to the University of Cambridge Sports Year Book 2016 I am delighted to introduce this annual review of sport at Cambridge. Our students develop their sporting talent through competition at College, University and national level. These pages include accounts of many of their successes over the past year. I know from my own student career that passion for study and passion for sport are often complementary, and I am proud that Cambridge produces excellent achievers in both spheres. The 2014/15 academic year has been a time of change for sport at the University, with the formation of the Sports Committee, the retirement of Tony Lemons, and the appointment of Nick Brooking to the Director role from the start of 2016. In addition to this, a Strategy for Sport is currently in development, which will hopefully see sport become more cohesive across the entire University community, with everyone from staff to students working towards a collective goal of enhancing the reputation of Cambridge University Sport and giving everyone who wishes the opportunity to participate. Thank you for your support of Cambridge’s dedicated sportsmen and women. I wish you a very successful sporting year. Contents Farewell to Tony 2 Judo Club 79 Welcome to Nick 3 Karate Club 81 PVC for Education’s message 4 Korfball Club 83 Eric Evans Awards 2014/15 6 Lacrosse Club (Men’s) 85 Hawks’ Charitable Trust Awards 2014/15 8 Lacrosse Club (Women’s) 87 American Football Club 13 Lawn Tennis Club 89 Athletic Club 17 Lightweight Rowing Club 91 Cambridge University Cockerel Badminton Club 20 Modern Pentathlon Club 93 Basketball Club (Men’s) 22 Netball Club 95 Basketball Club (Women’s) 24 Orienteering Club 98 Boat Club (Men’s) 26 Polo Club 100 Boat Club (Women’s) 28 Powerlifting Club 102 Bowmen 31 Real Tennis Club 105 Amateur Boxing Club 32 Revolver and Pistol Club 107 Canoe Club 33 Riding Club 109 Cricket Club (Men’s) 35 Rifle Association 112 Cricket Club (Women’s) 38 Rugby Fives Club 115 Cruising Club 40 Rugby League 117 Cycling Club 43 Rugby Union Football Club (Men’s) 119 Dancers’ Club 46 Rugby Union Football Club (Women’s) 121 Eton Fives Club 49 Ski & Snowboard Club 123 Fencing Club 51 Small-Bore Club 125 Association Football Club (Men’s) 54 Squash Rackets Club 127 Association Football Club (Women’s) 56 Swimming & Waterpolo Club 129 Gliding Club 57 Table Tennis Club 131 Golf Club 59 Taekwondo Club 132 Olympic Gymnastics Club 62 Trampoline Club 134 Handball 64 Triathlon Club 136 Hare and Hounds 67 Volleyball Club 139 Hockey Club 69 Yacht Club 142 Ice Hockey Club (Men’s) 72 Positions and Awards 144 Ice Hockey Club (Women’s) 77 1 Farewell to Tony Lemons At the start of his directorate role, Tony’s brief was to build a case for new facilities for the University, to lecture, to liaise with the City, to advise on health- related fitness, and to run the Department. However, over the years his role extended far beyond this as the Department grew and expanded, and the importance of sport within the University started to grow with it. Outside of his role at the University, Tony has held a number of national and international positions including Vice President University Commission for Sport and Culture in the European Community, Chairman of the British Student Sports Federation. He is currently a Councillor and Board Member of the British Lawn Tennis Association Ltd. and a Trustee Director of the Tennis Foundation. In 2006, he experienced a career highlight when he was invited to the 11th World Sports for all Congress in On the 30th September 2015, we said goodbye to Havana by the International Olympic Committee. In Tony Lemons, who had been part of the Physical 2013, Tony was then awarded an MBE for Services to Education Department (now the Sports Service) at University Sport. the University of Cambridge for 32 years. With his retirement, Tony is leaving behind a legacy of Tony started life at the University in the early 1980s improvements in sport at the University, most notably after holding lectureships at the Universities of Wilberforce Road Sports Ground and the University Liverpool and Edinburgh and working as a visiting Sports Centre, a lack of which was highlighted as far lecturer at the National Institute of Sports in Paris. back as 1992! The sports community of the University He was originally appointed by the University as will always be indebted to Tony’s efforts, and his the Superintendent of Physical Education in the achievements will be appreciated by the University Health Services for just three years, which was then community for years to come. extended by another five years. By the late 1980s he was engaged both within the University, the City, and further afield as a major figure in national bodies and holding such prestigious positions as Chef de Mission for the British Student team in the World Student Games of 1989. In the early 90s, he then became the Director of Sport. 2 Sports Yearbook 2016 Welcome to Nick Brooking Speaking about his role at Cambridge Nick said “I am delighted to have been appointed as Director of Sport at the University of Cambridge and recognise this as a great responsibility as well as an exciting opportunity. Cambridge has unique complexity in its sporting provision with so many individuals, clubs and organisations involved. So, in addition to the challenge of meeting the ever growing expectations around facilities, competitions and performance sport, there is also a need to address some of the practical challenges that exist around safety and legislation for example, whilst also ensuring we maximise the opportunity for greater promotion of the wider, positive aspects of recreational activity for health, educational and social benefits. The first key task we are embarking upon is For the 2015/16 academic year, the University development of a strategy for sport at Cambridge appointed Nick Brooking as the new Director of so this diversity and complexity can be effectively Sport. Previous to his appointment at Cambridge, harnessed as a strength when planning priorities Nick had worked in the same role at the University for future investment.” of Hertfordshire and in private and public sector sport prior to that. While at Hertfordshire Nick led the team that developed significant sports facilities envied by many other Universities, established the Athletic Union which helped improve student performance sport and also, in conjunction with the county sport partnership, developed an award winning student social sport programme with an emphasis on wellbeing benefits. Nick is one of two representatives of Higher Education on the Sport England TASS Management Group, and is also a Trustee of the Saracens Sport Foundation which has won a number of accolades for achievement of its mission to inspire communities and change lives using the power of sport. 3 PVC for Education’s Message at Cambridge. One of the many issues I have to grapple with (and Cambridge is not peculiar in this regard) concerns student physical and mental well- being. Sport at whatever level of engagement has a crucial role in ensuring that Cambridge students gain the most they can from their educational experience. Over the last year since taking on the role of chair of the Sports Committee I have spent time meeting sports captains, senior treasurers, coaches, alumni and staff to discuss what we need to do to improve sport at Cambridge. We are in the process of developing a new strategy for sport, which will involve the following components. First, we need to ensure that all sports clubs are fully accountable and responsible, but they should also receive more administrative support. Sports clubs presently have a lot of paperwork This has been a significant year for sport at to complete in order to be registered with the Cambridge. We have marked the retirement of Proctors. We will be moving to registration of all Tony Lemons, whose long tenure as Director of sports clubs with the Sports Committee. This will Physical Education saw a remarkable change in still require some bureaucracy, but we want to have sporting engagement, support and infrastructure, a system whereby student officers, senior treasurers culminating in the opening of the Sports Centre. and coaches are given more support in completing We welcome the new Director of Sport, Nick this documentation so that they can concentrate Brooking, and wish him well in his new post. I am on the important things, namely ensuring sporting very grateful for the hard work and dedication excellence. We have also expanded the definition of the whole sports team throughout the year, of sport in the university so that the number of particularly Karen Pearce who has been the acting sports clubs over which the Sports Committee will Director of Sport during the interregnum. have oversight will rise from just over 50 to 85. Following the review of the governance of sport Secondly, we must ensure that our approach to in the University in 2014 a new Sports Committee sport within Cambridge is gender-equal. Great was set up in 2015 under my chairmanship. I strides have been taken in this regard, but there consider it to be particularly important that the is more work to be done, especially as regards Pro-Vice-Chancellor for Education has oversight appropriate and fair recognition of achievement of sport within the University. My brief as Pro- within elite sport. Vice-Chancellor is to develop and guide policy and strategy relating to all aspects of education.