The Record 2009 - Keble College - University of Oxford

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big basketball playing colleges. The lack of practice did however
take its toll and resulted in a low finish in the League. This was
unfitting for a team that had given its all and was never beaten
by more than the narrowest of margins. With this season used
predominantly for rebuilding, Keble’s strong core of players,
eager for greater successes in the future, look set to thrive under
future captaincy.
Football
Paul Gillard
The 2 nd Team were arguably the stars of the three Keble men’s
football teams, led by their dedicated Captain Robert Gardiner.
They reached the final of the reserve Cuppers in impressive
fashion, scoring 25 goals in five games, 8 coming from the
clinical vice captain Freddy Bacon. However, after two early
goals from New College in the final, even a bullet header from
Greg Weir in the second half couldn’t bring the trophy home. In
the League they came second, winning seven out of nine games,
and will play in the top flight of reserve football next season.
Graham Thornton’s famous ‘Let’s go Keble’ chant worked its
magic throughout the 3 rd s season. He led them to a comfortable
promotion, only losing once in the League, finishing second.
Unfortunately, a disastrous end of the season by the 1 st s meant
that a triple promotion was missed out by 4 points. The season
started strongly, and with two weeks left, comfortably in second,
an assault on the title was imminent, but only two wins in five
left the 1 st s in fourth place, just missing out on promotion for the
second time in two years. Next year will be our year…
Hockey
Andrew Murchison
This year was a successful one for the hockey team. Boosted
by a large contingent of first year chemists, we dominated the
fourth division in Michaelmas Term. On the basis of these
performances, we received a promotion to the third division
for the Hilary season. Here we faced some stiff opposition, but
played well as a team and held our own in this group. I was
very impressed by the standard of hockey throughout the team,
with a solid defence including Simon Hind, Aidan Brierley,
David Edgeley and Matt Kahk. Our midfield, meanwhile, was
bolstered by very competent performances by Will Garratt,
Oakley Cox and Eliza Preston, whilst strikers including Nick
Pointer, Greg Weir, Jonny Cornford and Tim Griffiths showed a
consistent balance of flair and composure. I would like to thank
everyone who was part of the hockey team for their outstanding
effort this year, and to wish my successor, Will Garratt, the best
of luck in the coming year. Well done!
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