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Reports and College Activities BADMINTON Men’s Captain: Cameron Brooks, Women’s Captain: Sarah Gruitt The Queen’s College Badminton Club enjoyed a year of social training sessions at the East Oxford Games Hall. Boasting the highest number of sign-ups of any sport at the Queen’s Freshers’ Fair, enthusiasm for badminton was reflected in high turnout at weekly Wednesday night sessions, with 12-20 players attending consistently throughout Michaelmas and Hilary terms to enjoy a well-earned break from the stresses of work. A variety of different playstyles were observed in these sessions, with a range of techniques being employed to gain the upper hand from skilful feints and tricks, to friendly jests! In a historic first for the club, both a Men’s and a Women’s team were entered into the Hilary term Cuppers tournament. Competing with one of the strongest men’s sides I have seen in my three years playing badminton at Queen’s (Matthew Goh, Len Ma, Eric Ruiting, Kevin Speranza, Nicolai Hækkerup and Cameron Brooks), we were unfortunate to draw last year’s champions Exeter College in the first round. Notwithstanding some inspired displays against quality Blues-level opposition, Queen’s succumbed to a 5-1 defeat. It was brilliant to see such a great turnout for Women’s Cuppers this year, and we were ecstatic to be able to field such a strong team (Jessica Wen, Griselda Revia, Lisa Erlmann, Qizhao Chen and Sarah Gruitt). Thanks to some exceptional individual and team performances, Queen’s celebrated a 5-1 victory over our first-round opponents, Exeter. Both teams were incredibly supportive, making for a fantastic and wonderfully friendly match atmosphere. Unfortunately thereafter, the global pandemic intervened and the tournament was cut short. From total beginner to seasoned veteran, every Queen’s badminton player has improved their game over the course of the year, and this is testament to the friendly and social environment of the society that has enabled many players’ talents to flourish. Badminton is such an accessible and enjoyable sport, and we hope that the new captains Kho Wen Hao and Jessica Wen will succeed in bringing their experience and love of the game to next year’s sessions. Despite the pandemic cutting short our tenure as captains, it was a great privilege to have held this role, and we wish each of our players good health in these times. BOAT CLUB – MEN’S ROWING Captain: David Vahey I think it is fair to say this has been a punishing year for the entire boat club with consistently fast river flow, storms, flooding and finally COVID-19 all conspiring against us. However, a tight knit group have remained resilient throughout a year driven by land training with water time available on the Isis at a bare minimum. 68 The Queen’s College | College Record 2020
During Michaelmas, due to high water levels, time on the water was severely limited for both novices and seniors alike. That being said the novices remained enthusiastic on the ergs – most notably showing a strong performance at the newly christened ‘Christ Church Ergatta’. We opened Hilary with a four-day training camp at Eton Dorney – commuting from Oxford daily. This was hugely beneficial for the entire men’s side in restoring and building technique on the water that we were unable to strongly develop in Michaelmas. Although poor weather is a reality for most years, it was the consistency of these poor conditions that meant that this year was widely regarded to be the worst seen on the Isis in the last 40 years. As a result we returned to Dorney for some weekend training within term. The eventual cancellation of Torpids was painful and the global pandemic wiped out Trinity term activities, meaning that Summer Eights was cancelled for the first time since 1943. Reports and College Activities Despite this, a lot of progress was made as evidenced by some brilliant 2k scores at the end of Hilary term – proving the ‘erg-athon’ that was Oxford rowing in 2019-20 paid its dividends. It is with the resilience and motivation shown this year that we will build for the 2020-21 campaign. BOAT CLUB – WOMEN’S ROWING Captains: Vicki Patel, Zuzanna Borawska and Kwok Cheung With the river unfortunately at red flag for the majority of Michaelmas and Hilary terms, there were very few outings for any of our crews, particularly novices. Both Christ Church Regatta in Michaelmas and Torpids in Hilary were cancelled, and then the pandemic meant the suspension of all rowing during Trinity. Nevertheless, we continued to train on land and we did manage to compete as a boat club – in Michaelmas there was ‘Christ Church Ergatta’, in place of the usual Regatta. This was a relay of 500m on rowing machines with four people rowing and a cox in each team. Our teams included both novices and seniors and, while we did not come close to winning, it was still a memorable experience and good team effort. In Hilary term, many members of QCBC took part in ‘Tug of Warpids’ organised by Pembroke College Boat Club in place of Torpids. Of course, it wasn’t completely serious and included no rowing whatsoever but one of the QCBC teams (teams were mixed, including both men and women) reached the quarter-finals. Moreover, this year QCBC has been working on measures aiming to develop a more cohesive and inclusive environment in the club. The work is still in progress and was largely interrupted by the pandemic outbreak in Trinity, but by and large we are the first sports club in College to start a discussion on welfare issues within a college sport community. We hope that the measures once implemented will benefit not only the boat club but our College as a whole. College Record 2020 | The Queen’s College 69
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CONTENTS From the Provost 6 Reports
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From the Provost As well as dealing
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SENIOR TUTOR’S REPORT The College
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In association with the Department
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seminar series held in College. Soo
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