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excellent bowling from Harkirat Singh,<br />
Queen’s were the better side and won by<br />
seven wickets. We were offered a reprise<br />
and were drawn against Trinity in a ‘Bowl’<br />
round of Cuppers, but we failed to profit by<br />
it and were knocked out definitively, losing<br />
a very close encounter in which Harkirat<br />
starred again with a magnificent five-wicket<br />
haul.<br />
The rest of the season was plagued by<br />
some dreadful weather which caused no<br />
fewer than four matches to be called off.<br />
Fortunately, the rain didn’t dampen the<br />
team’s spirit nor its enthusiasm. We await<br />
next season with impatience.<br />
Croquet<br />
by Etemitope Ajileye<br />
This year was characterised<br />
by two events that have long<br />
been part of the Wolfson<br />
Croquet team tradition, and something<br />
new: the substitution of the old hoops with<br />
new, sturdy tournament-grade ones. They<br />
combine with our croquet lawn (very few<br />
colleges have a dedicated lawn) to make<br />
Wolfson one of the best places to play in<br />
Oxford.<br />
The two highlights of the croquet calendar<br />
were Cuppers, between April and May,<br />
which saw the first team advance four<br />
rounds before it was eliminated by a very<br />
skilful team from Keble; and Cherwell Day,<br />
in June, which saw energetic participation by<br />
the competing teams despite the uncertain<br />
weather.<br />
The croquet team will continue its mission<br />
to popularise the game within the Wolfson<br />
community. With help from the gardeners<br />
and the <strong>College</strong> administration, it will<br />
continue to offer tournament-level fields and<br />
equipment to members of the <strong>College</strong> and<br />
their guests.<br />
Darwin Day<br />
This year’s traditional Wolfson-<br />
Darwin Sports Day was<br />
celebrated on 16 March, it being<br />
our turn to travel to Cambridge and meet<br />
the other side of the family. Forty-three of<br />
us woke up very early to get on the bus,<br />
and the trip was long enough for some of<br />
us to go on sleeping; but even if some of us<br />
started the day tired, we could all feel the<br />
excitement and competitiveness in the air.<br />
We were greeted on arrival by Mohamed<br />
Ali and Stephanie Metzger, the Darwin<br />
students in charge of organising the event,<br />
who made sure it all went smoothly.<br />
The day started with walking and punting<br />
tours around the city, which gave us all a<br />
chance to get to know this ‘other place’<br />
we keep hearing about. Unfortunately the<br />
weather was not at all nice, and we had to<br />
face very strong winds that made punting<br />
harder than usual, but our brave Darwin<br />
hosts managed to get us around and bring<br />
us back safely. The rowing competition had<br />
to be cancelled because of the wind, but,<br />
paddles aside, the day featured a lot of other<br />
sporting events, such as basketball, squash<br />
and football. They ended in a very tight score<br />
between the two colleges, the only casualties<br />
being a few cracked eggs.<br />
Other activities were board games (with<br />
special thanks to Stephanie, who went out<br />
of her way to buy a copy of Dominion after<br />
she heard it was a popular game among<br />
the visitors), Drink and Draw (which is<br />
exactly what it sounds like), and University<br />
Challenge of course, in which we defeated<br />
Darwin by miles, thanks to our amazing<br />
University Challenge team.<br />
Afterwards Darwin treated us to a very nice<br />
formal dinner at which the day’s winner was<br />
announced: Wolfson, by a narrow margin.<br />
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