Lizzy Blackett, President of Royal Holloway Hockey Club, showcases her club's successful year so far, in a form of a creative poem.
Lizzy Blackett, President of Royal Holloway Hockey Club, showcases her club's successful year so far, in a form of a creative poem:
We began the season
And no one yet knew
Of the success we would have
And how big we’d be too.
The Hockey Club numbers
Are the biggest they’ve been
With 1-3-1 members,
And freshers, oh-so keen.
As always the club
Has had socials each week
Beer Olympics, Pub Golf
In a fun, winning streak.
The return of our annual
‘Dress Your Fresh’
Was the highlight this year
In a glitter fuelled sesh.
With 80 players turn out,
It would be hard to top
But smart dinners proved
That the shapes never stop.
One hundred of hockey
In their finest smart dress
Dancing and eating
(Dodgy moves, we’ll confess).
From raffle to bake sale
And tournament too,
We’re £1000 in
But for, you ask, who?
By the end of the year
2000 we’ll raise
For a school in Africa
In their toughest of days.
St. Francis School, Zim,
Will be home to brand new
Classrooms and toys
And happiness too.
To Love in a Box
And the children involved
We gave the most boxes;
Christmas wishes were solved.
Through to Cup Quarter finals,
Were our Men’s 2s,
Who smashed clubs on Saturdays,
But in other news:
Standing solid in BUCS
After a 10-1 win:
Our Ladies 2s team.
Losing, for them, is a sin.
The Ladies 3s have had
Success in their clinch,
Smashing LUSL on weekends
Goodbye, Maddie Hinch!
And of course, our Men’s 1s
Who are top of the pile
Beating most teams in BUCS
With their scores by a mile.
Royal Holloway Hockey
Is home to five teams.
Onto our last,
Whose record just gleams;
Our Ladies 1s are the champs
of double promotion
Playing all of their games
with fight and devotion.
They have won the BUCS League –
No losing occurred -
And have big news from Monday,
If you haven’t heard.
They are BUCS Cup winners -
Two years in a row!
Bagging the 3-1 win -
Now, with medals in tow.
Champagne showers and photos
Are hardly enough
To give credit for winning.
At times, it was TOUGH.
These girls are the best
Ladies 1st team,
That in thirteen years,
The club has seen.
Soon will be Varsity,
And you should know,
We have two teams playing –
The stars of the show.
Our Men’s 1s take Stags
At 3:30pm -
Stand on the sideline
And show support for them.
Our Ladies 1s come next,
The final game of the day.
At 6pm sharp
They’ll begin to play.
A ‘team to watch’, They’ve been listed -
After drawing last year
But this season is ours.
So Stags, have great fear.
For now, we finish up
With this season’s story
We’ll hit Varsity hard
In search of even more glory.
Thank you, Hockey
For truly an incredible year.
My uni life would be nothing
Without you all here.
They say ‘one more year’
But we all know, in short,
No one stays for the essays
But for Holloway sport.
LIZZY BLACKETT
PRESIDENT OF ROYAL HOLLOWAY HOCKEY CLUB