___Southampton Ladies 1st’s 9 – Cardiff Ladies 1st’s 2__ 19th Feb saw the ladies firsts at home, in their 2nd match of this busy month, against the Cardiff University 1st team. Daunted by memories of 2013 when we last saw the extremely strong and very fast Welsh team, we had a very nervous tactics talk in the foyer (helped hugely by the club’s swanky new … Continue reading Ladies’ 1st Burn the Cardiff Dragons
Southampton do the triple for the second time running! With our team almost back to full strength confidence was high leaving in the formally named ‘Booze Bus’, however on our way the booze bus became the Venga Bus (for those too young to get this reference https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUXYRfam_0A ) with ‘DJ Lick-Ur-Rice’ on the decks (bad decision). As we pumped Taylor Swift’s greatest hits down the … Continue reading Southampton Men’s 1st- BUCs Tournament Take 2
___Southampton Ladies 2nd’s 8 – Gloucester Ladies 2nd’s 4___ After arriving fashionably late to Gloucester after some navigational issues and questionable right turns we were ready to kick some butt. Despite the late arrival we had a quick warm up, pep talk and were into the game. In the first quarter, I was under the impression that Gloucester were a nicer, less grabby team then … Continue reading Ladies 2nds Glorious at Gloucester
15th February saw the Ladies 1st team travelling to Surrey to play the second round of the BUCS tournament. Having already played Bath and with UCL dropped out of the tournament, we were only looking forward to a manageable two games. The team started preparations early, honing its competitive spirit on the journey down with a game of hold-your-breath-through-the-tunnel, comfortably won by TJ. This put … Continue reading Ladies 1st Battle Hard at BUC’s
____Southampton 2nd’s 8 – Bath 2nd’s 4____ Ok I am now officially out of bath related puns. Last Wednesday saw Bath travel to Southampton for the second fixture of the year. Last time out we had a very strong game with good team tactics accumulating in a comfortable result. It turns out, however, that Horlock is doing something right as although when you google ‘the … Continue reading Southampton burst Bath’s bubble…
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