Polo BUCS 09
May 2nd, 2009The first weekend back after Easter was BUCS for Polo. This is the biggest university polo tournament around. The minibus went up early on the Friday for some to do a Refs course - good luck to all those hoping to get qualified this weekend at the UWE varsity tournament. The Van set off early Friday on its secret mission - a cheeky stop off at HPP Nottingham for some play time.




BUCC was definately one of the most obvious clubs at BUCS, with our two shiny branded vehicles and teams sporting the latest in club kit, the vey fetching dressing gowns (well done to Rob + Rachel for getting those sorted). We had 4 teams entered this year, the best turnout we’ve ever had, the Ninja Marmots (the oldies team), The Chainsaw Dolphins (the mens A team), The Vodoo Vixens (the ladies team) and the Flaming monkeys (our wonderful fresher team).





The Mens team won its first game against Reading, lost to a very strong Cambridge team and drew (contraversially) to ULU, coming 3/4 in the group on goal difference. From then on they put in very strong performances against St Andrews only just losing to Bath (mainly due to starting with 3 boats on the pitch). They ended 19 out of 30, a great result and massive improvement on last year.



The Ladies played well showing great defence and some great breaks by Mary-Ann and Rachel. They were unlucky to lose 2 games in the last few seconds (literally!), but improved in the second day to take a couple of games. The Marmots put in some interesting performances. With a lot of drinking from an early stage, there was disapponintment from all when their last match on Saturday was not played, several very wobbly boats suggesting it would have been one to watch.
The monkeys also did themselves pround getting a couple of wins in the Reed tournament.
Overall it was a great sun-filled weekend with some awesome partying on the Saturday night and some great costumes and dancing and unconsciousness. Thanks to Ali for pulling all your hair out and sorting out a logistical nightmare of a weekend seamlessly.
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