the wellington college year book 2010/2011
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H
ave you ever played at
Wimbledon? Or Twicken
?
ham or Lords??
Have you ever drunk
Pimm’s on the lawns of
Hurlingham, swum in the Turkish baths in
Pall Mall or watched sport from the terrace
at Queen’s? Have you ever passed through
?
security and entered Armoury House in the
City or got through the gates at night into
Sandhurst??
The ow Squashies have?!
Our fixture list entailed playing friendly 5-aside matches after work against some famous
clubs at famous locations? Hurlingham,
—?
Queens, Roehampton, hac, rac, Escorts,
raf, Wine Trades, John Lewis, Lloyds, Sheen,
other old schools like obs, ots, ohs, ops
and, not forgetting, Common Room.
Squash is the game that gets you to play
at some famous places, sometimes playing
famous people. After one match versus The
Royal Navy, I asked my opponent what he did??
‘I run it’, replied The First Sea Lord and Chief
of the Defence Staff?!
This year the results showed more
victories than defeats but we are always trying
to improve and to attract new members. I
attended the Schools’ Squash tournament at
Roehampton Club this year where Wellington
squash
Have you ever played
atWimbledon??
Or Twickenham
or Lords??
Have you ever drunk Pimm’s
on the lawns of Hurlingham,
swum in the Turkish baths
in Pall Mall
or watched sport
from the terrace at Queens??
OW Squashies have?!
triumphed over Eton in the final so I know we
have a rich seam of great young talent to tap
into and I hope these boys and girls will sign
up for the ow squash squad.
The Londonderry Cup is the main knockout tournament against other traditional
alumni teams and we need our best players
to compete. We were drawn against one
of the teams of a similar standard, the other
ows, the Old Wykehamists, and despite being
short of our top players, we felt we were in
with a chance. After a good start however,
the team let slip the chance to progress,
with two matches being lost in the 5th, one
from 7-2 up. Much was promised and little
delivered and we snatched defeat from the
jaws of victory losing 4-1.
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Joining the ow Squash Club is free? the
only thing you have to do is chip in for the
suppers and beers afterwards. We have a new
club shirt (see photograph) which replaces
the 100% nylon ow squash tie (whic h used
to cost £2.50).
Please sign up?—?any age and any standard and
any gender?—?and you never know, you could
be dining in the Long Room at Lord’s or playing on Centre Court at Wimbledon one day?!