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SPORTS REPORTS
Lacrosse
This season we have been lucky to
welcome some great new players on
the field, more than filling the shoes of
the third year players we lost at the end
of last year. A few of our new members
had never played lacrosse before, but
they’ve massively impressed us with how
far they’ve come – our new goalie has
surprised many teams with her skills! The
first matches against Bath and Cardiff
were tough, but we soon came together
for strong wins against the University
of Gloucestershire and Aberystwyth
University. I’m hoping to see many of the
second years again next season, they
played such a strong part in the team that
we couldn’t have coped without them!
Hopefully next season we can work our
way up the league with our new captains,
even though we must say goodbye
to our lovely postgraduate players.
Harrie Fuller
Rugby
On Friday 22 April, the Royal Agricultural
University 1st XV came face-to-face
with the Harper Adams University 2nd
XV, for the first time in seven years. It
was a fantastic match, and despite the
wind and the rain the RAU students
turned out in force to support the RAU
1st XV. Both teams gave it their all, and,
after a fiercely competitive match, the
HAU 2nd XV pulled away and claimed
the victory – with a final score of 31-40.
Here’s to the start of a new alliance,
and a happy relationship between
our rugby clubs and universities.
Tom Brown
Polo
The polo club had a good start to the year
and gained a number of new members.
We’ve continued our partnership with
Inglesham Polo Centre, which has been
a huge success, and as a club we have
a lot to thank them for. We held two
tournaments at Inglesham, a beginner
and a novice tournament, which brought
success to the competing RAU teams. We
entered three teams into the SUPA arena
nationals this year, and had much success.
The 1st novice team placed third, coming
up against some strong university sides,
the 2nd team narrowly missed out on fifth
place, and the beginner team did very well,
only narrowly missing out on first place.
Overall a great success this year, rounded
off nicely with the brilliant May Ball polo.
Jamie Campbell
RAU XV versus HAU XV