Downing College Ultimate

Downing Lions 9 - 7 Churchill Beta
Match Reporters' Log, Stardate 26/2/12

In a vital match for DCU, the 1 v 8 match, DCU came out with a pretty hard
fought victory against a Churchill side stronger than their seeding
suggested.

Churchill came into the contest on the back of a series of wins, including
a walk over of Darkside to get into the top 8. Like DCU, their confidence
was high and a good match ensued.

The day was bright but chilly, and so was our game. The roaring Lions, spurred on by the return of our own Lion-maned Jack Scott, enjoyed a 13-3 victory over a massive ChrEmBroke side. We knew as 16th seeds this game was not going to be high-pressure, however ChrEmBroke brought out at least 14 players and (despite believing we were the Downing Firsts team) brought out a strong front.

*italian plumber's voice* Here we goooooooooooooo

DCU Eagles vs. Penguins - 19 Feb

Final Score: 5 - 11

MVP: Will Benfold

Spirit Score: 4

Greetings from the lofty heights of 2nd floor Gonville 1,

Once more unto the match report breach I go with highlights of Eagles vs. ARU darkside on Saturday.

Eagles 8 - 6 ARU
(Chris, Nick SD, Fraser, NOwen, Draves (c), Tom, Ares, Will, Jess, Julia, Berit, Nuha)
Spirit Score: 5
MVP: Draves (cheers Eagles!!)

'I never saw/ The heavens so dim by day. A savage clamour!'*

DCU,

Lions 8 - 3 Homerton
(Sam, Tejas (c), Aly, Kaustuv, James, Emily, Dan, Tebs, Helen, Louis)

Our time at Winter Cuppers, though burned into all our memories, is
worth writing up for posterity. So here's the story of DCU Lions at
Winter Cuppers 2011:

So we turned up to Jesus Green on a warm Saturday afternoon to find what
might be euphemistically described as a strong breeze. Hmm, we* said.
This will be interesting. With the pitch set up upwind-downwind, the key
to this match was going to be winning the toss and then not allowing any
upwind breaks.

I promptly lost the toss.

*Final Score – 5-6*

Sooooo this is kinda ridiculously obscured by the mists of memory but I’ve
decided to give myself a break from the dark depths of dissertation writing
by catching up on a match report:

A thankfully dry day on Parker’s Piece hosted what has got to be one of the hardest and most controversial games of Ultimate in my time at DCU. As I turned up to watch Lions vs. Darkside, my first concern was where on earth I could fit an ultimate sized pitch into the worryingly crowded green space around us.

The day was overcast. The hour was lunchtime. And the stage was set for possibly the worst cult mash-up of all time: Gryffindor versus the Imperial Federation. What’s that? Oh... I mean, Downing Lions versus Darkside.