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Thrice-conquering hockey babes kick butt

31 Jan 1997 — 1 min read

It was muddy, it was cold and it was shite, but the ladies firsts were out there on a grass pitch at Royal Holloway to fight for a place in the final of the UL plate. Half time approached with no goals scored but that’s not surprising as half the team - especially Basil - spent most of the time in the puddles on their bums. The second half included one extremely beautiful slide tackle from Sarah Corneille (!) and in the last five minutes our star player, Lucy "Humming bird" Robinson, got the well deserved goal. One-nil for the IC and off to the finals we go.

IC I 1 - 0 Royal Holloway I

Next was the league match against QMW. Great hockey from the forwards, great hockey from the midfield, great hockey from the backs and Laura I’m sure you would’ve been great if the ball had come your way. IC swept the opposition away with a ten-nil win!

IC I 10 - 0 QMW I

Wednesday saw another game at QMW and another victory with a nice goal from Snotface.

IC I 3 - 0 QMW I

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