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Miners strike rich vein of form

14 Feb 1997

On a bad day for the IC football teams, RSM seconds reminded everyone that it is possible to win with style and plenty of hi-jinx.

RSM dominated the game from kick-off to the final whistle - the first half saw Martin drive home an eighteen yard shot leaving the deeper helpless, Si quickly followed with an almost as impressive goal. The second half saw RSM reduced to ten men when Craig was carried off with a fractured knee cap.. King’s got one back when a long ball from midfield lobbed the keeper - nice on big Rodger! Si sealed the game with his second goal.

RSM II 3 - 1 King’s Hospital

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Fourth team not perfect - shock

Despite winning, IC fourths cannot be happy with this performance which, to be honest, was dire (rear!) It was perhaps our worst performance of the season but at least three points were achieved to maintain our place at the top of our division. If we can play this badly yet

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Last Sunday Imperial played a friendly against BUSA championship hosts Warwick. After consecutive wins against Cardiff, Southampton and Bristol, IC were looking to keep up their red-hot form. For the A team Jon led the way, winning 5-0 and finishing one frame with a 60 clearance. Wins followed from Simon

IC Birds draw with midgets in the Battle of the Babes

ICFB overcame their hangovers on Sunday morning to turn out against a petite, begrudging St George’s team at Harlington. Let down badly by their Old Boy referee, they were off to a poor start as the opposition coach reluctantly took to the field. Despite finding themselves one bird and

Early celebrations (and downright arrogance) fail to halt Fencers charge

Imperial College Men’s and Women’s First Drinking team won again. Unfortunately, the women, after seeing the men thrash the shit out of Nottingham, failed to match them for total domination of the game. What are we talking about? Why, fencing of course. The Men’s team consisted of

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Prince Harry visits Imperial College London

Prince Harry toured Imperial College’s Centre for Blast Injury Studies (CIS) on Wednesday 10th September, as part of a four-day trip to London. The King’s youngest son, who was deployed to Afghanistan twice during his time in the British Army, had already visited the CIS in the past;

Environment

Q&A: Will the UK have blackouts like in Spain & Portugal?

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Fires and fascism

“I’m positive. I’m always positive. When people talk about collapses, that’s great opportunity to actually change stuff”, Fernando explained to me. He had recently narrowly escaped his house burning down in a wildfire in Portugal. In Europe, increasingly severe wildfires are creating space for change. However, unless

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Imperial security team trials body cameras

Imperial Community Safety and Security (CSS) officers have started a four-week trial of wearing Body-Worn Cameras (BWC) on patrol duty since Wednesday 20th August. According to Imperial’s BWC code of practice, the policy aims at enhancing on-campus “safety and wellbeing” as well as protecting security staff from inaccurate allegations.

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Fourth team not perfect - shock

Sport in brief

IC Birds draw with midgets in the Battle of the Babes

Early celebrations (and downright arrogance) fail to halt Fencers charge

Prince Harry visits Imperial College London

Q&A: Will the UK have blackouts like in Spain & Portugal?

Fires and fascism

Imperial security team trials body cameras