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"I think my time as Vice-President went well: college sport continued to expand, it now has a major sponsor in place and for the first time it has no financial difficulties," said Hassey, rightly proud of what he has achieved. "On a personal level, the things I was most proud of were the swimming gala and the contact rugby tournament. There was a huge demand for both of these tournaments and to be honest it was a little embarrassing not having any swimming gala and only having a tag rugby tournament at York."
When asked if he had any regrets, Hassey said, "I was very disappointed not to have had time to organise a college sport day of fun, which would have been a really good way to get loads of people into college sport early on. I also didn't manage to try and get a decent alumni network for the AU. These were both fairly important policies of mine and not getting them done was very disappointing. I simply didn't have the time or the power to have a real crack at the alumni, but looking back I really should have done more to sort out the college sport fun day".
This time last year there were rumblings in campus publications that college sport was uncompetitive, which was shown by Goodricke's romp to the title. This year however, Goodricke and new champions Halifax were the centrepiece of a year-long tussle for top spot. Hassey is quick to defend the college competition, "It was quite nice to see a fifth different winner of the trophy in five years, proving that it's a really interesting competition".
Goodricke Sports Rep George Taylor said, "It's naive to suggest college sport is uncompetitive, or even lacking in quality. The one day tournaments have drawn some of top-class players at York in, and the standard has been really high."
Despite being consistently strong, Hassey's college - Derwent - have never won the college sport championship in his time at the university. "To leave without ever having won is honestly quite upsetting! I was absolutly gutted, I've put so much effort into college sport over the three years and it meant a huge amount to me. I really wanted to win it."
"I would really like to say thanks to all the Sports Reps, Natalie Cramp (Outgoing Referee's Co-ordinator), Tom Moore (Outgoing President) and especially Pete Glanville (Retiring Football and Tennis Coach)."
Outstanding Sporting Achievement
Michael Walsh (Pool and Snooker/Golf/Cricket)
The award of Outstanding Sporting Achievement is bestowed on someone who has participated at the first team level or greater in more than one sport.
Michael Walsh has had a fantastic sporting year, contributing significantly in four university sports. In snooker, he was captain of the BUSA team plate-winning side, reached the quarter-finals of the BUSA British Individual Championship, won the BUSA Trophy High Break award, and was selected to represent England Universities at Snooker in the Home Nations and Home Internationals in Glasgow, where he was part of the winning England side and finished the competition with the best record of any player from any country, winning 11 out of 12 frames. As well as all this, he is the university snooker captain and treasurer for the cricket club.
Sportsman of the Year: Nicholas Vanner (Cricket)
Sportswoman of the Year: Erica Phillips (Windsurfing)
Club of the Year: Pool and Snooker
Team of the Year: Mens Volleyball 1sts
Roses Team of the Year: Tennis Mens 1sts
Presidents Award
Nicholas Hassey (AU Vice President), Jodie Davies (Octopush), Matthew Hood (Pole Exercise), Daniel Whitlam (Squash), Ben Brown (Volleyball)
Life Membership
Colin Smith, Laurent Vales
Service Award
Adam Griffiths (Ben Lairig), Austen Speakman (Boxing), Kate Ingham (Canoe), Andrew Exley (Cricket), Brian Tait (Football), Paul Valentine (Karting), Michael Maiden (MMA)
Justin Taylor Memorial Award: Emily Scott (Halifax College)
Full Colours
David Cox (Archery), Robert Rayner (Boat), Alexandra Imrie (Karate), Alan Ward, Christopher Armstrong (Lacrosse), Amy Kitson (Parachute), Luke Fleet (Pool and Snooker), Niall Woodger, Daniel Kaiser (Squash)
Half Colours with Merit
Sarah Myers, Katie Marchbank, Justin Rich (Badminton), Stefan Kuehner, Sam Cheng, Panayiotis Demopoulos (Basketball), Chris Owens, Benjamin Knowles (Boat), Matthew Belk, James Vanner, Andrew Exley (Cricket), Pardeep Singh, Ben Matthews (Football), Lindsey Walker, Joanne Carter, Jenny Hunt, Fergus Shields, Daniel Westley, Daisy Watts, Stephanie Thompson (Hockey), Neil Mitchell (Karate), Daniel Stacey, Joseph Peach, Daniel Newcombe, Simon Murrells, Christopher McKain, Robert Milnes, Jason Gabb, Christopher Fox (Rugby), Jemma Senczyszyn, Charlotte Emery (Swimming)
Half Colours
Charlotte Anderson, Jessica Lazarus, Monika Bohn, Nicki Gaskill, Xavier Rius (Basketball), Kate Ingham, Thomas Greenwood (Canoe Polo), Laura Weatherill, Alicia Fawell, Chloe Schroeter, Elizabeth Allison, Natalie Barratt (Cricket), Alistair Bullward, Francis Galaway, James Kirk (Fencing), Alannah Jones, Bethany Smith, Emily Gage, Lindsay Miller, Sally Craven (Football), Carl Lewis, David Craddock, Dennis Stiffel, Saul Hubbard, Sebastian Groth, Tiago Ogando (Futsal), James Hyde (Karting), Alicia Hanlon, Ben Mills, Dan Radus, David Mason, Hannah Colby, Michael Chapman, Oli Tilley (Lacrosse), Charlotte Blythe (Netball), Nicky Hemsworth, Thomas Crockett, William Harford (Polo), Alison Crittenden, Allison Jones, Caroline Davies, Elizabeth Homer, Jonathan Moore, Elizabeth Gaskill, Roswitha Elley Malek, Stephanie Tice (Rugby), Dean Bowmer (Rugby League), James Way (Sailing), Elizabeth Shackley, Robert Pavier (Street Hockey), Rachel Harlow (Swimming), David Fitzgerald (Table Tennis), Louis Sebastian (Ultimate), Ben Brown, Delphine Tschopp, Kendall Barnes, Richard Valentine, Roman Ashauer (Volleyball), Andrew Ferrara, Christian Boehler, Danielle Ryan, Tiago Mota (Waterpolo)
White Rose
Lucy Langdon (Canoe Polo), Simon Oatridge (Football), Andrew Hook, Gemma Cheney (Hockey), Jonathan Kune Davy (Lacrosse), Jonathan Briggs (Pool), David Almond, Ruth Laybourn (Rugby), James Douglas, Benjamin Nicholl (Squash), Timothy Mehta (Table Tennis), Susan Van Baarsel, David Dee, Andrew Garrod, Ewan Carr (Ultimate)
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