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Matt Cullen

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September 27, 2006 12:21PM

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Hey. Maybe everyone should introduce themselves on this thread.
I'll start.
I'm Matt, the new president, and I'm at Fitz.

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Rob Cork

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September 27, 2006 01:05PM

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Sounds like a plan!

I'm Rob, from Robinson - I've been President twice (03-04, 05-06) and I'm now the Junior Treasurer. I play too much pool.

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Steve McCann

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September 27, 2006 04:33PM

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Hey, I'm Steve! I'm the new Men's A team Captain.
I was formerly at King's for my Undergraduate degree, I'm now continuing study at Churchill.

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Kate Hillman

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September 27, 2006 08:18PM

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Hey I'm Kate, Newnham second year, new womens' capitan. Well done rob, very shiny *wanders around poking things*

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Hugh

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September 27, 2006 10:43PM

I'm Hugh, I live with Rob and suck at pool. I was nearly in the Robinson C team for one match once...

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Jenny Boland

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September 28, 2006 09:44AM

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Hello! Believe it or not, I'm Jenny. I'm also women's vice-capt, so get used to me & my overly affectionate ways! I'm at Pembroke, where the pool table is a fairly sorry affair, bummer. xV

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Matt Cullen

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September 28, 2006 09:59AM

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Didn't the roof fall in on it last year or something? winking smiley

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James Hennessey

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September 28, 2006 10:07AM

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Hi all, I'm James, and I played for the (successful) varsity team last year. This year I'm going to be captain of the B-team. Also I'm one of the few humanities students who play this game, so to all you humanities students out there: come to the trials in October - we're not all natsci geeks!

p.s. apologies to all you natsci geeks winking smiley

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Jenny Boland

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September 28, 2006 10:18AM

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Didn't the roof fall in on it last year or something?

Yeah, but it survived that, hardy Pembroke-ware as it is. What it didn't survive so well is the multiple and varied break-in attempts on its 20p-stash (almost always empty anyway), and then the summer school students didn't help, using it as a general beverage holder/seat/beer-pong table. Bloody foreigners.

(*hides non-EU passport*)
xV

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Graham Sills

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September 29, 2006 01:20PM

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Hi people,

I'm graham, another member of the victorious varsity team last year. Some of you may associate me with the word 'um-bongo'. Some of you may not, in which case this is probably best left unexplained. Sometimes i have been called 'skills', which contrary to popular belief is not actually a reflection of my ability at pool, it is just conveniently similar to my surname winking smiley

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Ryan Anderson

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September 29, 2006 02:07PM

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Hi, I'm Ryan, I've been previously referred to as "7-ball", relevant to my pool playing but not in the way I'd hope! Anyone who can remember back to BUSA last year will know why...

The Pembroke table may be crap, but does Si Williams technique of kicking it still get you a free game??

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Jenny Boland

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September 30, 2006 01:03PM

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The Pembroke table may be crap, but does Si Williams technique of kicking it still get you a free game??

I've been shown/told of many ways to get free games, hence money stash always being empty. Last one I had demonstrated involved lifting the top off the table & reaching inside to flick the catch to release the balls - you need long & fairly slim arms though...
xV

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Alix Courtney

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October 07, 2006 08:26PM

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i'm alix and i can't play pool at all :-o! hoping to change that this year though lol. so hello everyone!

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Luke Gleave

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October 08, 2006 08:57PM

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Thanks for today guys, was good fun.

Luke

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Gems

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October 09, 2006 03:39PM

Hi! congratualate me guys, finally in pool forum world and enjoying it so very much!
I'm Gemma, I'm former and probably forgotten women's captain,
I am currently missing pool madly and I'd like to send my apologies to Matt for not coming sunday!

gems xxx

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Jenny Boland

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October 09, 2006 05:01PM

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I'm Gemma, I'm former and probably forgotten women's captain,

Forgotten? Never! Unless you don't come to our curry that is. :-*

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BigJohn

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October 13, 2006 12:39PM

Hello everyone, I'm John. I'm met some people at the novice's tournament the other weekend... which I might add was thoroughly enjoyable. I've played for a couple of years in the Cambridge area league but only joined the CUPC this year. I'm a 4th year PhD at Hughes Hall (which has a shocking table - probably the worst in cambridge!).

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Simon Williams

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October 20, 2006 09:39AM

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Si Williams.

CUPC Hall of Famer. Banterwizard extraordinaire. Birmingham's answer to George Clooney. Visionary. Dreamer. Legend.

Formerly of Pembroke. Now working in Leamington.

winking smiley

Need i say more?

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Rob Cork

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October 20, 2006 12:03PM

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Awesome, good to hear from you again Si! How do you like the message boards? I'm hoping they'll get a bit busier once the leagues and Cuppers get underway, but they're pretty quiet at the moment. There's just no-one here who can match your legendary powers of chat winking smiley

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Simon Williams

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October 23, 2006 12:14PM

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it's not a competition, rob; there are no losers in the pursuit of fine banter. we are all mountainers scaling the north face of adversity.

when the next pro/am tournament appears, let me know and i'll do my best to make it over.

how did your uk amateur go? i'm guessing you didn't win or i would have heard you giving some hulk hogan-esque shirt ripping roar of triumph...

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Louis Jagger

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November 07, 2006 10:00PM

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hi all, peterhouse 2nd team captain, resident dj and random banter generator par excellence. robinson may remember me as the chap whose music was forcibly removed from the jcr during their recent match against peterhouse 1sts. a sorry episode indeed.

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Ed Simpson

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November 20, 2006 06:43PM

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Ed from Peterhouse - sadly a retired uni player but captain of a potentially title challenging Peterhouse I... (discuss). [email protected]

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Ed Simpson

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November 20, 2006 06:48PM

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And now after actually registering...

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Dunstan Barnes

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November 22, 2006 10:57PM

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I'm Dunstan. I was on the better of last year's varsity teams. By better I mean in terms of banter, drinking and staying out late. I don't really remember what happened in the pool, conveniently enough. I'm sure that it was close though. I'm at John's and I talk too much.

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Simon Williams

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December 20, 2006 08:25AM

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The Pembroke table may be crap, but does Si Williams technique of kicking it still get you a free game??

Ryan you make me sound so brutish! nice in an ego-tickling way, but a bit concerning in a german way! those of you who are seasoned CUPC banter-veterans will understand.

just been perusing your message boards and am pleased that the banter is alive and well. keep up the good work and...

A MERRY CHRISTMAS to you all.

try not to work too hard and remember to keep practicing the pool or rob will be taking money off you in january...

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Simon Williams

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December 20, 2006 08:33AM

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Hello! Believe it or not, I'm Jenny. I'm also women's vice-capt, so get used to me & my overly affectionate ways! I'm at Pembroke, where the pool table is a fairly sorry affair, bummer. xV

Jenny - would/should i remember you? i left in 2005 and my withered and haggard old brain has temporarily clogged my memory with thoughts of werthers originals and columbo (or whatever it is that old people think of these days).

any chance of a picture? not in a pervy way - just because i'm concerned that i only left 15 months ago and i'm forgetting far too much!

saw pembroke on university challenge yesterday. didn't exactly go well but hey!

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Jenny Boland

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December 23, 2006 11:51AM

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Don't you worry, I only turned up in 2005, after you left (sadly...?).

Bastard. Now I have a deathly craving for Werthers, but no desire to head out to the shops through the fog...

As for uni challenge, well Parvizi & Allen are two of my closest friends, so I knew what to expect. Still, a bunch of freshers held their own against the team of old men pretty well I think!
xV

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