Student Rodeo, HPP, 7-9 March 1997
This year ten of us went to HPP, Nottingham for a weekend to take part in the annual student rodeo. Those taking part were Steve, Chris R, Chris S, Andy W, Neil, Mark and Karen.
The lads spent fifteen minutes in the looping pool and some time in the muncher while the girls spent fifteen minute in the cheese block and fifteen minutes in the looping pool. The idea was to show off as much as possible in the time allowed.
Then from each heat the best two went through to the main final and the worst two went through to the novice final. From Southampton Karen, Steve and Helen Ford went through to the novice quarter finals whilst nobody made it through to the main quarter final.
Karen and Steve then made it through to the novice semi finals and then Steve made it through to the novice final after some impressive (some say lucky!!) hand surfing in the muncher. Steve then after some more impressive moves managed to come third overall in the novice final.
Nearly everybody that paddled that weekend managed to take a swim……
| Fish | Number of Swims | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Steve | 3 | Done with Style.. The swims won it for him!! |
| Chris R | 2 | Another one for the record |
| Chris S | 1 | New Whip-It Too Wild!!! |
| Neil | 1 | Oh Well – It had to happen sometime |
| Andy W | 0 | No Deck Popping incidents this time |
| Karen | 2 | In the words of the Judges “Fish” |
| Jamie | 0 | Keeping up Tradition – Nobody ever swims out of a Spud |
| Jo P | 1 | “It wasn’t my fault – A bloke got in my way” |
| Mark | 0 | No Swims – but a great meal!! |
| Joe L | 0 | Then again – He never Paddled |
As it was a student gathering there was of course lots of alcohol flowing. We made it to the bar on the Friday night before closing time (Thanks to our Luxury Transport) and of course in SUCC tradition were in the bar within thirty seconds of finding the site. Saturday night was a seventies night. There was a disco and a Stunning Band** and so we partied the night away. (For some reason the band got better towards the end of the night)
Never try to climb a 20ft tree under the influence of alcohol – you end up as a hospital case. This was discovered during the weekend by another uni.
Written by Neil Hopkinson 14th March 1997
** The Stunning Band Three old men with beards who couldn’t sing in tune and played old songs which nobody except Jamie had ever heard of.