St. John’s fields teams for a wide range of sports to suit a variety of interests, commitment levels and experience. Whether you were born with a rugby ball in hand or can’t tell one end of an oar from the other, just get in touch with the captains listed below either at Freshers’ Fair or during term to register your interest - they’ll be happy to help!
Captain of Boats: Hazel Shepherd
Captain of Rowing (Men): Adam Kashani
Captain of Rowing (Women): Hazel Shepherd
Captain of Coxes: David Wray
Badminton
Captain (Men): Ed Hinton
Cricket
Captain: Niloy Biswas
Croquet
Captain: Tom Ough
‘Croquet Cuppers is one of the largest croquet tournaments in the world and will take place in Trinity Term. We’re looking to field as many teams as possible to continue the winning streak started by Henry Venmore-Rowland (who can now sadly no longer play with us).
You don’t need to have any experience (I certainly don’t) so beginners are more than welcome. It does help if you like Pimms though. If you’re interested in taking part in a quintessentially Oxonian sporting activity that requires LITERALLY no hard work or commitment then please email me at [email protected].
Darts
Contact : George Cooban
Football
Captain (Men): Tim Ang
Captain (Women): Ashley White
We train once a week and play a match every weekend during Michaelmas and Hilary. We play in the top division, which we won in Hilary 2009. We reached the Cuppers final this year, losing 4-3 after 125 minutes. We only lost 2 matches this year, drew 2 and won the rest.
Hockey
Captain (Women): Siobhan Barnard
Netball
Captain: Claudia Hill
Pool
Captain (Men): Ian Ashpole
Captain (Women): Hazel Shepherd
In this year of sporting celebrations, St Johns College as the DEFENDING CHAMPIONS of WOMENS POOL are looking for girls to join us! Pool-playing mostly involves exploring lots of college bars, sampling their finest beverages and having some fun playing frames.
We have had a strong team for the last 3 years, came 3rd in last years league, won the previous cuppers and we are currently 2nd in the league for ‘11/12.
The Cuppers competition doesn’t start immediately so there is time for collections, practice and fun beforehand, and the final is organised around 1st week in trinity, so no worries if you have summer exams.
If you are interested please email me [email protected] or sign down for a free session in the games room at 7 O’Clock on Sunday of 1st week (sheet in the post room). If you are unavailable but would like to come for free pool for an evening, let me know and we should be able to rearrange this date.
Thanks very much, and hope to see you soon
Hazel
Rugby
Captain: Phil Lucas
Secretary: Tom Finch
Ski Racing
Captain: Ed Higson
Squash
Captain (Men): Alex Townsend
Captain (Women): Amanda Yu
Tennis
Captain: David Gillot
Ultimate Frisbee
Captain: Serena de Nahlik
Founded in Trinity Term 2010, St John’s College Ultimate Frisbee saw its first successes at the university cuppers tournament that year, challenging established teams in a set of great group play matches. It is a society made up almost entirely of beginners, welcoming any curious potential recruit into its ranks.
While perhaps a tad more enjoyable in the summer sun, SJCUF’s “disc-loving, summer-loving, uni parks-loving and winning-loving” (Founding Mother C. Pendleton, 2010) members meet regularly throughout the year and take part in many of the various university practices, leagues, and tournaments.
Keen to join in on the fun? Whether you’ve heard of ultimate or not, come along and enjoy the company of a fantastic, spirited group of people while figuring out just what’s so appealing about chasing a disc around a field.