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College Cup 2012

College Cup 2012 WallchartJonathan Frost

F o l l o w a l l t h e a c t i o n o n l i n e a t w w w . n o u s e . c o . u k

GROUP 1

GROUP 2

Monday 7th May2pm3pm4pm

Halifax 3James 3Langwith 2

VVV

Wentworth 1Goodricke 2

Derwent 1

Tuesday 8th May2pm3pm4pm

Vanbrugh 2Goodricke 3Alcuin 1

VVV

Halifax 4Wentworth 2

James 1


Goodricke 2Wentworth 1James 3

VVV

Derwent 1Langwith 2

Halifax 3

Thursday 17th May2pm3pm4pm

James 1Halifax 4Goodricke 3

VVV

Wentworth 2Alcuin 1

Vanbrugh 2


Wentworth 1James 3Langwith 2

VVV

Goodricke 2Derwent 1

Halifax 3

Friday 25th May2pm3pm4pm

Vanbrugh 2Alcuin 1James 1

VVV


Halifax 4

Friday 1st June2pm3pm4pm

Goodricke 2Wentworth 1James 3

VVV

Halifax 3Derwent 1

Langwith 2


Goodricke 3Halifax 4Vanbrugh 2

VVV

James 1Wentworth 2

Alcuin 1

Monday 4th June2pm3pm4pm

James 3Langwith 2Halifax 3

VVV


Derwent 1

Tuesday 5th June2pm3pm4pm

Wentworth 2Vanbrugh 2Goodricke 3

VVV

Alcuin 1James 1

Halifax 4

QUARTER FINALSQF1: Monday 11th June, 2pm

Winner Group 1

Runner-Up Group 2

V

QF2: Tuesday 12th June, 2pm

Winner Group 2

Runner-Up Group 1

V

Winner QF4

V

Winner QF1

COLLEGE CUP 2012 FINALWinner Semi Final 1

V

SEMI Final 1

College Cup 2012 Wallchart

F o l l o w a l l t h e a c t i o n o n l i n e a t w w w . n o u s e . c o . u k

GROUP 3

GROUP 4


James 2Vanbrugh 3Alcuin 3

VVV

Halifax 1Derwent 2

Goodricke 1


Wentworth 3Langwith 1Derwent 3

VVV

Halifax 2Alcuin 2

Vanbrugh 1


Goodricke 1Vanbrugh 3Alcuin 3

VVV

Derwent 2James 2

Halifax 1


Vanbrugh 1Wentworth 3Alcuin 2

VVV

Langwith 1Derwent 3

Halifax 2

Monday 21st May2pm3pm4pm

Vanbrugh 3Halifax 1Derwent 2

VVV

Alcuin 3Goodricke 1

James 2

Tuesday 22nd May2pm3pm4pm

Alcuin 2Vanbrugh 1Halifax 2

VVV

Derwent 3Wentworth 3

Langwith 1


Derwent 2Alcuin 3Vanbrugh 3

VVV

Halifax 1James 2

Goodricke 1

Thursday 31st May2pm3pm4pm

Wentworth 3Alcuin 2Halifax 2

VVV

Langwith 1Vanbrugh 1

Derwent 3

Thursday 7th June2pm3pm4pm

Halifax 1Alcuin 3James 2

VVV

Vanbrugh 3Derwent 2

Goodricke 1

Friday 8th June2pm3pm4pm

Halifax 2Derwent 3Wentworth 3

VVV

Vanbrugh 1Langwith 1

Alcuin 2

QUARTER FINALSQF3: Thursday 14th June, 2pm

Winner Group 3

Runner-Up Group 4

V

QF4: Friday 15th June, 2pm

Winner Group 4

Runner-Up Group 3

V

SEMI Final 2

Winner QF3

V

Winner QF2

COLLEGE CUP 2012 FINALWinner Semi Final 2

V

College Cup 2012: Teams to watch

Langwith 1stsGoodricke 1stsAlcuin 1stsWentworth 1sts

Vanbrugh 1stsHalifax 1stsJames 1sts Derwent 2nds

James 2nds

Halifax 2nds

Derwent firsts will be favourites to win Group One, with Went-worth firsts their main competi-tion. After narrowly missing out in the final last year they will look to go one better this time around and have a favourable draw. They are solid in defence with University firsts players, Tom Brandreth and Ollie Har-rison, while going forwards they will rely on Dan Atherton to score the majority of their goals.

KEY PLAYER: Dan Atherton

After last year’s failure to reach the quarter finals, James firsts will be looking to bounce back and justify their pre-tournament hype. They stand a better chance this year with Richard Baxter as captain. I expect them to com-fortably defeat Alcuin firsts and the rest of the teams in Group Two. Their squad is full of talent with Tom Clarke and James Offord being gifted chances by James Davies.

KEY PLAYER: James Davies

The champions from last year go into the tournament as favour-ites despite their inconsistent form this year. The ‘Fax have arguably the best University goalkeeper in Jonny Sim, while in midfield any four of six play-ers could start with captain Jack Beadle and Dan Jones occupy-ing the wings. An area they may not be as strong as last year is in attack but Tom Day will be a threat.

KEY PLAYER: Jonny SimJames seconds stand a good chance of qualifying from Group Three, although they will face stiff competition. Freddie Ferrao and Ben Cooke will be the men who need to perform if they are to qualify.

KEY PLAYER: Feddie Ferrao

Derwent seconds have a chal-lenging group to qualify from but definitely have the quality in their squad to progress. Jon Gar-ness, who scored six goals last year as his team finished third in their group will be key.

KEY PLAYER: Jon Garness

The men in black and yellow will be the resolute underdogs as always, a tag they will try to shake off as the competition gets underway. With a full squad finally available at captain Andy Hutt’s disposal they will fancy their chances of getting out of the group with the pace of Bruce Starkey on the wing likely to cause problems for the weaker defences, though goalscoring has been a problem for them.

KEY PLAYER: Bruce Starkey

Vanbrugh will be delighted with their draw as their main chal-lengers will be Langwith firsts and Halifax seconds. Vanbrugh surprised many this year with impressive new talent coming into the college with Elliot Rous-Ross proving prolific in front of goal. They also welcome back the best defender from the College Cup last year, Ziggy Heath, while Phil Taylor and Ben Stanier will cause havoc against opponents.

KEY PLAYER: Phil Taylor

Goodricke firsts have seen themselves drawn in this year’s group of death, and they could easily finish fourth. The inclu-sion of Stu Dunk, the University seconds captain will bolster their defence, while Jon Sharpe will be the main attacking influence with James Gutteridge and Sam Lewis providing able support. If Goodricke firsts do play to their potential, they will qualify for the quarter finals.

KEY PLAYER: Stu Dunk

The winners of the 2009 and 2010 College Cup will be cau-tiously optimistic about their chances this year after improv-ing throughout the winter and spring leagues. The Group Two draw sees Vanbrugh seconds as their main competition for a quarter final place, with James firsts expected to win the group. The creativity of Will Taylor will be heavily relied on, while Alex Brown is the main goal threat.

KEY PLAYER: Will Taylor

The post-graduate college will be happy with the Group One draw they received as aside from Derwent they are favourites to qualify for the cup competition. They will miss Samik Datta who is not in their squad but they still have plenty of creativity and goal-scoring ability with the likes of Dom Green and Andrea Marcheggiano providing a real threat. Their problems will likely be in defence.

KEY PLAYER: Dom Green

Halifax seconds have a good chance of making the quarter finals. Hamish Denham will look to replicate his College Cup form of 12 months ago with Dave Lewis, Craig Dean and Connor Meckin providing creativity from midfield.

KEY PLAYER: Hamish Denham

Photos by Philippa Grafton, Peter Iveson and Justyn Hardcastle

Derwent 1sts

Reporting by Dan Holland and Luke Gardener

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