Greetings friends! Hope you all had a good Christmas; mine personally didn't feel all that great, but wasn't that bad now I'm looking back on it today.
Anyway, on with Christmas UC. You'll remember last year I reviewed it in one big blog, which was a change from my usual doing it in two halves; this wasn't deliberate, I just forgot to do it after the first week. But I've remember this year, so, let's do this:
Monday 20th: Edinburgh vs Leicester
Edinburgh: Cath Slessor, Thomasina Miers, Miles Jupp, Phil Swanson
Leicester: Jeffrey Boakye, Sian Lloyd, Dallas Campbell, Andrew Shepherd
Well, they sure picked a good one to start with! Both teams performed excellently, but ultimately, Edinburgh were worthy of their 160-125 victory, which ensures they will be returning this coming week.
Tuesday 21st: Winchester vs Bradford
Winchester: Nicole Farley, Mike Bushell, Shappi Khorsandi, Dirk Maggs
Bradford: Anthony Finkelstein, Bell Ribeiro-Addy, Martin Roberts, David Cowling
This quickly turned into Mr Maggs vs Mr Finkelstein, the former answering all of his team's starters, the latter all but one of his team's. Bradford were ultimately the deserved winners, 130-95, and might come back this week...
Wednesday 22nd: Bristol vs King's Cambridge
Bristol: Lucrezia Millarini, Camilla Pang, Aasmah Mir, Mark Ravenhill
King's: Mike Braddick, Tom Shakespeare, Shahidha Bari, Kate Whitley
A game of two halves, with Bristol having the better of the first before King's managed to break in in the second, and ultimately won the game 125-95; sadly, this won't be enough for a return this week.
Thursday 23rd: LSE vs Hertford Oxford
LSE: Shola Mos-Shogbamimu, Fatima Manji, Robert Elms, Ollie Cook
Hertford: Soweto Kinch, Elizabeth Norton, Adam Fleming, Isabelle Westbury
This match was probably closer than its final scoreline suggests, with Hertford not eking out that big a lead until later on in the game; they ended up winning 130-75, which might get them back this week, though how they'll decide who goes through out of them and Bradford if a tie occurs, I don't know.
Friday 24th: Corpus Christi Cambridge vs St Anne's Oxford
Corpus Christi: Hazel Moore, Helen Oyeyemi, Robert McCrum, Philippe Sands
St Anne's: Sarah Gristwood, Roma Agrawal, John Robins, Adam Parsons
A great match to end the week on, with the two teams very closely matched throughout and the lead changing hands quite frequently. In the end, St Anne's just snuck in front at the end to win 145-130, securing a definite return this week.
So, Edinburgh and St Anne's are definitely coming back, while Bradford and Hertford are both on 130, and if I had to guess, I would say at least one of them will come back too, though how they'll decide which I, again, can't say for sure. Whatever the case, this was an excellent first week of the series, and hopefully the second will be just as good too!
I'll be back next week to review the second week; until then, have a safe and Happy New Year, and I'll see you in 2022!
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