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Meet the 2011/12 UoG Equestrian Championship League Team

(From left to right) Charlotte Adderly (Vice Capt), Julia Fairbank (Club Capt), Hannah Brook-Lawson (1st Team Capt), Alice Walker and Emma Walters.

Rider Profiles

Name: Hannah Brook-Lawson
Commonly Known as: Hobo
Team Position: 1st Team Captain
Degree: Journalism
Equestrain Disipline: Hunting
Best Memory: I have a poor memory but probably when I had to carry Emze home and remove her from her snow sodden onesie and attempt to put her to bed.
Favourite Food: Chocolate
Favourite Drink: Cider
Favourite Circle Game: Chinese rugby
Interesting Fact: 'Come and get me boys' dance...works every time!

Name: Julia Fairbank
Commonly known as: Joules (or Dickweed to my housemates)
Team Position: Club captain and first team member
Degree: Broadcast Journalism, 3rd year, Park Campus
Equestrian Discipline: Eventing
Best Memory: Coming 3rd at the CCI** under 21 Championships at Weston Park last October was pretty special!
Favourite Food: Over the past 3 years the consumption of beverages seems to have gradually overtaken that of food, but as far as I remember I used to rather like a cheeky bit of Ben and Jerry's.
Favourite Drink: Eristoff Gold vodka with apple juice is amazing - it tastes like toffee apples!
Favourite Circle Game: It has to be "I have never" - I like to see my friends suffer!
Interesting Fact: At the charity fundraiser "I'm a CC get me out of here", as well as some other fairly vile tasks, I had to eat a pig's penis, heart and a vodka soaked scorpion. Yummy!

Name: Charlotte Adderley
Commonly Known as: Adders
Team Position: Vice Captain and 1st team member
Degree: Sport and Exercice Science
Equestrain Disipline: Eventing
Best Memory: Wading through the fountain during pub eventing/victory in 3 legged pub golf 2010
Favourite food: Chocolate
Favourite drink: Ciderrrr
Favourite circle game: Ping, Pang, Pong
Interesting fact: I have no other point of interest apart from moving my ears..

Name: Alice Walker
Commonly known as: Walks
Team Position: 1st team member
Degree: 3rd year sports therapy, oxstalls
Equestrian Discipline: Eventing
Best Memory: paddling in the fountain on the prom during pub eventing!
Favourite Food: chocolate.... duh!?
Favourite Drink: any form of alcohol
Favourite Circle Game: zoomie zoomie
Interesting Fact: I can pick up a spoon with my toes and feed my self!

Name: Emma Walters
Commonly Known as: Emma
Team Position: 1st Team Member
Degree: Sports Science, 2nd year, Oxstalls
Equestrain Disipline: A bit of this and a bit of that...
Best Memory: First competition with the team at Cardiff
Favourite Food: Cake
Favourite Drink: Cider
Favourite Circle Game: 'If I was in the bubble...' Purely because this is like the only game I know the rule for!!
Interesting Fact: I can shut one eye at a time so that I look like a doll...!