Men's Occasionals
Captain: Paul Isaacs
Coach: Jaime Gonzalez-Laguillo
League: London Hockey League Division 1
08-09 saw the newly-promoted Occasionals cement their place in Division 1 of the London League. The first half of the season was characterised by success against many of the division’s strongest sides, including Reading and Hampstead & Westminster, and by Christmas, there was a real hope that we would press on to promotion. Ultimately, we could not quite keep up our early momentum for the final few games as injuries and a backlog of fixtures took their toll, but we developed a rapid and expansive style of play that we will look to continue this year as we push for promotion.
The team faces an additional challenge this year in the form of midweek games in BUCS. Playing against sides from other universities will be different from the more experienced club teams of the London League, but the matches will offer opportunities to the Infrequents’ players to step up as we try to rise up the leagues as quickly as possible.
Finally, consistent success in each of our leagues will mean that come February, there will be no reason that we cannot right the injustice of last season’s 4-3 Varsity match defeat.
Paul Isaacs - Captain 2009-10
