Ben Saxby

Course & Year:
Maths 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
The integral of a holomorphic function around a closed loop in the complex plane is zero

Rivers Paddled:
Lots in Wales, Scotland and the lakes, and the Leam

Last Swam:
In the pool after Iain turned me upside down, held me under and then took me out with his boat

Canoe of Choice:
Green Camo G-force 6.1

Favourite Paddling Place:
Lake District

Would love to paddle:
In the Alps

Top Tipple:
Ale, but not more than 1.5 pints, otherwise bad things happen

Signe 'Latvo' Groza

Course & Year:
Politics 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
I'm from Latvia

Position of choice:
Winning

Last swam:
At Slalom BUSA when lining up to be next to start and then again on the course...but I was trying a new boat! sob sob..

Top Tipple:
Ale, Lager, Rose, Mohito, Tequila, Margarita, White wines, well and a paddle any time it's not dirty, and sometimes if it is..need I go on?

Madi

Course & Year:
Engineer 2nd year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Rocks explode in the microwave

Rivers Paddled:
Wales, Scotland, Lake District...LOTS! (oh and the mighty Leam!)

Last Swam:
North Esk (Scotland '07)

Canoe of Choice:
The yellow one!...(the Java for anything scary, otherwise the I:3)

Favourite Paddling Place:
Anywhere it's sunny with lots of water and fun rivers to be run! (Scotland)

Would love to paddle:
The Alps

Top Tipple:
Cider!

Ruth Bessant

Course & Year:
Politics with French 2nd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Anywhere above Southampton is up north

Canoe of Choice:
Pretty coloured ones

Position of choice:
Attack

Last swam:
Studland Nudist Beach...embarassing

Top Tipple:
Malibu and Coke, Black Russian

Dom

Course & Year:
Chemist 2nd year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Name is actually Adam

Rivers Paddled:
Erm, a few, names escape me...

Last Swam:
Scotland (naturally)

Canoe of Choice:
Skip/Inazone 220

Favourite Paddling Place:
Rivers that won't involve me bleeding

Would love to paddle:
Scotland...with water

Top Tipple:
Guinness and/or Boddingtons

Samantha Pilgram

Course & Year:
Maths, 2nd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
A Koala sleeps for 22 hours a day

Canoe of Choice:
Combat

Position of choice:
Anywhere

Last swam:
Week 5, term 1 of my first year (I hate swimming!). Unless you count swimming whilst getting out of the boat, in which case it was last week

Top Tipple:
White wine

Iain Embrey

Course & Year:
MMath 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Give me a map and I'm magic

Rivers Paddled:
Never enough

Last Swam:
Deck popped attempting a backwards hammer off right-angle (rolled but sank)

Canoe of Choice:
Project 52 for playboating, H3-245 for meaty or rocky rivers, only a mini-mega for polo

Favourite Paddling Place:
Pecca falls, the Twiss

Would love to paddle:
Colwith Force, Langdale Beck

Top Tipple:
Freshly squeezed orange juice on someone else's tap

G

Course & Year:
1st Year PhD Electronic Engineering

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
I recently acquired a signed post-card of Paul Daniels and Debbie McGee. How much is it worth? Not a lot.

Canoe of Choice:
One of: Pyranha M3, Double Dutch Midget Touch, Liquid Logic Skip, Post-op Jacko

Position of choice:
Attack. We are talking about sexual positions aren't we?

Last swam:
At a polo training sessions not long ago

Top Tipple:
Real ale

Rich (Einstein)

Course & Year:
Physics 2nd year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
It actually takes more muscles to smile than frown, but smile, it makes you more relaxed

Rivers Paddled:
Wales err more Wales, Sweden, Dourdogne

Last Swam:
Freshers trip

Canoe of Choice:
My Pyranha Seven O or the G-ride

Favourite Paddling Place:
Tryweryn, where it all began

Would love to paddle:
Everyones said Alps, gotta agree with them, or Uganda

Top Tipple:
Ale, sometimes Southern Comfort and lemonade

Andy Cloughy (Cloughy)

Course & Year:
Physics 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Polar bears only have brown eyes

Canoe of Choice:
Rivers: Pyranha I4, Polo Combat (post-op Mortal Wombat)

Position of choice:
Attack - annihilating the opposition

Last swam:
With a dislocated shoulder

Top Tipple:
Ale

Greg

Course & Year:
Engineering 2nd year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
A Boeing 747's wingspan is longer than the Wright brothers' first flight

Rivers Paddled:
Um, some in Scotland and a couple in Wales...Oh and 19 miles from Leam to Stratford

Last Swam:
Scotland...at night

Canoe of Choice:
The Big EZ

Favourite Paddling Place:
Scotland

Would love to paddle:
Alps

Top Tipple:
Ale!

Kat

Course & Year:
Industrial Economics, 2nd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Your heart rate can rise as much as 30% during a yawn

Canoe of Choice:
Combat

Position of choice:
Attack-get in on the action

Last swam:
Haven't yet-although now I will

Top Tipple:
Old Speckled Hen, Jack Daniels and Coke

TV

Course & Year:
History 3rd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
I'm not even remotely French

Rivers Paddled:
A fair few

Last Swam:
The only retentive rapid on the Usk I foolishly entered the stopper to 'play' and ended up getting played with! Still, better than a swimming pool (eh Mr Roberts)

Canoe of Choice:
Pyranha H3

Favourite Paddling Place:
Anywhere that leaves you thankful that 1)You stayed upright; 2)You have friends you can trust; 3)Sells reasonably cheap alcohol

Would love to paddle:
Onto campus

Top Tipple:
Glue

Tom/Rob

Course & Year:
Chemistry 2nd Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Goldfish do not have three second memories, and can be trained in a variety of tasks

Rivers Paddled:
Quite a few

Last Swam:
Scotland

Canoe of Choice:
Maybe the G-ride, maybe whatever I can fit my legs into

Favourite Paddling Place:
Really enjoyed the North Esk, but anything with some water really

Would love to paddle:
The lake behind Rootes, just to piss off the geese

Top Tipple:
Guinness

Richard Parfitt

Course & Year:
Civil Engineering, 4th Year

(Almost) Interesting Fact:
Less than 10% of criminals commit 67% of crime

Rivers Paddled:
A few here and there

Last Swam:
Swimming pool

Canoe of Choice:
Robson TwinTip TT

Favourite Paddling Place:
North coast of Devon

Would love to paddle:
A jet boat

Top Tipple:
Carlsberg export