There is no doubt that squash as a club has developed and grown massively over this term alone, and one of the key components of that growth has been the utterly awesome socials we’ve all been indulging in, courtesy of our wonderful Social ‘Sexretary’, Johnny Chapman.
One of the first socials of this term was designed to introduce the newly-anointed squashies to the world of squash, and hence it was what could be called a ‘standard’ night out: messy pre-drinks involving Mexi (a strange dice game that is played by the squashes whenever possible because, if luck is not on your side, you end up having to down an inordinate number of shots) at Monkey’s Forehead, followed by a rave-up at the SU. This was promptly followed by the Freshers’ Squashy 2.0: THIS TIME IT’S PERSONAL. One of the highlights of the night was definitely the very intense games of beer pong played at Monkey’s- in particular, a nail-biting match against the Surf Club ended up in a loss on our part...Meaning that we had yet another excuse to buy a round!
Next was a barbeque at our Vice-President’s house (now officially the ‘Squash House’) in celebration of a fellow squashy’s birthday, and the food theme continued at a night out to the Magic Wok. Copious amounts of Chinese nommings, gluggable wine and some thoroughly sloshed squashies makes for a very good night out!
Then, of course, there was initiations. Every club on campus knows that initiations is a big night, a night you prepare for, a night you’ll never forget...And that it was! With an army theme at the SU, we finally had an excuse to dress up as the Squash Army, a namesake we adopted long ago. And the freshers? They were the Squash Army Whores. To say it’s difficult to play squash wearing high heels is an understatement!
Next was Come in Your Kit, yet another staple of every club’s calendar. I don’t have much to say about this night, mainly because I can’t remember most of it...However, we certainly celebrated Hallowe’en in style at the Squash House, with a collection of horrifying costumes and even more horrifying alcohol beverages!
So, as you can see, it’s been a rather crazy term for Squash so far! And we’ve already got a whole host of socials lined up for the end of term, so it seems things aren’t going to be calming down any time soon!
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