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College rivalries... the facts..

15

Im just wondering who I should jeer at and throw bricks toward when I arrive at Durham... I am a Woodsman, but also maybe if you have vaster knowledge, you could inform us all to which cult hatred we should subscribe to... so we dont feel left out :smile:

Reply 1

ChrisH2107

5

I think it's a cult hatred of Hatfield. Throw a brick at me and I'll make you eat it though :smile:

Reply 2

arkbar

12

Throw bricks at yourself in an ironic statement about the idiocy of college rivalry.

Reply 3

TKR

15

forget colleges - throw bricks at becca!

Reply 4

RobbieC

OP

15

Awww, poor Becca... She seems so sweet, I couldn't imagine bricking her :frown:

Lol, sounds like a dare... Chris :smile:

Lucky for you I'm not the daring type, ya big rah! :smile:

I'm only kidding, clearly! We still on for chess, yeah? :wink:

Reply 5

dobbs

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Right, here's a list of what colleges each college dislikes

Hatfield --> Castle
Castle --> Hatfield
Johns --> Hatfield & Castle
Chads --> Hatfield & Castle
Cuths --> Hatfield & Castle
Trevs --> Hatfield & Castle
Marys --> Hatfield & Castle
Aidans --> Hatfield & Castle
Mildert --> Hatfield & Castle
Collingwood --> Hatfield & Castle
Grey --> Hatfield & Castle
Hild Bede --> Hatfield & Castle
Ustinov --> Hatfield & Castle

:wink:

Reply 6

Sebby

dobbs

Right, here's a list of what colleges each college dislikes

Hatfield --> Castle
Castle --> Hatfield
Johns --> Hatfield & Castle
Chads --> Hatfield & Castle
Cuths --> Hatfield & Castle
Trevs --> Hatfield & Castle
Marys --> Hatfield & Castle
Aidans --> Hatfield & Castle
Mildert --> Hatfield & Castle
Collingwood --> Hatfield & Castle
Grey --> Hatfield & Castle
Hild Bede --> Hatfield & Castle
Ustinov --> Hatfield & Castle

:wink:

Heh heh heh

Reply 7

RobbieC

OP

15

Hmmm, I always thought castle would kind of be monarchial and overpower most other colleges, aside from the still-strong Collingwood and Trevs who continue to fight on as their lesser allies diminish and fade!

Then again to me, most things have to be epic and disproportionaly dramatic.

Reply 8

dobbs

17

Basically, the rivalries ARE actually aimed against Castle and Hatfield. I know people from both colleges who are not rahs and are cool people (Becca not included :p:

)....but it's just the rivalry that everyone hates them.

So much so, that if you're watching a competition, say some football matches one afternoon, and your college gets knocked out by another college (lets say Trevs is knocked out by Aidans) and then Aidans play Hatfield in the final, all the people supporting Trevs will DEFINITELY support Aidans haha...even if they had just knocked us out! :biggrin:

There's also the basic "Hill VS Bailey" argument/rivalry. It's fun to meet someone who's from a bailey college and go "Ooohh, from the Bailey...weird ones you lot are" hehe, but they do it back to us! :rolleyes:

The opposite of college rivalries, of course, are college friends! Cuths and Marys are good friends (since Marys was an all girls college, Cuths would have their freshers ball with Marys so it's not a load of girls having their own ball!...I don't know whether this will continue now!)

Not sure about other "friends" - maybe Chads and Johns since they're so small? Who knows! :biggrin:

Reply 9

goldenbarnes

11

Not picking on your point or anything, but as an aside, I'd always support the team that knocked me out anyway, because then you'd have lost to the champions.

And am I right in presuming everyone has a passive yeah whatever attitude to Hild Bede? I'm gonna have to be the reason everyone else starts a real rivalry against us.

Reply 10

arkbar

12

I'm up for caning anyone at chess :p:

Reply 11

RobbieC

OP

15

heh, ur on! I like being caned...

No innuendos Jamie.. or anyone!

Reply 12

posh_git

1

omg! chess! wow lol can we start an unofficial tsr chess club too?!

Reply 13

ChrisH2107

5

I'm up for chess with anyone, yes.

Reply 14

ChrisH2107

5

dobbs

Right, here's a list of what colleges each college dislikes

Hatfield --> Castle
Castle --> Hatfield
Johns --> Hatfield & Castle
Chads --> Hatfield & Castle
Cuths --> Hatfield & Castle
Trevs --> Hatfield & Castle
Marys --> Hatfield & Castle
Aidans --> Hatfield & Castle
Mildert --> Hatfield & Castle
Collingwood --> Hatfield & Castle
Grey --> Hatfield & Castle
Hild Bede --> Hatfield & Castle
Ustinov --> Hatfield & Castle

:wink: