Ultimate Frisbee
The next titanic tournament was Ultimate Frisbee, which has to be one of the most entertaining games I have ever played. Our group draw was against Furness, Fylde and Lonsdale. We absolutely thrashed Furness but alas Fylde and Lonsdale’s teams were superior due to a number of University players. Not to toot my own horn but I did completely humiliate one of the Univer-sity Ultimate Frisbee team by passing the Frisbee between his legs to another team mate. Special thanks to Phil Miles for being a damn good captain.
Rounders
The final event of the summer was Rounders which was absolutely brilliant. We were drawn in the same group as Bowland, Fylde and Lonsdale and with our first game quickly lost against Fylde it looked like the afternoon was going to go the same way as the last two events. However, in the next game we completely annihilated Bowland! Phil Miles and Nick Padley up made a brilliant first base/backstop combinations, while Stephen Ashby fielded out deep very effectively. David Wood-cock was unstoppably when it came to batting, hitting rounder after rounder. We went onto destroy Lonsdale making it to the semi-finals to play Grizedale, whom we also thrashed. A mention to Robbie Pickles who hit more rounders in a single afternoon than in his entire life up to that point. Surprise, surprise though, we were up against Fylde in the final but despite a monumental battle we lost- damn close though!
A massive thanks to everyone who played in the Carter Shield this term. Cartmel is not known as a sporting college, but I have a firm belief we can destroy the opposition when we want to. So next year join the fight back!
Inter-block Rounders
This turned out to be a massive success after we spent the entire day worring about whether it was going to chuck it down. Thankfully the weather forecast was very wrong and we had brilliant sunshine. Five teams came down, which was more than 70 people! After an afternoon of serious battling between the teams and some questionable umpire decisions (sorry!) we had our winner: ‘We are better than Kat’- with ‘If Carlsberg made rounders teams…’ coming second. After a knackering afternoon we all came back for pizza and drinks in the bar. A massive thanks to everyone who attended, we hope you had fun!
Next year were are intending to run a five-aside football competition with the college, with the possibility of a County/Cartmel Cup, so keep your eyes peeled. Also if you have any ideas or any competition you would like to see us run, just get in contact.
Pasty & Erin
pasty@cartmelcollege.co.uk
erin@cartmelcollege.co.uk

Lyndsey
I don’t know about you, but the prospect of a film containing our four favourite label-loving Manhattan girls got me very excited. Unfortunately, rather than heading down to the premiere in a New York taxi, cosmopolitan in hand, we found ourselves running for the bus and popping into Humbugs for a pick-n-mix before the film. Fortunately, Michael King’s film allowed us to sit back and imagine we were living the high life in Manhattan. Professional reviewers seem to agree that the story and characters were best left at the end of the sixth series, but I think the films was filled with all the right qualities. There are some hilariously classic moments, including Samantha’s Valentines evening laying naked and covered head to toe in homemade sushi, which had the audience in hysterics. The good news is that the characters are all just as self consumed and fashion-conscious as ever, and are still as fun and fabulous as they were in the television series.
Helen
As someone who was introduced to our favourite foursome earlier this year, watched all 6 series in a month, and fell in love with them straight away, I was dying to see this movie. When the music began I was instantly confused and a little disappointed by the new, ‘jazzed up’, film-version of the theme tune. However, that was the only thing that did disappoint me, as the film takes you on an emotional roller coaster - from laughing, to crying, to at one point being very scared of Charlotte’s actions. On more than one occasion I thought I might need a tissue, and the people behind us certainly did as they sobbed their hearts out. With the highs, the lows, the sex, and the every day things (not that sex isn’t an ‘every day thing’) this movie is everything I wanted it to be. It had some perfect moments that left me wanting to be Carrie Bradshaw and, just to add an extra note for the guys who are secretly reading this, the perfect way to propose is with a shoe!

Indiana Jones
And the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
The Indiana Jones Trilogy becomes very inaptly named with the release of this fourth film to the cinema, which sees Harrison ford reprise his role as the adventurous archaeologist. The only difference is: he’s twenty years older, although we don’t think this makes him any less awesome. Like a fine wine, Ford has matured with age, and this film packs in the geriatric action – geriaction if you will (on the subjects of Jerrys, hard-core fans may be disappointed with the lack of Nazis in this film. But don’t worry, we get communist hatred rammed down our throats instead).
This latest film is packed full of all-American, all-cheesy escapades, including a fist fight between jocks and rockers, a student protest against the communist threat and I think almost every single scene has an American flag flying in the background somewhere. Despite this Indiana Jones does come off as a passably good film, with some good jokes, and exhilarating action sequences featuring all manner of creepy crawlies and, of course, a snake.
All this despite the presence of my personal nemesis, Shia Leboeuf (I haven’t met him, I just know I don’t want to). Appearing in films such as Transformers, and previously appearing in the TV series Even Stevens, this guy has plagued us for years with his terrible acting and lack of personality which leaves him entirely unlikeable – and in this film, he lives up exactly to those expectations. Don’t expect any warm, fuzzy moments with this guy on screen, who I promise you fails to deliver in bags. (Note from Editor — Bear in mind that Robbie is completely obsessed with hating this guy, mainly because his girlfriend loves him, and I thought he was quite good. He certainly didn’t ruin the film as much as Robbie makes out.)
Anyway, I would certainly recommend this film for a casual watch and a reminisce about previous films, but do not expect to see the best film ever made or you may be disappointed. I have deliberately not mentioned the ending as I don’t want to ruin it, but trust me, it may completely change your view on the film. Whether for good or bad, I will leave up to you (as I’ve run out of space).

The highlights included a giant glow stick skipping rope, a glow stick limbo, and generally fantastic photo opportunities all night. Then when we got home, we used the 20 glow sticks we’d procured to decorate my shelves and notice board so I could fall asleep to a gentle luminescence. To be honest if you weren’t there you really missed out, so let’s hope they have another one.