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Squash Anyone?

By Penny Carmichael, on 31 July 2013

– Article By Marion Brooks-Bartlett

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Student squash – much more fun than the fruit kind

With the sun shining and term time over, what a perfect time for some exercise and summer fun!  Last Friday, a group of postgraduate physical and computational chemists (with a small tag along of organic and inorganic chemists too) squared-up in a squash tournament. No prior experience of squash was required, but the winner thrashed his way easily to the top for the gold medal- he knows who he is! Organised by Marion Brooks-Bartlett and Oliver Kirkby of room 123, this could be the preliminary to a Christmas 2013 tournament, so dust-off your racquets…

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