| Name: | Catherine Forteath |
| Nickname: | “Fiveteeth” “Balloon, for being such an air head” “Buzz Lightyear.” |
| Born: | “24” (Editor wants to make a comment here but won’t !) |
| Weight: | “Sort of 10 stone”. |
| Height: | “5ft 9” – nearly” |
| Position: | “Flanker, but have played more games as a second row.” “Have played three positions in one game !!!” |
| Job: | “Project Resettlement worker” |
| Education: | “Henry Box” |
| First Season | “1995/6 for Oxford” |
| No of Games | “Not as many as I would have liked either due to injuries or cancellations”. |
| For 1st XV | |
| Number of Tries | “Not sure, about 5” BEST TRY : “First try for Witney in their first ever League game.” |
| Tries for 1st | |
| Captain | |
| Match Day Superstitions | “Don’t have any” ...... but when she watches, she watches each half from a different spot and always the same ones for each match ! |
| Most Admired International Player |
“Johnny Wilkinson, because he’s good looking and I wouldl ike him to be the father of my children.” “Taine Randell, because of the way he leads the All Blacks in the Haka – what a turn on” “Neil Jenkins – always seems so passionate about the game and gives 100%” “My father’s cousin captained Scotland against England in 1961 – pity I was not born to see it”. EDITORS COMMENT – Neil Jenkins doesn’t get a mention in the good looks department – no surprise there ! Most Admired Witney Player |
| Favourite Rugby Tour | “First Tour to Amsterdam with Oxford – Don’t know how I managed to party so much and still play the next day.” “The second tour was a nightmare, ate too much cake because I thought it wasn’t working quick enough” |
| Most Embarrassing moment on the Pitch | “Shouting, ‘Come on Oxford’ in the scrum when playing for Witney against Buckingham” |
| Most Embarrasing moment off the Pitch | “Going to hockey training the other week and leaving the house in a hurry, only to realise when I got there that I had picked up a golfing umbrella instead of a hockey stick and then having to explain to everyone why I needed to borrow a stick” |
| Best Match for Witney | “Really enjoyed the Buckingham Tournament when we lost in the Final but I won my first rugby medal” |
| Worst Match for Witney | “Against Thanet” EDITORS COMMENT – Hardly worth bothering with this category for the Angels as its always those lovely Thanet girls. |
| How to improve training | “I would like to thank Matt and Norm for their dedication to training us but without more girls turning up to train properly, it is alwys going to be difficult. So if you know anyone willing to play – let me know “ “Also, thanks to Shane and Mark for helping out, also thanks to the lovely Mike Minch for his support at all the matches”. |
| Remaining Rugby Ambitions | “To continue playing without any major injuries and to go out on the pitch this season with a full XV and win !” |
| Miscellaneous |
“I would like to thank all the players that are dedicated to the team and who turn up each week at training” “Also, special thanks to Mary for all her fundraising ideas and after match games. Lisa for being treasurer, Sarah for all the sponsorship money and Heidi for all her typing, arranging of events, card making and reminding us all of what is going on and when” Players Comment Editors Comment |