| Name: | Pip Timmins |
| Nickname: | Old Pip |
| Born: | Rochford in Essex (no I do not have a pair of white stilettos in my wardrobe!) |
| Weight: | Depends on whether I am playing front row or not. At the mo I am a weedy 81/2 stone but when I used to be Hooker I pushed 10 and a half stone Arrgghh! |
| Height: | 5'3" |
| Position: | I play fly half at the moment (I must have done something awful in a past life!). |
| Job: | Sales Director |
| Education: | University of York Womens rugby team 1995-2002 Southend Womens rugby team 1996-1998 Malton and Norton Rugby Club 2000-2002 North of England students 1996-1998 and 1999-2000 Yorkshire 2000-2001 .....And most importantly Witney Angels 2002 to date. |
| First Season | 2002 |
| No of Games | not sure |
| For 1st XV | |
| Number of Tries | Best Try Haven't scored that many considering all the games I've played but one I can remember was at a varsity match against the university of Lancaster and I sidestepped two twins (yes sidestepped! Me!) and ran half the length of the pitch. Nearly died. Don't think I've ever run that fast! |
| Tries for 1st | |
| Captain | |
| Match Day Superstitions | Don't really have any superstitions but get really nervous before a game and can't eat. Then I can't eat afterwards either so if I ever have to down a pint after a game - I get really drunk really quickly. |
| Most Admired International Player |
I don't watch sport so don't really have an international that I like (although I used to think that Lawrence Dallaglio had a nice bum). There are loads of players I admire at Witney, although again I don't often watch the games that much. It is more for what they do for the club and the angels especially. Thanks Mickey, Mike, Nick, Dave, Scottie etc etc etc for your endless support! Of the Angels, Mary for always trying to keep everyones chins up, Elaine and Bob for being inspirational captains, Smorley for being so damn fast, Louise and Leanne for being real power houses and making a real difference to the game. Basically, I just think everyone is fab. |
| Favourite Rugby Tour | Well, I have only been on two tours and I am finding it difficult to choose between the two. My first tour was obviously fantastic. I organised it when I was social sec for the uni side. We went to Blackpool and spent our whole time riding rollercoasters and feeding the donkeys on the beach and clubbing and generally having a good laugh. We didn't play any rugby though - that would have used up valuable drinking time! The tour to Brixham with the Witney Angels was a proper tour - we played rugby, which shocked me a little and I had possibly the worst hangover I have ever had after a drinking competition with Lolly (no comment). The opposition girls were a great bunch but they squeaked every time you tackled them which was a little unnerving... |
| Most Embarrassing moment on the Pitch | Too many to mention I think! Erm, On the pitch, the most recent is when i tried to kick the ball in the game for the first time (OK so I am a fly half who can't kick....) and the ball went straight over my head and landed 10 yards behind me. The girls really had to think on their feet to stop the opposition scoring as I had managed to place the ball over their try line.... ooops! |
| Most Embarrasing moment off the Pitch |
Off the pitch, I think my most embarrassing moment (and i don't think the girls will ever let me live it down) is going to Spain, drinking too much rioja and falling off the kerb and whacking my kneecap on the floor (ouch!!). Fairly embarrassing in itself, but when it happens 2 weeks before the first game of the season and you are off injured for 3 weeks that is pretty bad! |
| Best Match for Witney | It's more than one I'm afraid because it was a tournament. It was the Regional finals when playing for the North Students. I was first choice to play Hooker and played a blinder (no wonky lineouts and won loads of scrums against the head). I played 4 x 40minute matches and played my heart out. Oh and we won - did I forget to mention that? Nice medal and a piccie in the paper. |
| Worst Match for Witney | When I got squished in a scrum and got whiplash. It was 10 minutes before then end of a game and I had to come off. We had to go uncontested scrums and they scored twice while I was off and we lost - boo hoo! Worst moment of rugby: Having to leave York to come down to Oxford (I could argue it was also really good thing with hindsight but at the time it was horrible). I had to leave 3 teams and stop going for representative rugby because the job down here is too demanding. I was coaching and allsorts and had to give it all up - bummer!. |
| How to improve training | |
| Remaining Rugby Ambitions | I would love to try to play representative rugby again. There is no better feeling. It improves your game and it makes you dead proud. I think my job has put a spanner in the works there though but we will see. Club ambition: Well we won the league last year which was one of my ambitions. Let's see what we can do this season... |
| Miscellaneous |
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