Hey Camels,

This is a shout out to all Howitt Residents that have played a sport or been a faithful cheerleader.

On the 18th October next Tuesday at 6pm, We will be holding a small little presentation for Howitt.

There will be food and soft drink and some sports award/ certificates presented to the Howitt Sporting Legends of this year.

After that, the MRS sports awards will be held at 7pm in the dining room.

We hope to see you there.

For more information, please contact

George 'Muscles' Hamer x57365

or

Lucien 'Lightning' Chua x57379

Camels out,
George and Lucien

Hey Camels,

The sporting calendar is almost over but fret not, Howitt Hall has one last event for you guys to stretch those muscles one last time before hitting the books during the exam period.

Coming this thursday, 13th October from 5 to 8pm, Howitt Hall will be holding an outdoor extravaganza with fun filled activities.

Ever wished you were back in the days of a care free child? Thursday will be the time where we can all revert to those care free days.

Gourmet BBQ to quel that stomach growling will be served up.

Jumping castles to combat the sugar rush of childish years.

Mechanical Bull to realise the dream of being from the Wild wild west.

And not forgetting the Camelwealth Games.

Games include:

    Bobbing for Apples
    Bocce
    Egg and Spoon Race
    Sack Race
    Hammer Throw

SO COME ON DOWN AND HAVE SOME FUN.

Served up by Howitt Hall Society and RST,

With Much Love,
Camels OUT!!!!!

P.S.: For more information, please contact Lucien at x57379 or George at x57365.

Calling out to all Camels:

On the 11th October Next Tuesday, there will be an interhall mixed hockey game with all the halls coming together to fight for supremacy on the hocky pitch against Mannix from 4-7pm. This will be situated at the hockey pitch on the way to Uni. For those who are interested, sign up sheets will be put up in the Common Room but feel free to register your interest by contacting us.

For more information, please feel free to contact George Hamer [x 57365] or Lucien [x 57379].

All levels of hockey experience from none to expert are welcomed. This will be more of a fun event, so let’s all come on down and have some fun :)

Much Love,

George and Lu

P.S: There has been rumours of a sausage sizzle so keep your ears peeled for more information. :)

A couple updates from our Sports RAs Lu and George...

NETBALL:

TO ALL CAMELS,
This is your call to arms. On wednesday the 24th of August, Howitt hall will be playing in the finals of the interhall netball competition.

We are playing Deakin in the semi-finals at 445pm with finals looming large at 545pm. It will be good to see you guys turn out in full force to cheer on our Howitt Netball team. The netball team has done us proud by reaching the finals with only a loss against a very competitive Mannix team. We are hoping to making the finals and avenge the lost against Mannix and what better way to do it then with a huge audience coming along to watch the fall of Mannix and the Rise of the Camel.

Wednesday 415pm in the GFCR. Time to show everyone else what Camels are made of.

VOLLEYBALL:

HOWITTIANS,

Can you hit a ball with your hands?

Can you kick a ball with your feet?

Can you head a ball with your head?

If you answer yes or even no to the above three questions, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

On the 31st of August and the 7th of September from 4-7pm, the interhall volleyball tournament will be held at Monash sport.

If you have a secret talent for volleyball or if you want to have some fun or if you just want to come hang out and bask in the glory of donning of howitt hall jumper, come on down to the GFCR at 340pm as we head over to the Monash Sports Stadium to take part in this interhall volleyball tournament.

No prior volleyball experience is needed. Sign up sheets will be up in the Ground Floor Common Room, so please sign up, come on down and have some fun.

If you need any more information, please feel free to contact
Lucien [Room 615] at ext. 57379
or
George [Room 315] at ext. 57365

Your lovely sports RA,
George and Lucien

A word from our Sportingly Sports Reps, Georgey and Lucien...

What more is there to say?

Come down for some action! No points scored towards end of year total. What does this mean? It means we want to see everyone down at the MRS pitch for some fun.

Where: MRS Pitch
When: Friday 29th July 5pm

There is also FREE food for players and supporters ONLY!

Also check out the cool poster attached for more info - thanks George!

Hi there Howitt,

Once all of our competitive sports are finished for the year, we thought it would be fun to relax with one of the most brutal sports around, American Football. Of course I don't want to hurt myself, so we've got ourselves a flag football set.
 
This is played basically like regular American Football, except we'll each have a "flag" on a belt, to be removed instead of tackling your opposition, resulting in all the fun of football, without any of the devastating injuries. The rules will be explained throughly on the day, otherwise you can try to make sense of this basic set of rules http://www.usffa.org/rulebook/br.pdf and/or the Wiki page for American Football http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football.
 
We'll have a lazy Sunday afternoon game at 3pm on Sunday May 15th, and we will be wandering over to campus together to play on the lawn. I encourage absolutely everyone who is around to come and join in, because it's all for a laugh, and most of us (except Francis) will be entirely new to it. Or if you're not keen to play, bring some afternoon tea down and enjoy us all making a spectacle of ourselves.
 
This is our last Howitt sports event for the semester and it's for absolutely everyone, so we hope to see you there.
Any questions, call Sheldon (x57484) or Lucien (x57379).
 

Fellow Camels,

So guys this is Round two. We made a mistake with the fixtures so here we go AGAIN!!!! 5 weeks has flown past and we have finally arrived at the annual interhalls Basketball tournament.

Through the past 5 weeks, Howitt Hall has come in with a fought 3rd place in soccer. The men and women have also brought glory to the Hall by coming in 2nd overall in both the Mens' and Ladies' tournament.

Finally the time to leap like Michel Jordan, shoot three pointers like Larry Bird and have a hit song like Kobe Bryant because you are a NBA superstar has come. Starting from the 8th of April, the Interhalls basketball tournament will be held at Monash Sport in the stadium arena where Howitt Hall will pit our talents against the rest of MRS in a bid to win the coveted 'CHAMPIONS' title in the basketball tournament.

Guys sign up sheets are in the common room. So grab a friend and come have a ball of a fun. Even if you can play basketball, it is okay. Come join the fun and shoot some hoops or well throw some balls. And if you can't play, let's cheer on our fellow camels.

Hope to see you guys there. For further information, please contact Sheldon [57484] or Lucien [57379].

Camels OUT!!!!! [Click "Read more..." to see the draws...]

Hey Guys,

The Interhall Soccer tournament is entering its final stages. It has been great to see all of you guys out there in full force be it playing your guts out or cheering your lungs out. Monday, 28th March, is our final round robin game against Richardson at 745pm. It will be great to see you guys out in full force. Currently, based on our calculations, we are on top of the table and we are heading into the finals. The finals will be played on Thursday 31st March. The schedule will be as such.
- 530pm: Women's Halls vs Mannix
- 610pm: Semi Final One
- 650pm: Semi Final Two
- 730pm: 3rd/4th Playoff
- 810pm: Grand Finals

So the first game will be where all the girls in halls gang up in a team and attempt to smash the Mannix Girls. So girls, take out those runners, lace them up and come out and have a good kick about. who better to take out that pent up frustration than Mannix. Howitt Hall has been traditionally a tightly knit hall where cheering on our sporting superstars is valued as much as the on pitch contributions of our sporting camels.

So Camels, let's show the rest of them what Howitt Hall is made of and come out in full force and hopefully clinch the first interhall sporting title up for grabs. Come dressed in Howitt apparel if you have any, if not just turn up as yourself and we will let the whole of MRS how loud we can be. Stay tuned to further information on which semi finals we will be in and who our opponents will be. -- Camels out, Lucien and Sheldon

Hey Camels,

The second and next interhall sport will be held on the 3rd of April or this coming Sunday.
Ever thought you could do better than Lleyton Hewitt? Ever thought Samantha Stosur was not your match? OR HAVE YOU EVER PLAYED WII TENNIS???

If you fit into any or none of the above categories, come down and join the fun be it playing or cheering. Sign up sheets will be up in the GFCR shortly. So please sign up if you want to play and leave your details. We are running a small hit about session on Friday the 1st of April from 4 to 6pm. Please come down if you are interested then.

For the rest of you guys, it will be great to see you guys come down and show your immense support this coming Sunday as our own Camel tennis superstars slug it off with the rest of the halls. The winners for this interhall tournament will be decided on this day itself. With all glory up for grabs, come down and show some love. Format is yet to be confirmed so stay tune for further details. For any other information please contact Lucien at 57379 or Sheldon at 57484. We look forward to having a great time with you guys.

Yours Camel-y, Lucien and Sheldon