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No.931 Friday 7th February 2025 varsity.co.uk The Independent Student Newspaper since 1947
Hockey havoc
Athletes lucky to escape criminal repercussions after curry house carnage ▲ WILF VALL
Maria Eduarda Paixao and Anuk Weerawardana News Correspondent and Senior News Editor The Cambridge University Hockey Club (CUHC) has been fined £300 in damages following a smash-up at a social in a curry restaurant. The incident was deemed to be “unacceptable behaviour” by a club member, and allegedly left the team lucky to escape criminal repercussions. In a WhatsApp message sent to the hockey club’s group chat, a member of CUHC blasted the team for their actions, stating that the incident could “have been very bad for our reputation, this could have escalated into criminal damages”. They added: “Last night’s behaviour was simply unacceptable, especially in a venue that is not ours […] We need to have some pride in our reputation.” Following a “long chat” with the owner of Curry King the team agreed to pay a total of £300 in damages in order to cover for the mess caused. This could have supposedly escalated into criminal charges, according to the message, but did not as both the club and the restaurant’s owner reached an accord. The Club is set to return to the site for their next social, in spite of the damages caused by the team’s raucous behaviour. This was agreed on the condition that the team was willing to abide to the “basic standards,” expected of them. “As I’m sure most of you will know, we are still booked into Curry King on the 16th, and they are happy for us to come,” the text message read. The group were also urged to take “some pride in our reputation,” which a club member feared could have been “seriously damaged” by the incident. Every member of the hockey club was subsequently charged £2.61 to pay for the total damages alleged by The Curry King meaning that at least 114 individuals were called upon to take ‘collective responsibility,’ for the incident. However, Varsity understands that a minority of students were involved in misbehaviour at the social. CUHC is the University’s largest Continued on page 3 ▶
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