A friendly rounders game between KMi and IET resulted in an 11-9 1/2 victory for KMi. The game nearly had to be abondoned after the first ball after Sam (IET) managed to break the bat in half with his first strike. Fortunately his team-mate Kevin always carries insulation tape with him, so a quick tape-the-bat-back-together…
Head of CRC and long-term friend of KMi Marian Petre was today married in Bletchley and – of course – KMi was there (at least virtually), using our webcasting experience to allow Marian’s parents in Illinois and relatives in New York to tune in and view the ceremony live. The original intention was to use…
KMi members Dnyanesh Rajpathak (captain) and Neil Benn continue their important input to the OU Cricket 1st 11 in their remaining fixtures for the season as follows: Saturday 11th August 2007 – away fixture Eggington C.C vs Open University C.C Saturday 18th August – home fixture Open University C.C vs Eaton Bray C.C Saturday 25th…
On the 24th and 25th of July, KMi held the most fantastic table football competition ever, perfectly organised by Miriam Fernandez. 24 KMi-ers displayed their skills and demonstrated to the world the way table football ought to be played! The championship started on Tuesday 24, with four different groups, each comprising three pairs. The matches…
Today KMi-ers celebrated the last day at work of Marta Sabou, before she goes off on maternity leave. She was "ambushed" by a suprise celebration, during which she was presented with gifts for her and the baby. To Marta go the warmest wishes from all the members of KMi. All the very best!!!
Today KMi celebrated the forthcoming marriage of Stefania Galizia and Alessio Gugliotta. The first ever wedding between two KMi members. Their wedding will actually take place in just over one week’s time in Calabria, Italy where Stefania grew up. Both Stefania and Alessio are Research Fellows in KMi working on Semantic Web Services within the…
KMi's 6-a-side cricket team have won this year's competition. Earth Sciences' "Main Boundary Thrust" batted first for a total of 53. Roses won with an over to spare, but also took two wickets, one to a brilliant catch by Dnyanesh Rajpathak (far left). Neil Benn (far right), Roses' captain, also took the award for the…
At last, the KMi Roses have beaten their nemesis team, PSSRI, to make it through to the semi finals of the annual 6-a-Side cricket tournament. PSSRI, forced to bat first, managed 67 runs in their alloted five overs but once again Francis Chantree took two wickets in his bowling over. In reply, Roses won with…
KMi's John Domingue and Carlos Pedrinaci both made important defensive contributions to Internetzionale's last knockout game of the OU's annual six-a-side football tournament against Planetary Science's PSSRI United today. Their team won 2-0, leaving them undefeated in their three games to date. Related Links: 6-a-side Tournament websiteMatch photos John Domingue Carlos Pedrinaci
Spanish International Carlos Pedrinaci made his OU 6-a-side football debut today as Internetzionale beat Fools and Horses 6-0. Playing in defence, team manager Kevin McLeod described his performance as Promising debut from Carlos, well played at the back! Internetzionale are scheduled to play again on Thursday 29th March. Related Links: 2006 Tournament websitePhotos from Internetzionale's…
