NTU WFC inch closer to the title with a close victory over Birmingham – BUCS Week 14

At home, our Table Tennis Men’s 1^st team faced off against University College London’s 1^st team in a Championship quarter final. The team are looking to continue their impressive history in this competition, making the final for the last 4 years. The NTU team won 9-3 to keep that run alive, in doing so they advance to the semi-final. They are now only 1 match away form the season ending show piece: BUCS Big Wednesday and a Championship Final.

In the National Trophy our Golf Mixed 1^st team faced off against league rivals University of Birmingham mixed 2s. A tight reverse in the league last week meant the NTU team were out for revenge. Another tight match ensued, this time NTU came out on top. Their reward, a trip to St Andrews University in the next round!

In Midlands Conference cup action, our Men’s Lacrosse 2^nd team faced off against Oxford Brookes University Men’s 1^st team. Traditionally a fiery encounter with plenty of history for our 2^nd team. The boys really raised their game, winning 11-4 and progressing to the semi-final.  One match remains until the final for this year, hosted by NTU!

NTU Men’s Football 2^nd team we also in Midlands Conference cup action. The quarter final match saw them take on Loughborough University’s 3^rd team. They are always tight matches against our regional rivals, and the boys put in an excellent performance to win 5-3 and advance to the semi-finals.

Back to important league action and our Women’s Football 1^st team. A win against promotion Rivals University of Birmingham 1^st team would go a long way to securing 1^st place, and a chance to gain promotion to the premier tier via the play-offs. It was a tense affair on Clifton campus, as expected, with not much separating the teams in the previous fixture. In the end NTU managed to take the win 2-1 and put themselves in pole position for the league title and a play-off for promotion.

A special mention to our Netball 5^th team, not often in the spotlight, they played local rivals University of Nottingham 6^th team in the Conference trophy (for tier 4 and below competition). The match was 40-40 at full time, and went to extra time, with the girls winning 50-48 to send the sizable crowd wild. Well done girls and it was great to see such a showing of support for one of our lower teams.

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