Women’s Hockey 1sts seal their spot at BUCS Big Wednesday! – BUCS Week 19

Our Women’s Hockey 1^st team had to wait the extra week to play their Vase Semi-Final, but they held their nerve to achieve an impressive 6-0 win against Oxford 1^st team. They are our 6^th and final team to make it through to BUCS Big Wednesday next week!

A winning week for racquet sports. Our Women’s Badminton 1^st team had their final league match against the University of Nottingham’s 4^th team. They continued their winning streak to beat Nottingham 5-3, securing the league title meaning they will be promoted up to Tier 1 next year. Men’s Table Tennis 2^nd team won 13-4 against Loughborough 2^nd team in Tier 1. Our Women’s Tennis 1^st team made the journey down to Norwich for a top of the league clash against East Anglia 1^st team. NTU came out on top with a 4-2 win – there is one fixture left to play in this league so we’ll have to wait and see if they’ve done enough to win the title! On Tuesday our Men’s Squash 1^st team also beat local rivals Nottingham 4^th team 3-2.

Over to the Football where all 3 teams playing had huge wins against their opposition. Our women’s 2^nd team have gone undefeated in the league this season, meaning they have won division 2A and will be promoted up to Tier 1 next year. In an extremely close game on Clifton Campus, our Men’s Rugby Union 4^th team narrowly beat Warwick 2^nd team 15-14. They now have a chance at winning division 3B next week in their final game against current leaders Moulton 1^st team.

There was also lots of action at the weekend. Our Women’s Rugby Union 1^st team were due to play Leicester in their final Tier 1 league game on Friday night, however, it was unable to be played and Leicester subsequently conceded the fixture, meaning NTU are Tier 1 league champions and will go through to the promotion playoffs! This is a huge achievement for the team as this is their first season in Tier 1 after they were promoted last year – demonstrating their hard work and dedication over the last 2 years. Gaelic Football made the trip up to Glasgow for their Championship tournament – a massive improvement on last year, making it to the semi-finals after playing 5 games in one day. Dodgeball Men’s 1^st team had their final round-robin tournament at the sports centre, winning 2 / 2 fixtures to become Tier 1 league champions, which qualifies them into the National Trophy with a chance for promotion into National League. Finally, our Men’s Futsal 1^st team played their Championship Quarter Final on Sunday night against Nottingham 1^st team – always a fierce rivalry but NTU won 9-5, taking them through to the Semi-Finals this weekend against Bristol 1^st team.

Best of luck to our 6 teams who are preparing for BUCS Big Wednesday next week, and also to our Canoe athletes competing down in Norwich this weekend for BUCS Canoe Sprint.

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