Varsity 2014: The Live Blog

Keep up to date with proceedings on the final day of Varsity 2014.


Ladies Hockey have completed a successful day over at Manor Road.

 

It might not have gone too well over at the UEA, but Welford Road will still be rocking..

 

 

Things have got a bit nippy over at Manor Road, but the ladies are beating DMU 3-0…

 

 

So far today Leicester have won every single event apart from the 2nd’s, 3rd’s and 4th’s Football. Good show Team Leicester.

UoLFC 2’s have succumbed to the pressure and lost on penalties 7-6.

 

 

In the meantime Men’s Football 2nd’s have gone to penalties.

 

 

Dodgeball have their varsity match removed from the final score as it’s unofficial and Men’s Hockey defeat DMU 4-2.

UoLFC are looking to launch the comeback of this years varsity season.

 

 

Golf and Indoor Cricket both secure victories. Today is becoming a bit of a whitewash isn’t it?

Men’s 1st’s Squash is heating up.

 

 

It’s all going on now, as Women’s Rugby start their preparation.

 

 

Golf is really hotting up now.

 

DMU Golf keeping us up to date here…retweeted by ULSU, whose side are you on?

 

Anyway, Indoor Cricket 2nd’s have also won.

 

And so have Men’s Squash 2nd’s

 

 

WOMEN’S LACROSSE SECURE VARSITY VICTORY, DEFEATING DMU 17-2.

LEICESTER WIN DODGEBALL VARSITY

 

 

Women’s Lacrosse have racked up a good lead in the Lacrosse.

 

In the mean time though, Women’s Rugby players are feeling the nerves and Lacrosse have made a good start to their match leading 3-0.

 

Things might get emotional down at Manor Road today as some of ULMHC’s leading players take to field for the last time.

 

 

It’s going to be a VERY muddy day over at the UEA where Women’s Rugby are battling for the BUCS Cup. Good luck girls!

 

 

Men’s Rugby know it won’t be easy later this evening.

 

 

Men’s Hockey are up for it as always.

 

 

ULSU is laying down the rules of combat…

 

9.46 Golf are warming up ahead of their 10am start.

Today is the big day and there’s a lot of action to cover. Here is what should be coming up.

Mixed Golf are teeing things off on the final day of competition, they start at 10am.

Indoor Cricket 2nd’s are underway at Midday, as Men’s Squash 2nd’s, Chess, Dodgeball and Women’s Lacrosse all get their biggest matches of the season underway at midday.

Indoor Cricket 1st’s will then follow in their footsteps as they try to hit DMU for six. They’re under way at 1.30.

2pm sees the start of much of todays action, with Men’s Squash 1st’s getting under way. Women’s Volloeyball, Men’s Tennis 1st’s, Men’s Hockey 1st’s also begin their campaigns.

Over at Stoughton Road the Men’s 4th, 3rd and 2nd teams will kick off 90 minutes of hard action, hoping to follow in the footsteps of the 1st’s. Men’s Lacrosse are also in action.

Women’s Hockey will follow the men at 3.30pm as Men’s Volleyball start at 4pm in the Charles Wilson sports hall.

Mountaineering are also set to compete today.

Women’s Rugby look to continue their 10 year winning streak this evening at Welford Road from 6.30. It’s a tough day for the ladies as some of them will also be making their way to the UEA to compete in the Cup Final, before attempting to return to Welford Road in time for Varsity.

The Men’s team round things off from 8pm.

A lot has happened over the course of the last few weeks of hard competition, so here’s a summary of the way things stand.

Team Leicester dived straight in, literally, as Swimming got the biggest fixtures of the season off to a flying start. The A team won their competition, whilst the B team drew.

Last year Leicester

Last year saw both of Leicester’s teams secure victory

Away from the pool, Women’s Football took the pitch and fought valiantly during the first 90 minute Women’s varsity match, but were overcome 4-1 on penalties.

Fortunately the balance was restored with a Men’s victory, defeating DMU 3-1. It’s a good job none of them had to try and hit the crossbar though.

Leicester’s great start continue as the Leicester Equestrian team rode off into the sunset after thrashing DMU 67-345.

Ski and Snowboard showed off their skills with a confident 5-2 victory.

The deficit was somewhat reduced after the Basketball which saw the Women’s 2nd’s and the Men’s 1st’s lose to DMU. The Women’s 1st’s and Men’s 2nd’s were able to secure victory in their matches, with the Women securing an 81 – 31 win.

Leicester battled their way back on to the right track after that though with convincing wins in both the Men’s and Women’s Fencing with scores of 135-90 and 135-70 respectively.

DMU were rampant at the Tennis though, winning both the Women’s 1st’s and Men’s seconds by fairly large margins.

Badminton was up next as Leicester fought to restore a significant lead in the overall standings. Both mixed teams were able to clinch victory with wins of 7-2 and 6-0. Men’s 2nd’s followed suit, winning 7-1, as the Women’s 1st’s thrashed DMU 8-0. The Men’s 1st’s secured a 4-4 draw.

All good things must come to an end though and unfortunately the Boat Club fell foul out on the river as they lost 5-2. Somewhat of a turn around from last years thumping win for Leicester.

Mixed Hockey were unable to secure victory in their match as a fixture went to penalties for the second time this year. They lost 4-3. It didn’t stop them celebrating though.

Having meandered through the forest of averageness, Leicester emerged stronger and better than before and are currently on a 6 fixture winning streak.

ULNC were able to beat DMU in every one of their matches, with the development squad winning 29-13. The 3rd’s demolished the poly 50-14 and the 2nd’s followed suit with a 51-17 victory.

The 1st’s double DMU’s score, winning 50-25 in their match.

Tae Kwon Do were able to keep the steamroller moving as they beat our not-so-noisy neighbours 18 – 8.

Indoor Ultimate Frisbee gave DMU a hard time as well as they secured a relatively easy 3 – 0 win.