Varsity is an event that is held once a year giving our teams the opportunity to compete against their counterparts from another institution. The university that wins the most points during this event will be crowned the winners and given the RoeBuck trophy to display until we next meet. Our Varsity opponents are the University of Roehampton and we have been competing against them since 2013. Each university takes turns in hosting, with the event in 2024 being hosted by the Buckinghamshire New University. The event, usually held over a week, culminates in a day where supporters from the University of Roehampton and BNU watch the bulk of the fixtures being played, with the last fixture finishing at 10:00pm. Then the day finishes at the respective Students' Union bar where both universities' staff, players and supporters come together to watch the cup ceremony.
We started with Dance in February. On Sunday 10 March we had our men's and women's hockey teams taking to the field. Then it was all systems go as our clubs took up their positions ready to give their best performance in all their Varsity fixtures on Wednesday 13 March.
It was a fantastic effort this year with memorable wins from our netball 1st team, women's football and our men's football 1st team. We ended Varsity with a fantastic 8.5-7.5 Victory to bring the RoeBuck trophy home after a year.
Want to see Varsity for yourself? Check out our game-day album on Facebook.