Varsity Ice-Hockey

Sunday evening saw Oxford win a convincing victory over the Cambridge Light Blues, at the 88th Ice Hockey Varsity match. However, it was not until the third period that Oxford’s domination was confirmed: the match in general was extremely entertaining and at times brutal. Cambridge fought well during what was to be an evenly matched first period, which ended 1-0 to Oxford. Later, a crippling series of penalties for both teams proved the depths of Oxford’s larger line up as the short Cambridge bench suffered from a lack of men. Cambridge hung on during the third period, but were finally outmanned after incurring two match penalties, and a concussion inflicted by the Oxford Captain, who was immediately ejected from the game for misconduct. Overall, Cambridge showed integrity in the face of a tough opposition, and played a game which was not reflected in the final score of 11-1 to Oxford.

Dancing Competition

The competitive season started with an outing in Michaelmas term to the Nottingham Varsity Ball, where Cambridge triumphed in three out of the four team matches resulting in overall success and spurring them on for the competitions ahead. February was a frantic month with three competitions in as many weeks, including Cuppers where Trinity took the college title. The first of these competitions was held at Sheffield University and concluded with yet more reason for celebration: trophies for A, B and C team matches and a victory over Imperial College London, in the final of the knock-out competition after I.C. had dispensed of Oxford in their semi-final.

This set Cambridge up well for their most recent competition: SUDC, Southern Universities Dance Competition, which was hosted by Bath University. The day was quite gruelling, especially as the coach left Cambridge at 5am and didn’t return until 3am the following morning. Once the open competitions got under way it became apparent that the standard had improved quite dramatically. However, Cambridge’s team were not intimidated, and they left a striking impression, contributing over half the couples to the advanced finals and ending the day on a high by winning the overall SUDC team title.

Cambridge is hosting the Varsity Match next term on Saturday 5th May.