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The Events

Five events put our athletes through their paces, testing vital sporting attributes. We record the results for each athlete then send them to the mathmos at Varsity who work out an overall SuperSports score for each competitor. The Standing Jump tests lower body strength. The Bag Throw tests upper body strength, the athletes hurling a large cylindrical tackle pad as far as they can – awkward as well as heavy. 100m sprint is designed to discover speed, whilst the Bleep Test is all about endurance. Finally, Limbo tests flexibility – and is generally just quite amusing.

 

Week 6: Lacrosse

As we’re now approaching the final week of our SuperSports competition will anyone be able to knock Rugby off of top spot? This week, Lacrosse try their luck, Phil Hall and Laura Plant selected to represent their sport.

Playing in two different leagues each week the Lacrosse team have to stay in top condition to ensure they are able to compete at the highest level whether it is midweek or on the weekend.  Both sides are enjoying a fantastic season in their respective leagues, the women in particular remaining unbeaten with only a few games left to go.

Phil Hall argued that Lacrosse is the most physically demanding of our sports because, “originally it was played by the Native Americans as training for war and to settle tribal disputes; it is a fast paced, physical game, requiring strength, speed, and, particularly for the midfielders, a high level of stamina”.

 This ferocious combination of strentgth and fitness should prove to be a perfect match for our assessments. However, both athletes struggled in the strength events, their efforts in the Bag Throw and Standing Jump falling short of many of our other competitors. Hall faired slightly better in the Limbo, managing to break the 100cm mark but not equal Webb’s effort of 80cm last week.

In the Speed test both Hall and Plant notched up respectable scores and ensured that they would place relatively well overall. The standout result of the day came from Hall in the dreaded Bleep Test, the man from Trinity reaching an incredible level 14 before eventually giving up. That puts him top in that field.

 Next week is our final SuperSports where you will be able to find out which sport and which athletes will be crowned as SuperSports champions