by Mike Taylor
Tuesday 14th June 2011, 20:57 BST
With the Twenty20 only four days away, the Varsity Blues blog looks back at the brief history of the fixture.
It was born in 2008 - the oldest rivalry in cricket dragged kicking and screaming into the twenty-first century. But since the inauguration of the Charles Russell Twenty20, Oxford and Cambridge have each claimed only one victory, with the 2009 fixture lost to rain.
The beginnings were auspicious: in June 2008, thousands of Oxonians ...
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by Kirsty Gray
Monday 6th June 2011, 23:29 BST
On 17 June, at the culmination of the University’s Cricket Week, the Varsity Twenty20 is being held at Fenner’s Cricket Ground on Mortimer Road. In this blog, we follow the University cricketers’ preparations – both on and off the pitch – for the big day.
If you build it, they will come…
At the time of writing, the Varsity Twenty20 – the only major Varsity match to be played in Cambridge this year – is just eleven days a...
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by Helen Hatch
Friday 3rd June 2011, 10:14 BST
Over the past three weekends CUCC has dominated the 2010-2011 BUCS time trial circuit and secured a Varsity victory after a strong year of leadership from captains Llewellyn Kinch and Hayley Simmonds. On Saturday, April 26th the men and women’s teams raced at home for the Varsity title in the annual BUCS 25 Mile Time Trial Championships.
Both teams defeated Oxford by a sizeable margin and secured BUCS team gold as well as a number of BUC...
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by Sophie Dundovic
Monday 23rd May 2011, 09:36 BST
What a win!! CUAC have surpassed themselves once again with an incredible 4-0 victory at the 137th Varsity Match. Three overall match records, including the largest winning margin, are testament to the quality, strength and depth of the Cambridge team.
There are Varsity wins and there are CUAC Varsity wins. Yesterday CUAC really showed Oxford what Cambridge athletics is all about; it was an epic victory. Not only were the perfor...
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by Sophie Dundovic
Thursday 19th May 2011, 22:21 BST
The team has been selected. The training has been completed. All that is left to do now is eat well, sleep well and focus.
Athletics may be an individual sport, but the Varsity match is very much a team event. This year CUAC have a very close and very strong team and this will definitely become apparent on the day.
Thursday brings the team photograph and ribbons ceremony, followed by a light warm up and team meal. This will ...
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by Olga Kasyanova
Tuesday 17th May 2011, 16:50 BST
It's is now less than 8 weeks before I join the team of 15 adventurers in what has been billed as one of the UK's TOUGHEST CHALLENGES! I can't express just how excited I am about this trip!
The challenge will hopefully take 36 hours. We will start with a 45 miles cycle down the Irish coast from Dublin to Arklow. Then we will swap our bikes for blades and will attempt a nighttime crossing of the Irish Sea to Porthmadog (a total of 90 mile...
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by Sophie Dundovic
Saturday 14th May 2011, 11:22 BST
After solid performances from CUAC athletes in the season opener competitions excitement is building as the team approach the most important fixture of the CUAC year, the Varsity match on 21st May. The match will be held at the Wilberforce Road Athletics Track and all are welcome and encouraged to come and support the light blues.
With convincing wins at the indoor Varsity Match in February and Fresher’s Varsity in Michaelmas term, CUAC a...
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by James Corcut
Saturday 19th March 2011, 17:34 BST
Images by Kazuto Shiomitsu...
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by James Corcut
Saturday 19th March 2011, 17:07 BST
Images by Nika Anzicek...
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by James Corcut
Saturday 19th March 2011, 16:28 BST
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