22-565: The Christie Cup is an annual varsity match between the Universities of Leeds , Liverpool and Manchester in numerous sports and has been held since 1886. After the well-known rivalry between Oxford and Cambridge , the Christie's Championships is the oldest inter–university competition on the English sporting calendar. The annual event is named after the benefactor Richard Copley Christie , who
44-624: A Virtual Roses tournament which was won by York. The first Roses following the COVID-19 pandemic saw the largest win margin of the tournament's history as Lancaster beat York 241 points to 102. The following sports were included in the 2023 edition of the tournament: * In addition to the University teams, football and netball also includes matches between each university's intercollegiate league champions. Postgraduate and medical society teams have also appeared in some years. ** In 2023 table tennis
66-547: A boat race and tug of war some of the 30 sports. York won the tournament by 101-97 with a 3-1 win in the soccer securing the win. In the 2012 tournament a stadium was used for the first time. The Rugby 1sts XV battled it out at Huntington Stadium , the home of the York City Knights . During the 2013 tournament York opted to use the same venue again, for the second year running. The Lancaster University Men's Hockey Club 4th Team, Lancaster Bombers American Football team and
88-521: A triangular competition, Christie Championship is recognised nationally as one of the largest sporting varsities with more than 1,500 students taking part. The competitions are held each year in April or May on two Wednesday afternoons to be hosted by one of the three universities each. Manchester had won for five consecutive years until 2011 where the University of Leeds won the competition on home soil. In 2018
110-526: Is frequently referred to as the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe. Roses Tournament The Roses Tournament is an annual varsity sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York in England, often described as the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe. It is organised by their respective Students' Unions, LUSU and YUSU . It takes its name from
132-404: Is the 'Vice Chancellors' Fixture', with the sides consisting of the vice chancellor and the sports president. In past years, croquet is usually played between "executive" teams comprising some combination of chancellors, vice-chancellors and Students' Union presidents, and does not contribute any points to the overall score. In some years, this has been replaced with crown green bowls . Due to
154-623: The COVID-19 pandemic , the 2020 edition of the annual Roses Tournament to be held at Lancaster University was cancelled. As an alternative, Lancaster University Students' Union and York University Students' Union created a virtual tournament on Facebook . Events took place in the form of challenges that participants would have to provide photographic or video evidence for. Challenges of were judged by Lancaster SU Vice-President for Activities, Victoria Hatch and York Sport Union President, Maddi Cannell. The tournament took place between 1–2 May 2020 and
176-533: The University of Edinburgh at Murrayfield stadium is claimed to be the oldest recurring varsity match in the world, having been played since the 1860s. It is predated by the University Match in Cricket between Oxford and Cambridge, which was first played in 1827. The country's longest-running series of varsity matches is played between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge . In addition to
198-609: The 15th-century civil war, the Wars of the Roses , between the House of Lancaster and the House of York . The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire are traditionally symbolized by the red and the white rose respectively, although some York teams play in gold and black kits. The competition is held every year during the early May bank holiday weekend , alternating its venue between the two universities. The first event happened on 15 May 1965 after
220-574: The 1827 University Match in Cricket mentioned above, the first " Boat Race " in 1829 the first " Varsity Match " (in Rugby Union) in 1872, and the first " Varsity Game " (in Basketball) in 1921 were all contested between Oxford and Cambridge. Unusually for British university sporting events, both the Boat Race and Varsity Match are shown on broadcast television. Unlike many more recent varsity competitions,
242-546: The Lancaster Trampolining team were the only teams to remain unbeaten in the history of the tournament to date going into Roses 2012, however all three teams lost to their York counterparts in 2012. For the 50th battle of the Roses in 2014, the tournament was hosted at Lancaster. Lancaster created a purpose built stadium for first time which hosted the opening and closing ceremony, as well as fixtures including women's rugby, men's rugby and archery. The 2015 tournament
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#1733085947388264-554: The Oxford–Cambridge matches stand alone rather than being part of a wider multi-sport varsity competition. British newspaper The Independent proposed in 2008 that Bath vs Loughborough was "the real varsity match" on the basis that these were the top two teams (at that time) in British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) competitions. Since 2015, British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS),
286-415: The University of Liverpool won the title for the first time since 1991. This article related to sport in England is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . List of British and Irish varsity matches A varsity match is a fixture (especially of a sporting event or team) between two university teams. The Scottish Varsity rugby match between the University of St Andrews and
308-605: The Vice-Chancellor of York, Lord James of Rusholme , suggested a boat race between the two universities. The students amplified this idea and held a 5-day event with a variety of sports: rowing , table tennis, relay race , mixed field hockey , and tug of war . The winner of each of the sports received two points, and the losing vice-chancellor presented a trophy to the winning university. The event has continued to increase in size since its founding, with new events added every year (2004 had 37 different sports). Live coverage of
330-546: The Virtual Roses Tournament, to take place on Lancashire Day (27 November), was announced via the same Facebook page that hosted the summer edition on 17 November 2020. Lancaster won by a score of 40-22. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic , the 2021 edition of the annual Roses Tournament to be held at York University was cancelled. As an alternative, Lancaster University Students' Union and York University Students' Union created "Roses Unlocked". Events took place in
352-476: The event is broadcast every year by a collaboration between the two universities' student television stations YSTV and LA1:TV , and their two student radio stations, Bailrigg FM and University Radio York . The importance of non-sporting social activities at the event has also been increased, with organised events on the Friday and Saturday evenings. In 1989, Roses celebrated its silver Jubilee with rugby, rowing,
374-454: The successor to BUSA, has organised fixtures between Loughborough and Durham (two of the top universities since 2011-12) to occur on the same day, in what has been termed the "BUCS Varsity". A number of city and regional sporting rivalries exist between universities, which are also dubbed varsity matches. The Roses Tournament between the universities of York and Lancaster is one of the oldest and largest of these, dating back to 1965. It
396-490: The tournament for the first time in 2016 in the form of League of Legends , Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive . The 2018 tournament saw the introduction of dodgeball and golf to the competition, as won by the Lancaster Royals. In March 2020 it was announced that the event would be cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic . However, a competition was held with the Roses tournament being replaced by
418-407: Was a mix of events that were open to all, events that were only open to members of specific societies, and events only competed by specific individuals. Most events awarded 50 points for 1st place, 30 points for 2nd place, and 20 points for 3rd place. Some events awarded points for the number of participants each University had. Some events awarded 100 points for the winner. A winter edition of
440-732: Was a professor of History and Political Economy in Manchester from 1854 to 1866. After his death in 1901, his widow Mary Helen Christie donated the Christie Cup and Shield which is still played for today. The three constituent colleges of the former Victoria University are facing each other annually in 32 different sports. The contested competitions range from traditional British sports like football , hockey , rugby league , rugby union , tennis , and water polo to modern competitions like climbing or ultimate . Students compete in 32 different sports, all rolled into one afternoon of competition. As
462-549: Was officially opened by England football team manager Roy Hodgson and Football Association chairman Greg Dyke . The opening ceremony, which featured a series of boxing matches dubbed 'Friday Night Fight Night', was watched by 1,000 people in the University of York's Central Hall , with a further 5,000 people watching on large screens across campus. It was also the first year that one university had scored more than 200 points; however more point scoring activities are present now compared to 50 years ago. Esports were introduced to
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#1733085947388484-564: Was won by York by a score of 2337-1971. Charity fundraising was also done alongside the tournament, with a total of over £5000 being raised. The 'Opening Ceremony' for the tournament featured a number of video performances being uploaded to the Virtual Roses 2020 Facebook page on 1 May 2020. Sets were performed by Emily Millard, Lancaster's Brass Quintet , Lancaster's Clarinet Choir , Lancaster's Chamber Choir , Hamza Dalvi, Victoria Hatch, and Lancaster University Comedy Institute. There
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