Varsity09

The Southampton Guys and Girls get out in force for a stonking performance that really showed Portsmouth how wessex roll.

‘The University of Scumhampton – We Eat You For Breakfast’. If you saw any of the gaudy, horribly purple Varsity Day shirts that the Skates (that is a derogatory slang term for sailor) were wearing on Varsity Day, you may have noticed a huge white rectangle on the back of them. This was covering the above mentioned phrase. How delightful is it that they thought they were going to ‘eat us for breakfast’? How embarrassing must it have been knowing that you had this, poorly concealed on your back, as match by match, the might of Wessex dispensed with their rivals? At first sight these shirts were an insult – after the 24-5 drumming handed out to Portsmouth, it just seems funny.

If anyone was not at Varsity Day, you missed out. Wide Lane was turned into a festival of sport, a celebration of all things Southampton and all things Wessex. From Shiny Dave commentating on the American Football, to the after party in Vodka Revs, the whole day went off without a hitch. Well, maybe one hitch. The bar, in fact, all the bars, running out of booze halfway through the showcase football match was a shame, but this surely reflects the unforeseen amount of support that came along to Wide Lane. In some ways, the worst aspect of the day was a side effect of the day’s best feature – the huge amount of support that came out to cheer on Wessex.

Amidst all the euphoria, we must not forget all the hard work Henry Potter and Bermuda Allan put in over the last few months, and we really cannot praise their efforts too highly. If they wanted a legacy, they have created it. If they wanted to show the University how important sport is to the student body, they have done all they can. And if they wanted to humiliate Portsmouth, they achieved that too.

The Results:

Aikido: Draw (½ pt each)

American Football: 45-0 win (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Badminton: 6-2 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Badminton: 1sts 5-3 win, 2nds 4-4 draw (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Basketball: 54-64 loss (1pt P)

Men’s Basketball: 88-32 win (1pt So’ton)

Boat Club: 8-0 win (1 pt So’ton)

Ladies Cricket: won by 70 runs (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Cricket: 1sts lost by 18 runs, 2nds won by 26 runs (½ pt each)

Ladies Fencing: 135-78 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Fencing: 135-58 win (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Football: 4-2 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Football: 1sts 3-1 win, 2nds 0-1 loss, 3rds 2-0 win (½pt each)

Ladies Hockey: 1sts 7-1 win 2nds 10-0 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Hockey: 1sts 9-0 win, 2-1 win (1pt So’ton)

Inline Hockey: 7-5 win (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Lacrosse: 32-0 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Lacrosse: 5-6 loss (1pt Pompey)

Netball: 1sts 44-24 win, 2nds 21-23 loss, 3rds 53-36 win, 4ths 39-44 loss (½pt each)

Ladies Rugby: 14-14 draw (½pt each)

Men’s Rugby: 10-8 win, 46-5 win (1pt So’ton)

Skydiving: win (1pt So’ton)

Swimming: 158-119 win (1pt So’ton)

Tchoukball: 60-50 win (1pt So’ton)

Taekwondo: 5-4 win (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Tennis: 5-3 win (1pt So’ton)

Men’s Tennis: 8-0 win (1pt So’ton)

Ladies Volleyball: 0-3 loss (1pt Pompey)

Men’s Volleyball: 3-1 win (1pt So’ton)

Wakeboarding: 54-52 win (1pt So’ton)

hockey,men,football,portsmouth,ladies,varsity,volleyball,athleticunion,hitch,pompey