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► Varsity

Varsity is our annual sports competition against local rivals, Brighton University. Teams from a number of sports compete fiercely for glory on a day that always makes Sussex proud. Read reports from Varsity 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 & 2012 below

Varsity 2012

Varsity 2012 winners

Results

Basketball men - Sussex - 48-57
Basketball women - Sussex
Hockey women - Sussex - 2-3
Rugby women - Sussex - Brighton canceled
Ultimate Frisbee - Sussex
Volleyball women - Sussex
Badminton men - Sussex

Football men - draw - 0-0

Netball - Brighton - 33-29
Rugby men - Brighton - 26-6
Hockey men - Brighton - 5-2
Volleyball men - Brighton - 3-1
Football women - Brighton - 9-1
Badminton women - Brighton

Men's & Women's Tennis was canceled due to the bad weather

Varsity 2011

This year's Varsity took place on campus on 4th May.

Badminton Men - won 5-3
Badminton Women - lost 3-5
Basketball Men - lost 70-73
Basketball Women - lost 34-43
Football Women - lost 1-8
Football Men - lost 1-2
Hockey Men - lost 1-3
Hockey Women - lost 2-4
Netball - drew 34-34
Rugby Men - lost 11-27
Rugby Women - won 17-15
Tennis Men - won 8-1
Tennis Women - drew 3-3
Ultimate Frisbee - won 17-2
Volleyball Men - lost

You can read our report from the day for more details

Varsity 2009

Varsity 2008

This year we all went over to Eastbourne again to take on Brighton in a series of close matches. The overall score was Brighton 10 - Sussex 2.

Netball	38-23
Football Women	2-0
Football Men	1-0
Rugby Men	34-14
Rugby Women	25-8
Basketball Women	32-70
Basketball Men	76-67
Hockey Men	4-2
Hockey Women	7-1
Badminton Men	6-2
Badminton Women	6-2
Ultimate Frisbee	9-17

Varsity 2007

It was Sussex's turn to host Varsity and though the weather wasn't quite as glorious as usual the day was the best in recent memory with some of our closest fought matches and a final result of Sussex 4 vs. Brighton 6. We had several fantastic wins including an amazing display from our Rugby Men but the climax of the day was the win from our Rugby Women in the Natalie Naylor Memorial game. This was the last team which included Natalie's team members and the team were proudly cheered on by members of Natalie's family.

Varsity 2006

Varsity was a fantastic day of sport, sunshine and supporting Sussex! All of our teams played really well in our annual competition against Brighton University and we did better than ever! The scores don't reflect how well we played and a special mention must go to the Rugby Women who fought hard and with a great deal of passion in the Natalie Naylor memorial game. They also managed to raise £222 for the Natalie Naylor Trust Fund. We might not have won a great deal of sport but we had the best looking teams and the best banter!

Basketball Men	59-67
Basketball Women	58-88
Hockey Men	10-1
Hockey Women	16-0
Netball	52-28
Rugby Women	15-12
Football Men	2-0
Football Women	10-0