It is about the half way stage of this years Varsity and Uni are one point away from their highest ever Varsity total.
They currently hold the advantage with a narrow 12-11 lead with plenty of events still left to play for including rugby union, hockey and basketball.
Uni’s 4-1 Winter Varsity victory gave them the perfect start to the annual competition and they pulled further ahead with a 26-10 win in the American football.
Hallam managed to pull some pride back with a narrow 24-20 rugby league victory which meant they were trailing 5-2 going into a busy Wednesday 5th March fixture list.
11 points were up for grabs on the hectic Wednesday and six went the improving Hallam with Uni winning an extra five to give them a 10-8 lead.
Uni picked up points in men and women’s tennis as well as climbing, a 4-1 win in the men’s canoe polo and a crushing 45.5-5.5 win in the tenpin bowling.
Hallam faired better with a 5-1 Golf win, a 2-0 win in the Women’s Canoe Polo as well as a victory in Swimming and Athletics.
Both mens and women’s football were won by Hallam in exciting matches.
The men’s football 1’s game ended 1-0 to Hallam after they scored a penalty against the run of play and their 3’s and 4’s won 3-2 and 2-1 in tight games.
Uni’s 2’s managed to grab some pride with a 2-0 victory but it wasn’t enough to save the Varsity point with Hallam 3-1 victors overall.
The women’s football was even tighter, Hallam won 1.5-0.5 overall after the Uni women 1’s lost 2-0 and the 2’s drew 2-2.
Hallam reduced the overall arrears by winning all three netball games on 6th March to gain one extra Varsity point.
But Uni won the Equestrian with a 40-30 dressage win and a 1-0 show jumping victory to retain Uni’s overall two point advantage.
Hallam once again reduced the score to within a point after a 40-22 trampoline win but Uni won the women’s cricket by a slender two wickets to extend their lead.
The men’s cricket 1’s and 2’s fixtures were both won by Hallam by 28 runs and two wickets respectively to reduce the gap to a one point lead for Uni at 12-11.
There is everything left to play for in a very tense and exciting Varsity 2008 with everyone left guessing which university will take home the title.
By James Leyfield
