The fixtures for the 2015 Varsity Series between the University of Nottingham (UoN) and Nottingham Trent University (NTU) have been released, with UoN looking to secure a fourth consecutive title.
This year’s condensed Series will involve 19 events between 27 April and 6 May beginning with basketball at the Capital FM Arena, where the popular ice hockey face-off will also be held on 29 April. The 20th and final event is men’s cricket, which will be played at the end of the exam period on 5 June at NTU’s Clifton Campus.
Though the UoN men’s football team has been banned from Varsity 2015 following a breach of the Student Union’s Code of Conduct, the men’s football fixture will still go ahead on 1 May. Players from the Intra-Mural Sports (IMS) leagues are being selected instead to represent the University against NTU at Notts County’s Meadow Lane stadium.
Rugby will be played at Lady Bay between 2-3 May, while 2015 also sees the official introduction of dodgeball, futsal, volleyball and table tennis into the Varsity programme.
This year’s chosen charity is Cerebral Palsy Sport, the leading national disability sports organisation supporting people with cerebral palsy to achieve their sporting potential.
Tickets will go on sale in early March after the Notts Varsity 2015 website goes live.
The full fixtures are as follows:
Monday 27th April
Basketball
Capital FM Arena
Ladies’ 5.30pm, Wheelchair 7.20pm, Men’s 8.15pm
Tuesday 28th April
Dodgeball
NTU Clifton Campus
5pm
Men’s Lacrosse
NTU Clifton Campus
5.45pm
Futsal
NTU Clifton Campus
Ladies’ 7.20pm, Men’s 8.30pm
Wednesday 29th April
Ice Hockey
Capital FM Arena
7.15pm
Thursday 30th April
Netball
NTU Clifton Campus
6pm
Volleyball
UoN Jubilee Sports Centre
7pm
Friday 1st May
Football
Meadow Lane
Ladies’ 5pm, Men’s 7.30pm
Saturday 2nd May
Rugby Union
Lady Bay
Ladies’ 5.30pm, Men’s 7.30pm
Sunday 3rd May
Rugby League
Lady Bay
7pm
Monday 4th May
American Football
Lady Bay
6pm
Tuesday 5th May
Hockey
Beeston Hockey Club
Men’s 1pm, Ladies’ 3pm
Table Tennis
UoN Jubilee Campus
3pm
Wednesday 6th May
Swimming
UoN Pool, University Park Campus
12pm
Friday 5th June
Men’s Cricket
NTU Clifton Campus
Time to be confirmed
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