November 28, 2014, by Lee Chrimes

BUCS round-up 26 November 2014

Nottingham headed into a big week of cup fixtures with a point to prove after last Wednesday’s disappointing return. However, on a gloomy day in the Midlands, eight teams progressed to the Last 16 in the Trophy Cup and fourteen booked their place in the Quarter Finals of the Conference Cup. With 28 wins and 2 draws, our teams equalled the season-high win ratio of 56%.

There was a big green tidal wave for Rugby Union, taking a clean sweep for all four teams. It was fortress Riverside Sports Complex this week; the Men’s 3^rd XV easily beat Harper Adams 31-3 to maintain their good form and the 4^th XV enhanced their reputation as cup specialists by winning 23-11 against Lincoln 1^st XV (who had previously beaten our 3^rd XV). Likewise, the Women’s 1^st XV had no trouble against York, winning 63-0 in the Trophy Cup. Nevertheless, the result of the day took place at Highfields where the Men’s 1^st XV claimed a huge scalp by beating second place Loughborough 17-10 to move further to safety in Premier North A.

Men’s Hockey also enjoyed a rout in week seven, winning all three of their fixtures in league and cup. The 1^st XI still remain in contention for top spot after making the long trip to Leeds for a 5-2 win, and the 2^nd and 3^rd teams both kept clean sheets in beating Trent and Warwick respectively. There was more success for Women’s Hockey as the 1^st XI posted a 2-2 with Leeds and the 3^rd XI were ruthless in their   7-0 demolition of Harper Adams 1^st.

University Park returned some fruitful scores, and it was a successful afternoon for Men’s Table Tennis 1^st who remain three points behind table toppers Trent following a 12-5 victory against Warwick.  All in all, there were many sound beatings at home – Women’s Basketball 1^st 115-18 demolition of Birmingham being the most obvious. Elsewhere at Jubilee, Women’s Volleyball 1^st overcame Manchester 2^nd in the Trophy Cup and the 2^nd team beat Lincoln 1^st 3-1.

Our other cup experts, Squash, also finished the day off with a 100% win record. The Men’s 3^rd team beat De Montfort 1^st 2-1 and the Women’s 3^rd and 4^th teams both beat 1^st team opponents to ensure representation in the last 16 of the Conference Cup.

Another big result was Men’s Rugby League 2^nd team, who, after a difficult start of the league campaign, turned over Derby 1^st 32-6 to give them a huge boost going back into Midlands 2A.

The cup action preserves Nottingham’s 4^th place position in the overall BUCS league with 1713 points, including 54 in the cup. Next Wednesday sees the return to a big week of league fixtures.

Position and points accurate at time of press

BUCS weekly report by Sebastian Chmielinski

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