Mar
A huge Varsity victory for #TeamSoton
It maybe Monday morning, but it’s time to celebrate as yesterday saw another victory for Team Southampton over in Portsmouth in our annual Varsity competition. Over 40 of our AU sports teams went head to head with theirs in order to decide the ultimate victor between the two universities – and we’re so excited to say that it was a landslide victory for our own sportsmen and women! If anyone stood out to you remember you have just a few hours left to make your nominations for our AU Awards (these close at midnight tonight!) – Click here to see the list of awards and criteria and here to see the nomination form.
We had a number of our student media teams down at Varsity giving us live social media coverage (including our own communications team!)… so here’s the highlights of the day in tweets.
We start late last night, with an insight to the fear in VP Sports Development, Katie’s stomach…
Feeling slightly sick with nerves now. Praying we still have this tomorrow ev @sotonvarsity #Varsity2015 pic.twitter.com/3DYdE9WRoK
— Katie Lightowler (@LightowlerVP) March 14, 2015
The team from our very own Surge Radio were up bright and early with their mascot to report on the day’s events as they happened.
Surgio is ready to report! Keep tuned for all the scores as they happen #Varsity2015 pic.twitter.com/yWg9ejkqpD
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
Some of the first matches of the day were netball and men’s hockey thirds – our team and the sharp Surge reporters got some snaps.
Netball girls now playing too! Come on #TeamSoton pic.twitter.com/nfjkb9vn7N
— SUSU (@YourSUSU) March 15, 2015
Mens Hockey IIIs are winning 4-1, come on #teamsoton #varsity2015 pic.twitter.com/bT2Tn6QA33
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
The team from the Wessex Scene, our student magazine, were on-site chatting to teams and bystanders. Check out their liveblog for their run-down of the day, and more gems like this one.
"Their kit's purple, ours is Maroon. We win really" For more insightful commentary from the #teamsoton crowd, head to http://t.co/KDCaoBTV4e
— Wessex Scene (@WessexScene) March 15, 2015
They also sparked a round of #varsityselfies, in which our media teams were more than happy to partake. Did you tweet yours to the Scene?
Surge's #varsityselfie for ya @WessexScene! With added @MWPres #teamsoton pic.twitter.com/jcmhH7Swon
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
Hello @WessexScene! Here's our #varsityselfie for #TeamSoton. Enjoy! #varsityselfies pic.twitter.com/W9Ybsu5r8E
— Soton Tab (@SotonTab) March 15, 2015
@WessexScene here you go #varsityselfie – come and watch tennis in the bubble! pic.twitter.com/vsuZmLAFWP
— Team Soton Varsity (@sotonvarsity) March 15, 2015
As the afternoon got underway, things started to heat up – check out this close call in the rowing!
We're hearing that #TeamSoton won rowing by 0.3 seconds, nail biting stuff but well done! #Varsity2015
— Team Soton Varsity (@sotonvarsity) March 15, 2015
Crowds started to build as the results became more and more crucial…
HUGE crowd building up for @wessexrangers1 1sts on premium rugby pitch! Come on SURFC! pic.twitter.com/k4BTeje7XX
— Team Soton Varsity (@sotonvarsity) March 15, 2015
Some incredible achievements from our sportsmen and women were the real highlights of the day.
Here's a photo of Johnny Roberts who completed the 5km race in an astonishing 15.12 minutes #teamsoton #susuvarsity pic.twitter.com/EdVkTe6h8m
— Wessex Scene (@WessexScene) March 15, 2015
The Surge team caught Katie to get her thoughts on the day’s successes.
"Proud is definitely the right word" @LightowlerVP summing up her opinion of #Varsity2015
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
Another Sabb (and a returning one this time, congratulations Anjit!) was spotted taking part.
Here's a photo of SUSU's VP Communities, @Anjit_Brown playing quidditch from earlier in the day. Looks like fun! pic.twitter.com/KBIVxri57S
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
The men’s rugby first team’s half time was filled by our own Vixens…
Half time: 8-3 to @wessexrangers. Half time entertainment from @VixenCheer pic.twitter.com/bmarBAVWgf
— Team Soton Varsity (@sotonvarsity) March 15, 2015
…followed by some serious success on the pitch in the second half from our team.
2nd Half here at the rugby match: #TeamSoton having just scored a penalty. 11-3 here at Varsity! pic.twitter.com/QZnGO65qLe
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
As the day moved towards a close, there was nothing our teams could do but wait for the final results to be announced.
Waiting for the results in the studio! #TeamSoton #varsity2015 pic.twitter.com/dBkYhna7H3
— Surge Radio (@SurgeRadio) March 15, 2015
But they didn’t have to wait for long!
Team Southampton are the official winners of Varsity 2015!
— Team Soton Varsity (@sotonvarsity) March 15, 2015
#TeamSoton WIN 160-96! #Varsity2015
— SUSU (@YourSUSU) March 15, 2015
The Soton Tab got this amazing victory shot out on Twitter. Check out their liveblog for details on every match as well as more photos like this.
VARSITY FINAL SCORE: Team Southampton have won 160-96!! #TeamSoton #Varsity2015 #VICTORY pic.twitter.com/1Cb3UaakOr
— Soton Tab (@SotonTab) March 15, 2015
A huge congratulations to all our teams – what a win! It’s amazing to see so many of our students out representing the AU. We’ll leave you with this celebration video…
Tags: AU, celebration, events, Wessex SceneVarsity champions @sotonvarsity pic.twitter.com/VSMdXdWodN
— Dylan Smith (@dylanchrissmith) March 15, 2015
