This year's Varsity Match is to be held in Oxford. As usual it is expected to be the highlight of each teams' year with all teams training very hard for what is expected to be a great day.

Date:
20th February

Location:
Iffley Road Sports Centre, Oxford

Schedule:
Jays match: 10.30
Blues match: 12.30

Good luck to both teams

Ladies Cuppers
Sunday 28th February

Mixed Cuppers
Sunday 7th March

Entry forms to be submitted to the League Secretary no later than a week in advance of the tournament.

Good luck to all teams.

Congratulations to Downing and Corpus Christi, who have won the ladies and mixed leagues respectively for Michaelmas term. Due to the highest ever number of teams entering this year the ladies league has been extended to 5 divisions (38 teams) and the 3 divisions of the mixed league is now made up of 24 teams. Thank you to all the players and captains for such a good term of competitive netball. For all the new divisions (after relegations and promotions) and upcoming fixtures please see the college netball fixtures section.

A new term and a new squad; CULNC has welcomed many new and exciting players to the team this year. The squad has worked hard with ex-England netball coaches Jo Moxham and Mel Mansfield, who have provided specific attack and defence coaching. We have also welcomed a new fitness coach James Greenwood, who has ensured that we can always last the distance against our opposition. Our coaches have put us in fantastic shape for our games this term with the Blues winning all bar one of their matches in BUCS and the BUCS cup. The Jays are also unbeaten in the BUCS cup and have shown dogged determination in numerous close BUCS matches this term.

With a successful term behind us, the squad is looking to build on this for the up and coming Varsity Term which starts in January, culminating in the Varsity match hosted by Oxford on Saturday 20th February.

The fixtures for Michaelmas term are now up in the college netball fixtures section.

Want to play for Cambridge University Netball in the 2009-10 season?

More details about the trials for the 2009-10 season will be available soon. More information will also be available at the CUSU Societies' Fair in Michaelmas term 2009.

Email our captain if you are interested in attending. See the Uni Squad FAQs page for more details.

Held in Cambridge.

Blues:

Cambridge 34

Oxford 31

2nds:

Cambridge 33

Oxford 35

Congratulations to the Blues for a well-fought win over Oxford!

Both matches were extremely close and tense throughout. The level of play was very high from all four teams.

In the 2nds' match, Cambridge closed up an initial Oxford three-goal lead, and after the second quarter there were never more than two goals between the teams. Going into the last quarter, the scores were tied at 26-26, but Oxford perseverance paid off when a break in the Cambridge defence gave them a vital two goal lead, and with it, the win.

The Blues were initially 4-6 down to Oxford, but fought back strongly in the second quarter to level the score at 14-14. After the third quarter they led 23-21. Cambridge captain, Harriet McGrath, was unperturbed by an ankle injury and played on. Oxford fought back strongly in the last quarter, but Cambridge defended solidly and extended their lead to three goals, winning the match 34-31.