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University of York Open
The results of the recent University of York Open competition can be found here.
Season Summary
In the 2010/2011 season our Men's 1st team have done fantastically. Changes to fixtures at the start of the season meant a slow start as the captains struggled to generate a full strength team for away matches but as the season progressed the hard work the team were putting in really began to pay off. With a few good results in the bag the team began to climb the league table. A strong win over Sheffield followed by another against arch rivals Lancaster gave the team a huge confidence boost and put them second in the league behind Keele. The new year brought a mixed bag to begin with as the Men's team narrowly lost against Newcastle but the team managed to remain 2nd in the league after winning their final matches against Sheffield and Keele. This also meant that they had progressed to the BUCS Trophy. In some tense fights against teams from Nottingham and Aberdeen the Men's 1st team managed to progress to the semi final of the Trophy where they narrowly lost to Birmingham.
This season wasn't quite so successful for the Women's or Men's 2nd teams who unfortunately both ended up at the bottom of their leagues. However the Women's team showed how good they are and why they remain the only YorkSport team in a premier league by winning their relegation playoff match against Aberdeen on 14th May with a final score of 128-82 meaning that they will be spending another year amongst the best teams in the country.
The teams also played against Lancaster in the annual Roses competition with both Men's and Women's 1sts teams winning their matches by significant amounts. The Men's 2nds team were a little less successful but put up a good fight as they consisted of a team of fencers who only began in October.
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