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ANNUAL REVIEW 2005-6 ANNUAL REVIEW 2005-6 ORDER OF MERIT Collated points totals from individual events hosted by St. Andrews Bay Resort, Rudding Park & Cookridge Hall, De Vere Mottram Hall and The Tytherington Club Golf Courses saw Birmingham’s Ed Parker and Exeter’s Janet Phipps triumphant in the inaugural Men’s and Women’s Order of Merit events. A full list of BUSA Golf prize winners is listed below: REPRESENTATIVE In a close fixture, British Universities won against Durham Counties 10-8, 4-2 in the foursomes and a fighting 6-6 in the singles. England Universities lost 8.5-3.5 to Midlands Counties. HOME INTERNATIONALS 22-24 August 2006, Dudsbury Golf Club, Bournemouth The R&A sponsored British Universities Golf Home Internationals were 2006 staged at Dudsbury Golf Club, Bournemouth on 22-24 August 2006. Four Men’s and three Women’s team competed over the three days with England successfully winning both the Men’s and Women’s trophies. There were many notable individual performances, none more so than Kerry Harper (Scotland) who set the course record then equalled the record in consecutive rounds. For a report on the World University Championships please see the International section. OTHER NEWS Congratulations are extended to Richard Ramsay (Stirling) on his victory at the US Amateur Championship and for selection for Europe in the Bonnallack Trophy and the Palmer Cup. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The BUSA Golf programme relives heavily on support from the R&A, the Home Unions and Ladies Golfing Associations and the goodwill of host venues and volunteers. In addition, thanks are extended to Greg Norman Clothing, Sunderland of Scotland and Vision Outsourcing for supporting the competitive programme. GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 11 March 2006, Lilleshall National Sports Centre This year’s Championships saw a record number of entries into both the Men’s and Women’s grade 1 and grade 2 categories. The morning of the Championships saw the grade 1 and grade 2 Individual events contested and then the Team events followed in the afternoon. At grade 1, six Men and two Women contested the Men’s and Women’s Championships respectively. Sam Buck (Loughborough) won the Men’s event while Gloucestershire’s Carolyn Fyfe won the Women’s event. At grade 2 some 43 Women and 17 Men contested the titles. Matthew Bullimore (Oxford) took the Men’s title and Kate Moran (Leeds) won the Women’s. In the team events in the afternoon, the Men’s Championship proved to be very exciting with Leeds Met A taking the title from last year’s winners Loughborough. UWIC A took the bronze. In the Women’s Championship the favourites UWIC fought off a strong challenge again this year by Leeds Met to take the gold. Birmingham took bronze. HOCKEY MEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 2005/2006 has seen another season of high quality hockey across the leagues. 254 Men’s teams entered the BUSA competition and produced some exciting encounters and a host of goals. Premier League - In the Men’s Premier League North Birmingham emerged as the dominant force winning all but two of their games (Nottingham and Loughborough away). Loughborough were second with Nottingham University showing well in third place. In Men’s Premier League South London Metropolitan again proved too strong for the rest of the competition but obviously don’t travel well as they lost to Exeter and drew with Bath away from home. Exeter and Bath were second and third respectively. CHAMPIONSHIP The Championships again provided a wealth of top quality competition. Loughborough, Exeter, London Met. and Birmingham again made it through into the Semi-Final draw. Loughborough overcame Liverpool JMU and Edinburgh, Exeter beating both Nottingham Trent University and Nottingham University 4-3, London Met. beat Kent and Bristol quite comfortably and Birmingham beat Dundee and Bath. Semi-Finals 15 March 2006 Semi-Final 1: Loughborough 4 London Metropolitan University 1 Semi-Final 2: Exeter 4 Birmingham 2 Final 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Loughborough 1 Exeter 3 Player of the Final: Jordache Rawson (Exeter) BUSA Hockey SMG would also like to extend its thanks to Raminder Dhanda and the other umpires who provided such invaluable service throughout the leagues and Championships without whom the tournaments simply would not be able to take place. Additionally we would like to thank Ken Lockhead, the Technical Director for the Finals for their efforts in keeping everything on track. We would also like to thank Highfields Hockey stadium for hosting the Finals again. TROPHY The Trophy competition was again a hard fought event with some very close results, Hockey Championship Finals, Highfields Hockey Centre, Nottingham the University of Southampton beating the College of St Mark and St John 4 – 3 in one Semi-Final and Newcastle beating Sheffield University 5 – 4 in the other before losing out 4 – 3 in the Final. Semi-Finals Semi-Final 1: Southampton University 4 College of St Mark and St John 3 Semi-Final 2: Newcastle 5 Sheffield University 4 Final 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Southampton v Newcastle. Southampton won 4-3 SHIELD 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Oxford Brookes v Durham. Oxford Brookes won 3-2 after golden goal PLATE 29 March 2006, Manchester University Manchester University 7 University of Glamorgan 1 WOMEN’S TEAM CHAMPIONSHIPS 264 teams entered the Women’s Championships and also provided some high quality performances across the competitive structure. Premier League - In the Women’s Premier League North Loughborough and Birmingham again battled it out at the top with Birmingham this time emerging victorious only losing away to Loughborough and Durham, who finished third. In Women’s Premier League South Exeter were dominant finishing 5 points clear of Oxford in second place. Bath finished third. CHAMPIONSHIP Another series of high quality matches played out across the country saw Brunel, Durham, Birmingham and Loughborough successfully reach the semi-final stage. Brunel had narrow wins against Exeter and Bristol whilst Durham overcame UWIC and Oxford in equally close matches. Loughborough beat Leeds Met and Leeds Uni whilst Birmingham beat Dundee and Bath quite convincingly. Semi-Finals 15 March 2006, Southgate Hockey Club Semi-Final 1: Brunel 1 Durham 1, Brunel won on penalty flicks Semi-Final 2: Birmingham 1 Loughborough 5 Final 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Brunel 0 Loughborough 3 Player of the Final: Wendy Strong (Brunel) TROPHY The Trophy competition was closely contested throughout and provided some really entertaining matches. Loughborough, Birmingham, Manchester and Cardiff all made it through to the Semi-Finals with some strong results in qualifying. Semi-Finals Semi-Final 1: Loughborough 2 Manchester 0 Semi-Final 2: Cardiff 4 Birmingham 2 Final 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Loughborough 3 Cardiff 2, Loughborough won 3-2 on penalty flicks. SHIELD Final 22 March 2006, Highfields Hockey Centre, Beeston Sheffield Hallam 3 Loughborough 4 PLATE Final 29 March 2006, Newcastle University Newcastle University 4 College of St Mark and St John 0 OTHER NEWS Further meetings have taken place with England Hockey which will bring about improved support for hockey in Higher Education. Affiliation will be streamlined such that BUSA will collect all affiliation fees for English Universities and provide an improved package of services to members. Some additional funding will be retained by BUSA from this to again improve the services to hockey members. Discussions are on-going about the role of HE sport in England and GB Hockey’s performance pathway and the potential exists for some exciting and interesting developments in this area. For reports on the British University Games Hockey competition please see the British Universities Games section. JUDO CHAMPIONSHIP 18-19 March – University of Wolverhampton Walsall Campus The 2006 Championships saw an increase in overall entries to 237 competitors. Many of the competitors were returning Champions looking to retain their titles. Steven Rogan (Dan Grade, U60kg), Andy Burns (Dan Grade, U90kg), Rhonda Sturley (Dan Grade, Over78kg) and Faye Wilkinson (Kyu Grade, U78kg) all successfully retained their title and took gold for a second year running. In the Men’s Kyu Grade U66kg category a rivalry is forming between Mark Comer of Bath and Tariq Sasso of Brunel, for the second year running these competitors met in the Final. In a reversal of the result from 2005, Mark Comer took the title this year and it will be a category to watch next year in anticipation of a third Championship title fight between these two. Karen Harrison (Bath) and Kate Rennie (Bath) both dropped down a weight category and were unable to defend their titles from 2005, however both won in their new categories. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks to the tournament Director Jill West, Malcolm Limrick and the BJA Midlands area who continue to support the event. JU JITSU CHAMPIONSHIP 12-13 November 2005, Aston Villa Leisure Centre & Great Bar Leisure Centre 713 jitsuka competed in the 8 competition grade categories and also provided the largest competition the event has had, which proved to be one of the most entertaining and thrilling. The inaugural BUSA JuJitsu Championships had 489 competitors competing from 43 BUSA Universities. Every aspect of the event was well received and enthusiastically enjoyed by all who participated. Many of the BUSA winners also won the categories overall, with Dean Wong winning against almost 300 other competitors to win both the BUSA and TJF gold in the highly contested novice category. In addition both Natalie Ju Jitsu Chapionships, Aston Villa Leisure Centre 22 23
ANNUAL REVIEW 2005-6 ANNUAL REVIEW 2005-6 James Robertson (Photography Competition Runner Up) Lockyer, orange belt category, and Suzannah Merchant, purple belt category, won the BUSA and TJF titles, but in the other categories competition from non BUSA jitsuka was a little too hot to handle and the TJF titles and BUSA titles went to different people. At brown belt, the blue ribbon category, the BUSA title was won by Liam Cadman. Liam Cadman has been a star of the TJF junior atemi national competition for many years and it’s great for him to progress this into the BUSA gold at the senior event in this prestigious category in his first year at University College London. He achieved runners up position for the TJF title. Maybe next year Liam will bring it home for BUSA and UC London. Liam's performance also helped UC London retain the TJF overall club Shield as well as gaining the title of 2005 BUSA JuJitsu Club Champions. KARATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 11-12 February 2006, The Pleasance, University of Edinburgh The 2006 Championships were held at the Karate stronghold of University of Edinburgh and the newly renovated facilities at The Pleasance were well received by competitors and officials alike. Considering the distances some of the teams travelled there was a commendable turn out of around 330 athletes competing over two days in both Kata (forms) and Kumite (sparring). The first day’s competition started with Kata. The Men’s senior Kata Final between Martin Douglas (Glasgow) and Neil Jerome (Manchester) was of the highest calibre with Martin just edging it and taking the title for the second year in a row. Suzanne Karate Championships, The Pleasance O’Connell (Glasgow) also made it back to back titles by beating Cory Smith (Exeter) in the Women’s senior Kata. The home team, Edinburgh, also got off to a good start by beating Cambridge in the Final of the Team Kata. Team Kumite events then followed, which are always provide spectators with some great action. Cardiff beat Bath for the Women’s title and Heriot Watt claimed the Men’s title over Edinburgh in the Men’s Team Final. The Individual Kumite events took place the next day. This year’s event saw the introduction of more weight categories bringing the Championship in line with world WKF/FISU events. Callum Robb (Heriot Watt) added to his gold Medals from last year and retained the under 80kg title and the Open weight title. For the second year running he beat Dean Draper (Swansea) for the Open weight title creating a competitive rivalry between these two heavyweights. Alton Brown from South bank (World University Championships and European silver Medallist) beat Vincent O’Hara in the Senior U75kg category, one of the busiest categories with almost 30 fighters. Notable Women’s performances came from Melissa Lewis (Nottingham) who retained her +60kg title and Sam Jones (Cardiff) who remains undefeated in the past few years in both the under 53kg and open weight category, a great achievement in any sport. Bergonnia Peno (Edinburgh) also performed admirably by stepping up a weight category only to lose the gold to defending Champion Melissa Lewis. In summary the 2006 Championships proved a success in terms of participation levels and also in terms of performance quality. OTHER NEWS For a report on the World University Championships please see the International section. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Finally we should acknowledge the work of the referee’s and officials, particularly the volunteer table officials. Also a special thanks to Steve Coupland, the Edinburgh Karate Club (in particular Sinead Bennett), James from Edinburgh Athletic Union and Jim Atkins and his staff who worked tirelessly to ensure the smooth running of another successful Championships. KORFBALL CHAMPIONSHIP 4-5 March 2006, Sugden Centre, Manchester The BUSA Korfball Championships were once again organised by the British Student Korfball Association (BSKA). The University of East Anglia managed to retain their title beating Edinburgh in the Final 9-6, with Sheffield finishing in the bronze Medal position. Thanks must go to Andrew Barkwith who stepped down as the BSKA Chairman after a number of years of dedicated service to the game. LACROSSE Nearly 50 teams took part in the Lacrosse Championships. The Premier League North was dominated by Edinburgh who won all 10 of their matches. In the South, Oxford took the title winning 9 of their 10 matches. CHAMPIONSHIP Semi-Finals 8 March 2006, Lilleshall National Sports Centre Edinburgh 6 Birmingham 4 Durham 8 Oxford 5 Final 15 March 2006, Withington Girls School, Manchester Edinburgh and Durham battled it out for the Championship title in a closely contested game. The final score saw Edinburgh win 5-4 over Durham. TROPHY Semi-Finals 8 March 2006 Cambridge 2 nd 11 Southampton 2 Birmingham 2 nd 8 Edinburgh 2 nd 5 Lacrosse Championship Finals, Manchester Final 15 March 2006, Withington Girls School, Manchester Cambridge 2 were crowned BUSA Trophy Champions with a 10-3 victory over Birmingham 2. ACKNOWLEDGENTS BUSA would like to thank Withington Girls School for once again hosting both finals. MODERN BIATHLON 4 March 2006, Oxford Maria Bennett (Liverpool) took the Women’s title by 42 points ahead of Heather Jackson (Loughborough). Louise Helyer (Bath) added the Modern Biathlon bronze Medal to her Modern Pentathlon Medal. The team title was won by Loughborough, ahead of Bath and Birmingham In the Men’s event Mike Cornes (Birmingham) improved on his silver of 2005 to take the gold Medal ahead of the defending Champion James Lock (Loughborough). Toby Banfield (Loughborough) once again took the bronze. Lock and Banfield’s Individual performances helped steer Loughborough to the Team title ahead of Birmingham and UWIC as in 2005. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Thanks must be extended to Alex Rothman who, with his team of volunteers from Oxford, co-ordinated the Championships so well. MODERN PENTATHLON 3-4 March 2006, Oxford The University of Bath dominated the Women’s competition with Sarah David Griffiths Gomersall defending her title. Her team mates Laura Gomersall and Louise Helyer took the silver and bronze medals respectively. In the Men’s competition, Oliver Rees- Jones (Oxford) improved on his second position of 2005 to take the gold, with last years bronze Medallist Gareth Evans (UWIC) also going one better this year to take the silver. Henry Kruczko (UWE Hartpury) took the bronze. Bath’s performance in the Women’s competition ensured that the team title (mixed team) was also their, with UWIC taking the silver and Edinburgh the bronze. NETBALL 311 teams competed in this year’s Netball competition making this BUSA’s second largest team competition behind Men’s Football. Loughborough University won Premier League North winning nine out of ten of their matches, whilst the University of Bath took the Southern title, also winning nine matches. CHAMPIONSHIP Semi-Finals The strength of the BUSA Netball competition was evident from the close Semi-Finals. Loughborough beat Birmingham 38-33 while Northumbria battled to the very end beating defending Champions Bath 45-44 in the last minute of play. Final 26 March 2006, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield After the close Semi-Finals, the Final did not disappoint. However, Loughborough were triumphant closing out the match in the final quarter to beat Northumbria 38-29. Netball Championship Finals, Sheffield EIS TROPHY Final 26 March 2006, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield UC Chichester beat the University of the West of England 41-27 to take the gold Medals. SHIELD Final 26 March 2006, English Institute of Sport, Sheffield In a thrilling Final, Leeds University 2 nd beat Reading 1 st 40-39 to clinch the title. PLATE University of Birmingham 3 rd beat Brunel University West London 2 nd 40-26. REPRESENTATIVE BRITISH UNIVERSITIES V COMBINED SERVICES 10 June 2006 On a scorching hot day in June, the players assembled to take the court against a very fit Combined Services team. Lesley Turnbull was captain and made an assertive start with a dominant sprint out for the first centre pass. The first quarter was quite even with the BUSA team struggling to defend a tall athletic shooter. The score was 9 – 9 at the end of the quarter, but all players felt they had yet to produce their best form. Two substitutions at the start of the second quarter saw some changes in the centre court. This proved effective and the BUSA side pulled ahead due to excellent shooting by Gemma and Suzanne. However, the defence were still being challenged at the other end of the court by the height and athleticism of the circle players who managed to pull the score back to within one goal to finish the half 23-22. Another change round and substitution at half time saw the BUSA team start to assert themselves. Some excellent defending in the centre court by Kerry and Kate allowed the BUSA side to pull away and keep their lead. Play in the last quarter suffered from the effects of the heat. The BUSA side managed to hold their own and continue their dominance in the centre court with Bekki at last managing to get the best of the tall shooter. The game finished 50 – 44 to BUSA. All players are to be congratulated on their commitment and outstanding standard of play in challenging conditions. They were a credit to their Universities and the British Universities Sports Association Team: Lesley Turnbull (Captain), Alison Fildes (Scotland), Zoe John (Wales), Kerry 24 25
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