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University Touch Championships
The University Touch Championships is going from strength-to-strength and is now one of England Touch's fastest growing competitions, as well as being part of the British University and Colleges Sport calendar!
Congratulations to Exeter Hurricanes for winning the 2022/23 BUCS University Touch Championships, and to Loughborough 1 and Bath Hawks for finishing second and third respectively!
BUCS points were allocated as follows:
Exeter - 50
Loughborough - 35
Bath - 24
Nottingham Trent - 16
Surrey - 14
Durham - 12
Bristol - 10
Cardiff - 8
Players of the Season - Emma Oliver (Surrey), Ben Grinter (Nottingham Trent)
Top try scorers - Bethan Padbury (Loughborough) 24, Vince Parker (Surrey) 38
Most nominated MVP - Lily Williams (Bristol), Ben Greer (Birmingham)
Most improved team - Surrey Stags
Best newcomer team - Edinburgh Panthers
Club spirit award - Royal Veterinary College
The organisers love to help more Universities get involved in the sport so if you would like more details please contact Jack Harris via university@englandtouch.org.uk
2022/23 Dates and Venues
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Autumn Semester |
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R1 North |
Sa 29/10/22 |
Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park |
CUP Loughborough 1 PLATE Edinburgh BOWL Leeds 1 CLICK HERE to see the results |
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R1 South |
Sa 05/11/22 |
Surrey Sports Park |
CUP Cardiff PLATE Exeter 2 BOWL Oxford CLICK HERE to see the results |
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R2 North |
Sa 19/11/22 |
Sheffield Hallam University Sports Park |
CUP Loughborough 1 PLATE Edinburgh 1 BOWL Edinburgh 2 CLICK HERE to see the results |
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R2 South |
Sa 26/11/21 |
Surrey Sports Park, Guildford |
CUP Exeter 1 PLATE Bath 1 BOWL Exeter 4 SHIELD Southampton |
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Spring Semester |
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R3 National |
Sa 11/02/23 |
Riverside Sports Complex, Nottingham |
CUP Surrey Stags PLATE Exeter 3 BOWL Oxford SHIELD Nottingham MVPs Tor Summers (Bath), Will Sargent (Bristol) MVR Chris Whimpenny |
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R4 National |
Sa 04/03/22 |
Riverside Sports Complex, Nottingham |
CUP Exeter 1 PLATE Cardiff 1 BOWL Bath 2 SHIELD Leeds 2 MVPs Emilia Bunn (Loughborough 2), Harry Dean (Bath 2) MVR Laura Mitchell |
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R5 National |
Sa 25/03/22 |
Riverside Sports Complex, Nottingham |
CUP Exeter 1 PLATE Bristol 1 BOWL Nottingham SHIELD Oxford Brookes MVPs Tor Summers (Bath), Aryemis Brown (Oxford) MVR Fergal Evans |
Standings
| Team | R3 | R4 | R5 | Penalties | Try diff | Tries scored | Points |
| Exeter 1 - Hurricanes | 60 | 58 | 56 | 0 | 46 | 81 | 174 |
| Loughborough 1 | 62 | 56 | 52 | 0 | 30 | 82 | 170 |
| Bath 1 - Hawks | 56 | 52 | 54 | 0 | 11 | 64 | 162 |
| Nottingham-Trent 1 - Timberwolves | 58 | 54 | 48 | 0 | 20 | 83 | 160 |
| Surrey 1 - Stags | 64 | 50 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 160 |
| Exeter 2 - Monsoon | 54 | 44 | 50 | 0 | -27 | 52 | 148 |
| Durham 1 - Knights | 52 | 48 | 44 | 0 | -45 | 32 | 144 |
| Exeter 3 - Typhoon | 48 | 46 | 42 | 0 | -9 | 60 | 136 |
| Bristol 1 - Cobras | 42 | 38 | 40 | 0 | 23 | 71 | 120 |
| Cardiff 1 - Dragons | 38 | 42 | 38 | 0 | 53 | 102 | 118 |
| Cambridge 1 | 50 | 36 | 32 | 0 | -21 | 51 | 118 |
| Birmingham 1 - Lions | 46 | 34 | 34 | 0 | 4 | 62 | 114 |
| Edinburgh 1 - Lions | 44 | 32 | 36 | 0 | 4 | 72 | 112 |
| Loughborough 2 | 40 | 40 | 30 | 0 | 12 | 73 | 110 |
| Oxford 1 | 32 | 28 | 28 | 0 | -27 | 56 | 88 |
| Bath 2 - Sparrows | 34 | 26 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 62 | 86 |
| Leeds 1 - Headrow | 30 | 24 | 16 | 0 | 50 | 84 | 70 |
| Exeter 4 - Storm | 28 | 18 | 22 | 0 | 35 | 76 | 68 |
| Manchester 1 | 36 | 30 | 0 | -22 | 42 | 66 | |
| Nottingham 1 | 16 | 22 | 24 | 0 | 45 | 81 | 62 |
| Edinburgh 2 - Panthers* | 26 | 12 | 18 | 0 | -30 | 43 | 56 |
| Nottingham-Trent 2 - Army* | 22 | 16 | 12 | 0 | -21 | 46 | 50 |
| Southampton 1 | 24 | 20 | 0 | -4 | 34 | 44 | |
| Cardiff 2 - Sheep* | 12 | 8 | 20 | 0 | 8 | 48 | 40 |
| Durham 2 - Archers | 20 | 14 | 6 | 0 | -33 | 40 | 40 |
| Falmouth 1 - Raiders* | 8 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 22 | |
| Oxford-Brookes 1 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 22 | |
| Surrey 2 - Bucks | 18 | 2 | 2 | 0 | -80 | 6 | 22 |
| RVC 1 | 10 | 10 | 0 | -11 | 31 | 20 | |
| Leeds 2 - Belgrave | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | -3 | 42 | 18 |
| Birmingham 2 - Pumas* | 6 | 4 | 0 | -9 | 24 | 10 | |
| Bath 3 - Chickens | 2 | 6 | 0 | -22 | 14 | 8 |
| Northern Region | ||||||
| Teams 1-4 qualify for national Cup, 5-8 for National Plate, 9-12 for National Bowl, 13-14 for National Shield | ||||||
| Team | R1 | R2 | Try diff | Tries scored | Total | |
| 1 | Loughborough 1 | 24 | 28 | 60 | 75 | 52 |
| 2 | Nottingham Trent 1 | 22 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 48 |
| 3 | Durham 1 | 20 | 22 | 25 | 47 | 42 |
| 4 | Cambridge 1 | 18 | 18 | 16 | 41 | 36 |
| 5 | Edinburgh 1 | 16 | 20 | 16 | 40 | 36 |
| 6 | Manchester 1 | 12 | 24 | -2 | 28 | 36 |
| 7 | Loughborough 2 | 14 | 14 | -15 | 25 | 28 |
| 8 | Birmingham 1 | 10 | 16 | -18 | 27 | 26 |
| 9 | Leeds 1 | 8 | 10 | -6 | 34 | 18 |
| 10 | Durham 2 | 6 | 8 | -30 | 19 | 14 |
| 11 | Edinburgh 2* | 0 | 12 | 0 | 13 | 12 |
| 12 | Nottingham Trent 2* | 4 | 4 | -25 | 12 | 8 |
| 13 | Birmingham 2* | 0 | 6 | -19 | 6 | 6 |
| 14 | Leeds 2 | 2 | 2 | -39 | 7 | 4 |
| * denotes new team | ||||||
| Points tie = count-back on try difference then tries scored | ||||||
| Southern Region | ||||||
| Teams 1-4 qualify for national Cup, 5-8 for National Plate, 9-12 for National Bowl, 13-16 for National Shield | ||||||
| Team | R1 | R2 | Try diff | Tries scored | Total | |
| 1 | Exeter 1 | 26 | 32 | 45 | 65 | 58 |
| 2 | Surrey 1 | 24 | 30 | 25 | 58 | 54 |
| 3 | Bath 1 | 28 | 24 | 53 | 75 | 52 |
| 4 | Exeter 2 | 22 | 28 | 32 | 65 | 50 |
| 5 | Cardiff | 30 | 18 | 18 | 48 | 48 |
| 6 | Bristol | 20 | 26 | 28 | 61 | 46 |
| 7 | Exeter 3 | 18 | 22 | 1 | 39 | 40 |
| 8 | Bath 2 | 16 | 20 | 3 | 42 | 36 |
| 9 | Oxford | 14 | 14 | 13 | 51 | 28 |
| 10 | Exeter 4 | 12 | 16 | 1 | 39 | 28 |
| 11 | Southampton 1 | 10 | 8 | -8 | 44 | 18 |
| 12 | Surrey 2 | 6 | 12 | -31 | 34 | 18 |
| 13 | Bath 3 | 8 | 4 | -46 | 17 | 12 |
| 14 | Oxford Brookes | 0 | 10 | -11 | 18 | 10 |
| 15 | Essex* | 4 | 6 | -56 | 26 | 10 |
| 16 | RVC | 2 | 2 | -80 | 18 | 4 |
| * denotes new team | ||||||
| Points tie = count-back on try difference then tries scored | ||||||
| Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Pen | Total | |
| Date | 12/02/2022 | 05/03/2022 | 26/03/2022 | ||
| Location | Nottingham | Nottingham | Nottingham | ||
| Exeter Hurricanes (1s) | 44 | 0 | 44 | ||
| Loughborough 1s | 42 | 0 | 42 | ||
| Bath Hawks (1s) | 40 | 0 | 40 | ||
| Cardiff Dragons | 38 | 0 | 38 | ||
| Leeds Headrow (1s) | 36 | 0 | 36 | ||
| Durham Knights (1s) | 34 | 0 | 34 | ||
| Nottingham Trent | 32 | 0 | 32 | ||
| Exeter Monsoon (2s) | 30 | 0 | 30 | ||
| Bristol Vipers (1s) | 28 | 0 | 28 | ||
| Surrey Stags (1s) | 26 | 0 | 26 | ||
| Bath Sparrows (2s) | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Exeter Typhoon (3s) | 23 | 0 | 23 | ||
| Birmingham Lions | 20 | 0 | 20 | ||
| Cambridge | 18 | 0 | 18 | ||
| Loughborough 2s | 16 | 0 | 16 | ||
| Exeter Storm (4s) | 14 | 0 | 14 | ||
| Oxford Brookes | 12 | 0 | 12 | ||
| Leeds Belgrave (2s) | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||
| Southampton | 8 | 0 | 8 | ||
| Bath Chickens (3s) | 6 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Durham Archers (2s) | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| RVC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
ROUND 1
Cup - Exeter Hurricanes | Plate - Exeter Typhoon | Salver - Durham Knights
ROUND 2
Cup - Bath Hawks | Plate - Bath Sparrows | Salver - Cambridge | Shield - Southampton | Bowl - UEA
ROUND 3
Cup - Exeter Hurricanes | Plate - Exeter Typhoon | Salver - Exeter Monsoon | Shield - Nottingham Trent | Bowl - Southampton | Vase - Loughborough 2
MEN'S
Cup - Exeter 1 | Plate - Exeter 2 | Salver - Bristol
WOMEN'S
Cup - Exeter 1 | Plate - Bath Hawks
| 1 | Exeter Hurricanes | 120 |
| 2 | Bath Hawks | 118 |
| 3 | Loughborough 1 | 104 |
| 4 | Bristol Vipers | 95 |
| 5 | Bath Sparrows | 91 |
| 6 | Durham Knights | 80 |
| 7 | Oxford | 67 |
| 8 | Cambridge | 66 |
| 9 | Loughborough 2 | 66 |
| 10 | Exeter Typhoon | 60 |
| 11 | Exeter Monsoon | 56 |
| 12 | Cardiff Dragons | 52 |
| 13 | Bath Chickens | 49 |
| 14 | Southampton | 42 |
| 15 | Edinburgh | 35 |
| 16 | Exeter Storm | 35 |
| 17 | Bath Eggs | 35 |
| 18 | Birmingham Lions | 28 |
| 19 | Nottingham Trent | 22 |
| 20 | Leeds | 19 |
| 21 | Loughborough 3 | 17 |
| 22 | Sheffield | 12 |
| 23 | UEA | 10 |
| 24 | Surrey | 10 |
| 25 | Durham Archers | 9 |
| 26 | RVC | 4 |
| 27 | Bristol Pythons | 4 |
| TEAM | R1 | R2 | R3 | Penalties | TRY DIFF | TRIES FOR | PTS |
| Exeter 1 - Hurricanes | 60 | 58 | 0 | 28 | 52 | 118 | |
| Loughborough 1 | 62 | 56 | 0 | 24 | 58 | 118 | |
| Surrey 1 - Stags | 64 | 50 | 0 | 4 | 57 | 114 | |
| Nottingham-Trent 1 - Timberwolves | 58 | 54 | 0 | 15 | 58 | 112 | |
| Bath 1 - Hawks | 56 | 52 | 0 | 5 | 41 | 108 | |
| Durham 1 - Knights | 52 | 48 | 0 | -27 | 23 | 100 | |
| Exeter 2 - Monsoon | 54 | 44 | 0 | -23 | 37 | 98 | |
| Exeter 3 - Typhoon | 48 | 46 | 0 | 3 | 50 | 94 | |
| Cambridge 1 | 50 | 36 | 0 | -25 | 25 | 86 | |
| Cardiff 1 - Dragons | 38 | 42 | 0 | 36 | 70 | 80 | |
| Loughborough 2 | 40 | 40 | 0 | 16 | 55 | 80 | |
| Bristol 1 - Cobras | 42 | 38 | 0 | 8 | 40 | 80 | |
| Birmingham 1 - Lions | 46 | 34 | 0 | 1 | 42 | 80 | |
| Edinburgh 1 - Lions | 44 | 32 | 0 | -3 | 45 | 76 | |
| Manchester 1 | 36 | 30 | 0 | -22 | 42 | 66 | |
| Bath 2 - Sparrows | 34 | 26 | 0 | 15 | 53 | 60 | |
| Oxford 1 | 32 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 45 | 60 | |
| Leeds 1 - Headrow | 30 | 24 | 0 | 42 | 63 | 54 | |
| Exeter 4 - Storm | 28 | 18 | 0 | 12 | 43 | 46 | |
| Southampton 1 | 24 | 20 | 0 | -4 | 34 | 44 | |
| Nottingham 1 | 16 | 22 | 0 | 24 | 53 | 38 | |
| Nottingham-Trent 2 - Army | 22 | 16 | 0 | -24 | 27 | 38 | |
| Edinburgh 2 - Panthers | 26 | 12 | 0 | -32 | 23 | 38 | |
| Durham 2 - Archers | 20 | 14 | 0 | -20 | 27 | 34 | |
| Cardiff 2 - Sheep | 12 | 8 | 0 | -1 | 28 | 20 | |
| Surrey 2 - Bucks | 18 | 2 | 0 | -50 | 5 | 20 | |
| Leeds 2 - Belgrave | 4 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 32 | 14 | |
| Oxford-Brookes 1 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 18 | 14 | ||
| RVC 1 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 10 | ||
| Birmingham 2 - Pumas | 6 | 4 | 0 | -9 | 24 | 10 | |
| Falmouth 1 - Raiders | 8 | 0 | #N/A | #N/A | 8 | ||
| Bath 3 - Chickens | 2 | 6 | 0 | -22 | 14 | 8 |
Registration
For more information on Registration and Fees for entering the University NTS, please click HERE
If you would like any more information, please contact membership@englandtouch.org.uk