Men’s Southern Premier League Playoff First Leg
Cardiff 1st 3 – 2 Brunel 1st
*The 48th Annual Inter-Varsity Dance Competition was held at the Winter Cardens in Blackpool on Saturday February 27 and saw 30 universities from all over *
Britain competing in Ballroom and Latin dance.
Cardiff University claimed victory of the inaugural Cardiff Cup championship, putting visitors Bath and Bristol in their place.
The first Cardiff Cup championship was held on Saturday February 13, hosted by Treetops shooting ground near Newport, and was intended to be a ‘friendly’ competition practice prior to the national university BUCS competition on the following weekend. The competition proved to be anything but friendly as the competitors developed rivalries within the mixed university squads, which could not be quelled by the beautiful and serene Treetops’ backdrop.
Saturday February 27 saw the revival of the Welsh Inter-University Cross Country Championships in Brecon for the first time since the 1990s.
Athletes from the Cardiff University Athletics and Cross Country Team produced some impressive performances with the Ladies team claiming the Gold and the Men’s team finishing in the Bronze position.
Cardiff Ladies 15 – 45 UWIC
Cardiff entered the match as extreme underdogs as they had the bad luck of being drawn against UWIC in the first round of the BUCS knock out cup. UWIC being top of the Premiership and having only three tries scored against them in the entire season.
Euros 3 – 1 Law B
The big televised match at Pontcanna saw Law B looking to bounce back into contention in the race for the Division Two title against FC Euros who were courting success at the top of the table.
MOMED 3 – 0 Earthsoc
Momed got their championship charge back on track on Wednesday afternoon when they faced Earthsoc at Trelai.
JOMEC 7 – 2 SAWSA
Jomec’s glorious run of form in IMG Phase Two looks set to continue as the league leaders netted seven past an out of sorts Sawsa.
In the last two years, fans of Portsmouth Football Club have seen it all: FA cup champions, managerial changes, ownership changes, more ownership changes, more managerial changes, and now they find themselves making history, but not in the way they might have hoped.
On February 26, Portsmouth were driven into administration, the first club in Premier League history, a horrible sight for fans of the most successful southern club outside of London.
The Formula 1 season returns this weekend, looking rather different, but never more appetising.
Off-the-track stories are often more exciting than the races in F1, and 2010 is shaping up to be one to remember.