Inter Collegiate Sport

Michaelmas 2024 Roundup

Once more over 400 teams and 4000 students have taken to the courts and pitches of Cambridge to represent their colleges. Fixtures, Results and League Tables are found via the ‘Cambridge University Leagues’ app, available through App Store.

The ’University of Cambridge College Sport’ network provides a straightforward way to keep up to date and get involved.

Thanks to Dik Ng for football, rugby union and netball photos below! For more photos, head to the Cambridge University Sport Instagram. 

Please direct all queries to collegesport@sport.cam.ac.uk.

Badminton

60 teams contested College Badminton during Michaelmas term, showing the strength of the sport at Cambridge.

Winners of the open league were Pembroke College, whose women’s team also finished runners up of the Women’s Division 1, behind Fitzwilliam College.

Division 1 Robinson College (pictured below left) struggled with results but held regular sessions at their ‘home venue’, Cambridge University Real Tennis Club, to grow the sport in college. Meanwhile in the women’s league, promotion was on the cards for Caius-Trinity (pictured below right) after a successful term in Division 2.

Basketball

A tight contest in Division 1 saw Churchill, Darwin and Girton tied on eight points in the top three positions. By virtue of a better head-to-head record and points difference, Churchill took the Division 1 title.

In Division 2, Wolfson College won all their matches to move back up to Division 1, joined by runners up Hughes Hall.

In Division 3, Jesus College dominated this term to win the title, joined by St Catharine’s, while King’s/ Homerton and Trinity Hall did enough to gain promotion from Division 4, in which it all came down to the final round of matches.

24 teams contested the league this term.

Football

As we round up for Christmas, College Football reaches the halfway stage with much of the action still to come.

In the women’s league, Darwin/Eddie’s/Wolfson remain unbeaten in Division 1 and the Cuppers group stage, while a resurgent Caius/Hughes/Catz are unbeaten in Division 2 and looking for promotion following relegation last year. Meanwhile Trinity/Trinity Hall/Emmanuel have awoken from a two-year slumber and have steamed into this season with a new lease of life, having won every match they have played.

In the men’s league, Fitzwilliam and Pembroke lead the way in Division 1, having played out close encounters in league and Cuppers already, with Jesus close behind.

There’s a potential upset on the cards in Cuppers, with 6 teams outside Division 1 still in the competition on the men’s side: Churchill (pictured below left) found Storm Bert on their side in the latter stages of their Round of 16 match against Darwin, making the most of swirling winds to respond to a two-goal deficit to win 3-2 against a team from the division above.

The women’s Cuppers competition proceeds from the group stage to the quarter finals in February, with the competition following a ‘World Cup’ format. Pictured below are Homerton and John’s/Kings, in high spirits after a close game.

This year, 58 teams are contesting the men’s league, with 15 contesting the women’s league.

Hockey

St John’s / Newnham once again showed their commitment to college hockey, fielding an incredible four teams into the college league. Their first team were just pipped to the Division 1 title by a Trinity / Fitzwilliam side looking to advance beyond the semi-final stage of this year’s Cuppers, after narrowly missing out on reaching the final last year.

It was a close competition in Division 2 between Jesus and Queens’/Clare/Magdalene, with ‘QCM’ winning the title on goal difference, and both teams heading up to Division 1.

Pictured below: high spirits for the Robinson and co team ahead of the new season.

This term 15 teams competed across two divisions of mixed gender competition.