Every year, Nottingham becomes the stage for some of the greatest sporting scenes ever to grace this fine country. The annual Charity Varsity Series sees the Trent Army face Nottingham Uni in a variety of sporting events at a number of Nottingham's most prestigious sporting venues.

Varsity is a series which brings the Trent faithful together. Even if you are not interested in sport, you will find yourself getting sucked into the heightened atmosphere at each event, with banter flying from both sets of supporters (although those from Nottingham Uni are not witty enough to come up with chants other than 'uni uni uni' or 'your dad works for my dad'... very poor effort indeed!)

The 2013 UPP Varsity series consists of:

• American Football - Friday 1st February - Harvey Hadden
• Basketball - Monday 11th February - Capital FM Arena
  Rugby League - Friday 15th February - Harvey Hadden
• Ice Hockey - Monday 18th February - Capital FM Arena
• Swimming - Wednesday 13th March - UoN Sports Park
  Hockey - Friday 15th March - Highfields
• Netball - Wednesday 20th March - UoN Sports Park
• Lacrosse - Wednesday 20th March - UoN Sports Park
• Rugby Union - TBC - Meadow Lane
• Football - TBC - Meadow Lane
• Cricket - TBC - Clifton Campus

Throughout the whole series, the Trent Tigers Cheerleading Squad will be displaying some of the amazing stunts and moves that they practice throughout the year.

Helping deserving charities

As well as the Varsity Series being a stage for the athlete's of both Universities to showcase their talents in front of thousands of students, all proceeds from the series are donated to charity. The previous three series have raised thousands of pounds for Cardiac Risk in the Young, PASIC (Parent’s Association for Seriously Ill Children), which supports families of children and young people diagnosed with cancer, leukaemia and brain tumours, who are receiving treatment at the Nottingham Childrens’ Hospital. And finally CP Sport, a charity which seeks to increase sport and physical recreation opportunities for people suffering from Cerebral Palsy.

This year's series is raising money for Headway; a local charity branch which provides a diverse range of social, leisure and educational activities. The outreach service offers practical support to families, supporting people to come to terms with the change in lifestyle following brain injury.

Tickets

Tickets are available from NTSU receptions at City and Clifton.

Ice Hockey: £5
Basketball: £5
Rugby Union: £5
Football: £5.

Season Tickets: £15 (guaranteed entry for Ice Hockey, Basketball, Rugby Union and Football). There are only a very limited number of season tickets available, so get them while you can!

Follow all the action

www.Facebook.com/nottsvarsity Twitter: #Nottsvarsity

In case you missed out on the matches, you can check out all the results, and read match reports online.

If you want to relive past Varsity glory, then you can watch videos of Varsity highlights, and check out photos of previous matches.

Contact Us

For more info, get in touch with your VP Sports, Pru Bowley, on VPSport@su.ntu.ac.uk, or pop in to the SU Exec Office at City.