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Team Durham

January 01, 1970

Team Durham (formerly Durham University Athletic Union, DUAU) is a student-run organisation responsible for sport at Durham University. Durham University's sports programme, run by Team Durham, has produced more professional sports people than any other UK university (141 as of 2022) and has twice seen Durham named Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year (2015 and 2023).[1][2][3] It has ranked in the top three institutions in British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) every season since 2011–12. Six Team Durham alumni or current athletes have won seven Olympic and Paralympic medals since 1996.

Team Durham
InstitutionDurham University
LocationDurham, England
Established1927 (1927)
AffiliationsBritish Universities and Colleges Sport; Wallace Group
ColoursPalatinate
TypeAthletic Union

Team Durham played first class cricket as Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and Durham MCC University from 2001 to 2020.[4] The rugby club plays in BUCS Super Rugby, BUCS's flagship competition and the highest level student rugby in the UK, and were league winners in 2019–20 and 2021–22.[5] Team Durham compete as the Durham Palatinates in the top-level Women's British Basketball League.

Team Durham awards the Palatinate, an equivalent of the University Sporting Blue. Famous recipients of a Full Palatinate include cricketer Nasser Hussain, triple jumper Jonathan Edwards and rugby player Phil de Glanville.

Team Durham instituted a policy in 2016 allowing students to train and (if permitted by the national governing body) compete in the team that best fitted their gender identity. This was proposed to the National Union of Students as a model for a national policy.[6][7]

History edit

Administrative history edit

 
Team Durham alumna, Great Britain gymnast and TV presenter Gabby Logan hosting the BBC's coverage of the 2012 Olympics

The Durham Colleges Athletic Union was formed by the captains of the men's sports teams in the Durham division of Durham University in 1927, prior to which sports were run directly by the university. A federal Durham University Athletic Union was formed in 1929 with representatives from the Durham Colleges Athletic Union, from the Armstrong College and College of Medicine athletic unions in the Newcastle division of the university, and from the men's and women's university teams. From 1931 it was affiliated as a full member to the Universities Athletic Union (now British Universities and Colleges Sport; BUCS).[8]

In 1946, the Durham Colleges Athletic Union merged with the Durham Colleges Women's Athletic Union, which had been formed in 1938. It became the Durham University Athletic Union in 1963, when the Newcastle division of the university became the independent Newcastle University. In 2002, Gabby Logan launched Durham University's "Team Durham" initiative to provide coaching and facilities for talented athletes. The athletics union was re-branded as Team Durham in 2006.[8][9]

As a consequence of the Charities Act 2006, which removed exempt charitable status from students' unions, Team Durham was, along with a number of other student associations and some junior common rooms, legally incorporated into the university as a Durham Student Organisation in 2011.[10]

Sporting history edit

 
Team Durham alumnus Andrew Strauss, "the most famous MCC University graduate",[11] playing for England at the Oval

Sport at Durham University dates back to the university's foundation, with boats having raced in the first Durham Regatta in 1834, at the end the first academic year.[12] The first recorded university cricket match was in 1842.[13]

After the formation of the athletics unions and joining the Universities Athletics Union, Durham's first national titles came in men's cricket, with victories in 1938 and 39.[14] These were the only victories until after the Second World War, when victories came in women's netball in 1949, 50 and 51, men's tennis in 1949, men's rugby union in 1951 and 55, mixed rifles in 1951, men's fencing in 1952, 53, 59 and 60, men's golf in 1953, men's association football in 1956, men's badminton in 1957 and 59, men's table tennis in 1957, 58 and 59, women's fencing in 1959 and 62, and women's tennis in 1960, before the separation of the Newcastle division in 1963.[14]

In recent years, Team Durham was ranked second (behind Loughborough) in the BUCS overall championship in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018.[15][16][17] They came third (behind Loughborough and Nottingham) in 2019 and 2022 (the 2019–20 season was incomplete, and the 2020–21 season did not happen, due to COVID).[18][19] Durham were ranked top in BUCS for team sports in 2014-15, when they also became only the second team (after Loughborough) to gain over 4000 BUCS points.[20][21] Both of these achievements were repeated in 2015-16.[15] In 2016-17, Durham had 30 top tier BUCS teams, three more than closest rivals Loughborough, and had a total of 119 teams entered in BUCS competitions, the most of any UK university.[22]

Durham University Boat Club held the BUCS rowing Victor Ludorum for ten years consecutively from 2004 until 2013 and regained it in 2015.[23][24][25]

In 2022, Team Durham won BUCS national championships in women's cricket, men's rugby, men's fencing, women's futsal, men's lacrosse, women's rowing and women's volleyball.[3]

BUCS/BUSA record edit

The Universities Athletics Union was formed from the Inter-Varsity Athletics Board in 1930. British Universities Sports Association (BUSA) was formed in 1994 by the merger of the Universities Athletics Union (UAU; formed 1919), the British Universities Sports Federation, the British Students Sports Federation, the British Polytechnics Sports Association and the British Colleges Sports Association. In 2008, BUSA merged with University College Sport to form BUCS.[26][27] Durham participated in UAU competitions from 1931 to 1994, in BUSA from 1994 to 2008, and in BUCS from 2008 onwards.

Year Position Notes
2021-2022[19] 3rd
2020-21[28] - Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic the 2020-21 season was unable to go ahead.
2019-20 - The competition was suspended early due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the points table was voided since the season was not completed.
2018-19[18] 3rd
2017-18[17] 2nd
2016-17[16] 2nd
2015-16[29] 2nd 1st in league and cup competitions
2014-15[30] 2nd 1st in league and cup competitions
2013-14[31] 2nd 1st in league competitions
2012-13[32] 2nd
2011-12[14][33] 2nd
2010-11[14] 5th
2009-10[14] 6th
2008-09[14] 6th
2007-08[14] 4th
2006-07[14] 6th
2005-06[14] 8th
2004-05[14] 5th
2003-04[14] 10th
2002-03[14] 5th
2001-02[14] 10th
2000-01[14] 9th
1999-2000[14] 4th (Men) 9th (Women)
1998-99[14] 4th (Men) 11th (Women)
1997-98[14] 2nd (Men) 12th (Women)
1996-97[14] 3rd (Men) 16th (Women)
1995-96[14] 6th (Men) 18th (Women)

Facilities edit

Maiden Castle edit

Main article: Maiden Castle sports centre
 
Maiden Castle sports centre in 2011

Team Durham is based at the Maiden Castle sports centre, with a large 2,000 square metres (22,000 sq ft), a smaller 1,000 square metres (11,000 sq ft) hall, an indoor cricket centre, fencing salle and other facilities, along with three 3G pitches (used for association football,[34] American football[35] and lacrosse[36]), two water-based hockey pitches, and a variety of grass pitches, including baseball/softball[37] and cricket.[38] The centre was upgraded at a cost of £35 million between 2017 and 2020.[39] The football ground, which lies inside a running track and has a 300-seat grandstand and turnstile-controlled access, has been used since this upgrade as the home ground of Durham W.F.C. in the FA Women's Championship.[40]

The Racecourse edit

Main article: The Racecourse
 
The Durham University pavilion at the Racecourse

There is a first class cricket ground at the Racecourse, along with other grass pitches and Green Lane Cricket Ground (Durham City Cricket Club), used for some inter-college games and non-first team BUCS matches.[41] The Rugby fives club has two fives courts in the Racecourse pavilion.

Hollow Drift edit

The rugby club shares a ground with Durham City RFC at Hollow Drift, and the university has further grass pitches adjacent to this at Whinney Hill, used for inter-collegiate rounders and ultimate frisbee.[42][43] Hollow Drift, which is owned by the university, has been earmarked for further development of its sporting facilities in the university's 2017–2027 estates masterplan.[44] The ground has seen crowds of over 6,000 for the rugby club's annual charity matches against other top BUCS rugby teams.[45] The Original All Blacks played at Hollow Drift in 1905, beating Durham County, the English county champions, 16–3 in front of a crowd of 8,000.[46][47]

Elsewhere edit

The waterpolo team uses the pool at Durham County Council's Freeman's Quay Leisure Centre.[48] In addition to courts at Maiden Castle, the tennis club uses the David Lloyd centre in Sunderland and the Durham Archery Lawn Tennis Club.[49] The university boat club has a boat house on the River Tyne in Gateshead, shared with Tyne United Rowing Club, as well as at Maiden Castle, and many college clubs have boathouses along the River Wear in Durham.[50] The sailing club uses Derwent Water reservoir, where they have a fleet of firefly dinghies, as their training ground.[51]

Inter-college sport edit

 
Rowers from Grey College

Team Durham runs a large intramural sports programme based around the colleges of Durham University, with three quarters of students participating.[52] 550 college teams compete across eighteen sports: badminton, basketball, cheerleading, cricket (indoor and outdoor), football, hockey, futsal, lacrosse, netball, pool, rounders, rowing, rugby union (full-contact and touch), squash, table tennis, tennis, ultimate frisbee and volleyball.[53]

Inter-college men’s football, in particular, is hugely popular, with around ninety 11-a-side teams playing regular matches.[54] Collingwood College alone field 16 teams and claim to be the UK’s largest amateur football club.[55] Netball is similarly popular, with around 50 teams competing.[56]

Alongside the regular season, some colleges hold an inter-collegiate varsity tournament in Easter term, with two colleges pitting their A teams against one another in a variety of sports over one day.

Varsity matches edit

BUCS Varsity edit

Durham competes in the BUCS Varsity against Loughborough University, which has been organised twice-yearly (home and away) as part of the BUCS fixture list since 2015.[57]

Date Venue Durham Tied Loughborough
1 February 2017 Loughborough 5 2 6
23 November 2016[58] Durham 12 0 1
3 February 2016[59] Loughborough 8 1 7
25 November 2015[60] Durham 12 2 1

College varsities edit

Team Durham's best college teams participate in two annual college varsity competitions against their counterparts from colleges of the University of York[61] and against teams from Loughborough Sport's intra-mural sports competition.[62]

Boat Race of the North edit

Main article: The Boat Race of the North

Team Durham rowers compete against Newcastle University in multiple categories in the annual Boat Race of the North competition.

Student performance programmes edit

 
Fiona Crackles, winner of Olympic bronze and Commonwealth Games gold medals for hockey while a Team Durham player[63]

Team Durham has student performance programmes covering 17 sports.[64] It has recognised national centres of excellence in a number of sports, including the Durham MCC University cricket programme (funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board),[65] British Rowing Performance Centre status,[66] and Lawn Tennis Association University Partner status.[67] It is also a Football Association Football Accredited University, with the highest 3* rating.[68]

There are 25 Vice Chancellor's scholarships available annually for undergraduates across sports, arts and music (normally 8–10 awards in sports), 20 Palatinate scholarships for students who just missed out on a Vice Chancellor's Scholarship in sports, and 3 Weldon-le Huray scholarships in sports for students from low-income backgrounds.[69] In addition, there are over 100 sports scholarships for postgraduate students.[70] Durham is also one of the "delivery sites" for Sport England's Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme.[71]

Partnerships edit

Team Durham has partnerships with Durham W.F.C. (women's football), Durham United F.C. (men's football) and DMP Sharks (women's rugby).[72][73]

University clubs edit

 
Durham University AFC vs Stirling Alumni at Durham City in 2008

Team Durham has 56 clubs representing the university across 53 sports, many of which compete in BUCS but including others in non-BUCS sports.[74] Some of the more notable university clubs are:

Team Durham teams competing in non-student leagues include:

Esports edit

Team Durham also encompasses esports through Durham University Esports and Gaming (DUEG). DUEG participates in 12 games, across National Student Esports (NSE) and National University Esports League (NUEL) tournaments.[76]

Charity events edit

The Athletic Union hosts 3 charity events per year, the Rugby Charity Challenge, Durham Fun Run and Twenty:20 Charity cricket.[77] These events raise money for Sport Action in Zambia, Team Durham's official charity.[78]

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External links edit

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January 01, 1970
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Team Durham formerly Durham University Athletic Union DUAU is a student run organisation responsible for sport at Durham University Durham University s sports programme run by Team Durham has produced more professional sports people than any other UK university 141 as of 2022 and has twice seen Durham named Times and Sunday Times Sports University of the Year 2015 and 2023 1 2 3 It has ranked in the top three institutions in British Universities and Colleges Sport BUCS every season since 2011 12 Six Team Durham alumni or current athletes have won seven Olympic and Paralympic medals since 1996 Team DurhamInstitutionDurham UniversityLocationDurham EnglandEstablished1927 1927 AffiliationsBritish Universities and Colleges Sport Wallace GroupColoursPalatinateTypeAthletic Union Team Durham played first class cricket as Durham University Centre of Cricketing Excellence and Durham MCC University from 2001 to 2020 4 The rugby club plays in BUCS Super Rugby BUCS s flagship competition and the highest level student rugby in the UK and were league winners in 2019 20 and 2021 22 5 Team Durham compete as the Durham Palatinates in the top level Women s British Basketball League Team Durham awards the Palatinate an equivalent of the University Sporting Blue Famous recipients of a Full Palatinate include cricketer Nasser Hussain triple jumper Jonathan Edwards and rugby player Phil de Glanville Team Durham instituted a policy in 2016 allowing students to train and if permitted by the national governing body compete in the team that best fitted their gender identity This was proposed to the National Union of Students as a model for a national policy 6 7 Contents 1 History 1 1 Administrative history 1 2 Sporting history 1 2 1 BUCS BUSA record 2 Facilities 2 1 Maiden Castle 2 2 The Racecourse 2 3 Hollow Drift 2 4 Elsewhere 3 Inter college sport 4 Varsity matches 4 1 BUCS Varsity 4 2 College varsities 4 3 Boat Race of the North 5 Student performance programmes 5 1 Partnerships 6 University clubs 6 1 Esports 7 Charity events 8 References 9 External linksHistory editAdministrative history edit nbsp Team Durham alumna Great Britain gymnast and TV presenter Gabby Logan hosting the BBC s coverage of the 2012 Olympics The Durham Colleges Athletic Union was formed by the captains of the men s sports teams in the Durham division of Durham University in 1927 prior to which sports were run directly by the university A federal Durham University Athletic Union was formed in 1929 with representatives from the Durham Colleges Athletic Union from the Armstrong College and College of Medicine athletic unions in the Newcastle division of the university and from the men s and women s university teams From 1931 it was affiliated as a full member to the Universities Athletic Union now British Universities and Colleges Sport BUCS 8 In 1946 the Durham Colleges Athletic Union merged with the Durham Colleges Women s Athletic Union which had been formed in 1938 It became the Durham University Athletic Union in 1963 when the Newcastle division of the university became the independent Newcastle University In 2002 Gabby Logan launched Durham University s Team Durham initiative to provide coaching and facilities for talented athletes The athletics union was re branded as Team Durham in 2006 8 9 As a consequence of the Charities Act 2006 which removed exempt charitable status from students unions Team Durham was along with a number of other student associations and some junior common rooms legally incorporated into the university as a Durham Student Organisation in 2011 10 Sporting history edit nbsp Team Durham alumnus Andrew Strauss the most famous MCC University graduate 11 playing for England at the Oval Sport at Durham University dates back to the university s foundation with boats having raced in the first Durham Regatta in 1834 at the end the first academic year 12 The first recorded university cricket match was in 1842 13 After the formation of the athletics unions and joining the Universities Athletics Union Durham s first national titles came in men s cricket with victories in 1938 and 39 14 These were the only victories until after the Second World War when victories came in women s netball in 1949 50 and 51 men s tennis in 1949 men s rugby union in 1951 and 55 mixed rifles in 1951 men s fencing in 1952 53 59 and 60 men s golf in 1953 men s association football in 1956 men s badminton in 1957 and 59 men s table tennis in 1957 58 and 59 women s fencing in 1959 and 62 and women s tennis in 1960 before the separation of the Newcastle division in 1963 14 In recent years Team Durham was ranked second behind Loughborough in the BUCS overall championship in 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 and 2018 15 16 17 They came third behind Loughborough and Nottingham in 2019 and 2022 the 2019 20 season was incomplete and the 2020 21 season did not happen due to COVID 18 19 Durham were ranked top in BUCS for team sports in 2014 15 when they also became only the second team after Loughborough to gain over 4000 BUCS points 20 21 Both of these achievements were repeated in 2015 16 15 In 2016 17 Durham had 30 top tier BUCS teams three more than closest rivals Loughborough and had a total of 119 teams entered in BUCS competitions the most of any UK university 22 Durham University Boat Club held the BUCS rowing Victor Ludorum for ten years consecutively from 2004 until 2013 and regained it in 2015 23 24 25 In 2022 Team Durham won BUCS national championships in women s cricket men s rugby men s fencing women s futsal men s lacrosse women s rowing and women s volleyball 3 BUCS BUSA record edit The Universities Athletics Union was formed from the Inter Varsity Athletics Board in 1930 British Universities Sports Association BUSA was formed in 1994 by the merger of the Universities Athletics Union UAU formed 1919 the British Universities Sports Federation the British Students Sports Federation the British Polytechnics Sports Association and the British Colleges Sports Association In 2008 BUSA merged with University College Sport to form BUCS 26 27 Durham participated in UAU competitions from 1931 to 1994 in BUSA from 1994 to 2008 and in BUCS from 2008 onwards Year Position Notes 2021 2022 19 3rd 2020 21 28 Due to the ongoing COVID 19 pandemic the 2020 21 season was unable to go ahead 2019 20 The competition was suspended early due to the COVID 19 pandemic the points table was voided since the season was not completed 2018 19 18 3rd 2017 18 17 2nd 2016 17 16 2nd 2015 16 29 2nd 1st in league and cup competitions 2014 15 30 2nd 1st in league and cup competitions 2013 14 31 2nd 1st in league competitions 2012 13 32 2nd 2011 12 14 33 2nd 2010 11 14 5th 2009 10 14 6th 2008 09 14 6th 2007 08 14 4th 2006 07 14 6th 2005 06 14 8th 2004 05 14 5th 2003 04 14 10th 2002 03 14 5th 2001 02 14 10th 2000 01 14 9th 1999 2000 14 4th Men 9th Women 1998 99 14 4th Men 11th Women 1997 98 14 2nd Men 12th Women 1996 97 14 3rd Men 16th Women 1995 96 14 6th Men 18th Women Facilities editMaiden Castle edit Main article Maiden Castle sports centre nbsp Maiden Castle sports centre in 2011 Team Durham is based at the Maiden Castle sports centre with a large 2 000 square metres 22 000 sq ft a smaller 1 000 square metres 11 000 sq ft hall an indoor cricket centre fencing salle and other facilities along with three 3G pitches used for association football 34 American football 35 and lacrosse 36 two water based hockey pitches and a variety of grass pitches including baseball softball 37 and cricket 38 The centre was upgraded at a cost of 35 million between 2017 and 2020 39 The football ground which lies inside a running track and has a 300 seat grandstand and turnstile controlled access has been used since this upgrade as the home ground of Durham W F C in the FA Women s Championship 40 The Racecourse edit Main article The Racecourse nbsp The Durham University pavilion at the Racecourse There is a first class cricket ground at the Racecourse along with other grass pitches and Green Lane Cricket Ground Durham City Cricket Club used for some inter college games and non first team BUCS matches 41 The Rugby fives club has two fives courts in the Racecourse pavilion Hollow Drift edit The rugby club shares a ground with Durham City RFC at Hollow Drift and the university has further grass pitches adjacent to this at Whinney Hill used for inter collegiate rounders and ultimate frisbee 42 43 Hollow Drift which is owned by the university has been earmarked for further development of its sporting facilities in the university s 2017 2027 estates masterplan 44 The ground has seen crowds of over 6 000 for the rugby club s annual charity matches against other top BUCS rugby teams 45 The Original All Blacks played at Hollow Drift in 1905 beating Durham County the English county champions 16 3 in front of a crowd of 8 000 46 47 Elsewhere edit The waterpolo team uses the pool at Durham County Council s Freeman s Quay Leisure Centre 48 In addition to courts at Maiden Castle the tennis club uses the David Lloyd centre in Sunderland and the Durham Archery Lawn Tennis Club 49 The university boat club has a boat house on the River Tyne in Gateshead shared with Tyne United Rowing Club as well as at Maiden Castle and many college clubs have boathouses along the River Wear in Durham 50 The sailing club uses Derwent Water reservoir where they have a fleet of firefly dinghies as their training ground 51 Inter college sport edit nbsp Rowers from Grey College Team Durham runs a large intramural sports programme based around the colleges of Durham University with three quarters of students participating 52 550 college teams compete across eighteen sports badminton basketball cheerleading cricket indoor and outdoor football hockey futsal lacrosse netball pool rounders rowing rugby union full contact and touch squash table tennis tennis ultimate frisbee and volleyball 53 Inter college men s football in particular is hugely popular with around ninety 11 a side teams playing regular matches 54 Collingwood College alone field 16 teams and claim to be the UK s largest amateur football club 55 Netball is similarly popular with around 50 teams competing 56 Alongside the regular season some colleges hold an inter collegiate varsity tournament in Easter term with two colleges pitting their A teams against one another in a variety of sports over one day Varsity matches editBUCS Varsity edit Durham competes in the BUCS Varsity against Loughborough University which has been organised twice yearly home and away as part of the BUCS fixture list since 2015 57 Date Venue Durham Tied Loughborough 1 February 2017 Loughborough 5 2 6 23 November 2016 58 Durham 12 0 1 3 February 2016 59 Loughborough 8 1 7 25 November 2015 60 Durham 12 2 1 College varsities edit Team Durham s best college teams participate in two annual college varsity competitions against their counterparts from colleges of the University of York 61 and against teams from Loughborough Sport s intra mural sports competition 62 Boat Race of the North edit Main article The Boat Race of the North Team Durham rowers compete against Newcastle University in multiple categories in the annual Boat Race of the North competition Student performance programmes edit nbsp Fiona Crackles winner of Olympic bronze and Commonwealth Games gold medals for hockey while a Team Durham player 63 Team Durham has student performance programmes covering 17 sports 64 It has recognised national centres of excellence in a number of sports including the Durham MCC University cricket programme funded by the England and Wales Cricket Board 65 British Rowing Performance Centre status 66 and Lawn Tennis Association University Partner status 67 It is also a Football Association Football Accredited University with the highest 3 rating 68 There are 25 Vice Chancellor s scholarships available annually for undergraduates across sports arts and music normally 8 10 awards in sports 20 Palatinate scholarships for students who just missed out on a Vice Chancellor s Scholarship in sports and 3 Weldon le Huray scholarships in sports for students from low income backgrounds 69 In addition there are over 100 sports scholarships for postgraduate students 70 Durham is also one of the delivery sites for Sport England s Talented Athlete Scholarship Scheme 71 Partnerships edit Team Durham has partnerships with Durham W F C women s football Durham United F C men s football and DMP Sharks women s rugby 72 73 University clubs edit nbsp Durham University AFC vs Stirling Alumni at Durham City in 2008 Team Durham has 56 clubs representing the university across 53 sports many of which compete in BUCS but including others in non BUCS sports 74 Some of the more notable university clubs are Durham University Boat Club Durham University Cricket Club Durham University Hockey Club Durham University Men s Lacrosse Club Durham University Rugby Football Club Durham University Swimming Club Team Durham teams competing in non student leagues include Durham Wildcats Women s British Basketball League 75 Durham University Hockey Club Women s England Hockey League Division One North and Men s England Hockey League Division One North Durham University Athletic Football Club through a partnership with Durham United Football Club Wearside Football League Division One 73 Esports edit Team Durham also encompasses esports through Durham University Esports and Gaming DUEG DUEG participates in 12 games across National Student Esports NSE and National University Esports League NUEL tournaments 76 Charity events editThe Athletic Union hosts 3 charity events per year the Rugby Charity Challenge Durham Fun Run and Twenty 20 Charity cricket 77 These events raise money for Sport Action in Zambia Team Durham s official charity 78 References edit Sian Griffiths 16 September 2022 UK university rankings revealed The Times league table The Times Zoe Thomas 21 September 2014 Fit for purpose success on the field of play and in community outreach programmes puts Team Durham ahead of the pack The Sunday Times a b Lily Whear 17 September 2022 Durham has been named Sports University of the Year The Tab Derek Pringle 2021 The end of first class university cricket Wisden Gary Heatly 30 March 2022 Determined Davies wants Durham double before he heads south this summer Taking Rugby Union Camila Turner 24 April 2017 Transgender students should not have to declare birth gender when applying to university sports teams NUS expected to rule The Telegraph Ted Lavis Coward 9 February 2017 Improving intersex representation in Durham sports Palatinate a b Durham University Records Associations Clubs and Societies Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections Catalogue DU Athletic Union DU DC Athletic Union DC Women s Athletic Union Retrieved 1 March 2023 Gabby Logan launches Team Durham Durham University News 14 February 2002 Current Status of the Student Organisations Durham University Retrieved 2 March 2022 MCC Universities Lords the home of cricket Archived from the original on 14 March 2016 Retrieved 28 February 2023 Durham Boat Regatta York Herald 28 June 1834 Retrieved 27 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive Cricket Durham County Advertiser 24 June 1842 Retrieved 27 November 2015 via British Newspaper Archive a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s Past National Victories Team Durham Archived from the original on 18 February 2013 Retrieved 4 November 2015 a b BUCS Points British Universities and Colleges Sport Archived from the original on 18 November 2015 Retrieved 1 November 2016 a b BUCS points 2016 17 a b BUCS points 2017 18 a b BUCS Points 2018 19 a b BUCS Points 2021 22 Carey Simon 7 October 2015 Want to get involved with sport You re at the right University Palatinate Retrieved 7 October 2015 Dean s Comment 6 May 2015 Retrieved 7 October 2015 Once the British University points table is up dated it will show that we have broken the all time University record for points scored in league sports and points scored in cup competitions but after yesterday it will also show that Durham has crashed through the 4000 points barrier With the obvious exception of Loughborough no other university has ever reached this total and huge congratulations should go to our athletes to our coaches and all the support teams Bleed Palatinate Bulletin Team Durham 11 October 2016 BUCS Retrieved 1 November 2016 The Palatinate s have 119 teams competing in BUCS team sport competition 17 more than in 2015 16 and for the first time more than any other institution in Britain In addition Durham will be represented in new fewer than 30 Premier Leagues a record for the University and three in front of our rivals from the Midlands Katie Strick 7 May 2013 DUBC Win BUCS Regatta for 10th Year Running The Tab Retrieved 7 October 2015 James Lee 6 May 2014 Students Shine at 2014 BUCS Regatta British Rowing Archived from the original on 27 February 2015 Retrieved 7 October 2015 Tom Morgan 8 May 2015 BUCS Regatta 2015 Report The National Student Retrieved 7 October 2015 British Universities Sports Association Records Archives Hub Jisc Retrieved 7 March 2023 History BUCS Retrieved 7 March 2023 BUCS results BUCS points 15 16 BUCS Retrieved 4 November 2016 BUCS points 14 15 BUCS Archived from the original on 15 December 2016 Retrieved 4 November 2016 BUCS points 13 14 BUCS Archived from the original on 7 August 2018 Retrieved 4 November 2016 BUCS points 12 13 BUCS Retrieved 4 November 2016 BUCS points 11 12 BUCS Retrieved 4 November 2016 BUCS Football 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 BUCS American Football 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 BUCS Lacrosse 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 BUCS Baseball and Softball 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 Hartlepool United secure partnership with Durham University for new Training Facility Hartlepool United 7 July 2021 Retrieved 1 March 2023 Tony Kearney 16 July 2017 Work starts on 35 million upgrade of Maiden Castle centre to create sports park for Durham The Northern Echo Maiden Castle Durham Women FC Retrieved 5 March 2023 Details for Outdoor T20 Cricket 2021 Division 1 2020 2021 Team Durham College Sport Fixtures Retrieved 1 March 2023 Details for Rounders Premiership Pool A 2021 2022 Team Durham College Sport Fixtures Retrieved 1 March 2023 Details for Ultimate Frisbee Premiership 2022 2023 Team Durham College Sport Fixtures Retrieved 1 March 2023 Durham University Masterplan Report PDF What Do They Know 14 December 2016 pp 90 95 Retrieved 4 March 2023 University challenge is a question of sport Chronicle Live 8 November 2005 Chris Lloyd 18 November 2022 County Durham brothers amp rugby players who made the ultimate sacrifice Northern Echo All Blacks vs Durham All Blacks Retrieved 9 March 2023 BUCS Water Polo 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 BUCS Tennis 22 23 Fixtures BUCS Retrieved 2 March 2023 Boats Team Durham Retrieved 7 March 2023 Sailing Team Durham Retrieved 7 March 2023 Participation Team Durham Retrieved 1 March 2023 Team Durham College Sport Team Durham Retrieved 28 February 2023 College Sport Details for Men s Football apps dur ac uk Retrieved 10 October 2023 Caffrey Jaye 8 June 2021 CCAFC biggest amateur football club in the UK is raising funds for Darlington and Co Durham s Rape amp Sexual Abuse Counselling Centre RSACC Retrieved 10 October 2023 College Sport Details for Netball apps dur ac uk Retrieved 10 October 2023 Clash of the Titans Palatinate 23 November 2015 Durham 12 Loughborough 1 Durham complete unprecedented Varsity hammering Palatinate 2 December 2016 Retrieved 23 February 2017 Team Durham 3 February 2016 Durham 8 5 7 5 Loughborough Twitter Retrieved 23 February 2017 Durham demolish Loughborough in BUCS Varsity Retrieved 23 February 2017 College Varsity York University Students Union Retrieved 1 March 2023 IMS Varsity v Durham Loughborough University Sport Retrieved 1 March 2023 Welcoming Euro Hockey Qualifiers to Maiden Castle Durham University 17 August 2022 Retrieved 27 October 2022 Performance Team Durham Retrieved 1 March 2023 ECB to resume university cricket funding England and Wales Cricket Board 17 May 2018 High Performance Programmes in Clubs British Rowing Retrieved 27 February 2023 Our university partners Lawn Tennis Association Retrieved 27 February 2023 Football Accredited Universities programme continues to grow BUCS 28 June 2023 Undergraduate scholarships Team Durham Retrieved 1 March 2023 Postgraduate scholarships Retrieved 1 March 2023 Sites TASS Retrieved 6 March 2023 Darlington Mowden Park announce women s rugby tie up with Durham University The Northern Echo 13 March 2020 a b Thomas Ludlow 27 June 2022 DurhamAsOne Durham United FC Retrieved 2 March 2023 University sports Team Durham Retrieved 1 March 2023 Bradley Gains 22 December 2022 WBBL 2022 23 Power Rankings Version 2 Hoops Fix Esports at Durham Durham University Retrieved 22 June 2023 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