Roses Tournament

Roses Tournament
Contested by
Lancaster University University of York
First held 1965
Current champion Lancaster
Trophy The Carter James Trophy
Official website roseslive.co.uk
Number of wins
Lancaster York
26 27
Draws: 1 (1974)

The Roses Tournament is an annual sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York in England, often described as the largest inter-university sports tournament in Europe.[1][2] It is organised by their respective Students' Unions, YUSU and LUSU. It takes its name from the 15th Century civil war, the Wars of the Roses, between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The counties of Lancashire and Yorkshire are traditionally symbolized by the red and the white rose respectively, although York teams today play in gold and black kits.[3] The competition is held every summer, alternating its venue between the two universities.[4]

History

The first event happened on 15 May 1965 after the Vice-Chancellor of York, Lord James of Rusholme, suggested a boat race between the two universities.[5] The students amplified this idea and held a 3-day event with a variety of sports: rowing, table tennis, relay race, mixed field hockey, and tug of war. The winner of each of the sports received two points, and the losing vice-chancellor presented a trophy to the winning university. The event has continued to increase in size since its founding, with new events added every year (2004 had 37 different sports). Live coverage of the event is broadcast every year by a joint collaboration between the two university's student television stations YSTV and LA1:TV, and its two student radio stations, Bailrigg FM and University Radio York. The importance of non-sporting social activities at the event has also been increased, with organised events on the Friday and Saturday evenings.[4]

In the 2011 tournament a stadium was used for the first time. The Rugby 1sts XV battled it out at Huntington Stadium, the home of the York City Knights.[6] During the 2013 tournament York opted to use the same venue again, for the second year running.

The Lancaster University Men's Hockey Club 3rd Team, Lancaster Bombers American Football team and the Lancaster Trampolining team were the only teams to remain unbeaten in the history of the tournament to date going into Roses 2012, however all three teams lost to their York counterparts in 2012.[7]

For the 50th battle of the Roses in 2014, the tournament was hosted at Lancaster, with the event highlighted with marketing across campus with players from all sports to boost morale. Lancaster created a purpose built stadium for first time which hosted both the opening and closing ceremony, as well as fixtures including women's rugby, men's rugby and archery. Wins were taken by Lancaster in sports that have previously been won by York annually, such as Rugby XV 3rds and 2nds, Men's Lacrosse and Badminton. The women's basketball fixture on the Sunday, won by Lancaster, took the university across the threshold needed to win the tournament. Octopush, a form of underwater hockey, was featured for the first time in the 2014 tournament. Bar sports were dominated by Lancaster, taking a whitewash in both pool and darts.

The 2015 tournament was officially opened by England football team manager Roy Hodgson and Football Association chairman Greg Dyke. The opening ceremony, which featured a series of boxing matches dubbed 'Friday Night Fight Night', was watched by 1,000 people in the University of York's Central Hall, with a further 5,000 people watching on large screens across campus. It was also the first year that one university had scored more than 200 points; however more point scoring activities are present now compared to 50 years ago.[8]

eSports were introduced to the tournament for the first time in 2016 in the form of League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.[9]

Results

  • Lancaster: 26 wins (22 home, 4 away)
  • York: 27 wins (23 home, 4 away)
  • Draws: 1
No.YearHostWinnerLancasterYork
11965YorkYork
21966LancasterLancaster
31967YorkYork
41968LancasterLancaster
51969YorkYork
61970LancasterLancaster
71971YorkYork
81972LancasterLancaster
91973YorkLancaster
101974LancasterDraw
111975YorkLancaster
121976LancasterLancaster
131977YorkLancaster
141978LancasterYork
151979YorkYork
161980LancasterLancaster
171981YorkYork
181982LancasterLancaster
191983YorkYork
201984LancasterLancaster
211985YorkLancaster
221986LancasterLancaster
231987YorkYork
241988LancasterLancaster
251989YorkYork
261990LancasterLancaster
271991YorkYork
281992LancasterYork
291993YorkYork
301994LancasterLancaster
311995YorkYork
321996LancasterLancaster
331997YorkYork
341998LancasterLancaster
351999YorkYork
362000LancasterLancaster
372001YorkYork
382002LancasterYork119.5120.5 [10]
392003YorkYork101132
402004LancasterLancaster145107
412005YorkYork91.5159.5 [11]
422006LancasterLancaster134115
432007YorkYork103143[12]
442008LancasterYork122124 [13][14][15][16]
452009YorkYork79.5194.5 [17][18][19]
462010LancasterLancaster157.5105.5 [20][21][22][23]
472011YorkYork104.5176.5 [24]
482012LancasterLancaster156.5131.5 [25]
492013YorkYork105.5180.5 [26]
502014LancasterLancaster183.5142.5 [27]
512015YorkYork141.5227.5 [28]
522016LancasterLancaster212.5138.5 [29]
532017YorkYork159.5206.5 [30]
542018LancasterLancaster225.5126.5 [31]

Current list of sports

The following sports are included in the tournament as of 2018:[32]

* Croquet is usually played between the Chancellors, Vice-Chancellors and Students' Union presidents, and does not contribute any points to the overall score.[33][34] In some years, including the upcoming 2018 tournament, this is replaced by crown green bowls.[35][36]

** In addition to men's and women's events featuring the University teams, since the 2016 tournament matches have also been played between the winners of each university's intercollegiate A and B league.[37]

References

  1. ↑ "Roses @ Lancaster Students' Union". lancastersu.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  2. ↑ York, University of. "Roses - Student life, University of York". www.york.ac.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  3. ↑ "York Sports President explains the virtues in university sport | York Vision". York Vision. 2009-10-12. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  4. 1 2 "Roses 2017 - History". roseslive.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  5. ↑ "50 years of Roses sporting clashes". www.lancasterguardian.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  6. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses 2011: Friday Night Lights
  7. ↑ "York's War of the Roses defeat sees Lancaster edge closer". York Press. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  8. ↑
  9. ↑ "eSports added to UK university varsity as Lancaster beat York - Esports News UK". Esports News UK. 2016-05-02. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  10. ↑ LU News. Lancaster narrowly beaten in War of Roses Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  11. ↑ BBC – North Yorkshire – Sport – White spirit
  12. ↑ Roses 2007 Final Result – University Radio York (URY) Archived 24 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  13. ↑ Roses 2008 Fixtures and Results – The Yorker Archived 5 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine.
  14. ↑ Roses (York Sport)
  15. ↑ Rob Miller " Roses 2008
  16. ↑ LU News. Lancaster pipped by York in the Roses Archived 2 August 2009 at the Wayback Machine.
  17. ↑ Roses 2009
  18. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses
  19. ↑ Roses (York Sport)
  20. ↑ Roses Two Thousand and Ten
  21. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses
  22. ↑ Roses – 2010 " York Vision
  23. ↑ URY – University Radio York – 1350 AM Archived 4 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine.
  24. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses
  25. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses 2012
  26. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses 2013
  27. ↑ Nouse.co.uk " Roses 2013
  28. ↑
  29. ↑
  30. ↑
  31. ↑ "Roses Live 2018". 2018-05-06. Archived from the original on 2018-05-06.
  32. ↑ "Roses 2018 - Sports". roseslive.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  33. ↑ "Roses croquet: York beat Lancaster | York Vision". York Vision. 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  34. ↑ "Lancaster and York In 44th Roses Tournament". Lancaster University News. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  35. ↑ "Roses 2018 - Crown Green Bowls". roseslive.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  36. ↑ "Roses 2018 - Crown Green Bowls". roseslive.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-27.
  37. ↑ "Roses 2017 - Football". roseslive.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
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