Sports Archive

  • FA Cup at Southsea Common

    FA Cup at Southsea Common

    Joe Wilkes A huge crowd turned out to watch Portsmouth FC fail to reclaim the FA Cup title on Saturday 15th May. Tens of thousands of avid supporters attended Southsea Common to watch the match on a giant 40square metre screen, marking a scene reminiscent of the...

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  • Hey sports fans!

    Joe Wilkes Hey sports fans! This is your new editor taking the chance to introduce himself, say have a great summer and thank all contributors to the section. The outgoing editor, Liam Ryder, has done a sterling job and with such a terrific platform to to...

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  • Uni footballers playing to win

    Pompey Uni sinks Navy

    Joe Wilkes On the 19th May at HMS Temeraire sports ground, sportsmen and women from the University of Portsmouth laid waste to challengers from the Royal Navy. The events on the day were male and female football, mixed hockey and volleyball, netball and the much...

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  • MEET THE COMMITEE: The AU Exec

    MEET THE COMMITEE: The AU Exec

    Rob Knott; AU Chair Rob is responsible for ensuring the Exec are completing their objectives. He chairs AU Council meetings and represents the voting rights of the AU at Student Council. Rob likes to don his tiny speedos and jump into deep water, whilst bearing an...

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  • Wakeboarding, A fresher’s point of view

    Wakeboarding, A fresher’s point of view

    by Tristan Gordon Fresher Tristan gives us an idea of what it’s like to join the Wakeboard club, and a run down of what they’ve been up to so far. Signing up at Freshers’ Fayre couldn’t have been easier, apart from having a banging headache hangover, and...

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  • LACROSSE

    LACROSSE

    by Liam O’Mahoney Flags Competition Quarter finals, 23/01/10 Cambridge University vs University of Portsmouth 1sts – Final score 6-5 Portsmouth Lacrosse Firsts were knocked out of the Flags competition in a triple over-time thriller at Cambridge University. Despite having led for much of the game, the...

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  • Portsmouth English Uni Champs, again!

    Portsmouth English Uni Champs, again!

    by Wayne Gardiner Portsmouth University Boxing Club showed why they were last year’s British University Team of the year by dominating the English University Championships for the 3rd year running. With only 8 boxers competing due to illness in the squad, the Portsmouth squad still walked away...

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  • Pompey Wake takes to the lake

    Pompey Wake takes to the lake

    One cold day in November, 40 members of the Wakeboarding Club climbed onto buses and coaches in search of a good day out at the lake. Along the way, they found good times and found that joining Wakeboarding was a good decision! In total, this trip included...

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  • Students return from sports expedition to Kenya

    Students return from sports expedition to Kenya

    A group of volunteers from the University of Portsmouth have returned from a month long expedition to Africa to teach sports to some of Kenya’s poorest rural communities. They were part of a group of 21 students from the Universities of Portsmouth, Bournemouth, Surrey and...

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