{"id":14897,"date":"2019-05-13T09:06:05","date_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:06:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/?p=7929"},"modified":"2019-05-13T09:06:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-13T08:06:05","slug":"bu-claims-varsity-victory-vs-solent-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/student-blog\/2019\/05\/13\/bu-claims-varsity-victory-vs-solent-sport\/","title":{"rendered":"BU claims Varsity victory vs Solent Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2019\/05\/Volleyball.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-7931\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2019\/05\/Volleyball-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>BU\u2019s sports teams claimed an 18-6 victory against rivals Solent University in the annual Varsity event.<\/p>\n<p>Varsity takes place each year, pitting BU\u2019s sports teams against Solent University. This year, the competition took place over two days, with a number of indoor sports taking place at Solent University, before a whole day of sport at Chapel Gate in Bournemouth.<\/p>\n<p>There were wins for BU\u2019s American football, rugby and tennis teams.<\/p>\n<p>BU\u2019s football teams also emerged victorious in all four games to help BU battle to an overall victory of 18-6.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2019\/05\/Rugby.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7932\" src=\"https:\/\/microsites.bournemouth.ac.uk\/postgraduate\/files\/2019\/05\/Rugby-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a>Michael Barry, Sports Performance Manager at Sport BU, said, \u201cVarsity is an excellent celebration of the hard work that our students put in to sport their sport and teams all year \u2013 and we\u2019re delighted to see so many competing and contributing to an overall Bournemouth University win. It was great to see the event spread over the 2 days, working with staff at Solent and using facilities at Solent and Chapel Gate.\u00a0 We\u2019re proud\u00a0 of everyone who took part yesterday, we love that they love this event \u2013 and now the hard work starts to get our teams ready to compete again next year.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Photos and scores from the day can be found on SportBU\u2019s Twitter page: @SportBU.\t\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BU\u2019s sports teams claimed an 18-6 victory against rivals Solent University in the annual Varsity event. Varsity takes place each year, pitting BU\u2019s sports teams against Solent University. 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