BUCS 2021/22 Season Review
A round-up of Oxford achievements in leagues, knockouts and events from the 2021/22 BUCS Season
The BUCS (British University and Colleges Sport) inter-university league and cup season is now completed in most sports, with the cricket league and knockouts still being played and some individual events still to be completed. Oxford entered 80 teams into 24 sports in the 2021/22 season. A total of eleven teams won their respective BUCS leagues this year with eight of those teams finishing the league undefeated.
This includes two Premier level league title wins for the Men's Hockey Blues and the Women's Fencing Blues. Two teams reached cup finals this year with both the Women's Hockey Blues and the Women's Badminton Blues finishing valiant runners-up in the Vase and Trophy competitions, respectively.
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American Football Blues (Tier 2)* |
Fencing Women's Blues (Premier)* |
Netball Women's 3rds (Tier 5) |
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Basketball Women's Blues (Tier 2)* |
Football Women's 2nds (Tier 4)* |
Table Tennis Men's Blues (Tier 2) |
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Basketball Men's Blues (Tier 2)* |
Hockey Men's Blues (Premier)* |
Water Polo Women's Blues (Tier 1)* |
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Basketball Women's 2nds (Tier 3) |
Lacrosse Men's 2nds (Tier 2)* |
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*Denotes undefeated in League
Oxford also had 505 students enter individual BUCS events, engaging in 38 different sporting events so far, with some memorable highlights including three individual gold medals at national events. Blues Performance Athlete Jake Watson soared to gold in Pole Vault in the Indoor Athletics Championships, whilst Yang Pei claimed the Men’s Recurve Title in the Indoor Archery Championships for Oxford’s first individual gold in the event since 2015. This year’s Sportswoman of the Year, Grace Molloy, took gold in the Orienteering Championships in February, beating second place by almost a full minute.
Overall, Oxford currently sits 12th in the overall BUCS table, out of 140 competing institutions in the UK, and five places above Cambridge in the table, with 1942 points for the season so far. Did you know that you can sign up for a BUCS Play account to keep track of Oxford's competitions and results? Simply sign up for an account via BUCS Play to see all BUCS competitions, upcoming fixtures, upcoming events, and results.
