The Roses Tournament is an annual sports competition between Lancaster University and the University of York in England, often described as Europe's largest inter-university sports tournament. It is organized by the respective Student Union, YUSU and LUSU. It takes its name from the fifteenth-century civil war, the Rose War, between the House of Lancaster and the House of York. The districts of Lancashire and Yorkshire are traditionally symbolized by red and white roses respectively, although the York team today play in gold and black kits. Competition is held every summer, alternating places between two universities.
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History
The first event occurred on May 15, 1965 after York Vice Chancellor Lord James of Rusholme suggested a boat race between the two universities. The students reinforce this idea and hold a 3-day event with various sports: rowing, table tennis, relay racing, field hockey mixed-up, and push-pull. The winners of each sport received two points, and the losing rector gave the trophy to the winning university. Events continue to increase in size since established, with new events added annually (2004 has 37 different sports). Live coverage of the event is broadcast annually by a joint collaboration between two YSTV and LA1 university television stations: TV, and two student radio stations, Bailrigg FM and York Radio University. The importance of non-sports social activities at the event has also been enhanced, with events held on Friday and Saturday evenings.
In the 2011 tournament, the stadium was used for the first time. The Rugby 1sts XV fights all-out at Huntington Stadium, home of the York City Knights. During the 2013 tournament, York chose to use the same venue again, for the second year running.
Lancaster University's Hockey Club 3rd team, the American Football Lancaster Bombers team and the Lancaster Trampolining team are the only teams that remain unbeaten in the history of the tournament to date into Roses 2012, but the three teams lose to their teammates at York in 2012.
For the 50th battle of the Roses in 2014, the tournament is held in Lancaster, with highlighted events with on-campus marketing with players from all sports to boost morale. Lancaster created the purpose built stadium for the first time hosting the opening and closing ceremonies, as well as fixtures including women's rugby, rugby and archery. The victory is achieved by Lancaster in the sport that York has previously won each year, such as Rugby XV 3rds and 2nds, Men's Lacrosse and Badminton. Women's basketball equipment on Sunday, won by Lancaster, took the university across the threshold needed to win the tournament. Octopush, an underwater hockey form, is shown for the first time in the 2014 tournament. The sports bar is dominated by Lancaster, picking up chalk in the pool and darts.
The 2015 tournament was officially opened by the manager of the English football team Roy Hodgson and chairman of the Football Association Greg Dyke. The opening ceremony, which features a series of boxing matches dubbed 'Friday Night Fight Night', was watched by 1,000 people in York University Hall Hall, with 5,000 more people watching on big screens across campus. It was also the first year in which one university had scored more than 200 points; However, more point-giving activities are now compared to 50 years ago.
eSports was introduced to the tournament for the first time in 2016 in the form of League of Legends, Dota 2 and Counter-Strike: Global Offensive.
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Results
- Lancaster: 26 wins (22 home, 4 away)
- York: 27 wins (23 home, 4 away)
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Current sports list
The following sports are included in the tournament in 2018:
* Croquet is usually played between the Chancellor, Vice-Chancellor and chairman of the Student Union, and does not contribute points on the overall score. Within a few years, including the upcoming 2018 tournament, this was replaced by a green crown bowl.
** In addition to male and female events featuring University teams, since 2016 tournament games have also been played between university A and B league winners among universities.
References
External links
- York Sport Union
- Live Roses
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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