BUCS round-up

UCLan Ladies Basketball 1st team

UCLan's teams enjoyed a mainly successful time in the first full round of games in The British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) leagues this week.

In Rugby our League team started their season in style with a 36-4 win at Cumbria 1st, but our Men's Union 1st lost 41-6 at home to Bishop Burton 1st.

Men's Football 1st beat Edgehill 1st 5-0, our 3rd team won 2-1 at Liverpool Hope 1st and the 4th team won 3-1 at Bolton 1st.

Men's 2nd lost heavily at Chester (Warrington) 1st, while our 5th team lost to a single goal to their 3rd team. Women's 1st lost 9-0 at Northumbria 1st.

Men's Basketball 1st cruised past Leeds Met Carnegie 2nd 89-59, Mens 2nd won 63-55 at Manchester Met 3rd and Women's 1st beat Manchester 1st 50-44. Netball 1st and 2nd both enjoyed home wins, while the 3rd team narrowly lost at Bangor 2nd. Our four hockey teams were all defeated.

Men's Tennis 1st beat Liverpool Hope 1st 12-0 and the 2nd team drew 6-6 with Huddersfield 1st. Men's and Women's Badminton 1st were both successful and Men's Table Tennis 1st won narrowly at Bangor 1st.

Men's Squash 1st lost 3-2 to Manchester 3rd, Liverpool 2nd Fencing beat our 1st team, but Women's Fencing 1st produced an excellent 106-43 win at Hull 1st.