Half of our players shipped off to 4 different universities to represent USW, while 3 others stayed on home ground to show our competitors what we’re made of. 

Results

Football Women’s 1s

Making the furthest journey of the day was Football Women’s 1s, who travelled to Exeter to play against their Women’s 2s, but unfortunately walking away with a 13-0 defeat to Exeter. They will be having their second head-to-head on the 9^th December on our home grounds at Sports Park.

Badminton Open 2s

Just stepping outside of the Welsh border was Badminton Open 2s, travelling to Glouchestershire to play against their Open 1s. It was a super close match, ending in 5-3 to Gluchestershire with all three losing rubbers going to the 3^rd game. Unfortunately, there won’t be another game against Gloucestershire Open 1s on the table this year.

Netball Women’s 1s

Staying in Wales but travelling west was Netball Women’s 1s against Swansea Women’s 2s on their home ground. After an intense match, the results landed on 57-30 to Swansea, but the team can pull it back in their second head-to-head on 20^th January on our home grounds in Sports Park.

Football Men’s 1s

Travelling down the road to Cardiff Met was Football Men’s 1s in their match against Cardiff Met Men’s 3s. They came back home to USW with our first win of the season, achieving a great 0-2 results to us, setting them up nicely for the rest of the season. They next match again Cardiff Met Men’s 3s is on the 20^th January.

Badminton Women’s 1s

The only match taking place in FitZone last week was Badminton Women’s 1s against Aberystwyth Women’s 1s. After a really intense and close 8 matches, Aberystwyth managed to walk away with 5 rubbers to USW’s 3, and will be playing again against Aberystwyth Women’s 1s in only a few weeks on the 25^th November!

Hockey Women’s 1s

Kicking things off on the ATP at Sports Park were Hockey Women’s 1s playing against Cardiff Met Women’s 5s. Unfortunately, Cardiff Met scored a goal early on in the first half, but did not manage to take any more points during the rest of the game! The girls fended them off throughout the second half, but didn’t manage to overtake their score, leaving the end result as 0-1 to Cardiff Met. There will not be a second game between these two teams, so Cardiff Met have got away with it this time.

Rugby Union Men’s 1s

Running off their success at Varsity, USW Rugby Union Men’s 1s took on Cardiff Men’s 4 (Medics) on home soil. The intense match ended with 17-28 to Cardiff, with the breakdown of 3 USW tries to Cardiff’s 5, USW scoring the only conversion, and 1 penalty score to Cardiff. They go head to head again on the 20^th January on Cardiff’s soil.

Football Men’s 2s

Wrapping up the day was USW Football Men’s 2s, playing against Cardiff Met Men’s 5s on the 4G at Sports Park. The score settled at the end of 90 minutes on 3-4 to Cardiff Met Men’s 5s after a very intense back and forth throughout the game. They will go against each other again on Cardiff Met’s home ground on the 20^th January, where our team will have a second opportunity to take home the win.

Cricket Open Indoor 1s

On Saturday, Cricket took on Exeter and Cardiff Met. In their first match, Exeter Open Indoor 2s just overtook USW by 10 runs, sitting on a score of 74-84 to Exeter at the end of the game. In their second match, unfortunately Cardiff Met Open Indoor 2s managed to achieve 125 runs to USW’s 66, ending the game with a score of 125-66 to Cardiff Met. Due to the withdrawl of USW Cricket Open Indoor 2s, the third match that was due to be USW v USW was cancelled and announced as a walkover to USW Open Indoor 1s.

USW’s Position in the League

Currently, we’re sat on 146.5 points, positioned at rank 84 in the BUCS league. Lets hope we begin climbing the rankings over the next couple BUCS Wednesdays!

Joe mama

There was a crazy occurrence -  all 14 of our regularly competing teams were due to play a match either home or away. Sports Park was packed, FitZone was intense to say the least, and buses were constantly coming and going to and from Treforest campus to the corners of Wales and beyond!

Results

Football Women’s 1s

Making yet another far journey was Football Women’s 1s, who travelled to Southampton to play against their Women’s 1s. The journey was long and treacherous, and unfortunately the team suffered from a 10-0 loss to Southampton. It’s been a rough and tough couple BUCS Wednesdays from the Women’s 1s, and that might be due to the miles and miles they’ve had to travel to their fixtures, but luckily we’ll be welcoming them back to Sports Park next week for their second head-to-head against Exeter Women’s 2s that kicks off at 2pm! Go and show up for our team - give them a warm welcome back to campus!

Badminton Open 1s Vs Badminton Open 2s

A bit of... friendly (?) competition took place in FitZone this week between the USW Open 1s and USW Open 2s. Although it might not come as a surprise considering it was our 1s against our 2s, the end result landed on 8-0 to USW Open 1s, but it was an intense experience for both players and spectators! To make things even worse, they will be playing against each other next week in the Open Western Conference Cup, where one of our teams will be knocked out in Round 2 of the knockout phase, and the victor carrying through to the Quarter-Final. At least we know one of our teams will make it to the QF! It’s not a match to miss, so make sure you’re in FitZone for 1pm next Wednesday!

Football Men’s 1s

Travelling west was our Football Men’s 1s on a conquest to take down Swansea Men’s 1s, but they unfortunately travelled back with a 4-2 defeat to Swansea at the end of 90 minutes. Swansea will be coming back to our home grounds to take on our team again on the 27^th January - let’s see whether our team can take the win from them as they deserve!

Football Men’s 2s

Taking it down the road to Cardiff were our Football Men’s 2s going up against Cardiff Men’s 3 (Medics). Despite fighting like mad, they unfortunately landed with a result of 3-0 to Cardiff at the end of 90 minutes. But don’t be alarmed! They’ll be coming home to show Aberystwyth Men’s 1s what they’re made of on the 4^th of November, so be there or be square!

Football Men’s 3s

Staying at home, our Football Men’s 3s went up against Gloucestershire Men’s 5s in what was our first match of the season. They didn’t let first match of the season nerves get to them, walking away with a score of 1-3 to Gloucestershire, with their goal scored by Charlie (who has been awarded Player of the Match), assisted by Nathan. They won’t be playing Gloucestershire Men’s 5s again, so we’ll be saying goodbye to Glos until their Men’s 4s (UDA) visit on the 4^th of November.

Badminton Women’s 1s

A tough one coming from Badminton Women’s 1s on their visit to Cardiff Met to play against their 1s. Although they gave it their all, they unfortunately ended the 8 matches on a score of 7-1 to Cardiff Met, with two of their rubbers going to the 3^rd game. These things just happen, but they’ve got until January 27^th to practice before they take on Cardiff Met Female 1s again on home soil!

Hockey Women’s 1s

Kicking things off on the ATP at Sports Park were Hockey Women’s 1s playing against Cardiff Met Women’s 5s. Unfortunately, Cardiff Met scored a goal early on in the first half, but did not manage to take any more points during the rest of the game! The girls fended them off throughout the second half, but didn’t manage to overtake their score, leaving the end result as 0-1 to Cardiff Met. There will not be a second game between these two teams, so Cardiff Met have got away with it this time.

Lacrosse Men’s 1s

This match was definitely intense for multiple reasons, one being the return of the Men’s lacrosse team in BUCS for the first time in 2 years, being visited by Aberystwyth Men’s 1s. Unfortunately, they ended the 60 minutes with a score of 2-14 to Aberystwyth, but it’ll be interesting to see the progression of these teams. They’ll take on Aberystwyth again on the 25^th of November up on the west coast, and then again for the Men’s Western Conference Cup on home ground of the 24^th February.

Lacrosse Women’s 1s

Taking place just after the Lacrosse Men’s match was the Women’s 1s, taking on Swansea Women’s 2s. Unexpectedly, the end result was 6-2 to USW, taking home the only win at Sports Park for the week! Sitting on 3 goals was captain Daisy, 2 goals was Amy, and 1 goal was Carys. The team won’t be taking on Swansea 2s again, but will be visited by their 1s on the 4^th November. Congrats to the Women’s 1s!

Netball Women’s 1s

Visiting Netball Female 1s today were Cardiff Female 6s, who gave a great fight and walked away with a score of 35-44 to Cardiff. Our team will go up against them again in a couple months time on the 27^th January on Cardiff’s home ground.

Netball Women’s 2s

Hartpury Female 4s came over to Sports Park to give a go against our USW Female 2s, and it ended in an incredibly close result of 29-31 to Hartpury. They’ve got talent and they’ve got passion, they’ve got it in the bag this year! They won’t be playing against Hartpury Female 4s again this year, but their next match will be against Royal Agricultural 1s over on their grounds, so the best of luck!

Basketball Men’s 1s

At the time of writing, neither USW or Aberystwyth have uploaded the results for the Men’s 1s match. This report still needs to go up in a good amount of time, so check back again later for the updated result when it comes through to BUCS!

Rugby Union Men’s 1s

Our Men’s 1s rugby team had a good week - they were awarded a walkover from UWE Men’s 1s due to the opposing team conceding their first 2 games. The next time USW will face UWE is on the 27^th January before they prepare to win another Varsity match next year!

USW’s Position in the League

Currently, we’re sat on 148.5 points, remaining in our position at rank 84 in the BUCS league. We’re looking at 6 matches next week, 3 home and 3 away, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that some more wins will begin coming our way!

Bit of a quiet one this week, with only 3 teams competing at home and 3 across the South West of England and Wales.

Results

Badminton Open 1s Vs Badminton Open 2s

Wow... the showdown of the century blessed out FitZone last week with Badminton Open 1s going against Badminton Open 2s in their Open Western Conference Cup knockout tornament. Making a stand against the 1s team, the 2s conceded 2-6 to the 1s, making a difference compared to last week’s result of 0-8. This week Open 1s will pay against Cardiff Open 3s at Talybont, while Open 2s go against Winchester Open 1s in FitZone.

Football Women’s 1s

Making a stance on home soil for the first time this season, USW Football Women’s 1s took on Exeter Women’s 2s for the second time in their match for the Women’s National Trophy. An unfortunate match-up, but one that still made the team smile and feel encouraged for the rest of the season, the team walked away with a result of 0-15 to Exeter. Don’t worry - you’ve got another month before you’ll play against Exeter 2s again on the 9^th December at Sports Park!

Hockey Women’s 1s

Unfortunately, the hockey team had to give a walkover in their match against Cardiff Female 8s last week. But that has not knocked their confidence! They’ll be going back down the A470 to take on Cardiff Female 6s on the 2^nd December, but have their next match on home soil against UWE 2s! Show them what you’re made of!

Lacrosse Men’s 1s

Trecking down to Devon was the Lacrosse Men’s team, taking on Exeter Men’s 2s. After a long journey there, they were in store for another long journey back with a score of 7-1 to Exeter, with Zac scoring the goal, and Liam being awarded Man of the Match. They’ll be gracing us with a second head-to-head against Exeter 2s on home soil in the new year on the 27^th January. 

Netball Women’s 1s

Crossing the water, Netball 1s took on UWE 2s in an intense match at the Centre for Sport. Finishing the game with a result of 50-33 to UWE. Their last game of the season is against UWE 2s on the 3^rd March on our home soil at Sports Park.

USW’s Position in the League

Currently, we’re sat on 189 points, dropping down to 86 in the BUCS league. We’re looking at 11 matches next week, 6 home and 5 away, so let’s keep our fingers crossed that some more wins will begin coming our way in the next round of matches!

BUCS Round-up

Bit of a quiet one this week, with only 3 teams competing at home and 3 across the South West of England and Wales.

Match Results

Badminton Open 1s

No result has been uploaded.

Badminton Open 2s

Taking place at FitZone, Badminton Open 2s took on Winchester Open 1s. The end result landed on 3-5 to Winchester, with Ahmad and Bernard winning both their doubles matches and Robbie and Finley winning one of theirs. Good effort, team! Must be feeling strange playing against other universities after taking on our 1s the past 2 BUCS Wednesdays! Unfortunately, that’s the last time our 2s will be playing against Winchester this season, but they’ll be travelling west to Swansea for their next match on the 18^th November!

Football Men’s 1s

Kicking off the day in the first match of the day on home soil were our Football Men’s 1s, playing against Cardiff Met Men’s 4s. At the end of 90 minutes, USW came out victorious with a stunning result of 5-1 to USW! Well done to the team - hopefully they’ll win again when they take on Met Men’s 4s on the 3^rd of February.

Football Men’s 2s

Right after our Men’s 1s were our Men’s 2s, taking on Aberystwyth Men’s 1s and securing the second win of the day with a result of 4-0! The winning goals were scored by Josh, Kai, Marcus, and Mikolaj, with player of the match going to Harry H. Clean sheet went to Will. The team will take on Aberystwyth Men’s 1s again on the 3^rd February - will another win be on the table?!

Football Men’s 3s

No result has been uploaded as of writing.

Football Women’s 1s

In the Barn, our Football Women’s 1s took on Cardiff Women’s 1s. At the end of 90 minutes, our team unfortunately ended on a result of 0-27 to Cardiff. But that’s not the end of the USW-Cardiff feud! Our team will be going against Cardiff 1s on the 3^rd February, so stay motivated!

Hockey Women’s 1s

Taking on our rivals, UWE, USW Female 1s stepped onto the astro ready to take them down. Although it didn’t go to plan, landing on a result of 0-6 to UWE, now the girls are double ready to take them on in Varsity. They won’t be facing UWE again until Varsity now, so rest up and bring your fire over the water in April! Our team will be taking on Southampton at Sports Park on the 25^th November, so come out and support!

Lacrosse Women’s 1s

The Lacrosse Women’s 1s took on Swansea Women’s 1s on Wednesday, but unfortunately walked away with a score of 1-27 to Swansea - not bad for their 2^nd BUCS match in a few years! The single goal was scored by Daisy, and 3 Player of the Matches were awarded to Daisy, Ceone, and Charlotte. They will not be taking on Swansea anymore this season, but will be playing against Bristol Women’s 2s next week!

Netball Women’s 1s

Travelling down the A470, our Netball Women’s 1s took on Cardiff Female 5s (Medics) on the court. At the end of the game, they returned to USW with a result of 46-25 to Cardiff. But not to worry, our team will play against Cardiff Female 5s (Medics) on the 3^rd February again at Sports Park.

Rugby Union Men’s 1s

Travelling down the road, our Rugby Men’s 1s team took on Cardiff Met Men’s 5s. After a tight match, our team travelled home with a result of 27-13 to Cardiff Met, but will be going against them again on the 3^rd February to show them what we’re made of.

Basketball Men’s 1s

Over the Severn was our Basketball Men’s 1s playing against Bristol Men’s 3s, securing a result of 64-88 to USW, bringing home a win this week! Congrats team, we’re looking forward to seeing you go against Bristol Men’s 3s again on the 3^rd February.

USW’s Position in the League

Currently, we’re sat on 195 points, moving up by 1 place to 85 in the BUCS league. We’re looking at a very busy week next week, 10 teams are playing, with all of them away to Bristol, Cardiff, Winchester, and even Southampton! Will we see a third win in a row from Basketball? Which of our football teams will take home the win this week? And how will Cricket 1s do in their tournament at the weekend? So many questions... only time will tell...

BUCS this Week

Matches taking place at home this week:

None!

Matches taking place away this week:

Football - Cardiff Met Men’s 3s vs USW Men’s 2s

Football - HSU Men’s 1s vs USW Men’s 3s

Football - Winchester Men’s 2s vs USW Men’s 1s

Lacrosse - Bristol Men’s 2s vs USW Men’s 1s

Lacrosse - Bristol Women’s 2s vs USW Women’s 1s

Badminton - Southampton Female 1s vs USW Female

Basketball - Winchester Men’s 1s vs USW Men’s 1s

Rugby - Cardiff Men’s 4s (Medics) vs USW Men’s 1

Netball - Cardiff Met Female 4s vs USW Female 1s

Netball - Southampton Female 3s vs USW Female 2s

Good luck to all our teams!

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