And so it came to pass that Queens Park Rangers were relegated. Sunday’s drab 0-0 draw with Reading confirmed that, come August, both sides will be playing Championship football. The result brought to an end a hugely frustrating two-year spell in the Premier League for QPR, who avoided the drop by the skin of their [...]

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The University of Bristol Rugby 1sts recently were recently crowned league champions of the BUCS Premier South B, an achievement made all the more notable as it came right after beating local rivals Hartpury three times in close succession.  This means that next year they will be competing in the Premier South A along with [...]

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This week over 20 different Bristol sports clubs and societies will battle against UWE as part of Varsity Series 2013. Tonight both the Men and Women Football First XI’s compete at Bristol Rovers’ Memorial Ground, whilst on Wednesday Varsity Day sees multiple events taking place all over the city. This is your guide to what’s [...]

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Bristol Men’s Football Social Secretary and Squad Member George Starkey-Midha gives an exclusive preview  to Epigram ahead of their game tonight: Where: The Memorial Ground, BS8 0BF How: Bus routes 70/73, ample free parking at the stadium When: Women’s match 6pm kick off, Men’s at 8pm Full match commentary also on BURST Radio ‘After the graduation [...]

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How does your 2012/2013 compare to last year? We didn’t qualify last year but have qualified this year and have had some very positive results this season When did the motorsport society start up? We were first entered in the BUCS league in 2003, but that was set up by a group of friends. We’ve [...]

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Futsal player Jonny Winterburn explains the sport’s growth in popularity in Britain and describes the rise of UoBFC at Bristol If you had said the word ‘futsal’ to somebody 7 years ago, without doubt they would have given you a weird look and asked what on earth futsal is. Do the same thing in 2013 [...]

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After a hugely impressive 2011/2012 season, albeit ending in the agony of playoff defeat at the hands of the Cornish Pirates, which prevented the Bristolians from returning to the top flight of English rugby after a three year absence, Bristol RFC have been somewhat underwhelming this year. At the outset, the smell of optimism was [...]

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Recently, the sporting world has been thrown into turmoil and has had its ethics and culture repeatedly questioned in relation to high profile misdemeanours ranging from doping to match fixing. Perhaps the most shocking aspect of it all is that the transgressions are not contained to one single sport, but rather spread across a huge [...]

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The Bristol 1st Women’s Football team have achieved the remarkable success of keeping their place in the BUCS Premier League South. This is all the more notable given how small the squad is, consisting of only 30 full time members with ten of them being practically newcomers to the sport. Having grabbed promotion to the [...]

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The 2012/13 season for The University of Bristol Engineering Society (TUBES) Rugby Club began in October on a positive note, with the foundation of returners bolstered by a strong intake of freshers competing for places in every position on the pitch. One of our first matches to be played was against the OTC, at their [...]

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