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Varsity 2012The countdown has begunSTUDENT events don't get bigger than the Welsh Varsity, and this year will be no exception.

For the first time in the event's history it will be jointly hosted by both Universities and promises to be larger than ever!

Once again the Green and White army will invade the nation's capital as the Welsh Insititute of Sport and Millennium Stadium play host to the sporting highlight of the university year.

Varsity is the chance to show support for your teams whilst having fantastic day out with your mates.

May 2nd will see hundreds of Swansea students take on Cardiff Uni-versity in a bid to win the Varsity Shield. Make sure you don't miss out when tickets go on sale 30th January at the Student Swansea Events Box Office or online.

So get behind your University's sports team, paint your banners, warm up your vocal chords and don the colours of Swansea.

You can't afford to miss Varsity 2012!

Home of Welsh Rugby: Varsity returns to the Millennium Stadium.

Victorious in Green and White: Swansea's winning team from 2011

Inside:Features, Stories, Information, Photos and much, much more!

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The Future is Bright, the Fu-ture is Green and White!My favourite day of the student calendar is fast approaching, the Welsh Varsity. After the success of last year’s event, I’m excited about the return to the Millennium Stadium and Welsh Institute of Sport once again.

This is my third Varsity and I can truly say as an avid sports fan I’m addicted to the event. To see the uni-versity united in the colours of green and white is just breathtaking.

In my first year I was fortunate enough to witness its return to Swansea. I didn’t believe the hype until I witnessed it for myself. Sketty Lane was memorable; as I watched our Men’s football team destroy Cardiff 5-1. That evening, the atmosphere in the Liberty was electric; I didn’t think it could be beaten until we took over Cardiff and half the Millennium Stadium the fol-lowing year.

I have had the fortune to work closely with the AU this year and met some amazing people who are committed to the cause as our teams push for fur-ther success. We came close to winning the shield in 2010 there is no reason why we can’t do it this year.This paper has certainly been fun to put together. A massive thank-you to Russell Wade, Michelle Dia-mond-Davies and Karina Young as well as all the AU for their input.

Freshers: this is not an event to pass up on as you will regret it. The day-out is fantastic! To go support the teams, some of which contain your friends, then a fantastic evening at the rugby fol-lowed by a Wednesday night out on Wind St. What more could you ask for?

I pledge allegiance to the Green and White Army!

Christopher PennHead of AU Media

Welsh Varsity to be hosted at top sporting venues

THE MAN BEHIND THE TEAM(Coach/Lanky)THE Welsh Varsity is the one day of the year where the Students of Swansea show how genuinely proud they are to be part of the University com-munity. Faces are painted, banners drawn, flags adorned and Swansea University travels on mass to the Capital City to support its sporting teams.

It truly is an unmissable event!!As the primary Event Organiser and the Coach of the Rugby team, the Welsh Varsity obviously car-ries a daunting amount of hard work. Come the day and the scene of half of the stadium wearing green and white all is forgotten and an overbear-

ing sense of pride in my University shines through.

The Welsh Varsity is in its 16th year, coming from very humble beginnings and growing to the co-lossal event it is today. The first event was only a rugby match which was created by the two rugby clubs and played in front of less than 500 people. Swansea dominated the early years in terms of re-sults, enjoying a remarkable period of success

In 2002 the event was extended to encom-pass a Varsity Shield which was played in an additional 14 sports. Since its inception Swansea have never won the Varsity Shield

The event has continued to grow year on year with the rugby being played at St Helens, Cardiff Arms Park, The Brewery Field and the Liberty Stadium.

Last year the event stepped to a whole new level with the Varsity Shield taking place in the Welsh Institute for Sport (WIS) leading into the rugby match at the Millennium Stadium with just un-der 15,000 supporters and a live TV audience.

This year we are looking to extend the Varsity Chal-lenge and get everyone involved. Even if you aren’t a member of a team we want you to outdo your Cardiff counterpart; be it by creating a banner, be it through singing or be it by just being there in the green and white army and helping Swansea to get more supporters to the Stadium than Cardiff. Having been involved in 14 of these events I can genuinely say that I have never experienced an atmosphere like that at the Welsh Varsity. The sheer noise and raw emotion generated by the passionate crowd could rival and probably sur-pass anything else you will experience in Wales. The Millennium Stadium and WIS are magnificent stages and this is one incredible event and I would urge every student to sample and enjoy. Make sure your grasp your opportunity to be there and experi-ence probably the best day in the University calendar!

THE annual Welsh Varsity will be returning to Cardiff’s iconic sporting venues once again this year as Swansea students showcase their sporting talents.

The majority of the fixtures will take place at the Welsh Institute of Sport in Sophia Gardens, before culminating with the hotly anticipated showdown between the Car-diff and Swansea University rugby teams.

Last year’s event saw just under 15,000 students and spectators flock to the home of Welsh rugby and organ-isers are anticipating even greater success as the event enters its 16th year.

Richard Lancaster, primary event organiser, said ‘the event has grown enormously since it first started.

‘Every year Swansea attracts a huge amount of support from its students and it will be amazing to see the Mil-lennium Stadium transformed into a sea of green and white banners, faces and flags.’

University teams playing at the Welsh Institute of Sport will be in good company, the venue houses training for the Welsh Badminton, Netball and Gymnastic teams. Sports fixtures will be starting at 9am at the Institute before the final show-piece at the Millennium Stadium.

Inside the millenium stadium

Richard Lancaster - Varsity Coach

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FLASH AAAAHHHHAAAAAAAAHHHHH!Karina Young talks to AU President Dan Ryan-Lowes about his passion for tradition and the biggest Varsity yet!THERE has never been any doubt about Dan Ryan-Lowes love of the Welsh Varsity; he has been supporting the green and white army as a coach for three years, now he will stand on the side-lines as president.

Work is already well underway for organising this year’s Varsity, but as we welcome in 2012, the preparations for V-day are being stepped up a gear. With this as the first year that both Universi-ties are co-running the event, hopes are high for one of the big-gest, and best Varsity days ever.

“It makes the whole event and the organisation more central-ised.

"This makes things a lot easier for both institutions in regards to the planning and organising of the event and we are both preach-ing the same message of top quality student sport!”

This year an estimated 20,000 supporters will be attending Wales’ Millennium Stadium to see Swansea’s men’s rugby team face off against Cardiff, beating last year’s record by an epic 3,000 fans. Al-though this is one of the high points of the day Ryan-Lowes re-minds us that it’s not just about the rugby match,

“Every win, whether it is for the ladies squash or the men’s rugby, is a massive deal to our students. There is nothing quite like beating Cardiff espe-cially when it contributes to a Varsity match.”

Swansea’s AU president knows this better than anyone, after coaching women’s rugby for two years and fresher’s rugby for one; he has seen plenty of Varsity day action and knows first-hand the effort that every team puts in to training,

“As a coach Varsity starts almost after Christmas with your planning and or-ganising. Even with the best prepara-tions in the world you will always have injuries and changes of plan.

“My experiences of Varsity are quite unique but I wouldn’t trade them for anything! If I can help a team off the pitch for months, weeks or days of preparation and maybe one thing that I have said or done is reflected on the pitch, I feel that I have made

some impact and contribution to a Varsity match.”

Over the past few years one of Swansea’s greatest success stories has been fresher’s rugby. With last year’s win making it a 4:0 win streak to

Swansea the pressure is on for this year’s team,

“The fresher’s win last year against Cardiff freshers in Varsity’s was a massive moment especially to win it in a drop goal shoot out. That match meant a lot to the players, and the rugby club. There was no way that we were going to let that proud record slip!”Ryan-Lowes is full of confidence for Swansea this year after seeing some amazing triumphs already,

“We have some fantastic athletes, coaches and facilities. I’ve seen a few sights already this year, such as the women’s football team thump-ing teams by nearly 10 goals, the men’s 2nds rugby coming from be-

hind to record an impressive win against Exeter.

“Nationally we have had a brilliant start this year as well, with excellent performances in swimming, downhill racing, martial arts, canoeing the

list goes on!”

Despite Swansea never before having taken home the pres-tigious Varsity shield, he thinks 2012 may be Swan-

sea’s year,

“This year we have had a good balance with our men and women’s sport, both sexes are per-forming well and a few of our teams have al-ready given Cardiff something to think about by convincingly beating them already. I hon-estly believe that this will be the year that Swansea leaves Cardiff with every piece of silverware possible! Which will then be pa-raded around Odyssey nightclub long in to the night.”

“Varsity is coming, be a part of Swan-sea’s Triumphs!”



MAKING SMART DECISIONS

UNIVERSITY pride will once again be at stake in the Mil-lennium Stadium, as Swansea face off against their arch-rivals, Cardiff in the Welsh Varsity. It won’t be Captain Richard Smart’s first time on the hal-lowed turf of Welsh rugby, having claimed glory with the green and white army last year. Ten months have passed by, and as the dust of 2011 finally begins to settle, the gears of the Varsity machine have once again come to life as the May event edges closer. “I’m very excited, it always gets more exciting as soon as you go into the New Year,” said Smart. “Everything seems to be-come a bit more real, I think it’s the same with everyone.” Before the Welsh showdown takes place at the Stadium however, all focus is on the teams league cam-paign; a return to the sacred Sketty Lane gives the lads hope as they begin to prepare for the run-in. “We have got all our travelling out of the way, and it’s good to be playing back at home again. Smart made his Varsity de-but when the event returned to the city of Swansea in 2010 after a seven year absence. The Liberty Stadium, home of Swansea City and the Ospreys, played host to the rugby match and a record attendance number. “A lot of the boys, were used to playing at the Cardiff Arms Park but it wasn’t just the rugby boys, it was nice for everyone to have it back in Swansea.” The 16-12 final score in Swan-sea’s favour did the match jus-tice in what proved to be a tight affair as Cardiff set up base camp on home team’s try line for seven heart stopping minutes after the initial 80 had expired. “It is one of the bravest defen-sive performances we ever put in,” said Smart who revelled in the memories of the match. “Fair play to Cardiff they attacked hard for the last seven minutes. “I think it was a matter of who would be the first team

to make a mistake, it shows how clinical you have to be.” Fast forward to October 2010 and the Varsity ante was raised for the boys when it was an-nounced that the match would be contested at the National Stadium the following year. “We were told at the beginning of the season and it instantly put it up another level for everyone, it’s exactly the same this year. “It’s the biggest stadium that most of our boys will ever get to play at and an amazing stage for our boys to play on. “It’s such a massive opportu-nity and honour for everyone to represent their university. “It’s a great privilege to even be in-volved, and the history behind it is what makes it so important today; it’s what drives the boys to win.” Smart then went on praise the two previous captains from 2010 and 2011 who he says have helped him develop as a player and grow in the team, as well as still making valuable con-tributions to the side today. “Kerry [O’Sullivan,] was captain in my first year and still plays for us now; Rhodri [Clancy] an-other one [captain in 2011]. “These guys have got a couple of years’ experience of uni rugby over me and their input is so important, I’ve got a lot of help around me which is always good to have.” The match itself proved to be a fantastic showpiece of Welsh rug-by as Swansea took control and effectively ‘did the job’ as they ran out 28-18 winners. Smart re-flected on the manner of the win. “In the first ten minutes we ac-tually looked quite shaky; it’s the same every year, everyone comes flying out the blocks. “Once people begin to find their patterns, the real game begins. “There was a lot of rugby played last year, much more excit-ing than the year before.” There is no denying the growth of the whole event over the last few years and Smart admitted

that he felt privileged to be at the university during this golden period. “I feel lucky to have come to Swan-sea at a great stage for it, where it has been continuing to expand. “The boys in the years above me have seen it grown even more, they played when it was at Cardiff Arms Park. “For me it is only going to get big-ger and bigger, it will be competing with the English Varsity definitely.” Swansea have been victors in the rugby match for the last two years on the trot, and with the class of 2011/12 hoping to make it three, the captain believes there is a great potential within the squad to com-pete at a high level for future years. “This year we have had a great intake of freshers; combined with good sup-port from the lads from the 2nd team just shows what this club is about. “We need that coordina-tion throughout the season.” The captains of the Rugby team change every year but Head Coach Richard Lancaster has been a fo-cal point in the success of the side, with promotion to the Premier League and three successes at Varsity. Smart describes the coach-es influence as “massive.” “His job at uni is not primarily a rugby coach, a lot of his time is volunteer work and it has helped us immensely.

“He’s helped me to grow as a play-er individually and we wouldn’t be the team we are without him. “Steve Mellalieu has done a fantastic job as well. “Without their influence we’d definitely be in a different situ-ation to what we are now. “We are not fortunate enough like other universities to have paid coach-es, we are lucky that the university back us in the way that they do.” So with graduation looming for the captain, questions are being asked whether Smart could feature in his fourth Varsity in 2013. With a coy smile he admitted, “I’m considering it, I would love to do a fourth year here.”

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by Rhys Dixon - Freshers Captain

ON the 2nd of May the success or failure of an entire season will be determined by 80 minutes of Rugby.

I am not talking of the grand spectacle of the match played in the Millennium Stadium but rather it’s much smaller sibling,

the Fresher’s Varsity. This will be the 5th annual Fresher’s Var-sity and with Swansea winning all four of the previous fixtures (even if it was nail bitingly close in 2010/11 Season) this year’s crop of fresher’s has a proud winning tradition to live up to.

The surroundings may be dif-ferent to the Millennium but on

the day you would struggle to find a difference in the; attitude, commitment, intensity or pride shown by the 15 young men that step onto that field come game time. What the game lacks in the form of a large stadium it makes up for in a very vocal and boisterous crowd, with, it seems, most spectators us-ing it as a chance to “express”

themselves as a warm-up for fixtures that run later in the day (Sketty Lane before the Men’s 1sts Football in 2010 comes to mind).

In a season that has so far been ravaged by cancelations (Fair-wood, ahem) we find our lead up to the 2nd of May crammed with fixtures and with a group of

players that only seem happy with success in the division, cup and varsity the chance to devel-op a strong run of form before the season determining fixture will hopefully be taken advan-tage of. For those lucky enough to be selected the Fresher’s Varsity is possibly the most use-ful tool for players to show that they have the bottle and ability

to play at a much higher level than they will find in the cur-rent division we find ourselves in, and It is my hope that the core squad of players around which varsity success is forged will have demonstrated beyond doubt the class required to play in the 2nd XV or even with enough effort the 1st XV.

With the prominence of the event growing year on year (comparable to how the Welsh Varsity was just over 10 years ago) a far more professional ap-proach is being adopted with both player and squad devel-opment being the primary goal in the time remaining until var-sity. Make no mistake the count-down is on and come the 2nd of May SURFC Fresher’s will rep-resent the Green and White well.

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Lewis Crompton- Xtreme Station Manager

VARSITY is one of the highlights of the student calendar and having been at Xtreme Radio since my first year for me it’s a personal highlight for more reasons than most.

I’ve been involved in the big day on both sides of the fence, helping to broadcast and live tweet the event in 2010 and attending as a fan in 2011. Featuring fantastic university sport from Golf to Tennis and Netball to Foot-ball; V-day culminates in the ultimate Welsh derby, the Rugby. Since my first year I’ve been lucky enough to see Swansea win on both home turf at the Liberty Stadium (16-12, 2009/10) and away at the Millennium Stadium (28-18, 2010/11) and I can’t wait to see the boys lift the trophy for a third time this year making it a hat-trick for Swansea as well as the freshers of 2009.

Varsity 2012 sadly marks my last Varsity as a Swansea student but I can honestly say I’m proud to be a life member of the green and white army. One of the things I will take away from my time at Swansea is the amazing match day atmosphere, nothing compares to being in the stadium at kick-off listening to the different songs and chants as both sets of fans let it all out attempting to power their team to victory.

VARSITY is without doubt the highlight of my year.

Whether you’re a player getting down to the biggest game of your season or a sup-porter enjoying a month’s worth of sport in one day, varsity has an ability to bring our students together like no other event.

For one day only everybody is part of the green and white army.

I have been fortunate enough to experience four varsity matches. Each day brings its own highs and lows, thrills and a lot of spills and memories (or lack of).

Varsity in my first and second years was spent attempting to balance covering matches for the Waterfront newspaper and what I’ll call ‘soaking up the atmosphere.’

After initially trying to cover the mixed Lacrosse with all the professionalism and passion befitting a serious sports journalist I soon got sucked into the spirit of varsity.

Next year I was given a promotion, as the then sports editor was Norweigan and didn’t understand ‘why those men were chasing that egg’.

I eagerly scribbled my notes on the main event from the press box at Cardiff Arms Park; secretly a little gutted I wasn’t on the terraces with the rest of my mates.

So with the 80th minute closing in there was only thing for it, I scrunched my note-pad into my back pocket and joined the customary pitch invasion. I don’t think it harmed my match report.

Those trips to Cardiff were unforgettable as

thousands of us descended on the capital, cre-ating an electric atmosphere that matched any top level rugby clash.

And 2010 was a great chance to experience Swansea hosting varsity for the first time in memory.

What really surprised me about that blazingly hot day was how few fans Cardiff brought to the day time events.

There was at most a hundred of red and blacks huddled together to witness our football team destroy their Cardiff counterparts at Sketty Lane.

It really showed how special Swansea students make varsity; our enthusiasm levels know no bounds. Varsity is to Swansea students what Christmas is to elves.

Since then Varsity has moved on as an event, being broadcast live on tv from our national stadium.

I was worried like many others that a less intimate venue might change the very essence of the varsity match but I think last year proved it’s the students that make varsity and not any stadium.

Truthfully, it’s Swansea students that really make varsity, Swansea students who travel in huge numbers to watch every match and Swansea students who make varsity an unfor-gettable day.

I’m a big Cardiff City supporter but I’ve got no problem in saying C’MON SWANSEA! That’s what varsity does to you!

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So I’ve returned…..for a one off Simmo Says, all in the name of Varsity! First off…Freshers; if you don’t go to Varsity – You cannot physically call yourself a Swansea student – So if you’re not coming, bore off to Swansea Met. N o w that’s off my chest, let’s get to the good stuff…Varsity memories. My first Varsity back in 2007, I didn’t know what to expect, until I stepped off the train and I could hear a roaring of chants coming from the near-est pub….20 minutes later I was topless on an adjacent portakabin singing ‘Swansea Ranger’ surrounded by a green & white army. Half an hour later I found myself in a McDonalds toi-let, in my boxers painting myself green with an unknown French student! To be honest, I can’t remember the game; but I’ll never forget the feeling of being surrounded by so many fellow Swansea students all gunning to get one over Cardiff uni! That feeling in my opinion is what being part of a university is all about….everyone getting together to support your university, beat-ing your biggest rivals & being so nailed from a whole day of drinking in Cardiff that you’re not quite sure how you ended up on the pitch in just your socks?!

Next Varsity memory: My mum shouting down the phone to me that she’d just seen me on BBC News in a tutu throwing up onto my housemates head. Pretty self-explanatory that one.

One of my favourite Varsity moments was the year we got banned from the Sports Centre. And when I say we, I don’t mean myself and a few others, I mean the whole of Swansea University. There are those that will have experienced the Men’s football at Varsity 2010 on Sketty Lane that will be far too afraid to talk about the atmos-phere that day. You really had to feel sorry for the 20 Cardiff fans there, absolutely demolished by the 100’s of outrageous Swansea fans,running naked through the stands, spraying tin-

nies EVERYWHERE whenever we scored and one un-named individual who attempted to moon the Cardiff fans, but instead ended up tumbling down the seats and landed arse first on a poor Cardiff girl. Needless to say, Swansea University Football was not invited to the sports centre again, but we beat Cardiff and that’s all that mattered. On Varsity, ensure you watch the men’s football, because it’s always lively. (2011’s men’s football was abandoned after a pitch in-vasion DURING the penalty shoot-out!) The ultimate Varsity memory for me though, has to be watching us lift the Varsity cup at the Mil-lennium Stadium, with one of the loudest and best crowds I’ve ever seen at a sporting event. You could never re-create each Varsity, every year it just gets bigger and better. Every year you’ll go to further lengths to show your dedica-tion and admiration for Swansea University. And every year you’ll wake up the next morning un-able to get the green paint off that you rubbed all over yourself. But in seriousness, Varsity is an incredible day. You get the chance to cheer on your university in over 20 sports, watch a professional game of rugby in one of the world’s most famous sport-ing stadiums and most importantly, you’ll have an amazing day out with your Swansea friends…all 10,000 of us! You’ll experience this patriotism on your first Varsity and you’ll be hooked for life. Believe me, this is my sixth Varsity and there are certain old buggers who have been going year on year since the first one in 1997. I’m actually from Car-diff, but on Varsity, i couldn't love Swansea any-more. I pledge allegiance to the Green & White Army. Simmo Says...Once A Swansea Ranger, Always A Swansea Ranger

Angharad MarshallLast year my own and surrounding houses from the student village em-barked on the invasion of Cardiff for Varsity. We joined hundreds of other students on the train down to Cardiff; the students of Swansea had truly tak-en over the rails in a tremendous union all hoping for success! The whole day even for people, who aren’t sport fa-natics such as myself, is an amazing experience. Last year’s Varsity was a spectacular success. We beat Cardiff University in a whole host of events the most important one being the rugby. The excitement was truly gripping and we can only hope that Swansea University does the same again this year.

I am really hoping that we trounce Cardiff once again in the rugby. In fact, I hope that we beat them in everything. Attending Varsity is an amazing experience and is just a general excuse to have a liberating day with your friends where you truly feel the patriotic sense of what it is to be a Swansea student! Abertawe am byth!

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Lizzie Hearn- Women's Rugby captain"The growth of the Welsh varsity has been brilliant. All sports are benefiting from it hugely. It’s one of the highlights of the uni year. Everyone is very excited for the big day. I am very excited as I feel we have a very good chance of winning this year, and would be awesome to captain my final year and come away from var-sity with a win.

I think with having a winning streak from the pretty much the beginning of the season is making the girls more determined to do well. This is showing in training with the amount of effort being put in. As well as this, there is a lot of competition for po-sition which again is making the girls more determined. We have started preparation early this year, little things like managing to get two sessions in a week."

Pete Ockwell- Men's Football captain "Varsity is huge and is the biggest game in the year for the boys. Winning it last year meant a huge amount to the squad and really was a confi-dence boost to the team.

The game did end 1-1 [the official result] after 120 minutes but as we all know the game went to pen-alties to ensure there was a result. To us, to the fans and to the Cardiff lads they know that even though the 'official' ruling was a draw, Swansea University came away from that game victorious.

The boys are hungry to win every game and we are full of ambition this year, not only to win varsity but to win every single game we play in. We are determined to achieve success. Stepping on to that pitch and representing the university and the club is a great honour. I missed out on varsity last year due to university commitments and that has spurred me on to really make this year even better. Leading the team out to play will be when the oc-casion hits me and I realise just how much I want to win and make it three wins in a row for us.

The game always attracts a great crowd and may-be an unexpected amount of people, as evident last year with the poor crowd control in place but it really adds that something extra to the game."

Joseph Haworth- Men's Hockey captain

"Varsity last year was frustrating for many of us. We went straight in to the game at the end of the season, and with us playing games Wednesdays and Saturday’s building up to it we lacked time to prepare specifically for the match. Obviously it was a very disappoint-ing result for us. This year should be completely different! We have a break before the actual match and we will use this time to prepare specifically for the event.

The best thing about sport in Swansea is how everyone gets behind you. Even when you’re struggling. Whether its fellow members of your club or randomers trying to pep you on, they all do their part. The atmosphere at Varsity is incredible. Swansea has unquestionable the best support. Always the loudest, always with the best chants, and by far the best at ribbing opposition players. The actual event of Varsity is huge. You can see how much the event means when you meet old boys who are always so keen to ask how you got on or wish you luck."

Laurence Hodgkins - Intramural Football League Chairman"Our debut last year was a massive success; last year’s committee did a fan-tastic job finding a squad to take over there capable of putting on such a good performance. It was obvious to see who the better team was on the day! The lads in Intramural take it very seriously, and we have a lot of talent within the league. I’m very excited! Obviously now it’s back in Cardiff again it’s going to be another massive fixture for us to go and play. No doubt we'll get the result we want as well. Myself and the committee already have big plans! It should be a big Swansea win."

"When push comes to shove, the winners will be the team who wants it most"

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Ria Llewellyn- Women's Football cap-tain"I'm very excited about Varsity. As a fresher last year we all knew how important this event was for us as well as the university, it is down to me and other committee members to inform freshers how much Varsity means. I feel that the squad we have will give us a very good chance of beating them and showing them we are clearly the better team

We are all impressed with how much coverage the Wom-en's football have had this year compared to previous years which shows how Woman's football being seen as more serious. Varsity gives us a great opportunity to get us heard, and show how much talent there is."

Charlotte Davies- Cheerleading President“Last year’s performance was an amazing success, we pulled a few new tricks out of the bag, which we hope impressed the crowd - the reception we received was overwhelming.

All of the girls, especially the newbies, are looking forward to performing at the Millennium Stadium. Last year it was an honour, and looking up when we ran onto the pitch I think we all had our hearts in our mouths!

Varsity is becoming an ever more popular event at the university, so being part of the event in any way is nerve wracking and exciting at the same time.”

Freddie Ferrari- Golf Captain“I expect we will go in to the match under-dogs on paper, and disadvan-taged by being in Cardiff's back garden. We are all looking forward to it and I cannot wait to get the fresher’s involved to show them what all the hype is about! We all love a challenge and a win this year would mean I personally have won all three Varsitiies! and play with heart, so COME ON SWANSEA!”

Christopher Aldred- American Football President

“I'm confident, we have a great chance against Cardiff, they have played some fantastic football themselves so far this year, but on the day we should have the depth in numbers and ability to really challenge them. As with any game of American Football any team has a chance on the day.

Everybody who participate love being able to represent the uni in a competi-tive nature against Cardiff.

Varsity is a huge event, by getting the chance to be a part of it gives us more publicity and coverage that can ensure the continuation of this wonderful program.”

"the reception we received was overwhelming."



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