The Varsity Dodgeball Match

The Varsity Dodgeball Match is an annual contest between UK universities the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge, in competition for the Campbell-Davis Cup. At present, the fixture is alternately hosted by each of the universities and usually occurs on the first Sunday of March.
The first Varsity Dodgeball Match took place on the 4th March 2012 in the sports grounds of
St John's College, Cambridge, and was organised by Sam Clinton-Davis (Magdalene College, Cambridge), Calum Harvey-Scholes (Magdalene College, Cambridge), Matt Owton (St Catherine's College, Oxford) and Owen Leyshon (St Catherine's College, Oxford). The visionary of the event was Rob Campbell-Davis, who gives his name to the trophy contested between the universities.
One of the Dodgeballs used in the inaugural match is set to be cut open with the winning team of each Varsity subsequently having their name engraved in the inside of this match ball.
The match is governed by an understanding between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge.
The 2012 Varsity Dodgeball Match
The 2012 Varsity Match was the inaugural encounter in the sport of dodgeball between the University of Oxford and the University of Cambridge and was held on St John's College, Cambridge's sports grounds on 4 March 2012.
The match was won by the narrowest margins of 4-3 in games by Oxford, represented by a team of 18 St Catherine's College students, fresh from victory against St Anne's College in 2012:
* Captains Owen Leyshon and Matt Owton
* Alan Wise
* JCR President Benson Egwuonwu
* Dan Owen
* George Shankar
* Dean Irvine
* Scott Tully
* Dave Rowland
* Rebecca Elliott
* Jules Ginsberg
* Pablo Simko
* Simon Battersby
* Marcus Stevenson
* Matthew Fisher
* Nic Kamlish
* Dan Wu
* Wen Jun Wong
The Cambridge Team (Magdalene College unless otherwise stated):
* Captains Sam Clinton-Davis and Calum Harvey Scholes
* Louis Ross (Downing College)
* Charlie Palmer (Trinity College)
* Oliver Thicknesse
* Gabriella Goldberg
* Matt Burnett-Stuart
* Tom Hargreaves
* Laurence Orchard
* Annie Raff
The 2013 Varsity Dodgeball Match
The 2013 Varsity Dodgeball Match is due to be held in March 2013 at the University Club, Mansfield Road, Oxford.

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