On Saturday the 12th of February, students from the Canterbury Christ Church University Shotokan Karate club took part in the Southern Regions karate championships in Crawley.
One of the newer members of the club, Aaron Douglas competed for the first time at regional level, having joined the club as a beginner last September.
Stephen Bottomley (third year undergraduate) put in an excellent performance in both aspects of the competition – kata (a pattern of moves designed to deal with several opponents) and kumite (freestyle sparring).
Stephen won two bronze medals …

Some of you may have observed the solitary Jitsu poster that made its debut on the wall of the boy’s toilets* in the SU – the majority of you though will not have. For those of you who missed it, this article will reiterate the information supplied and expand upon it.
Jiu Jitsu, Ju Jitsu or simply Jitsu is a refined form of fighting skills originally used by Samurai warriors as an art of defence when they had lost their weapons or were faced with a bout of close quarters combat. …

Varsity Report- Men’s Rugby 1st
The Men’s Rugby first teams took to the pitch on the evening of the 8th March, in cold and occasionally gusty conditions and accompanied by a great crowd of spectators. UKC scored an early try, which they failed to convert, and then throughout most of the first half the two teams were fairly evenly matched, UKC dominating overall although Christ Church applied strong pressure for around 5 minutes before conceding a penalty, which UKC successfully took advantage of, leaving the half-time score 8-0 to Kent.
Halftime was …

Varsity Report
Women’s Basketball
Tipping-off Wednesday afternoon at Christ Church’s shiny new sports centre, the Women’s Basketball game was a well-fought one, both teams determined and giving away as little as they could. UKC scored first and solidified this with a strong opening streak of points, defending skilfully when required, forcing Christ Church to raise their game, leaving the first quarter score at 22-14 to UKC. The second quarter opened up with fast play and a fierce display from both teams, seeing longer periods of possession. However, despite some good side-line shooting …

So then..to pick up where we left off in the last edition in November. Of course fixtures are still bumbling along as usual, however, due to the snow we had severe disruptions to many games before Christmas. Our teams are still flourishing with 10 of our 22 BUCS sides in prime position at the top of the league, so a huge well done and captains keep up your amazing work.
December came and went and a lot of the teams, particularly Hockey, bid farewell to their American team mates. …

On the 10th March, Canterbury Christ Church will meet the University of Kent in a number of sporting events, in the prestigious Varsity battle. Unified went to meet Don Fletcher, the Men’s rugby 1st team captain, to see how preperations for the event are going.
Nicolas Verdier: Don, how do you feel with just two months until Varsity commences?
Don Fletcher: I feel confident. We’ve had a good season so far, even if we did get knocked out of the Cup in the first round. But we are top of the …

Any person taking a walk down Spring Lane will now be greeted by our fantastic and striking new sports centre. The University has taken a huge step forward by constructing the new facility which will benefit students no end. Before the centre was built, the small and rather dated hall in Anselm, along with the fairly dingy St Georges Fitness centre, were the University’s only real sporting facilies within range of the campus, but the new sparkling and modernistic centre really is something to behold.
The welcoming new centre contains one …

To be a Jet you have to be able to juggle and manage your coursework, social life and cheerleading together and never become the bore on Tour.
The squad is made up of 50 girls who, following the tough team selection process in September, have accomplished ,through dedication and hard work, the high standards required to coordinate our routines.
Congratulations to those who have made it through, we are a great team who are willing to step up and give our special support to Christ Church at a number of sports events, …

Christ Church has never been shy of sporting participation over the years and with the introduction to the new intramural Football league it shows no sign of stopping.
Football is without doubt one of, if not the biggest sports at Christ Church, with hundreds of hopefuls ever year attending trials with a keen eye of putting on that maroon shirt come the start of the season. In years gone by Christ Church has always been in plentiful supply of football teams with six Christ Church BUCs teams up and running last …

Well where to start? This year has easily been the most successful varsity to date for Christ Church University.