#BUCSWednesday Returns – Week One Round-up


BUCS (British Universities and Colleges Sport) fixtures returned on Wednesday 9 October and #TeamDMU were out in full force.

With eight home and seven away games, our DMUsport teams gave it their all to try to bring home a win in the anticipated first week of matches.

Table Tennis 

The day began with DMU Table Tennis Men’s 2nd team v University of Derby Men’s 2nd at The Watershed. It’s the first to nine points to win for Table Tennis and within 15 minutes #TeamDMU were already two points up.

The team played perfectly throughout and used a range smash and counter-hits to gather those all important points.

Their performance remained strong as DMU only allowed Derby to score one point, winning the match 16 – 1. It was a brilliant first BUCS victory for the season. 

Students can play table tennis with DMUactive weekly on Thursdays 6-7pm for free with your student card and all equipment is provided.

Table Tennis Men's 2nd team

Basketball

The final home fixture of the day was Basketball Men’s 2nd team v University of Lincoln Men’s 2nd at the Morningside Arena.

The stands were roaring with support for the DMU Griffins which created an electric atmosphere in the arena.

The DMU Basketball 2nd team were on top form and dominated the game from the start. It was in the third quarter when the team showed their best performance, as #TeamDMU's defence was excellent and their offence was even better, increasing their score by 35 points and extending their lead.

The DMU Griffins played with determination and performed solidly throughout, finishing with an immense victory of 75 – 35.

DMU Basketball Coach, Igor Mirkovic said: "Considering we only had one training session yesterday with the team, it has been a demanding performance especially defensively".

"Offensively we were very solid, always moving a lot and every player got engaged."

"Overall a very solid performance from the team that I expect is going to deliver this season."

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See all fixture results for week one of BUCS in the table below. 

Fixture

Win or Loss

Score

Basketball Men’s 2nd v Lincoln Men’s 2nd

Win

75-35

Football Women’s 1st v East Anglia Women’s 2nd

Win

2-1

Football Women’s 2nd v Oxford Brookes Women’s 2nd

Loss

3-4

Football Men’s 2nd v Nottingham Men’s 3rd

Loss

1-5

Football Men’s 3rd v Leicester Men’s 5th

Win

3-1

Football Men’s 4th v Derby Men’s 5th

Loss

1-2

Hockey Men’s 1st v Loughborough Men’s 5th

Loss

0-11

Hockey Women’s 1st v Nottingham Trent Women’s 5th

Win

2-1

Netball Women’s 1st v East Anglia Women’s 1st

Loss

36-77

Netball Women’s 2nd v Lincoln Women’s 2nd 

Loss

16-41

Rugby Union Men’s 1st v Nottingham Men’s 2nd

Loss

10-52

Rugby Union Men’s 2nd Birmingham City Men’s 1st

Loss

5-27

Squash Men’s 2nd Loughborough Men’s 4th

Loss

0-3

Table Tennis Men’s 2nd v Derby Men’s 2nd

Win

16-1

 

Posted on Friday 11 October 2019

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