Various Varsity animated still images of Varsity sports including Table tennis, Basketball, Volleyball, American football, Hockey, Tennis, Rugby.

Varsity 2023

Thursday 16 March - Wednesday 22 March 2023

See fixtures See scores

Varsity 2023

One city. Two teams. Varsity 2023 will take place from Thursday 16 March to Wednesday 22 March 2023.

Fixtures: 

With the exception of the rugby fixture, every event is free to attend and you need only turn up. Please note that the free events will be first-come, first-serve in terms of capacity.

Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Rugby Union 1st Women Welford Road, Aylestone Road, LE2 7TR – buy tickets 18:00 19:45
1st Men 20:00 21:45
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Dodgeball Mixed Watershed Sports Hall, Upperton Road, LE2 7AU 18:15 19:15
1st Men 19:30 20:30
Futsal 2nd Men QE2 Leisure Centre, 50 Duns Lane, LE3 5LX 18:00 19:30
1st Men 20:00 21:30
Hockey Mixed Roger Bettles Sports Centre, 40 Manor Road, LE2 2LL 19:00 (Transport pick-up at 18:00) 21:00 (Transport departs at 21:15)
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Volleyball 1st Men QE2 Leisure Centre, 50 Duns Lane, LE3 5LX 16:30 18:30
2nd Men 11:30 13:30
1st Women 19:00 22:00
2nd Women 14:00 16:00
Tennis 1st Women Knighton Tennis Centre, Knighton Lane East, LE2 6FU 13:00 16:00
1st Men 16:30 19:30
Football 2nd Men Stoughton Road, Stoughton Rd, Oadby, Leicester LE2 4FS 14:00 (Transport pick-up at 13:30) 16:00 (Transport departs at 16:15)
3rd Men 14:00 16:00
4th Men 14:00 16:00
Lacrosse 1st Women 15:00 (Transport pick-up at 15:45) 17:00 (Transport departs at 17:30)
1st Men 13:00 (Transport pick-up at 12:30) 15:00 (Transport departs at 15:15)
Running Men Saffron Lane Athletics Track, LE2 7NA 12:00 17:00
Women 12:00 17:00
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
American Football - CANCELLED Mixed 4G, Beaumont Park, Bennion Road, LE4 1DZ 13:00 17:00
Badminton 1st Women QE2 Leisure Centre, 50 Duns Lane, LE3 5LX 12:00 13:30
1st Men 12:00 13:30
Mixed 10:00 11:30
2nd Men 10:00 11:30
Basketball 2nd Men 14:30 16:30
1st Women 17:00 19:00
1st Men 19:30 21:30
Hockey 1st Men 3G,Roger Bettles Sports Centre, 40 manor road, LE2 2LL 15:00 (Transport pick-up at 14:30) 16:30 (Transport pick-up at 16:30)
1st Women 17:00 (Transport pick-up at 15:30) 19:00 (Transport departs at 19:15)
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Football 1st Women Beaumont Park, Bennion Road, LE4 1DZ 17:00 (Transport pick-up at 17:00) 19:00 (Transport departs at 19:15)
1st Men 19:00 (Transport pick-up at 19:00 and 19:30) 21:00 (Transport departs at 21:00 and 22:00)
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Climbing Mixed Social Climb, 24-28 East Bond Street, LE1 4SX 17:30 21:30
Table Tennis 1st Men Danielle Brown Sports Hall, University Road, LE1 7RH 17:30 19:30
Archery  Mixed Charles Wilson, University Road, LE1 7RH 18:00 22:00
Jiu Jitsu Mixed Danielle Brown Studio, University Road, LE1 7RH 18:00 22:00
Netball 3rd Women QE2 Leisure Centre, 50 Duns Lane, LE3 5LX 16:00 17:30
2nd Women 18:00 19:30
1st Women 20:00 21:30
Sport Team Venue Start time Finish time (approx)
Cricket (Indoor) 1st Men City Cricket Academy, 8 Commerical Square, Freemans Common, LE2 7SR 13:30 14:30
2nd Men 15:00 16:00
Rowing 1st Women Watershed Sports Hall, Upperton Road, LE2 7AU 12:00 16:00
1st Men 12:00 16:00
Equestrian 2nd Mixed Long Lane Equestrian Centre,  Kegworth, Derby DE74 2GA 10:00 (Transport pick-up at 08:00) 14:00 (Transport departs at 15:30)
1st Mixed 10:00 14:00
Running Mixed Watershed Sports Hall, Upperton Road, LE2 7AU 12:30 15:00

Transport:

Transport is bookable for all DMU students who wish to support our Varsity teams at venues that are 3 miles away from campus.

Before travelling on the transport please ensure that you have booked your place on the DMU Leisure app, you will need to book your journey to and from the venue. 

How to book your place on spectator transport via the DMU Leisure app:

  1. Download the DMU Leisure app from the App Store or Google Play
  2. Find the ‘DMUsport’ tile.
  3. Select ‘Book Transport’ 
  4. Find the transport you wish to book on to
    1. If you need to create an account please use the email address used on your UCAS application.

All transport with collect from ‘Bede Island Road’ and will leave at the time specified on the app so please arrive 5 minutes before the collection time. 

These buses will work in shuttles so please book your return journey. 

Transport available is included on the fixture tab above.

Scores:

Thursday:
  • Rugby Union – 1st Women: 72-0 UoL win
  • Rugby Union – 1st Men: 24-0 UoL win
Friday:
  • Dodgeball – Mixed: 8-18 UoL win
  • Dodgeball - Men's: 12-14 UoL win
  • Futsal - Men's 2nd: 8-5 DMU win
  • Futsal - Men's 1st: 6-4 DMU win
  • Mixed Hockey: 3:3 DMU win on penalities
Saturday:
  • Volleyball – 2nd Men: 0-3 UoL win
  • Volleyball  - 1st Men: 3-1 DMU win
  • Volleyball  - 2nd Women: 4-3 DMU win
  • Volleyball  - 1st Women: 3-0 DMU wn
  • Tennis  - Women: 1-5 UoL win
  • Tennis  - Men: 3-3 UoL win on tiebreak
  • Football -  2nd Men: 1-0 DMU win
  • Football - 3rd Men: 2-2 UoL win on penalties
  • Football  - 4th Men: 1-4 UoL win
  • Lacrosse - 1st Men: 2-9 UoL win
  • Lacrosse - 1st Women: 1-27 UoL win
  • Running (Athletics): 2-6 UoL win

 

Sunday:
  • Badminton – 1st Women: 6-2 DMU win
  • Badminton - Mixed: 3-3 DMU win on games won
  • Badminton - 2nd Men: 2-6 UoL win
  • Badminton - 1st Men: 0-8 UoL win
  • Basketball - 2nd Men: 47-50 UoL win
  • Basketball - 1st Men: 68-73 UoL win
  • Basketball - 1st Women: 53-40 DMU win
  • Hockey  - 1st Men: 0-4 UoL win
  • Hockey  - 1st Women: 3-2 DMU win