Cuppers
Cuppers are intercollegiate sporting competitions at the Universities of Oxford and Cambridge. The term comes from the word "cup" and is an example of the Oxford "-er". Each sport holds only one Cuppers competition each year, which is open to all colleges. Most Cuppers competitions use the single elimination system. The main exception is that rowing is organised into The Bumps as opposed to a Cuppers-style tournament.[citation needed]
History
The term 'Cuppers' has been used since 1882 at both Cambridge and Oxford.Churchill.[citation needed] The term can also apply to an intercollegiate drama competition which relies upon the involvement of new undergraduates or freshers. [citation needed]
Current competitions
Cuppers competitions include:[3]
- Alternative Ice Hockey (ALTS)
- Athletics[4]
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Bridge
- Cricket
- Croquet
- Cycling
- Dancesport
- Drama
- Football[4]
- Field hockey
- Floorball (Oxford only)
- Korfball
- Lacrosse
- Lawn tennis[5]
- Lifesaving (Oxford only)
- Modern pentathlon
- Motor drivers
- Netball
- Orienteering
- Pillow Fighting
- Pistol (Oxford only)
- Polo
- Pool
- Powerlifting
- Punting
- Rugby[4]
- Sailing
- Squash
- Swimming
- Table tennis
- Tennis
- Trampolining
- Triathlon
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Underwater hockey (Oxford only)
- Volleyball
- Water polo
References
- ^ Cambridge University Association Football Club — Men's League Archived 2009-03-13 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Oxford University Association Football Club — History of college football Archived 2009-09-18 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Cuppers Information Archived 2017-02-23 at the Wayback Machine, Oxford University Sport.
- ^ ISBN 978-0-19-822974-2
- ISBN 978-0-333-39917-0