Jo Carter - Week 7

Jo Carter - Week 7

Upon being asked if the win was pleasing Carter said that she “was very pleased, although relieved would be more appropriate.”

She added that “Last year the score was 55-10 and this year it was 55-16 although a lot of fixtures were called off due to the weather last year. I think a couple of the fixtures, such as the netball 1sts and 3rds, hockey mens 1sts and football 3rds games could have easily swung the other way and then suddenly you're looking at a score that is a lot closer.”

This years Varsity was greeted by beautiful sunshine so there was little chance of a repeat of last years postponements. One game may not have taken place if it weren’t for the Halifax netball team who “masqueraded as the netball 4ths”, Carter singled them out as the top performers of the day as they “did themselves proud against a York St John team that compete in BUSA, winning by 45-3.”

York didn’t have it all their own way though as women’s basketball and rowing tasted defeat, “I think basketball women's was a bit of a shocking defeat, and the rowing results were a bit of a disappointment too.”

However, Carter was pleased with the way all the Varsity ties were played, “There were a lot of hotly fought ties and those that we won easily they were played in great spirit. Volleyball men played to 5 sets instead of 3 because they were enjoying it so much.”

Hopefully York can build on their convincing Varsity success by winning Roses next term.

The vast majority of Varsity matches were refereed by a qualified official, but college sport was not so well catered for at the start of term, with some matches even going ahead without a referee.

“The refereeing issue is always worst in the first term because all the third years have left and it is hard to find enough replacements that quickly.” With college sport starting in week 2 of term, this leaves little time to put new referees in place.

Carter states that publicising the refereeing crisis “actually did us a massive favour because I had a good number of people coming into the office offering to ref.”

The yearly turnover of referees has not led to reduction of quality as Carter believes that “the quality of refereeing for college sport is pretty good overall”, but thinks that players may have unrealistic desires for top class refs. “What people have to remember is that the players do not pay a penny towards college sport – it is all paid for by the individual colleges and the AU."

What people have to remember is that the players do not pay a penny towards college sport – it is all paid for by the individual colleges and the AU
Jo Carter

In attempt to heighten the University’s awareness of health and fitness, a Lucozade Sports Scientist was present at Varsity and Carter had this to say about it, “I had invited him to come down for the AU Mart in October but he had to pull out at the last minute. It was really good that he could come and support the Varsity event, and hopefully he will do the same for Roses. If any teams have an interest in working with the Lucozade sport scientist, I have his details so they should just get in touch with me and he'd be happy to help them out.”

After Varsity last week, attention turns to BUSA knockout this week. With 4 teams in action, Jo Carter and The Yorker wishes the best of luck to all players competing for York.

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