A group of York students has won the opportunity to have their very own I-phone application developed after winning The App Challenge final, held at the Ron Cooke Hub on Wednesday, January 18.
YUSU Welfare officer Bob Hughes has warned students to be vigilant after a student loans phishing scam has been revealed.
Her Majesty the Queen will be visiting York on Maundy Thursday, 5th April, as part of the 800th anniversary of York’s Charter for the traditional “Royal Maundy” ceremony.
A flood caused by a heating system “failure” forced the university IT services to shut down many essential systems on Sunday night, causing problems for many students on the eve of their exams and assignment due-dates.
Roses is an annual sports tournament which takes its name from the War of the Roses between the House of Lancaster and the House of York.
The first tournament took place in 1965, and last year’s dramatic victory for York during their visit to Lancaster (York won 124-122) resulted in an overall 22 wins for York, 21 wins for Lancaster and one draw between the two universities.
This year the tournament will take place in York, and the university hopes to remain ahead of Lancaster overall, especially with the advantage of being on home grounds.
Boating Club President Hugh Price commented: "Our home advantage will come from being able to train on the racing course prior to the event and also the supporters which we hope to get down to York City Rowing Club."
All the sports teams have been training very hard, some even over the Easter break, and are all very optimistic and confident about the tournament this weekend.
Lacrosse Club President Jack Wakefield said: "We don't know what to expect from their team, but we're training hard to guarantee victory."
Sports President elect Emily Scott, who will be participating in the tournament herself, added: "Roses this year is set to be massive!! I personally can't wait for it. [Lancaster] will want to win very badly after such a narrow defeat last year, but hopefully York's sportsmen and women will want it more and put to good use all their training and form of the past two terms.
"I really think that York should win the competition overall and hope that lots of York students, even those who don't class themselves as sporty, come down and get involved cheering on the white rose."
With many clubs having seen promotion into higher leagues after last year, this year does look promising for York. Other teams, such as the Squash Club, have secured all their points for two consecutive years. Overall the hopes of remaining in the lead is high.
Rugby President James Smallwood was also optimistic about the upcoming tournament, saying that "both the 1sts and 2nds have had record-breaking seasons, and are quietly confident of retaining the Rugby Roses trophy we won in such thrilling circumstances last year".
There are also two main events taking place around campus during the evenings, first of which is the ‘Roses Revolt’, a bar crawl around campus with a free limited edition Roses T-shirt on Friday night, and the Rave of the Roses, which takes place on Saturday evening.
All in all this weekend is set to be a great and unforgettable one, and we look forward to seeing all of you down at the 22 acres and the Sports Centre as we all support and cheer on our friends, flatmates, and coursemates.
None of the York Sport representatives were available for comment.
To check out the evening events and find out more information on where and how to buy the tickets for the events, see here.
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