Test Your Knowledge of BUCS Matchweek 1!

Wednesday 16th October marked the return of BUCS for the 2024/2025 season, and with over 1750 goals across 77 matches, opening-week certainly brought the action! For a complete breakdown of results, please find these listed by division below. In the meantime, why not test your knowledge with our quick-fire quiz here?

WOMEN’S LEAGUES

The women’s league witnessed an exciting start to the season, with highlights including two 21-point wins in Northern Tier 2B for York 1st Team (21-5 v Hallam 1s) and Newcastle 2nd Team (21-3 v Durham 5s) and a goal difference of 28 in the Midlands Tier 2A derby between Nottingham 5th Team and Trent 3s.

• Premier - South 1

  Oxford 1 5-17 Exeter 1

  Cardiff 1 8-10 Cambridge 1

  Bristol 1 18-3 Oxford Brookes 1

• Premier - North 1

  Edinburgh 1 8-9 Loughborough 1

  Nottingham 1 19-6 Birmingham 1

  Durham 1 17-6 Nottingham Trent 1

• Premier - South 2

  King’s College 1 3-20 Exeter 2

  University College London 1 24-4 Surrey 1

• Premier - North 2

  Manchester 1 6-20 Liverpool 1

  Durham 2 15-9 Newcastle 1

  Nottingham 2 11-4 St Andrews 1

• Northern Tier 1 (1A)

  Liverpool 2 3-17 Sheffield 1

  Leeds Beckett 1 7-23 Leeds 1

  Durham 4 4-16 Durham 3

• Northern Tier 2 (2A)

  Lancaster 1 PP Keele 1

  Sheffield 2 15-3 Liverpool John Moores 1

• Northern Tier 2 (2B)

  Leeds 2 8-13 Northumbria 1

  Durham 5 3-21 Newcastle 2

  Hallam 1 5-21 York 1

• Northern Tier 3 (3A)

  Liverpool 3 10-3 Chester 1

• Northern Tier 3 (3B)

  York 2 8-15 Durham 6

  Northumbria 2 6-8 Leeds Beckett 2

  Leeds 3 3-22 Newcastle 3

• South Eastern Tier 1 (1A)

  St Mary’s 1 PP Sussex 1

  Imperial 1 5-4 Reading 1

  University College London 2 17-10 Kent 1

• South Eastern Tier 2 (2A)

  Chichester 1 4-30 Royal Holloway 1

  Surrey 2 8-1 Reading 2

  Portsmouth 1 35-2 Sussex 2

• South Eastern Tier 2 (2B)

  Brunel 1 15-0 Kent 2

  Canterbury Christ Church 1 8-2 King’s College 2

• Midlands Tier 1 (1A)

  Nottingham 3 12-9 Oxford 2

  Birmingham 3 1-22 Warwick 1

  Birmingham 2 22-2 Leicester 1

• Midlands Tier 2 (2A)

  Nottingham Trent 2 13-11 Loughborough 3

  Oxford Brookes 2 5-12 Nottingham 4

  De Montfort 1 8-14 Warwick 2

  Nottingham 5 30-2 Trent 3

• Midlands Tier 2 (2B)

  East Anglia 2 1-20 Loughborough 4

  Loughborough 2 24-0 East Anglia 1

  Northampton 1 19-14 Lincoln 1

• Western Tier 1 (1A)

  Bournemouth 1 0-33 Exeter 4

  Bristol 2 5-10 Southampton 1

  Cardiff 2 4-21 Exeter 3

• Western Tier 2 (2A)

  University of South Wales 1 PP Swansea 2

  University of West England 1 23-5 Cardiff 3

• Western Tier 2 (2B)

  RAU 1 5-18 Plymouth 1

  Southampton 2 0-26 Exeter 5

  Gloucestershire 1 21-0 Bournemouth 2

  Plymouth Marjon 1 3-31 Bath 2

• Scottish Tier 1 (1A)

  Glasgow 1 PP Aberdeen 1

  St Andrews 2 2-24 Edinburgh 2

  Edinburgh 3 21-7 St Andrews 3

• Scottish Tier 2 (2A)

  Aberdeen 2 7-18 Stirling 1

MEN’S LEAGUES

The men’s league brought the action in the Premier North division, with a combined 53 goals across its only three games. Hallam 1st Team lost to Loughborough 1s 2-11, Durham 1st Team to Nottingham Trent 1’s 1-20, and Newcastle 1st Team to Nottingham 1s 2-17. In the South Eastern Tier 2A, the only match played was Plymouth 1st Team v Kent 2s, resulting in a 23-1 defeat.

• Premier South

  Bristol 1 8-14 Bath 1

  Oxford 1 2-15 Exeter 1

  Sussex 1 20-3 Plymouth Marjon 1

• Premier North

  Hallam 1 2-11 Loughborough 1

  Durham 1 1-20 Nottingham Trent 1

  Nottingham 1 17-2 Newcastle 1

• Northern Tier 1 (1A)

  Liverpool 1 PP Sheffield 1

  Manchester 1 9-5 Northumbria 1

  Manchester Metropolitan 1 7-1 Leeds 1

• Northern Tier 2 (2A)

  Leeds 2 1-18 Lancaster 1

  Leeds Beckett 1 4-0 Sheffield 2

  Bangor 1 2-6 Keele 1

• Northern Tier 2 (2B)

  Durham 2 5-2 Newcastle 2

• Midlands Tier 1 (1A)

  East Anglia 1 9-0 Oxford Brookes 1

  Loughborough 2 0-8 Nottingham Trent 2

• Midlands Tier 2 (2A)

  Warwick 2 PP Oxford 2

• Midlands Tier 2 (2B)

  Lincoln 1 15-4 Derby 1

  De Montfort 1 0-6 Leicester 1

• Western Tier 1 (1A)

  Bournemouth 1 8-6 Southampton 1

  Swansea 1 9-2 Exeter 2

  Plymouth 1 4-8 Cardiff 1

• Western Tier 2 (2A)

  University of South Wales 1 11-0 Bristol 2

  University of West England 11-0 Aberystwyth 1

• South Eastern Tier 1 (1A)

  Kent 1 4-13 Imperial 1

  King’s College 1 PP Essex 1

  Reading 1 10-2 St Mary’s 1

• South Eastern Tier 2 (2A)

  Canterbury Christ Church 1 PP Royal Holloway 1

  Surrey 1 PP Brunel 1

  Portsmouth 1 23-1 Kent 2

• Scottish Tier 1 (1A)

  Glasgow 1 5-4 Edinburgh 1